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I think that the O will continue to improve. Sox have some young guys who right now have modest OPS...but they take their walks and don't K a ton. Few bad habits. Ripe for improvement. Meidroth, Antonacci, and even Vargas (put some batting average on him and his close to .900) Don't force anything with young-for-old trades.

How great is Fedde. The best!

Yes I would be. But I doubt anyone would offer a real haul anyway. Plus, the Sox will likely get a supplemental pick if they keep him. I'm not sure how that works if they trade him; but if they would lose it, some team would have to pay the Sox the value of both Murakami and a supplemental pick. Even more doubtful.

Even if he didn't want to play for the Sox, draft him anyway. He could still sign. If he doesn't sign, Sox get #2 pick next year, right? Unless Emerson and someone else are generational players and far superior to the top of next year's draft, it will work out fine.

The Mets are similar to Sox. Both solid at 2b, SS, 3b (Sox are younger). Soto and Murakami. Mets play Vientos, Baty, Tyrone Taylor, Mauricio, Melendez, Benge and Robert and now Slater. Sox play Peters, Hill, Benintendi, Antonacci, Acuna, Pereira and now Kelenic. Mets better at catcher (also older) Overall, I'll take Sox position player group.

Still a lot of Ks in Bonemer's game. Gonzalez continues to rake; Baker's hitting well. Bring one or both up in lieu of Peters/Hill who seem to share the 5th OF role. Assuming Gonzalez isn't ensconced as an org guy. Kanny seems to be light on pitching; that will take its toll going forward. I'd like to see some young pitching added when the bullpen is hopefully dispatched in June and July.

Nice W. Now let's get the W tomorrow to make up for losing a series to the Nats. Just looking at the rosters, the Tigers to me should win this division by 10 games and be right there with the Yankees. They are missing something, and I hope they keep missing it.

I guess, but their last 3 FRDs aren't looking too sporty.

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And based on his stats, although is so-so WHIP gives a clue. But some of last night was well placed fly-balls that fell in.

It was hit right to him and he dropped it, and then went and swiped it away. Nice.

I think Benetti's a great football announcer. Okay in baseball. Sox would be fine with Knight.

Build a good farm system. Whether it's behind on tech, analytics, evaluation, development, international, drafting (ahem), the Sox farm system has been largely terrible for 60 years. The only exception was the late 80s/early 90s-Mid 00s. That was also the time they were consistently good. With some better work from the GMs, they would have made the playoffs more often and advanced further. But the lousy farm has long been the problem...and frankly, considering where they've been drafting, it still is.

Sox starters are better than the relievers. Burke is seriously improved this year, so do they have to pull him under 80 pitches? Perhaps build up his stamina. On the relief, side, Taylor too. It's 1 inning and out.

Kelenic has turned things around dramatically. I'd guess that the Sox will sell him to another team in the next month (unless they decide to dump one of Peters/Hill and keep him). When the Sox sent J. Gonzalez to Charlotte while he was still struggling in Birmingham, I figured that the Sox had decided that he was just an org guy, so they just let him org-away in Charlotte. It appears that that conclusion may have been premature.

His ability to play CF and a good SS makes him worth the playing-time investment. Regardless, who else is there for CF?

I watch a little Mets these days (Darling and Cohen are entertaining, especially during the slump) and several of Robert's throws have been less than exemplary, including a particularly poor throw on Monday that contributed to loss #12. Yes the trade sucked. But Robert also needed to go. "Good for you; good for me."

Zavala is looking good, at least statistically. Still Ks too often, although not as often as Montgomery. Actually, I was looking at ABs not PAs. His K % isn't excessive.

The state of the young pitching in this org remains troubling

And 5 walks. Depressing.

I don't think he does either. But for the Sox, he's been a dependable starter.

Boston Smith was a punt-pick...but looks like an interesting one. Isn't 150K the standard for 11-20? Fedde is one of those guys who has probably has more value to the Sox than any prospective purchaser (kind of like my 2010 Acura; more value to me than the market price would be).

I they will trade him along the lines of Sosa (who, just made an Uribe-like catch of a foul ball). I've yapped about the light returns on Getz' deals on these guys, especially when the other team is the needier party in the trade. I think they should try him in the pen (although, I think that Burke will end up there eventually so they could just go on with the inevitable and leave Fedde in the rotation).

My evaluation of these teams is that the As are good; the Diamondbacks are not good; and, like you said, we caught the Jays at a good time (sort of like the teams playing the Mets and Phillies, although both might end up bad this year). Sox are getting better, but they need more young pitching. They should have home-grown prospects in Charlotte that they can put into the pen and the don't. When Shane Smith returns, I guess they'll dump Fedde - but I would keep him (through July or until they can work out a reasonable trade) because he's a better pitcher than a lot of the relievers.

We need to get Hays healthy, hitting and traded.