Jose Abreu

Shades of James Shields' last start as a Padre

Yup, if they're going to trade him (I hope not), hopefully it's not for a rental. I'd think that Wolkow, Mogollon, DePino, Lodise types would be enough for mediocre rentals even in this market.

Completely agree. The bullpen is actually pretty good and like you said, Richards is solid in his mop-up role. And this is another part of why I've been annoyed by the "make every starter prospect a reliever" strategy. Mason Adams could very well be an upgrade over Schultz/Fedde in the rotation. McDougal was brought back as a reliever because they said he wouldn't be fully stretched out until mid-August... well guess what, that's only ~14 days away and he's still in AAA anyway, so you might as well have stretched him out and added him to the MLB rotation. He needs the innings too...

I doubt it happens but I kind of agree. Everyone wants to trade Meidroth but I think Montgomery has the riskier long-term profile (in part due to his back) and simultaneously should have more trade value

I hope he replaces Grichuk

Perhaps, but in that case they'd be accommodating the wrong person IMO

If he isn't being traded it's actually quite frustrating. The only consistent strategy (Schultz the exception) appears to be turning every pitching prospect into a reliever

I like the uniqueness of the idea but why would the Rockies do this? Is the 2 years of extra control really worth the difference between the players?

They need to find a way for him to get an MLB start or two before the deadline, 40 man be damned

I don't think the regular lineup could handle replacing a righty for yet another lefty, it's already way too lefty-heavy as-is. Not to mention, Meidroth is on a 3 WAR pace (a bit better actually). Plays good defense, gets on base, consistent... basically everything we've wanted in a 2B for the last decade. I don't understand the board's obsession with wanting to trade him, unless it's more about Roch/Bonemer (the latter might not be good enough defensively to play infield anyway)

The Mune effect on this lineup is clear as day. Even when he isn't hitting homers, he makes such a big impact

Just saying, but last time the Sox traded a RHH outfielder (Derek Hill) because Everson Pereira was coming back, he picked up his 4th injury of the year days later... he has potential but I don't want Getz to make that same mistake again. You can't assume Hays will be worthless as Pereira is far from a lock to finish the season healthy

FWIW it's not a lefty starter kind of lineup. This guy is supposed to be the opener, and Aaron Civale will follow him

I voted Emerson but would be very happy with Roch too. It's a 1A/1B thing for me

McDougal desperately needs innings so I'm not sure I understand the idea. Couldn't he just ramp up over the next 3 weeks and then take Fedde's rotation spot after the ASG?

According to the scouts I follow, yes. I think Law even said this the other week. My understanding is Meidroth is a plus defender and Antonacci is more average with potential to be a little better. Nevertheless, if Antonacci can improve in LF, staying there might remain more viable considering Bonemer and Roch will each have 2027 ETAs

I agree. And Meidroth already has 11 home runs in 825 plate appearances, Madrigal had 4 in 992. I always hated the comparison even when we traded for him because he has so much more power

I recall being even happier after the perfect game because we were tied for first. Which I just checked and that's true, but we were 50-45 so hardly a juggernaut

Hope Mune doesn't rush it. Hamstrings are so easy to re-aggravate

TLR would do this kind of stuff somewhat often, call his managing "lousy" and then go make the same decisions in the next games anyway. If Venable really cuts down on the safety squeezes, I'll be impressed, but I'm worried it's kind of who he is

Tanner McDougal, if healthy, will be more immediately effective than both IMO

For whatever reason, premier power hitters tend to get more "but look at his strikeouts" type-criticism than everyone else, even when the strikeout rates are similar. Okamoto has been a league average hitter (which is fine, to be clear) but whenever he gets talked about as a "safe" or high floor hitter, nobody brings up the 32% K rate. On the other hand, Chase Meidroth, a player that I like, is striking out ~24% of the time this year and that doesn't seem to get brought up much either

I agree that this is the floor, in the event that he were willing to take a deal that slightly undervalues his current production for longer term security. Vlad Jr. signed an extension that kicked in for his age 27 season (which would be next year for Mune), and he got $500M over 14 years, roughly $36M AAV. If I'm Murakami, I don't see why I would accept an extension for a penny less than $36M AAV. I doubt either party wants the 14 years, but 6/215 would roughly align to that.

I took it differently because immediately after acknowledging that he wouldn't sign for 4/100 (which I agree is a ridiculous bargain), he immediately followed it up with "I was told that there are conversations happening." Specifically, the quote of "I have this on very good authority, that the White Sox have realized internally in that organization what they've stumbled into... they are very willing to commit if they could, now it's just a matter of actually doing it" would imply to me that the "conversations" are not just internal, because if they're already willing to commit, why wouldn't they engage Murakami's camp to see what his price is?