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Not to mention the Rendon contract as well…

Oklahoma Sooners Top prospect: Peyton Graham, SS Graham is similar to Tim Anderson of the White Sox. Both are slim-framed shortstops with excellent tools who are limited a bit by swinging too often. Graham has a shot, buoyed by a better approach down the stretch, to sneak in the 20 to 30 range. espn.com

That’s what Celtics’ fans tried to tell themselves yesterday…

4.28 ERA is not going to get a premium trade package in return like it did with Quintana… This will likely be 3 of last 4 starts with 4+ runs surrendered for Giolito and not exactly working deep into games, either.

Game pretty much over already. Saves 3 hours of time that could be better allocated to more meaningful purposes.

Valdez has the best GB rate in AL at 67%. It’s either K or ground out, pretty much.

Only four strikeouts so far.

Right there with Montas and Castillo…maybe third at the moment.

They really can’t afford a sweep with the Blue Jays looming…could easily be another extended losing streak and really put the season in jeopardy. The Angels just lost Rendon for the season, but the Sox really can’t rely on backing into the postseason without beating better/best competition.

That’s an early surrender…guess DeT sweep wasn’t convincing many in the face of one of the best AL teams. Then Cueto/Verlander tomorrow. Uh-oh.

Which of course is perfect timing for depressing his trade value. A 4ish ERA this season isn’t much to hang your hat on.

Well, this isn’t boding well in a Game 2 playoff repeat. Bregman had been really struggling recently. Doesn’t get any easier with Alvarez.

We should know pretty early if Giolito is going to make it through this lineup or not…trending in a not altogether positive direction. Altuve looking first pitch FB and just got under it. Brantley now 8/16 career against Lucas.

If Pollock gets to a 2.5 fWAR, it’s a huge victory…of course, the problem is being stuck with a year older Pollock next year. Plus he was more of a part-time player in LA like Pederson, so the question is how he stands up to everyday play on Jimenez never makes it back.

67% groundball rate, a full 10% higher than #2 in the AL.

Dodgers needed a closer with Jansen to ATL. Kimbrel has been fine, overall. Overpaid, obviously. Pollock has been struggling just to get back to 0.0 fWAR after the horrific start. Also depends on what happens for Sox in LF, 2023 version. Kimbrel 0.5, Pollock -0.1.

Oh for the days of Jeremy Reed, Anthony Webster, Michael Morse, Borchard and CY. Every generation of Sox prospects, a set of outfielders that fail to make an impact in Chicago.

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/165111/tranx/ Former Sox minor leaguer Zach Thompson would have saved the Sox having to waste money on VV and Keuchel this year…surprised not much discussion about him at all. Became a minor league free agent not unlike Luis Gonzalez.

https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2022/03/guardians-counting-on-secret-sauce-to-keep-pitching-factory-going-the-week-in-baseball.html Look at their lineup, other than Ramirez. They’re all acquisitions from other teams, primarily the Mets and Padres. It’s certainly nothing system-wide. Their minor league prospect depth is primarily concentrated in the middle infield…which seems more of a flexibility/versatility strategy than a hitting issue. Rosario and Gimenez can all play multiple positions. They did seem to get more out of Kwan, Miller and Naylor offensively than would have been expected by most prognosticators. Recently, Gimenez, a key part of the Lindor deal. And Oscar Gonzalez, kind of a no-name Mr. Obscurity prospect. Could be something simple like the hitting background/environment in terms of ball carrying well there in CLE with the prevailing winds?

Gonzalez just went into the Allegheny almost. .300+, 3/22. Rodon will probably have 10+ strikeouts against the lowly Pirates.

Might as well compare ourselves to the Yankees. That said, past Sox teams would have been stripped down for spare parts with all the issues Grandal, Hendriks, Jimenez, Moncada, etc., are experiencing. OFC, there’s just no justification other than a financial one for doing that in the AL Central, though. And White Flagging it would cost the franchise much more in the longer (next 3-5 years) term anyway.

But not as a starter. It’s the same role Hanser Alberto has now, behind Lux. Nearly everyone in baseball would have had interest in first half 2021 Hernandez on that contract. Most believed the power numbers were at least 50% any anomaly, but he has still had more positive value this season than 2/3rd’s of the Sox roster.

“Going into the 2015 season, the D-backs were in a bad spot, but had a chance to make a quick turnaround. They were coming off a 64-98 season, but had a farm system ranked 6th-best in the majors by Baseball America, with half a dozen names listed in the top 100 prospects, and were about to add to it, with the #1 overall pick in the June draft. They had just signed a new TV deal with Fox Sports Arizona, with a total value of $1.5 billion, including an equity stake in the network, which was expected to finance a payroll that would be capable of competing with the Giants and Dodgers. Two years later, the team is barely any better, the farm system has been stripped to the point some now rate it dead-last, without a single D-back in MLB.com’s top 100 prospects. This season, $43.5 million, over 40% of current payroll - which really has not increased, despite the TV deal - is committed to Zack Greinke and Yasmany Tomas, who combined for less than two bWAR last year. The team has been unable to take part in the international market, due to blowing past their limit by signing Yoan Lopez, who looks a bust. And that #1 overall pick was dealt away in a deal for a pitcher who spent so long down in the minors, 2016 basically didn’t count on his contract. I think it’s safe to say: yes, mistakes were made.” https://www.azsnakepit.com/2017/1/30/14442364/arizona-diamondbacks-gaffes-tony-la-russa This all sounds vaguely familiar…

Sure, do whatever you want. It seemed to help the Cubs today.

Then what would you do with Engel and Jimenez? I’m assuming you are DFAing Harrison here as well?