caulfield12

People Are Strange/Light My Fire, Rainbow Trout, Bitter Lemon, Third Degree Burns

Maddon playing 4D chess. Genius move.

Abreu is Nelson Cruz in the 2021 Twins' example. Trading Vaughn is dumb, and Jimenez isn't even worth the $22.5 or whatever he is owed the next two seasons until he proves he can stay healthy and produce the entire secondly half...let alone worth his even more expensive 2 option years on the back end.

That’s actually positive “news.” By runs scored/allowed, we’re next to last in the AL (ahead of only KC) and 26th overall…with all of those remaining behind the Sox being rebuilding/surrendering NL teams in Washington, Cincy and Pittsburgh. Not exactly great company. Baltimore is right in front of the Sox, fwiw. Not to mention the Twins have Baltimore next (granted, they played the Red Sox tough). That said, nobody would be surprised if the Twins took that series after besting the Rays in Tampa.

https://zonecoverage.com/2021/mn-twins-news/how-the-twins-were-able-to-get-joe-ryan-in-the-nelson-cruz-trade/ Then you better turn those moves into legit major league ready prospects.

Twins jumped from 22 to 14. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-power-rankings-2022-week-4 https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds Also Twins odds to win the division at 61.2% vs 46.2% for White Sox, Indians at 16.5%.

They have a very strange way of doing business. Just like with Machado, they stare out into the abyss and can't stomach the risk of one more year and end up throwing a poison pill into the works. Preserving the status quo of having a seat at the FA table, but usually not closing the deal unless the deck is clearly stacked in their favor (such as extending homegrown players) or when there are just a few competitors and the big boys don't have a compelling need (Abreu in 2014, Robertson, Grandal, Hendriks). Robert stands out as one of the rarest of exceptions...

Probably not enough...injuries will be the convenient excuse.

Because he's short-arming it. Which is creating more deception at 92-95 and pairs up well with the change...and adds control. The problem is that he is no longer going to be that guy who blew up radar guns in the high 90s ever since Harvard Westlake with a more long arm delivery. The second/third problem is the stress that eventually puts on the body and the fact that the fastball and change velocity will continue to show a narrowing velocity gap over time.

Of course, Eloy would go to a team like the Astros or Blue Jays and transform into Yordan Alvarez.

41-34 + 9-16=50-50 last one hundred games including post season

No, it's not. Even the mods are joining in now.. and some of the better posters on this site are starting to question things as well. Tony "I’m sorry you find it “totally unacceptable.” You know what I find totally unacceptable? Having a GM for the last decade that still hasn’t won a playoff series. Having a GM show zero interest in bringing back one of their best performing pitchers last year, and replace him with Vince Velasquez. Having s GM be fully aware he built a lineup that isn’t capable to hitting RHP, and doing nothing to address it in the offseason. Having a FO take their Opening Day starter to arbitration over $50,000. Having ownership dig LaRussa out of the ground to manage the team. Sorry, I’m not going to “cool it.” Deal with it."

Crazy thing is they just go 6-7 instead of 2-11 and they’re in first place by 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 as one or two of those wins would have come against the Twins.

I'm not advocating for anything. Just presenting the logical options. They will definitely get at least until mid~June. And they desperately need a shakeup move like the Brewers and Rays accomplished with the Adames trade early last season. Sacrificing Keuchel right now doesn't accomplish much.

Or Michael Wacha. Heck, Chris Archer has more than held his own so far. But the odds of seeing Wes Benjamin this year are pretty much slim and none...unless they're 12+ games under .500.

The Twins already providing blueprint for dramatic turnaround jettisoning Berrios, Donaldson, Rogers and Cruz...and building an entire rotation almost from scratch. In fact, with Ober out now, it's 100% imported.

Has to be deals for Giolito/Lynn and ANY veterans over 30, along with Bummer on the block. TA7, Moncada, Cease, Kopech are the next tier of decisions, obviously would have to be bowled over completely and very few teams would be willing to pay the asking price for Yoan anyway... At any rate, no matter what happens from here on out, Luis Robert and Vaughn are going to be the two remaining franchise cornsterstones.

Was it over when the Japanese bombed the USS Maine...oops Pearl Harbor?

Sounds like there was an at least one if not two questionable plays in RF as well...which you clearly wouldn't expect when you're writing out the starting lineup. "The money will be spent/was spent."

We signed TWO utility guys when we really needed an everyday 2B like an Escobar or even Wendle.

Not in so-called championship window seasons...

You mean if he can stay on the field and in offensive rhythm for an entire season... But he probably belongs at DH. But so do Abreu/Vaughn, Grandal, Sheets and Burger.

The White Sox never had a shot at Montas without Vaughn. As many were concerned about coming into the season, Sheets is far from a sure thing (at the most replaceable position in the game), and now the Sox need to hold onto Burger for Moncada insurance as well as picking up the slack for Sheets as well. Essentially, all one needs to do is look at the career of Daniel Vogelbach. All he does is hit decently but not quite consistently enough to generate a 775-800 ops clip wherever he goes, so he just ends up drifting from team to team without ever finding a permanent home. If Sheets was an above average defender at any position, he would have at least SOME trade value. We shall see if Sheets makes it to Vogelbach’s 1000ish career MLB at-bats. So far Gavin is at a 784 ops in the majors after being a 769 hitter across four minor league seasons.

They’re somewhere in the vicinity of #8-12…from watching a ton of games and listening to most radio feeds as well. Benetti isn’t as funny and clever as he often thinks he is, and Stone is fine as long as he keeps his ego in check. They’re a lot better when the games are close or the Sox are playing well, with less forced filler time and fewer opportunities to give in to their tendency to defend every single thing the front office, manager and coaching staff do. Benetti is arguably better at basketball and football. He does have a lot of versatility, and a classic announcer’s voice…but sometimes he just needs to be quiet and let the game breathe. In basketball, the pace of action forces him to do more describing and less joking around, which is a better balance.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-predictions-for-may-2022 “Look, we all seem to think this dude is going to be dealt between now and the Aug. 2 Trade Deadline, so let’s get on with it. We saw the value of the earlier-than-expected strike when the Brewers and Rays made the swap last May that sent shortstop Willy Adames to Milwaukee and pitchers J.P. Feyereisen and Drew Rasmussen to Tampa Bay -- a beautiful baseball trade that immediately benefited both parties. The A’s stronger-than-expected start is a mirage, every Montas start is precious, and there is no reason why they shouldn’t at least continue talking about a trade at a time when contenders are scrambling for innings and assistance. The Rays are as good a pick as any to make another early impact deal, because while their predominantly young rotation has pitched well (and will hopefully get Shane Baz back before long), their lack of length is putting a lot of pressure on a bullpen that entered Saturday leading the Majors in innings (98 1/3). Sure, that’s the Rays’ style, but a difference-maker like Montas, who is under reasonable arbitration control through 2023, fits their organizational framework and is worthy of depletion from a strong farm system if it helps them repeat in a brutal American League East. The Rays would be loath to part with right-hander Taj Bradley or the versatile Vidal Bruján, but either of those prospects would make sense as the centerpiece of a return for the A’s.”