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If I can get a top 100 positional prospect for him that fits a position of need and is relatively close to the majors, I’m moving him and not looking back. For example, I’d move Fry in a heartbeat for a guy like Austin Riley. I just don’t that being a realistic ask at this point in time and Riley in particular seems off limits. Short of that, hold onto Fry and have him help anchor what could be a dominant pen in the coming years. If the Sox can add one proven veteran, I think we have the pieces internally to build something special in no time. A trio of Burdi, Hamilton, & Fry along with said veteran is a fantastic starting point. Beyond that we’d still have Jones, Bummer, Fulmer, Vieira, Covey, & Stephens as potential bullpen options. That’s a pretty good group of young, cheap, high upside arms IMO.

The injury curse is now affecting former Sox prospect as He Who Shall Not Be Named is going to miss the rest of the season!

This should good give us a good sense of the reliever market. I’ve been skimming through an A’s board and they generally seem a little worried about the potential price. At first glance it does seem like it may be a bit of a seller’s market this year.

You’re saying they actully carted Zangari off for a hand injury? That seems pretty extreme.

I mean, he had pitched one inning in the last 13 days, I’m sure it’s just rust:

Not one single person has suggested Soria has the same value as Hand.

By me saying Kahnle has eye popping stuff does not mean I’m saying Fry has mediocre stuff. Kahnle had one of the highest average velocities when we traded him and power pitchers are typically more attractive for October. Fry definitely has good stuff for a lefty, but Andrew Miller he is not. Maybe his breaking pitches can make up for that and he can still be a dominant reliever, but I don’t think right now he’s as easy of a sell as Kahnle was last year.

I’ve said on this very forum that I’d expect a 15% BB rate from him in the majors. I’m definitely not expecting him to retain his current 21% BB rate. That being said, I do think K rate will maintain or get better with improved umpiring. I also think that his power numbers will improve by playing in a bandbox with a juiced ball. And catching prospects typically see their offensive development lag behind a bit while they focus on the defensive side of things. I actually think that you expecting his most positive trait to regress and everything else to remain the same or get worse is somewhat unreasonable for a player like him.

Basabe with a walk and a double. Fangraphs really blew their assessment of him in their rankings.

But a guy like him has also likely been the victim of poor minor league umpiring, so I wouldn’t assume his K rate will automatically get worse.

I thought drawing walks was like the #1 thing that translated to the majors ?‍♂️

Cease with a rough first inning. Not surprising given he’s pitched like one inning in the past 13 days.

Oh god, did Zangari get injured? He was just pinch hit for in the middle of an at-bat.

RBI double for Eloy.

Would you bump Covey then?

Kahnle plus Robertson (who had some value) and the remains of Frazier got us a descending top 100 type prospect in Rutherford plus a C prospest in Clarkin. A Riley + Allard package is significantly more valuable IMO and while Kahnle didn’t have much a track record either he did have eye popping stuff.

You realize he’s had two TJ surgies and is a reliever that somewhat came out of nowhere. There’s plenty of reasons to cash in now depending on the return.

I don’t see Riley being attainable under any scenario. He’s their future at 3B and they have way too many arms they can use to fill holes as needed. Allard or Fried might be attainable for Fry though.

Is it possible his injury during spring training sapped some of his power?

100% agree.

I hate everything about Seattle so I hope we sweep these fucks.

I mean, their system is probably worse than most of our pre-rebuild systems.

Seattle doesn’t really have anything of value that Soria alone couldn’t net other than maybe Kyle Lewis.

I think he’s battling some physical ailments. Didn’t he have a foot injury recently? He just doesn’t look comfortable up there despite the fact he looked amazing in April & May.

Fangraphs doesn’t know how to account for his past month & a half and is just playing the middle. More than likely he’s the same hitter he was in 2017 and the first two months of 2018 (135 to 140 wRC+ bay) or he’s actually fallen off a cliff and will be a bad hitter. I don’t really see how the middle ground is a realistic scenario IMO.