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Bush starting for Birmingham

Between him and Schultz on the bump, an interesting night

[Clevinger Activated, Navarro and Shaw Called up]

 

[7/28 Games]

Just now, Y2Jimmy0 said:

They absolutely are 

They've outperformed expectations, actually.

[7/28 Games]

Someone's going to have to convince me Colson and Noah aren't our top two prospects

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5 minutes ago, JoshPR said:

I'm gonna get blasted but maybe we get something with touki? I'm not saying all star bit maybe a good stop gap guy

No, I agree, he doesn't seem like a throwaway, that's for sure

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1 minute ago, Quin said:

I would like an experienced manager with no previous ties to the Sox organization, but instead to a winning organization.

Funny thing is the guy I always wanted was in the opposite dugout tonight

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4 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Possibly not.  But I think they are going to have a long audition process at the beginning of next year too.  I think there's value in having a trusted guy at catcher to bring people along. Maybe not a ton. Will be interesting to see our pitchers when none of them have to throw to Grandal.

If that's what we value, fine. There's even less of a reason to have Grandal on this team past the trade deadline, so Seby isn't even the top catcher I want moved. And if we think Perez actually isn't any good, then yes, keep him in the minors I guess.

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1 minute ago, Timmy U said:

True. He may be the worst offensive player in MLB. However, the fact that they just gutted their entire pitching staff argues for the value of a guy who may help all their new arms break in.  Perez gives you nothing. I suspect he may be DFA if they ever need a roster spot.

Are there going to be new arms of any actual value that we will break in the rest of the year outside of relievers?

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1 minute ago, Timmy U said:

Perez has a rag arm and cannot catch. I like him as a person, but they didn't just trade for 2 catchers cuz they think Perez is the answer.

Probably not, but my overarching argument is that Seby isn't a guy that should be someone standing in the way of anything

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Nice win!

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1 minute ago, Balta1701 said:

Who is the second catcher next year? If your answer is a free agent I will ask why you want to spend actual money on that spot.

Are we worried that there's not another Seby Zavala out there for $750,000? -0.8 bWAR and a 35 OPS+?

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Also, Santos is fun

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2 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

But isn't that what you want in your backup catcher?  One less spot to fill.

I think finding out if Perez is worth a roster spot is of more value. Unless you think Zavala has a future with this team (I don't) then I'd rather see him catch for two months. Are we concerned we will lose Seby? That Touki might not pitch as well with Perez?

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1 minute ago, Balta1701 said:

Especially since we are bringing along Lee next year presumably I think there’s lots of reasons to have a tolerable defensive catcher on the roster. Especially pre arb. Unless Perez is out of options, let him hang around at Charlotte and be the first injury fillin.

Unless we think he's specifically going to teach Lee how to catch, I think he's a waste of a spot.

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Oscar using these last two months to be useful would be....nice

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Just now, JoshPR said:

Anderson either

I can see an argument for keeping him with how terrible the SS market is next year, but I also wouldn't say no and would like to give Lenyn at-bats.

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Also there's no reason for Zavala to be on this team at all either. The only rational reason for him to be rostered is that he's an outstanding defensive catcher, but that really doesn't matter when your team blows. DFA him and see if Perez can be backup when we bring up Lee to hopefully replace Grandal. If we lose him, um, good for him.

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Banks looking okay tonight too.

 

There's no reason for Andrus, Grandal, Clevinger or Middleton to still be on this team in four days

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see, now that we've finally conceded, tonights game doesn't bother me much

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burger

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I now remember we have no relievers left.

 

I assume Santos is our new closer

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1 minute ago, GreenSox said:

Touki won 11 games with a 1.3 WHIP for Atlanta's world championship team.
I think his issue has been staying healthy.

I mean he's looked perfectly cromulent

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hes never gonna hit a home run again

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Great start by Touki. I want him out there every five days the rest of the year

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