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To answer my own question and revisit Harper/Machado-mania, Harper seems to be disgruntled in Philly and wants the Phillies to be "worth it" for Dombrowski to make moves. If the Phillies are out of it by the deadline, the Sox might be able to pull something off, but have no clue what the price would be - depending on how much money the Sox take on / I don't think Dombrowski has ever been in sell-mode.

Well, injuries blow, especially because coming into this year this was one of (if not the) most talented Sox teams in decades. What's your, and we're all conditioned to recoil at the term for obvious reasons, "all in" move that the Sox can make?

I need to amend this - Sheets wasn't in Schaumburg. He did the OF work on his own, so he did sneak up on the Sox a bit as a fielder. Dude's work ethic has to be commended.

He had raw power, but his in-game power was dismal for a first baseman, but he was always a hard worker and was easy to root for. Then his game power emerged in Birmingham, but he wasn't putting up top prospect numbers (.266/.346/.710) and Vaughn was available. That prompted him to develop as a right fielder in Schaumburg. This year he began mashing in Charlotte and got more OF reps. The Sox gave him all the time he needed to develop as a hitter, power hitter, and fielder. They knew what they had, but it seems the rest of us didn't.

Thanks for clarifying. It seemed absolutely ludicrous that Heyman would even float that hypothetical.

As much as I've ragged on Tony, the man has to get some credit for the next man up spirit this team has had this season.

Panic trading a future core piece like Crochet for Frazier is a bad, bad move.

lmao no

If I'm Arizona, I wouldn't trade him to the Sox, but they'd be idiots to keep him. It'd be like the Sox holding onto Sale / Q / Eaton after 2016.

Actually - if this were involving Moncada in any way - wouldn't they have waited to send down one of Burdi/Yermin and just put Moncada on the IL?

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We did it SoxTalk!

This year has taught me to never worry about such things ever again. The Herm barrier is gone.

Considering Texas' stadium looks like a grill, it'd be fitting for him to go there.

Y'all remember that "where is Jake Burger" thread that was pretty fucking awful? He's on his way to the big leagues.

Paulie does not qualify for this in any way, shape or form unless you defended his speed.

Homers are homers.

I mean, if we can speak this in into the universe, I would very much enjoy Jedi Master Burger or Burgerman

Adam Dunn was an All-Star with the White Sox, so I think he takes the cake

Brian Goodwin is finally free from first base.

Donaldson looks like he's ready to charge into the Sox dugout.

Donaldson's chuckle-headed nonsense is so good for this rivalry.

lmao Twins

Oh god what the fuck type of curse has hit this team.

Lordy.