Timmy U

I hate everything, but even in my wildest dreams it never occurred to me that they would ship out 3 guys, including a 2/3 starter with control, for this pile of garbage. There is not an mlb regular in our side of the deal at all. This is messed up.

Albertus probably the best guy in this deal. I fail to see how this is worth 3 guys.

He is a dh. Like his dad.

Vargas ain’t a 2b. What a garbage acquisition.

That is its own kind of depressing. A year after taking a ss at 1-15, you’re trading for a 3rd rounder in the same draft? Fail.

Also, some pitchers like regular work. Not everyone is cut out for the 5 day schedule.

Pages is not good. Can’t play cf, swings at everything.

Taylor has a lat strain. That can happen to anyone. Pallette always had significant reliever risk, even if he wasn’t hurt, but I will defend that Taylor pick to my dying breath. I think he’s the 4th or 5th best guy in the system. Nasty stuff and an idea of how to pitch.

Tampa may have been freeing up places for prospects. Caminero and Mead are both ready and both play 3b. I suppose Mead is serviceable at 2b. Move Morel to lf to replace Arozarena, Bob’s your uncle.

The Sox need to start doing a better job scouting/developing hitters. Their recent 1st round bats are: Brian Anderson, Josh Fields, Gordon Beckham, Jared Mitchell, Josh Phegley, Keenyn Walker, Courtney Hawkins, Keon Barnum, Tim Anderson, Zack Collins, Jake Burger, Nick Madrigal, Andrew Vaughn, Colson Montgomery, and Jacob Gonzalez. Other than Anderson, the non-prospects are all busts. There’s hope for Colson, but that is not trending well. Gonzalez is not looking good at all 1 year into his career. They have fared somewhat better with pitchers. Sale, Crochet, Rodon, and Schultz are all good. Hopefully Smith makes it 5.

I am not criticizing the Sox, I am saying the Dodgers are good at scouting and self-scouting. They do not lose a lot of trades. Notice how they are not the ones giving up Trea Turner, or CJ Abrams, or James Wood. They give up Keibert Ruiz and Verdugo.

Don’t know if that’s a good thing. MLB pipeline just went through who the Dodgers gave up in deadline deals. Scrubs and second division regulars mostly. Look at the deals last year: Nastrini and Leasure are not trending well. People say “Don’t trade with the Rays.” The Dodgers are the Original Rays.

Walker has a huge groundball rate. Spray chart indicates a lot of hard grounders right at 3b. Sox are not the team to fix him. That said, there's no one else from the Cards I really want. Trade him to the Mets for Ryan Clifford.

They're in the 110% bracket. $50 mil is $105 mil to them. That's a lot of deferrals. (Also, to make it work, they'd have to add years to the contract. Would be beyond tricky.)

I don't believe the Dodgers are in any position to add $50 mil to their luxury tax obligations. I can imagine JR doing something like this, but I'm no gonna waste time and mental energy on something that I believe is impossible. If that changes, I'll work out my feelings then.

No offense, but why are we assuming Montgomery is gonna pan out? His performance this year has to be deeply concerning. Quero is a switch hitting catcher who is a solid game caller. Floor for him is a lot higher. If Montgomery doesn’t hit, the profile does not work.

The Braves’ farm system basically sucks. I would trade them Pham or Lopez or something. They do not have the players to get Fedde or Crochet.

Birmingham won 5-2. Another solid start for Adams.

Good trade for the Cubs, I think. I don’t like it when I sell the Rays short. They are smarter than I am.

I doubt AJ is dumb enough to take this job. He has a great career in media. Why mess that up?

I agree. Fedde is signed for 2025. The Sox will not be competitive then. Who gives a damn if Fedde beats them 6 times next year? Get the best player available!

Senzel is an interesting window into their thought process. The guy has never hit anywhere ever. They already have Michael Chavis in AAA who has at least had flashes. But Senzel arguably plays more positions. Is he insurance against them trading half the roster? Between him a Baldwin, they can at least field a team as long as they have 8 position players left.

Seriously, that's the guy I saw all year. Hopefully, he's settling in. Double was smoked, and his single earlier was also hit hard.

AHT, Adisyn Coffey, Cousin, and Eric Adler are all interesting. AHT and Coffey have to be protected from Rule 5 anyway.

Yes, that is one thing they do have.