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Give me Joey Wendle and Happ and things will get better against RHP. Happ almost seems like a Menechino disciple with his different approach this year. Haven't checked his ground ball rate but he is hitting for higher average, less hard contact , less power , cut down on K's. But for his game he's made it work for him from both sides of the plate. Much more consistent now.

According to MLBTR about Kopech : Pitching coach Ethan Katz pushed back against the idea that Kopech will be on any sort of innings limit this evening (via Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times)

2nd base : Joey Wendle 32 ,LH, hits RHP well. Could become the strong side of a platoon with Harrison . Good fielder probably a notch below Harrison. Can play 3rd and SS too. Has also played OF but not lately. If Leury has any options left send him down. Makes bench Stronger. OF : If the options of Gallo or Happ aren't what you are looking for. Then there's Jesus Sanchez 24, LH, of the Marlins who I just previewed above who basically gives you the same production of Gallo but still has very nice upside if he can ever learn to take some pitches. Not a FA till 2028. If the Sox are going to give up Vera ,I'd rather it be for Sanchez but Happ is still the best option for the immediate future. Relief Pitcher: Matt Moore LH seems like a nice get. Shouldn't cost much. Starting pitching: Martin Perez 31, LH ,Having a great season. Probably lots of teams in on him ,10-2 record, 2.59 ERA, 3.12 FIP, 2.6 fWar, Astro's killer. Lower hanging fruit is Quintana but never let him face a lineup the 3rd time through. All in all Wendle and Happ would be nice upgrades for the offense and bench from the left side and right side too because Happ is a SH. Get's rid of Leury and Sheets from the 26.

Joey Wendle would be a good get and I like Jesus Sanchez. Of course if you get Chisholm probably don't need Wendle but he's still a nice piece 1.6 fWar in only 49 games LH, plays 2nd, SS and 3rd hits RHP well. Stuck with Leury but could be a starter at 2nd base . He is currently healthy and I'd expect him to be moved. Sanchez , 24 is 6'3 220 ,11HR's Barely hitting .200 OBP terrible, K's nearly 27 % , Good OF defensively for his size , chases too many pitches. But very talented. Raked in the minors but looks like once he reached AA it took him a while to figure out the upper levels but he eventually found his way. He's probably at that stage now in MLB it'll just be that he's AAAA player but too early to give up on him. Had a 55 FV so he's got tools. Fangraphs rated 55 prospects who were traded at the 2019 trade deadline and had Chisholm (55FV) 2nd and Sanchez 3rd commenting : "Corner outfield prospect with plus-plus bat speed and a track record of performance. Plate discipline is below average, creating risk he falls short of offensive potential." There's also JJ Bleday 24 , LH OF ,2019 1st round pick 4th overall pick. Just 40 FV. 55 on Raw Power and 55 Field . Steven Okert is a controllable LH RP. 2.14 ERA but 4.37 FIP 30.7 K % , 11.4 BB%. Obviously would cost more than someone like Matt Moore.

Good luck man.Some good thoughts and prayers headed your way.

I do hope you know that the Extend TLR tag I put on the thread is just a continuation of I think it was @KrankinSox running joke about extending TLR.

Can't forget Moncada showing signs and Kelly and Lambert actually pitching well in the pen. Although streaky relievers are normal but I like when they streak on the good side !

Tradewinds

Surprisingly no winners thread. Awesome pitching and turning DP's and barely enough hitting propel to Sox to over .500 for the 1st time in 2 months ! Never a doubt !

Robert fWar this year 2.2 . Soto fWar this year 2.4. All trading Robert for Soto does is open a huge offensive and defensive hole in CF and adding Sotos bat and cruddy defense and adds much more salary. Would be nice to hang onto Robert for all those extra years who contributes offense, defense, power , stolen bases and good base running and is the the only one on the Sox who does that (when healthy). Soto is useless to the Sox if you take away more production than you get.

Which is what I've said from the beginning about those reports including Corbin.

Now the question becomes can the Sox win 2 in Colorado without hitting a HR ?

I have no finger nails left with this team .

I'm expecting a never in doubt out of you soon !

Diaz has been hot lately.

Hooray for Rick Hahn we're a .500 team !

1 run closer to throwing your remote !

No you don't. As long as people keep talking about Rodon as if he's about to spiral downwards or get injured again when he's already met the Giants qualifier for IP and they can now give him a QO and get a prospect back for him thanks to MLBPA and MLB not coming to an agreement on the IntL draft.

No but it does say how bad a job Hahn did in addressing the starting pitching lack of depth when he throws money away like a drunken sailor on injured relief pitching and giving Leury a 3year contract.

SUre but the only reason the Sox got Cueto was because Lynn got hurt. Hahn preferred VV to him and probably passed on Martin Perez too because he was $1M more than V V.

They must not be very well informed .

Yep people always talking about him getting injured or fading down the stretch which may or may not be true this year. But people discount how pitching well during the regular season keeps you in games and helps you win during the season. More wins this season would be a good thing . He's still a likely 5 WAR pitcher. How many of those do we have anyway?

That was nicely done all the way around !

You know we actually agree on a few things. Menechino and trading some prospects . I've been arguing in the trade winds all day against everyone wanting to hang onto prospects who won't help in this window or who think that Sheets and Burger and Crochet is good enough to get Bryan Reynolds.to keep everyone and apparently rolling with what we have or thinking Crochet is some huge starting pitching guy worth keeping to extend the window. I've been like what window ? It might be already closed since the Sox have been playing .500 for a year thanks to the awesome roster construction and wasting money on a crap ton of relievers and Kimbrel/Pollock and not addressing the lack of Depth in starting pitching and especially some LHH bats !

Can't get too much of a good thing . Have to hit into the DP.