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That moves the equivalent of: R2: pick 10 to pick 11. -1 R2: Pick 44 to 31. +13 R3. Pick 76 to pick 49. +27 Cost: $1,461M > Cap. That would require some major punting: rounds 6-10 (and that would still be a tad short). On the other hand, if you go $4.5M at pick 10, you basically move down to around 18 with the same round 2 and 3 benefits. No punting required. And in this draft, 10-25 or so (or maybe even wider) seem somewhat fungible. And of course either way, you have to count on the #31 or better player being available at 44 and the number 49 or better player being available at 76.

He probably could be in Chicago (along with most of Birmingham's pen). But, then again, what's the rush? And the Chicago pen, such as it is, is for sale.

TLR won 93 and was around .500 in 2022 when he stepped away. Grifol earned his own era.

So I guess I would ask whether Jo Jo is athletic enough for CF; or whether he hits well enough for a corner position to draft at #10. Overall, the trade-down (underslot) option looks appealing. Witherspoon's brother looks interesting for later rounds.

this is a sign-to-peddle situation. Guy throws 97. Good move. Same with Houser -starter who hits 95 (mea culpa on him). 2 excellent moves.

The team is clearly improving and he’s brought more outside talent into front office in a 18 months than his predecessor did in a decade. And the idea that he’s not trying is just silly. From Rule 5 to the July trading period, he’s a pack-mule compared to his predecessor. Things are looking up and the Sox are fun to watch.

Law does some scouting himself, but mostly he gathers and accumulates information and opinions from sources throughout the league; Getz was his Sox source in the Hahn years. My main wish for 2024 draft was to not draft a pitcher, especially Smith, who looked like a reliever to me (didn’t pitch deep into games in college, among other reasons). I hope I’m wrong about Smith and certainly could be. But the walks are troubling.

They are unlikely to get anything for Perez, but they should get something for Houser. Good teams couldn’t take a chance on him until they knew that he’d be effective. Now they know, so now they pay. Stop trading on other teams’ terms. No more rule-V “prospects” …the other team’s 40-man is not our problem.

I'd like to see our good pitching prospects bypass Charlotte.

Thaiss was useful to this team; and there are several teams with worse backup catchers than thaiss. Hard to see the reason to give him away like this.

Oh the poor thing! But I'm relieved that he can love again

The solution is mostly in Birmingham, and otherwise internal. Some of the guys in this pen would be fine in the bottom of a good pen. The solution is not to start draft college relievers or to focus free-agent resources, whatever they may be, on relief pitching.

Leasure’s got a good arm. Still learning. Defense behind him was less than exemplary. Probably shouldn’t be closer yet, but the best relievers are still in Birmingham.

I understand that the bench has to play some and I've seen worse Sunday lineups. But why is Capra batting in the 9th?

Assuming that the continued presence of Slater et al on the roster is to be traded in July, he should be up soon. Sox are in no position to give away players who might help.

To me, it was the lack of a real farm system. Hard to develop depth, shore up weaknesses, have any staying power at all without one. This crew seems to be trying to build something. On another matter, kudos to whoever found Vasil. I assume he’ll be in what should be an interesting rotation next season.

Sosa was a good minor league hitter; it's taken him a while to figure out the majors but it looks like he has. Trade rumors doesn't know what they are talking about.

Rojas to DFA. He shouldn't be on his team in the first place. Sox moved Vargas to first and Elko to Charlotte to accommodate him.

Seems like some Birmingham pitchers are airplanes flying a circular pattern around the airport just waiting and waiting. What’s next for Taylor and Dalquist? They really can’t send them to Charlotte. Nastrini is star of the day in Charlotte.

Now Elko has Vaughn to mentor him! If they are actively working with Elko to shore up his deficiencies, that's fine; but if this is just to make room for utility veterans coming off of the injured list or to make room for Rojas to play 3d, it’s just silly. Elko already won a game for the Sox.

Per Law from above: " It’s a good year to go under slot with your first pick and spread some money around," The Sox set up perfectly for that. The big draft advantage that they have is picking first in rounds 2-20 and round 1 and underslot in Round 1 allows them to maximize the advantage without punting.

The Sox are ahead because the Pirates don't try. This is not a rebuild period for the Pirates. This is standard operations for them.

Benintendi and tauchman do not help the team now; they do not help the future. Rojas, Slater, etc. Why are we wasting time with these stiffs? Elko has 3 homers in less than 2 weeks; 3 in 32 PAs. 30/320, 60/640. Just saying. Send him away? What are we doing here?

We can yap about the bullpen, but it's not much of a stretch to see the foundation of a good pitching staff. Birmingham has 4 guys throwing relief right now who would probably be 1-4 in the Sox pen. WE have 3 good starters right now, and a couple of studs in the minors. But not overwhelming depth, especially when they might have to use some of it to get the position side, which is not so easy to visualize, up to spiff. Benintendi is already a big anchor, so I don't know why Getz adds more of that type with Slater, Rojas, Taylor (who at least plays elite defense). Vaughn seems absolutely intractable, and that is absolutely weird. A lot more benefit from playing Baldwin, Julks and Fletcher and a continuing Palacios' audition.

I kind of like Palacios. He gets on base reasonably well for a 4th OF type. And he's an effervescent fellow.