Jose Abreu

Unfortunately, I noticed too. Thought it was weird that we'd go to arguably our worst reliever because he's young, but not give the superior Heuer/Foster the same chances

Good point. Lynn for Stiever, Heuer, Adolfo David Phelps for Collins, Flores

Lynn for Stiever, Adolfo, Heuer +

Isn't deGrom pitching in like 30 minutes?

Bing bang bong.

I know the person behind the account and I'm telling you it's literally a parody account poking fun at the Cishek/insider trend

He reported that Madrigal's "bags were packed" and that he was leaving while James Fox and other FutureSox guys were literally watching him play at Schaumburg

He even has a .392 xBABIP, so his BABIP is lower than his batted profile suggests it should be (and this is without factoring in his speed). He has a .371 wOBA and .394 xwOBA. Despite his impressive numbers, Robert has arguably been unlucky this year. The same can be said for Jimenez

It does make some sense. Adolfo will be traded tomorrow for similar reasons

One would have to assume Collins would be on the taxi squad over Mercedes and Zavala. I think that's meaningful

Find a way to get Lynn without giving Dunning and I'll be ecstatic

Oh, good point

By the way, what was the point of throwing those pitchers to Whit? He obviously wouldn't swing, why not just intentionally walk him and not risk a wild pitch?

Exactly. Dozier is quite good, this is a weird strategy

He has a .339 OBP

And 4 times in 5 days too. Do they want him to get hurt or something?

My complete guess would be Kopech + Stiever + Adolfo + one of Thompson/Dalquist/Kelley for Lynn and Gallo. And I'm probably in the minority, but I'd do it. Gallo (and eventually Vaughn) would complete this offense

I think Gallo and Lynn would cost more than people think, but I'd love it

I know this is mostly in jest but there really is no way Luis Robert (say he were on the Orioles with this contract) could receive fair value in a trade. You'd have to get multiple teams involved. It would need to be like the Sale and Quintana returns combined. We're talking about 8 relatively cheap years of a 4+ win baseline center fielder with a Trout ceiling

Top 5, honestly. That contract is really nice

Yes, the Sox are going to make the playoffs. That has been a pretty safe bet for weeks now. But they're also a top ~5 team in all of baseball, and just making the playoffs, as refreshing as it will be given the 12 year drought, should not be the goal now that we know how good this team is

Abreu

For all the (mostly sarcastic) jabs about Lynn's performance tonight, 6 IP/3 ER against the Dodgers is pretty good

Not just referring to their friendly banter on Twitter. Back when Tim's YouTube channel was a thing during Spring Training 1.0, one of his videos included him and Bauer hanging out and talking for a bit. They seemed to know each other pretty well

I'm not a fan of Bauer as a person but FWIW, he and Tim are actually good friends Reinsdorf hates Manfred so if anything that's a plus