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That was a real BOMB !

Plate appearance qualifier for more more money next year ?

Thank heavens we have you and other's to keep reminding us in case we forgot and stupidly keep wanting to win.

They basically traded for a guy who the Sox were only carrying to try to trade. Otherwise without options he's have to be DFA'd. I think in that case Reese could elect free agency

Just wait for the next trade for another reliever !

Nothing trade, around the fringes 35 yrs old . LH, good K rate, but watch out for those walks.

Wait where's Fathom with a joke about McGuire going for a guy named Diekman.

And yet many times players do improve at his age in his prime. Players are not always what they were. You can find negatives in a lot of players when you look for them. Simplest thing in the world to do is say you don't like this or that guy. Someone on here called Martin Perez a bum because of his career prior to this year, a guy with a 2.59 ERA and 3.07 FIP a bum ! Chris Drury, nothing career till this year, bam he's playing lights out. Happ changed his whole style into making more contact and getting on base and its worked fro him. Not as many HR's but already a career high in doubles. Sox could use a lot more doubles. Very competent from both sides of the plate. If Moncada could switch hit as well with Happs numbers and stay on the field like Happ we'd be thrilled. Hey it's cool lets keep playing DH's in the OF with Adam Engel and Leury Garcia and Hahns legedary pickup from the Kimbrel disaster Pollock. I'm sure you would've found plenty wrong with Adam Duvall, Jorge Soloer, Eddie Rosario and Joc Pederson too when the Braves got them last year.

It's one month out of a season. There is always variance . He and Willson Contreras also crushed it in June. Contreras was really bad in July compared to Happ. If you worry about month to month variance in stats you'd never make trades.

Doubtful. Trades are all discussed internally and decided by a group. Hahn may be the one doing the negotiating but it's all planned oout ahead of time and multiple calls being made and I'll get back to you on that stuff.

The leverage is other teams want him . Nothing much probably ends up being given up for him but it will be probably higher than you think.

I think Vera will always be in the discussion and Mena too. The Sox just don't have any pitching to offer other then those 2 and Davis Martin on the prospect horizon plus they just drafted a lot of pitchers. When the farm is barren and you still want to make trades all but Colas and Monty should be discussed.

Cano is washed up.

I did mention Stowers in another post on Santander and they do also have a nice group of on the horizon Of'er as you mentioned.

2nd half rebounds from Eloy, Moncada, Pollock ,and Grandal. Add a few LH pieces on the pitching staff and in the lineup among others, Santander, Wendle, Happ, Gallo, Colas, Matt Moore, Quintana, Martin Perez, Andrew Chafin, Joe Mantiply, Gregory Soto, Steven Okert. Lynn gets better the more he pitches.

I forgot to add that Santander is unvaccinated.

Another big slugger for RF is the SH Anthony Santander who crushes RHP , 158 wRC+. He doesn't fit the Orioles style because he's a hack in RF though he does have a nice arm. He does lead the Orioles in just about every offensive category but they have a guy waiting in the wings to take over RF. Santander isn't a FA til 2025 . I've been mentioning him for about a year. If you are going to run Gavin Sheets out there every day, Santander is a big upgrade. Orioles probably would ask a lot because of the fine year he is having but ultimately they probably want to dump him because of his defense. Only 1.3 fWar despite some good offensive numbers. He does play the OF though nearly every day. (11 games as DH) so right now he is still worth more to other teams as an OF than he will be to the Orioles as a future DH.

One guy could've been on the list. There is talk from the fans and media that Anthony Santander might be available. The orioles have a prospect Kyle Stowers waiting for Santander to step aside. He leads the Orioles in just about every offensive category and he would be on top of your list with a 158 wRC+ against RHP. Despite all that he's just a bad RF and can only manage a 1.3 fWar despite all the offensive heroics. He's also not a free agent til 2025. But if you can going to keep throwing Sheets out there in RF then Santander is a big upgrade.

Since neither is traded yet and hardly anyone else for that matter, not much excitement about many offers apparently.

One guy I have overlooked the whole time because he's RH is Brandon Drury. He's 6-2, 230, 29 (almost 30) was never much of a player, showed some signs last year with the Mets, but exploded this year with the Reds. 2.7 fWar playing mostly 3rd base and 2nd base and 1inning in RF. He's got 20 HR's and he'll be a FA next year. Sox do need power desperately and he may have the most of who is available beside Juan Soto. He also has positive defensive numbers at 3rd. Hard to tell at 2nd base , doesn't look terrible but he is a big man . Basically his whole 8 year career resulted in negative fWar on offense and defense. Something clicked this year. He's walking more, K'ing less , .249 ISO, 133 wRC+ He's more of a lefty killer than a RH killer which is why I've ignored him. But you can't ignore the pop in his bat. 181wRC+ vs LHP , 115 vs RHP.

Martin Perez and Matt Moore

That was feisty. Almost sounding just like me. Only I make sure to bring up Jerry most of the time I mention Hahn. Jerry is the Dungeon Master and Hahn has a dog bowl in a cage.

That's because Robert is a threat all over, Offense defense and on the bases and racks up fWar when he does play. The only time Eloy is useful is when he hits. The rest of the time people think he's going to run over Robert and trip over a base and miss another 6 months.

It's just so rare we see that guy ,2 years and every time he runs in the OF and on the bases you think he's going to pull up lame. And I'm the guy who wanted Rodon back and didnt care about how everyone else felt about what the Sox thought they knew about his medicals. The Sox never counted on Rodon to be a significant part of the core but it's the core guys who have always been hurt that have not turned into what we thought they would to make the Sox a great team .Specifically Eloy and Moncada have been huge disappointments.

We also keep talking about Moncada's 4 War season.Maybe we need that Moncada to show himself and 2020 Eloy and 2021 Grandal, Gio and Lynn. 2021 Pollock would be nice too. Just blame the ball I suppose, Covid, CBA, sticky stuff, JR/LaRussa, the baseball , Rick Hahn's Craig Kimbrel disaster and the Off season from hell.