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That's fair. I certainly won't be disappointed if the Sox trade some spare parts for a stop gap RF like Marte. I just don't think its a necessity. I still think Escobar is a pretty easy move to make that should be done. Should cost very little, and frees Leury up to play a little more CF in the meantime (and stop the Goodwin madness there) and platoon with Engel in RF for the last 6 weeks or so once Luis comes back. Gallo isn't going to be cheap, and if Preller is involved, just bow out cause things just got more expensive.

Is it perfect? No. Is this team (with Eloy, Robert and Yaz healthy) good enough to win in October with an Engel/Leury/Goodwin RF? Yes. I am not trading Crochet + 2 of Kelley/Dalquist/Thompson + perhaps more for 1.33 seasons of Joey Gallo. The Sox are built to be good for 5-7 seasons. We don't need to push our few remaining chips in now for a very good but flawed player in Gallo. Bottom line is this - if the Pads, or the Yanks want to Gallo - they're better trade partners for TEX than the Sox. Cuz the Sox aren't trading pieces off the MLB roster.

I think these next couple months are huge for Conforto. But a 3/$45-50M isn’t out of the question if he continues to struggle. Absolutely would love buying low on him. He’s gonna make that team very happy. Now if he has a monster 2nd half like he’s capable of, he’s gonna tick up from $15-18M AAV. But dude looked like a $100M contract guy not too long ago, and he’s a perfect fit on this roster in RF for 22 and beyond.

Let them have Gallo. He'd be nice and all, but I'd rather keep our prospects and spend Jerry's money on Conforto this offseason. Engel/Leury/Goodwin/Sheets can cover RF fine once Robert returns.

I thought Jimmy insinuated it was Luke Schilling but perhaps I misread.

Adolfo also leads the southern league in Homers, RBI (by a wide margin) and is top 5 in OPS.......so if he can't hit AA pitching....no one in that league can.

Adolfo should be plenty for Arizona. They might prefer someone else, but they aren't getting anything exciting for 8-9 weeks of Escobar. Edit: if the rumored deal of Luke Schilling for Escobar was accurate (prior to injury), that gives you an idea of the type of return Escobar would requite.

Yeah. Twins aren't punting 2022 and the FO thinks they can re-tool and be a contender in 22. Trading Buxton and/or Berrios wouldn't really jive with that thought.

I think if the Sox could get Frazier for a package centered around Sheets, Frazier would already be in a Sox uni.

As previously mentioned, the Twins are extremely unlikely to trade Buxton and/or Berrios. The impending FA will all be moved if possible.

I know that isn’t the plan tho. He’s in this rotation next year. He has to be. Just sort of curious management of him all season. He’s not ready to throw 3-4 innings right now tho so im mostly indifferent about tomorrow’s start. But this 1 10 pitch inning BS needs to stop. He needs at LEAST 6-7 full blown regular season starts the rest of the way. Innings need to climb.

This. Kopech needs to be stretched out immediately. I honestly am fine with him pitching today because I think 2 innings should be the max, but not letting him have this 9th is turrrrible.

I’d start Kopech tomorrow too but he was at max throwing 2 innings. So I’m not gonna get too worked up about it.

Hopefully only like 3 more weeks. Looks to be making good progress.

No way? Lol. There is most definitely a way. In fact, in probably likely one of them gets dealt.

Very nice! Pleasantly surprised by this one!

Most Sox fans on Twitter (really any fan base) have no fucking clue what they’re talking about.

The Twins are very unlikely to trade Buxton and/or Berrios. Need to be absolutely blown away. Take that on pretty strong word.

Good to have Aaron back. Strange with with ReyLo at this point but I root for the guy. Not like Foster has been good.

You suggested moving him to 2N literally like 3 days ago.

Gotcha. Didn’t look there. Feel free to delete.

For sure. It’s not August yet.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/07/white-sox-acquire-deivy-grullon.html

For cash. Per MLbTR. Surprised there want a thread yet. Definitely not a big move but the man will likely replace Zavala on the 26 man.

Kopechs innings have already been limited. He needs to throw 80-100 innings this season to be a full fledged starter the Sox need him to be in 22. He needs to be starting games regularly in August and September.