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His ass better not be up here in September, because wasting a year of service time for 30 days on the big league club in a lost season is fu**ing stupid.

Jose Abreu is a far better hitter than Greg Bird.

Shields for Frazier. Sox pick up all remaining obligations for Shields. Done.

Just a shocking take from you, gmail.

I like the idea of this trade, but all three would need to be added to the 40 man immediately. I'd prefer Fried, and a nice low level high upside guy, personally. Fried and William Contreras would be awfully neat.

I doubt it. I guess I could see Kopech, but at this point, I'd hate it. Just bring them both up a couple weeks into next season. Anything sooner is just short sighted.

Don't forsee that being an issues until next April.

I am sure he'll be on there.

Has anyone with the Sox commented on Fulmer's apparent move to the pen? Is this permanent, or temporary?

As for the OP, my proposal would be Soria Indians for Brady Aiken (P) and Aaron Brancho (SS).

Omar Narvaez is a god awful catcher. He's actually been quite good at the plate since Castillo went down, but he's still nothing special. Hard to be a solid back-up catcher when you suck balls at catching.

Jose has been terrible over the last 6 weeks. I agree. I tend to think he'll snap out of it at some point. I agree that he's certainly not at peak value, and was never going to get the Sox a blue chipper anyway, but he's definitely not a salary dump because he's struggled for a few weeks. In all likelihood, he was never going anywhere anyway.

When you have an opinion on something, you really go balls to the wall.

Agreed

Look, the Tatis trade was terrible. We all know that. But even people who follow the Sox minor league system religiously, and apparently the people who were actually behind signing him, didn't see him blowing up. It happens sometimes when dealing with 17 year olds. It is what it is at this point.

Yah, those are the types of deals where we'd actually see Rodon get moved. I don't see those offers coming to fruition.

Totally agreed

Lol, the dude had never played in a game for the Sox and something like 30 players in his class were given higher bonuses. If anyone here claims to have known he was going to blow up, they'd be lying.

McMahon has been pretty terrible this season in both AAA and the bigs.

Who are the going to acquire from us though?

Throw in was the wrong word. But he wasn't viewed as a major prospect at the time. Most people on here didn't even know who he was.

Yep, the 40 man crunch is going to become a real thing very soon.

Tatis Jr was a throw-in in that deal when it was made. He blew up. No one was talking about how the Padres fleeced the Sox with Tatis Jr when the trade was made. I personally have low expectations because everyone with value has been traded. Jose maybe has some, but his recent somewhat extended cold streak makes his minimal chances of being traded quite a bit lower. Avi and Jones are hurt. The only guys that have any real value in trade (that the Sox would actually consider trading) are Soria, Avilan and Yolmer. That is it, and those guys aren't bringing back top 100 prospects. Maybe someone is interested in Cedeno, but we aren't getting anything exciting.

Next May.

The Sox really don't have much of anything to trade. I don't expect much excitement the next few weeks. As you noted, Soria, Avilan and Cedeno are all probably gone. But the returns will be minimal. I would love to see us get someone's blocked CF prospect that we can at least throw out there the rest of the year instead of Engel.