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After doing that…would the Sox ever sign a Tier A free agent again? Top 5 pitcher in baseball sent down to claw back a year of control…that’s truly unprecedented. Players league wide pay close attention to that kind of shady move. Like fighting Gio over pennies on the dollar in arbitration over his union role.

And the Mets have taken Severino Q and Manaea off the market…

Are there any though, that are surefire building blocks for the next core? Vaughn and Sheets are both four years into their careers and they can’t even make a determination on them.

who Japanese compare to? and US scouts

Murakami the Babe Ruth/Muncy comped 3B that might be more of a 1B/DH guy ultimately.

They won't get Sasaki but should at least try. Corbin Burnes, Max Fried (hurt), Flaherty, Pivetta, Severino and Scherzer top of FA market for pitchers. Only one true difference maker in Burnes... ton of mileage on that arm the last five years. No quick fixes other than gambling on Sasaki... who should be better than Matsumoto as long as healthy.

Yes, but it still doesn't work to get more than two articles per month or whatever.

Summary? CST blocked for me here in China.

At least Kimbrel got touched up tonight and there's those growing boos starting to build late in the season in Camden Yards...that provided some measure of happiness. Four bad outings in a row, 3 disastrous. They might need to bench him for Seranthony Dominguez.

Now it's Senzel blocking Ramos/Sosa. Fletcher blocked by Sheets and everyone else thrown at RF, guys like Grossman and Sheets. Pillar's value wasted...one of the few vets to overperform. Colas in the doghouse or blocked. Montgomery, Baldwin, Ja.Gonzalez and Sosa blocked by guys like Lopez, Mendick and DeJong. At least DeJong will be moving on, in theory. Pham blocking younger guys like Julks. Cronin's value totally wasted. Benintendi should just be sent home and told to rest mentally. Still would be better off with Mena for the long-term. Fletcher clearly a 4/5 OF, usual type of complementary guy with a limited tool chest, not a star in the least, by ANY stretch of the imagination. Burger's value wasted with Eder falling backwards from prospect status. Burger and Robert would have at least provided 2 of the 4 power guys in the middle of the lineup for the next three years, and a little bit of excitement at least like CAGS will for KC. For example, KC had something like 4-5 guys in the starting line-up tonight with sub 700 OPS numbers. Obviously Witt, Perez and all the pitching additions made all the difference in the world, along with Pasquantino returning to the line-up. Their OF has actually been the worst statistically in all of baseball, pretty much.

The same team with the least amount of scouts of any team in baseball right now? Good luck.

Yeah despite Powell overexposure UK Daisy is going to be a star. Reminds me of Rosamund Pike. Far better than the original Paxton Hunt vehicle from 1996. Ding dong the Cubs are pretty much dead and buried. PCA 182/528

Pillar and Cronin two of the worst off the radar moves.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_career.shtml Looks pretty accurate to me.

Both Twisters and Deadpool ten times more entertaining. We have our own version... the worst bullpen in baseball a shock to absolutely no one who follows this team closely.

See C. Rutherford...

Meanwhile Twins and Royals leading for second and third WC spots. And Burger with his 13th homer, .230/.671 and rising by the week.

Pham trade value up. Or referring to the Garver hit? Following online and not that closely at that.

Except one can play GG defense when healthy. And actually put up a positive fWAR.

Yes? Well I don't see any any solutions to what is the lowest point in Sox history for 105 years now. Mid to late 80s and early 70's look much better in comparison.

Lee quickly headed to a sub .200 average.

JR will wait until 2027, remember Grandal foundering on the rocks his last two seasons with zero return? Keuchel one of the few exceptions of more than $5 million eaten, along with Leury. Benintendi would be $50 millionish.

That's why him being hyped as the one untradeable player was a ridiculous premise.

Crochet Fedde to name two. Cannon as well. Who is dramatically underperforming expectations? Nastrini? Leasure? Kopech has been this same inconsistent wasted potential his entire career. What bullpen pitcher is extremely talented? Lots of garbage down there.

Going to be tough to push it down under $2 billion no matter what they do with the potential value of the Chicago media market.