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Not to hear the talk around here this off-season...he was the second coming of Jim Edmonds or something (minus the marital infidelities.)

He has a better arm and faster baserunner...and more positional versatility, but he hasn't been good this year. AT ALL.

Engel is washed up, lol... We really do need a legit bat for both RF and DH (insurance for Mercedes.)

Suggesting trading those packages for Merrifield, a key player on a divisional rival to boot....embarrassing. Let's try to be a bit more knowledgeable about his value around baseball. This site is better than the Score, where Sox and Cubs fans put together 4-6 player packages of minor league "what if's" for players like Rafael Palmeiro or Jake Peavy.

Because Grandal hitting in the 150's or 160's makes him a BAD player, lol. After Reyes, he was their second most important impactful outfielder the first two months. Now we suddenly measure players by batting average, lol? Of course, they also have Rosario (who has sucked ass the first two months), Naylor and Harold Ramirez, but none of those guys are world beaters. It's guaranteed if you take one of the Sox Top 3 starters (in this case, Plesac for CLE) out, it's going to have a LOT more impact than substituting Garcia/Mendick for Madrigal. "LaRussa Curse. Baby Jesus is making us fans (and injured players) pay for Kublai Hahn’s dumb hire."

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When the Dodgers lost May, Bellinger, Seager...they didn’t even blink. That’s with three of the best five teams in baseball in their division. The Indians are somewhere between 12-15, arguably. We are the Dodgers or Yankees in our division compared to the Indians and Royals.

We haven’t lost 3, it’s 1.5...for Madrigal. Same with Robert (will play at least two months). So 2/3rd’s of a season of missing fWAR. Bottom line, ONCE AGAIN, Cleveland’s only recourse is their minor league system. They don’t have our media rights deal guaranteeing XXX amount per game or expected attendance bounces to count on to generate revenue.

In other words, Cleveland’s personnel losses are affecting them more adversely than the White Sox ones. The Indians have no way to add on payroll. We have, well, JR. There’s always a Manny Ramirez or Youkilis or Rollins, etc., available for just the additional payroll assumption. See Rios/Alex.

Can anyone on this site actually (and carefully) read a freaking post without an immediate hot take? “TO CLEVELAND...” The White Sox have $80 million more in their budget and the ability to absorb $10-20 million more with full/er crowds expected. For those panicking, we survived just fine without them. Not a juggernaut, but one of the better teams in the AL. By the way, it’s comical you’re already projecting Robert at 7-8 fWAR when Jimenez has never put up 2 in LF. Don’t think there’s much certainty about that, other than the 2.5ish to 3 floor based on defense alone. How are the Indians going to replace Reyes’ at bats, with Chang and Bauers? $50 million budget/payroll, lowest in majors....better off auctioning Civale, Bieber and Jose Ramirez between now and next OD. They’ve only done that 4-5 times now since the early 90’s, after all.

Reyes/Plesac/Luplow injuries more impactful to CLE...than these three to Sox.

Agents, other teams’ front offices in FA negotiations (that we don’t protect our players well after Schneider)...even if he could do a Muncy, he certainly needs more than two months in the minors after basically three years off. Charlotte numbers are always misleading. I would be more impressed by 775-800 ops at Birmingham. Overall pitching stuff much more major league level in terms of dominant fastballs vs. command/control journeyman types hanging on for a last opportunity.

They can’t do that (this year)...imagine the blowback if he got hurt yet again. Beckham and Hernandez are next after Leury/Mendick, but more likely someone like Schoop or E.Escobar.

The last month, much better. It’s him or Marco Hernandez if they don’t go Leury-Mendick. Promoting Goodwin likely means it’s Leury for the majority of those at-bats, unfortunately.

Ummm...unless financially desperate, no way they go for that.

Correa and Seager too...

The Pirates, probably...

Well, obviously Ketel Marte is a difference maker...I guess you mean projected 1-2ish fWAR replacements. Schoop on the Tigers would be one such example. Jose Villar, etc.

Thanks for admonishing me, Board Police Guy.

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I can just see KW, we got Iglesias....ooops, the Cuban SS instead of short reliever? No, this Florida State Leaguer Iglesais.

So not cool, Ron.

Anderson threw that ball off the wrong foot...you can credit/blame Guerrero for the slide and whether it was legal or not...but Timmy seemed to take an extra step across the bag and into the path of the runner that was unnecessary. Looked like a routine DP ball all along.

3 for his last 23. Six games without a homer. Under 1.000 OPS. 9 k's. Batting average from over .300 now down to .277. Really his first slump since the first couple of weeks of the season, then the shoulder injury. 18 games missed on the year (first shoulder, then the Covid-19 scare, then 2 days for an oblique strain), still 3rd in homers with 17. 15 errors in 46 games. On pace for 47 if he continues with same projected rate and plays in the final 98 games (pretty unlikely.) 2.7 bWAR. 2.4 fWAR. 6.8 and 6.5 projections over the full season (and that's, once again, based on playing 46 out of 64 games.)