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Trading Mune Vargas Bonemer Antonacci Meidroth Burke Taylor Peters...selling high Trading Colson Quero Teel Braden Carlson...pretty much the opposite. (Well, maybe Braden's somewhere in the middle.)

Sato can’t play CF…and Kondoh is too old now at 33/34. He is 3B RF 1B DH.

him or Schlittler

best pitcher would be undrafted

It's what the Brewers and Rays constantly do. Ofc they might have the same issue with Murakami, not sure they can afford to lose their two best offensive players in one calendar year. Obviously depends on the offers. And how much JR is willing to spend in FA. Teruaki Sato has a lot more positional versatility (3B RF) than Mune, but at least 10-12 teams known to be pursuing him, including the majority of the big spending franchises. Full court press of both Mune and Vargas on extensions feels like the much higher probability of paying off.

Moving Colson from a place where he should be at least a 3-5 fWAR player to corner/DH/1B just devalues his skill set...and he's still pretty much the emotional leader of that infield when he's playing confidently, just has that swagger a young team needs.

Skubal King Mize Canning Ray Unless you think you can fix Peralta?

1927 New York Yankees: Babe Ruth (60), Lou Gehrig (47), Bob Meusel (33). 1930 Philadelphia Athletics: Jimmie Foxx (37), Al Simmons (36), Mule Haas (32). 1956 Cincinnati Reds: Wally Post (33), Ted Kluszewski (35), Gus Bell (32). 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers: Reggie Smith (32), Steve Garvey (33), Ron Cey (28) — (note: Cey fell short here; included to show era context)

Antonacci is too important to the Sox lineup (and scrappy/grindy side of the offense) to bench. Arguably one of their best hitters with runners on base, and improving by the month defensively in left.

Easy to cast aside Colson because of the low BA K's and hitting with RISP. That said, keeping Vargas at third and Mune at first seems more ideal for keeping both of them engaged. Vargas is closer to the overall best 3B than he would be over at first base. That leaves Bonemer splitting time with Antonacci in left and DH. Not really ideal. Then what to do with Billy Carlson as well...when he's the best SS and likely 2B as well. CF, maybe catcher depending on Teel's health and ANY/ALL pitching are where the talent needs to be added. Carlson also provides the most WAR value on the middle infield.

Burger 21, Sheets 16

Mune now four clear of slumping Okamoto, 28 to 24, for Japanese rookie HR record previous Ohtani 22 pace for around 36-38 despite missing six full weeks

Bonemer 0/3 2 k's .275 .959

Cleveland might be in second alone if they win today...long long weather delay in CLE. Just now getting started, Mize vs. Bibee Twins with one more chance against former closer Duran, bottom third of order

TEX 61 63 .492 - 5-5 W1 505 549 -44 57-67 32-27 29-36 22-30 LIVE @ ATH BAL 61 63 .492 - 5-5 W3 563 589 -26 59-65 32-30 29-33 30-28 Aug 17 @ TB TOR 61 65 .484 1.0 7-3 L1 492 549 -57 57-69 33-33 28-32 33-42 Aug 16 vs. NYY CLE 60 64 .484 1.0 3-7 W1 494 521 -27 59-65 29-32 31-32 24-33 LIVE vs. SD MIN 60 64 .484 1.0 4-6 L2 573 619 -46 58-66 32-30 28-34 24-27 LIVE vs. PHI DET 60 64 .484 1.0 5-5 L3 565 482 +83 71-53 32-31 28-33 27-29 Aug 17 @ PIT SEA 58 66 .468 3.0

what are you doing, Royce Lewis? also made an error in the field last inning maybe out twice...didn't seem to realize Stott was going to make the play until it was too late

well when the choice was essentially him or Richards 7 games over has been the high point all season hope it ends up better than the same record entering most recent Red Sox series Have Cubs' starters been announced? Imanaga Peterson/Holmes Gausman vs. Castillo Fedde S.Smith/Urquidy

in a situation when the primary backend guys were surely unavailable...Richards next man in again and Newcomb only two homers allowed over nearly 70 ip two sweeps of the Tigers now

Twins have just blown a 5-0 lead now 7-5 in the eighth scored four in the sixth, three just now going to bot 8

Worst St. Louis Cardinals Team to Win the World SeriesThe 2006 St. Louis Cardinals are widely regarded as the worst Cardinals team to win the World Series, both in terms of regular-season performance and overall team quality. Why They’re Considered the WorstRegular season record: 83–78, the lowest winning percentage for any World Series champion in a full season Champs or Chumps. Playoff run: They barely made the postseason, finishing just above .500 in the NL Central, and were considered a scrappy underdog. Key players: Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen provided the core power, but the rest of the roster was inconsistent, with some of the worst pitching in the league YouTube.

White Sox are first in AL runs scored and RBI’s Third in homers and OPS

Interesting contract Games Started $100,000 each for 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 Innings Pitched $100,000 each for 60 (earned), 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150 Soon to be hitting an extra $200,000 at close to 70 ip, would put him around 90-95 for the entire season and plus $400k well earned contract dollars

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rolisry01.shtml#all_transactions_other WestEddy was NOT a huge fan of Ryan Rolinson this past spring 7-1, 1.2 bWAR Just never know with bullpen guys… See Hicks Newcomb Hudson

Playoff Odds: 92.3% to make postseason, 10.4% to win World Series (that last part can't be right)

Nobody would have predicted that adding Mahle and deGrom turning down now the Braves' potential trade would work out so well... "Meanwhile, Mahle has been dealing since joining Atlanta, pitching well in his first two starts with the Braves. There is no telling what deGrom would have done in those two starts, especially now that he is dealing with triceps fatigue."