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In a one month span Andrew Vaughn has moved from a 38 OPS+ against RHP to an 88 OPS+.

Will be interesting to see today's roster move. They do have the extra 40 man spot, so I don't think we see a DFA, but Hamilton to the IL is my guess, though I thought how little Engel has played has been weird. I guess the other thing I will note is that the Sox tend to overplay guys right before they DFA them, so maybe Goodwin is going?

Unless they package up a top level guy, who even needs a guy like Hosmer?

God that is an awful contract.

Semi related

It's been weird. The Cruz return was huge. The Frazier return was trash.

The Cubs aren't going to take less for him. The price is going to be as a two season pitcher.

Kimbrel? You do realize that we are either getting him as a rental, or we'd be paying two relievers alone $30 million next year?

"irrationally exuberant"? Like people enjoying a game is a bad thing. GTFOH. This is a playoff team, and people are going to enjoy that. Sorry that hurts your feelings on the 40% of nights when they lose. Find something else legitimate to be offended by.

This. Goodwin has turned back into the guy who couldn't make a major league roster in April.

Lol, no.

The Pirates put in 1.4 million dollars too? Wow.

There is no run worth a four month injury.

Yes. Judgment is where you can correctly not hurt yourself to either make a play or even not make a play because you have no value to your team with another catastrophic injury.

Which really pushes the Sox and AZ back together for Escobar.

Adam Eaton is toast.

But you expect the World Series?

The destination is important, but the best stories are the trip there.

There it is. It is 162 games. If you can enjoy it until game 175, then come back when we get there.

Then log off for three months.

Worrying about not making the world series is "big picture?" Come on Jack. That is just absurd.

"Enjoy"

Can't wait! A real clean up hitter!

This is their weirdest definition of "enjoy" I have ever seen.