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3 rookies w/HR? One of the best wins of the year.

Braden 0-5 with 4K in AA debut. Nowhere to go but up!

Maybe they can trade him to Milwaukee for their stud first baseman.

Completion of a game from earlier in the month.

Pretty bad AB for Meidroth. Looked like he was trying to pull the ball the entire time. Not a great approach.

Bonemer with 2 doubles and a HR. Second double missed going out by like 2 feet.

Gonzalez is gonna like hitting in that park. Will be interesting to see whether the power develops now that he is out of Birmingham. If he does not hit for power, hard to see a path for him.

I doubt the Sox are in on Vientos. They have been prizing defense and controlling the zone. Those are two Vientos weaknesses. Also, he’s a 1b/3b tweener like Vargas, who has been quite a bit worse than Vargas this year. Plus, he’s gonna be arb eligible with only 4 years of control. But maybe Gene Watson loves him?

Sox may be clearing space to get a volume of bottom of the 40 man types at the deadline. I would expect teams to be willing to trade roster crunch and out of options guys ahead of young lottery tickets for the marginal players the Sox have on offer.

I don’t think the Sox are gonna get him, but I believe Alcantara is for sure gonna get dealt. His expiration date is rushing towards us. He’s always been mostly young and toolsy with production TBD. He has not really had any period of great production. I bet the Cubs cash him in.

To each, his own. I do not believe in the player.

I am on record as saying I don’t want Crawford. Pretty much for anything. I mean, Altavilla or something, but for Taylor?! Crawford cannot pull the ball. He cannot hit balls in the air. He’s fast, but he’s not Chandler Simpson. And there’s doubt about whether he sticks in center. There’s real Juan Pierre in left field vibes here. I would avoid.

Man, this is fun. I could get used to suddenly having the best offense in the league.

The return is gonna bum me out regardless. It is so rare for the Sox to have a top 10 prospect or a potential 5 tool talent. For it to end this way with Robert is sort of crushing. It’s the way it has to be, but I am going to mourn what might have been.

Civale is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year.

Do you think the Sox are ready to spend on vets? I'm more asking a question than having an opinion on Naylor. I'd imagine not losing 100 games 4 years in a row might be a goal, but it's not the way this team is behaving.

What are people willing to pay Naylor? 3/45? 2/25? I don’t even know what his market is gonna be. I don’t think the Sox are ready to hang a long contract to a good-not-great player heading into his 30s. If he’s reasonable, sure. He’s way better than Ryan Noda, but the last thing the Sox need is a brand new Benintendi contract during a rebuild.

That’s not a huge haul. I can see why the M’s did it. Nice rental for them.

Antonacci 2-3 with 2 doubles. He is currently hitting .455 in AA. I think he’s eventually a big leaguer. Jury is out on what his position will be.

I mean no ill will towards Bill Mitchell, but his lists are consistently horrible. If the Sox have 13 players better than McDougal, they have the best system in baseball. Kyle Lodise 12 spots ahead of Antonacci?! Does he watch any games? Not Sox games. I mean baseball games. Little League, anything? There are so many problems, I’m getting my next Top 30 from Duck pees on prospect names dot com.

Winning is fun.

I suspect a lot of people associated with the Sox are “not far from rehab.”

Perfect. Just in time to not be a trade asset.

I am at the game too. Maybe I’ll run into you, James.

I am in Pittsburgh today precisely to sprain his ankle. You’re welcome.