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This is where I'm at. I doubt they're cheating, but if you told me they were, I wouldn't be surprised. I have no idea what the numbers say, but watching them it's pretty crazy the plate coverage and exit velos they're consistently attaining.

I'm not sure this conversation shouldn't include Colson. Has he cemented himself as an everyday player this season? His second half has been pretty putrid while Sam and Chase continue to be solid contributors.

And traded away 40% of their starting staff. Quit with the hyperbole to prove a point, man. You’re a smarter fan than that.

That 2023 dude is an absolute clown, just begging for attention.

After trading Skubal?

this board, man… Cleveland just burned through 3 games against one of the weakest opponents on their schedule. Got swept. Twins playing 3 against the lowly Royals and lose 2 of 3. Sox, on the other hand, just rolled through the hardest part of their schedule and went 5-6 against TB, NYY, and BOS. We lost half a game while going through our toughest stretch. And yall bitching about it? Crazy.

Were you excited to give of Bonemer or McDougal for Stephenson?

I’ll give Will the benefit of the doubt and assume he’s trying to be sure we have arms available against a more important CLE opponent tomorrow. Huddy and Hicks both threw <20 tonight. We couldn’t afford to sacrifice a game against CLE for a win against BOS.

Richards. The decision to bring in Richards was essentially waving the white flag. oh well…hot team. Let’s get CLE

Boston, just like the last series against them, is the hottest team in baseball. Their pitching has been incredible and they’re seemingly squaring up anything thrown at them. That’s a tough team to beat and will make even good teams look bad. I expect an L today and won’t think twice about it when the sweep is complete. It shouldn’t be used as proof that we suddenly suck or whatever nonsense dumb fans will inevitably throw around. No analysis should go further than the fact we ran into a buzz saw. They just swept LAD before us.

4 dongs in last 9abs?

It's clear he has a great relationship with the staff. He's a solid defender. Quero's bat isn't good enough to compensate for the difference in defense between he and Romo. Catcher is one of those positions where teams are fine sacrificing defense for offense, which is clearly what the Sox are doing by grabbing Bart. Catcher is a hell of a lot more than just a bat, catching the ball, and throwing out baserunners. Pitch calling, feel for situational baseball, inspiring confidence in the pitching staff, ABS challenges, etc. By those measures, Romo is a much better catcher than Quero. Teel is an exception because his bat does (errr did) exceed the cost of his defensive deficiencies.

C ODoyle and Castillo requiring significant improvement over current performance lessens their value considerably. I don’t mind a project but odd time to commit to a couple of them, especially ODoyle. Periera? Eh, whatever. Now leaving his, what, third org headed to his 4th? Could be more than just performance at play there.

Could help explain why we don't have a catcher yet. If that's close to the price for Stephenson, I'm rolling the dice on Quero bouncing back into form.

I don’t think they have.

His high in IP was 2024, when he threw 88 innings. After yesterday’s start, he’s at 88ip this season. Even if you stretch him to 120, that’s only 5-6 more starts.

If Schultz was where they want him to be, he would’ve been moved to the pen to extend his value this season before hitting his IP limit. That they’re willing to burn those remaining innings in the rotation through a handful more starts screams that they’re more concerned with development than 2026 impact, imo. A good thing for the future but sort of a damning take on where their current evaluation of him is at. All speculation, of course, but Fedde has far and away been the better starter the last month or two.

Mason Miller is the only guy rumored to be available who I’d be willing to send Braden out for.

$413M luxury taxable payroll this season. They have over $1B in deferred money. It’s an unhealthy league when one team can spend 400% more on its roster than another. I know this Skubal deal isn’t about the loot, but they don’t have that farm system to make these types of midseason deals without big FA signings. Ya know, like throwing $60M/yr at Kyle Tucker last offseason.

I so hope they get knocked out of the playoffs early. F’n ridiculous.

Raked over the coals? We gave up a no name OF, a AA guy who was on no one’s radar before this season, and an MLB closer we’re paying $10M to no longer pitch in any high leverage situation. In return we get a 33yo SP with a solid history. Castillo allowed 7er twice in April and 5er in a recent start against the Dodgers. That’ll hurt ann ERA. Outside of that, he hasn’t given up more than 4er in a start all season. He’s had 3QS in June and July, with another 2QS where he was yanked after 5 2/3. Getz wasn’t raked over the coals. None of us should give a s%*# about money. The only drawback is Smith, an unproven guy in AA who isn’t doing a damn thing for us to help win games this season.

A week ago, last Friday night, Ser was awful and a big part of our worst loss of the season. 2 good outings and now he’s fixed? And f*** Kimbrel

He’s at like 95 pitches. I think Rasmussen is done with Benni leading off the 7th.

I'm not buying this rumor, at all. Unless our pitching coordinators, who already have a pretty mixed record of success, have identified an easy-to-fix flaw with Peralta and feel they can make him absolutely dominant and do so quickly, I don't think this is the kind of deal Getz is looking to make. The checkbook is open, why the hell would he choose to spend farm assets instead?

Reads like his 4seam usage is way down, rather than way up. He’s throwing his sinker regularly in triple digits. If he can get sinker movement at that velocity, it makes sense he’d essentially dump the 4 seamer.