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Such a nice way of saying"It's a bunch of bullshit." So the Brewers missed something ? What about Story ? Anyone think he's healthy when his throwing speed is down and his barrel % is at the lowest of his career ? If very little goes on it's because the money's already been spent on Lance Lynn.

Or Semien (8th in fWAR while Tatis, Jr. is 6th) . Couldn't be Bassitt , Narvaez 3.0 fWAR ( as much as Moncada) or Escobar . Those happened long ago.

I won't be angry although we are already hearing some excuses. I mean people here are like oh see the Story stuff pops up right after the Escobar trade to the Brewers as if something else is going on. But what did we hear about Sox being picky on the medicals? Oh didn't like Escobar's meds even though he hit for 124 wRC+ for the last month, yet Story after a HBP on his hand and his throwing speed is down and his hitting is down and we should believe there isn't something wrong with him ? Then of course Eloy is back, Robert coming soon, Lynn gets 2 more years so everybody's happy right ?

What makes you think he's getting $20M in Arb 3 next yr. when his current year is $6.2M . Wouldn't that be some kind of record like by far ? I think his salary could double or even higher than that but $20M seems way out of line.

They've kept him healthy so far. I consider that a plus for his development as a reliever. Trade him to a team that starts him and he'll end up getting Tommy John surgery.

Why does an announcer have to have credibility to mention someone is an upcoming FA and therefore could be moved by a team that is probably 50/50 on buying or selling ?

Road woes.

You really can't answer that question yourself ? It's fucking Twitter where everybody says anything because ...insert any reason you can imagine because people...

All my guys are gone I think, Gallo, Escobar, Graveman ,Yimi Garcia, Chafin are all guys I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. S.Marte not done yet I guess but looking likely.

Idk man, doubt his defense at 2nd would please very many here.

Kind of a volatile guy. Not sure that's what the Sox want.

I'm trying to figure out some dream scenarios like trading Keuchel to the Blue Jays for Semien or their prospect who's killing it this year in A ball SS Orelvis Martinez while simultaneously getting Scherzer for Sheets and Burger and Kimbrel for Crochet + whoever.

That's why it hurts to see Houston get Graveman, Twins trade Cruz to Rays, Frazier to the Padres ( though I didn't like him). I mean still lots of big names out there but if they aren't coming here and going to teams we have to contend with it's going to be rough to see that happen. Imagine Hahn telling us the juice wasn't worth the squeeze when Escobar goes elsewhere or we get only 1 reliever and Asdrubal Cabrera. Scherzer can go to the Giants or Dodgers. Cubs have a lot of work to do on their guys. Kimbrel is a huge piece that's going to go somewhere. Jays probably make a couple moves, Yankees ,Red Sox too.

I wanted Graveman but with the start the Mariners had after the All Star game I didn't think he'd be available. It's the kind of move that the players and fans never want to see but realistically what are the Mariners chances of winning the World Series or even making it to the ALCS with Graveman ? DiPoto saw the market for good relievers and he got a good young 3rd baseman with 4 years left before he reaches free agency. They did also get Tyler Anderson from the Pirates after the Phillies trade for him fell through. Guess we have to wait a few days to see what else the Mariners do.

Sheets has been my mini Gallo without the rocket for an arm , good defense and a massive amount of walks and K's.

Sheets ,Cease, Reylo, Eloy,Kopech Hendricks. I like it .

Well that sucks. The good thing about Scherzer is that this years salary is deferred until 2028. If Rodon's arm is about to go topsy-turvy who better to replace him than Scherzer ? That last outing by Rodon was a bit concerning. Not sure if he is trying to preserve his arm on his own by throwing in the low 90's in the 1st 4 innings or if it's a sign that he's going through a dead arm period or something even more concerning. It's a long shot without thinking Scherzer prefers the west coast anyway.

Wondering what it would take to grab Scherzer. MLBtraderumors says the whole $11.8M left on his 2021 salary is all deferred until 2028 . That sounds like a Jerry type contract. I'm not sure how much that helps unless Rodon's innings pitched has started to effect him. Scherzer could take his place in the rotation and Rodon could be moved to the pen. You take on the whole salary and maybe the Sox have the pieces. It all depends on if the Nats would insist on 1 really great prospect that we are lacking or a piece on the 26 the Sox wouldn't want to trade. Scherzer could be hard to trade because of the full no trade protection because of his 10 and 5 status. I think it's been stated he'd be willing to waive it but also use it to pick the most optimum place to be traded to. Where that might be is anyone guess. Lots of obstacles to hurdle but still fascinating.

Um he's going to get less time as soon as the Sox trade for a 2nd baseman and he'll also get less time in the OF when Robert gets back. He also won't get hardly any time at 3rd.

Um Leury looked sharp at 3rd when he's played there. That's why the Sox have him.

Don't forget Lynn being resigned. But yea that would not be good.

That's a tough one to answer since it's solely dependent on who the Sox get. Basically anyone in our Top 40 or 50 guys.

And despite the recent cold spell he's still .384 OBP and .932 OPS against RHP in limited AB's. You might have thought with just 99 PA's against RHP the cold spell might've hurt his numbers more but he's still well above average.

We are used to seeing Hamilton Robert and Engel in CF. Not many can live up to that standard . He's now basically a corner OF who gets put in CF mainly because of his bat stil above average speed though not what it used to be. He gets blamed for a lot of balls he doesn't catch around here that Statcast or other defensive metrics might not grade him as poorly on. You know how it goes when a guy nobody wanted comes in and looks less than perfect. All their faults get magnified. When Robert is back Goodwin won't be seeing too much CF any more since he will be the 4th best CF on the team defensively then. Even though he's been hitting RHP very well it will be very hard to decide who winds up getting cut among the OF's between Goodwin, Lamb and Hamilton. Engel and Leury should still be here . It's also highly unlikely any of Goodwin, Lamb or Hamilton get traded since they are all guys any teams can pick up after being DFA'd. It just might come down to which of those guys is willing to play in the minors or go on a phantom injury list.

Zack Collins for Jonah Heim ( Switch hitter good framing stats) of the Rangers. Worse hitting and OBP . 70 OPS+ to Collins 98. Jose Trevino another good framer ( this year) on the Rangers was just activated and they DFA'd John Hicks who was hitting well in a SSS but must be a terrible catcher . Last time I could find framing stats on Hicks it was 28 (2019)while Collins is at a 0. Higher is better but 28 isn't great either.