Jake

Sox win the Cease trade

Steven Wilson K strut lol

Surprised Grant Taylor isn't getting a second inning

Lenyn has smashed a pitch well outside the zone on a 3-1 count multiple times recently lol

Sox defense stealing outs from Angels baserunners to potentially save the game. Very different vibe from 2024

I think it's going to stand.

Woah!

If Taylor works out of this, I wonder how Sox will cover the 9th. Maybe Eisert or Gilbert if the matchups are there.

Can't give so many free baserunners and expect to be successful unless you're striking everybody else out

Not the guy I want protecting a Sox lead right now

Much as he did as a minor leaguer, Colson not showing much in the way of lefty/righty splits with the Sox

438 feet sheesh. Smith really didn't pitch well so still feel pretty good to have only given up 2 runs in 4+

Another fun stat for Lenyn: as of late, his contact rate on pitches outside the zone is about equal to the league average rate on pitches inside the zone For the season overall, Lenyn is one of three Sox in MLB's top 30 best chase contact rates (Chase Meidroth, Miguel Vargas)

Still far more aggressive than the average MLB'er, Lenyn has brought his chase rate down to a playable level since the early part of this season

Lenyn drawing a walk per usual

He's not a strong runner but I honestly find it plausible that he could do competently out there. He has good hands and his arm should be fine even if he's more of a short-armer in the infield. Of course not everyone feels comfortable navigating the walls and such. Not as many opportunities to do something stupid out there either.

It's not an ideal fit, but let's just have Lenyn try on an outfield glove to see how it goes

I remember the Sox losing the "road to Rodon" but then he fell to them anyway. Kind of like the Rockies with Holliday this year or the Cubs with Kris Bryant

Yeah Bob doesn't really give any useful info there. People might not like dealing with a GM for more than one reason. If Getz is a liar or something, that's one thing. If it's just that he states a price and doesn't change his mind because he says what he means, that's something different. I also think it's a fallacy to say that Robert not being traded proves he has no value (and, ergo, picking up his option would be absurd). We don't know what was offered for him, first of all. Also, trades are about surplus value. Robert has become increasingly highly paid. No doubt his performance for the last two seasons has left plenty to be desired. That doesn't scream "I want to pay him a lot *and* give up talented players for the right to do it." The Sox are the one team that, for now, doesn't have to pay both the money and prospects for his services. I also think his market value in general and his trade market value at the deadline are rather different. Teams looking for bats to put them over the top for a playoff push likely are seeking players who they feel will perform predictably. Robert is much more clearly a gamble and that may not be the kind of gamble teams want to do with a couple months left in the season.

Huh?

I suppose there's some argument that all these relievers moving at the deadline is indicative of how they aren't really worth that much — teams are happy to get rid of them given the opportunity. Compare by contrast the number of shortstops being traded. And then think about the lack of good SP being traded and maybe that's because good SP are so scarce that they are very valuable, beyond the reach of teams who are knowingly making short-sighted moves and don't want to mortgage the future.

Every time the righties take another backdoor slider or make an awkward hack at one, I say "he can't keep getting away with this!" And he sort of does but sort of doesn't

World Series teams tend not to have a ton of regrets. My point wasn't that they weren't happy to have those guys contributing to their World Series run, but that they likely thought when they traded Vargas they were trading away a player who would never contribute in MLB. With the gift of hindsight they probably would have rather traded some other player or players who were discussed instead (maybe a guy like Hunter Feduccia was also acceptable to the Sox as a centerpiece). Given that Dodgers currently have their 3B, 2B, and utility guy on the injured list, they might wish they had a guy like 2025 Vargas to help plug those holes (and their previous injury problems at those positions as well as 1B).

And another run goes against Smith because Birmingham allowed a runner to score from second on a sacrifice fly 😂

Soft single, steal, walk, double steal, walk + passed ball to score a run, bunt single. And that's the end of the day for Smith