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Gallo has no team control beyond this season and the Yankees are already the best team in baseball against RHP. Maybe you’re looking at B prospect, but I can’t imagine the cost would be all that much. Engel is more about giving them a stopgap OF who can play quality defense at all three spots and hit LH pitching. He’s a very useful piece for them even if not an overly valuable one.

See my second post. Honestly, Frazier just doesn’t do it for me. I think we need a guy with some pop and Frazier is having a bad season to boot.

Right off the bat I’d say the bulk of these guys are unattainable either because they are good players on good teams or valuable assets on bad teams. 2B in particular appears to be a real challenge as the guys who could make a difference are all controllable for some time. That being said, the one guy there that stands out at 2B is Brandon Lowe. He’s had a slow start to the season and the Rays are always open to moving players that would seem tough to acquire. However, his contract is so attractive I just don’t see how they move him unless they see a guy like Sosa as a top 50 caliber prospect who can quickly assume a starting role. Assuming Lowe is off the table, I really think you’re down to guys like Gallo or Naquin for RF. These would not be sexy additions, but they would be upgrades against tough RHP and should come relatively cheap (assuming the Yankees would even move Gallo). The challenge with adding one of these guys is it will push Eloy or Pollock to the bench against RHP, but given the health profiles of those two having more depth would obviously be a good thing. Gun to head, I think we see something like Engel + C prospect for Gallo at the trade deadline. I’d love something more impactful, but not sure it’s doable without gutting the farm system unfortunately. What do you guys think? What would you like to see?

So it’s very clear that the Sox will need to acquire a LH bat to help against tough RHP. The question is what options are available at a position of need and won’t require us to give up our entire farm system. From my perspective, this should be a legit RF or a 2B, with the latter probably being the ideal option for this season. That being said, there aren’t exactly a ton of guys who fit this criteria. Here is the list of players with over 200 PA’s over the past three years against RHP as a LH hitter and with a +115 wRC+ that could fit in at one of those positions. Please note that the figures reflect wRC+ against RHP (3 yr avg | 2022), team winning percentage, and trade value per BBTV. Second Base: Brandon Lowe, TB (145 | 99) (.544) (70.4M) Luis Arraez, MIN (136 | 194) (.551) (34.6M) Jeff McNeil, NYM (124 | 160) (.643) (31.3M) Jake Croneworth, SD (121 | 105) (.614) (48.2M) Joey Wendle, MIA (117 | 104) (.455) (5.8M) Tommy La Stella, SF (116 | 88) (.567) (-5.8M) Jazz Chisholm, MIA (115 | 156) (.455) (53.6M) Jorge Polanco, MIN (115 | 135) (.551) (40.3M) Brad Miller, TEX (115 | 85) (.478) (0.8M) Max Muncy, LAD (115 | 90) (.621) (11.3M) Right Field: Bryce Harper, PHI (179 | 178) (.522) (35.8M) Juan Soto, PHI (176 | 149) (.352) (190.9M) Kyle Tucker, HOU (144 | 135) (.627) (137.0M) Mike Yazstremski, SF (135 | 141) (.567) (45.6M) Michael Conforto, FA (134 | NA) (NA) (NA) Cedric Mullins, BAL (131 | 102) (.435) (53.5M) Bryan Reynolds, PIT (123 | 121) (.418) (80.5M) Max Kepler, MIN (120 | 112) (.551) (30.5M) Joey Gallo, NYY (118 | 116) (.735) (7.5M) Tyler Naquin, CIN (117 | 128) (.343) (0.4M)

131 wRC+

Pass on both of them. I’d rather make a run at Gallo.

Yeah, you’re probably right there, but hopefully a RH middle infielder isn’t too hard to come by. The bigger concern to me is what LH bats are available that fit a position of need and won’t cost a fortune?

3 1/2 games out for both the division lead and 6th WC spot. Honestly, with our remaining schedule we just need enough guys to get healthy to give us a pretty great at landing one of those spots. Then get a legit left-handed bat and second lefty for the pen and I think we can make serious run at this thing.

And wow

Fuck

Ball four base hit

McGuire is very bad against lefties, but maybe we get favorable revenge luck

Why not?

I would

Pinch run for Jose and go for the jugular now

Holy shit he got out of it

If we get through this inning tied, then I fully agree. If not, play for two in the bottom of the 12th.

God I love me some Engel RF range

Yeah, this would be dangerous night to be drinking & White Soxing

Strike this pork chop out!

Oh Tony is definitely throwing tomorrow’s game to keep us fresh for when the games really matter

Just feels like a blast is coming here

Come on Pito

Very strange IMO, especially with the heart of the lineup up.