19 minutes ago, steveno89 said:

I would be really surprised if the Mets were willing to consider moving a rising young prospect like Benge

Doubt it 

Stearns and Cohen will be very careful with their top prospects based on past experience/s for both.

All about sustainability.

Edited July 31, 2025Jul 31 by caulfield12

1 hour ago, bmags said:

It’s not because Getz has a hard on, it’s because pitchers and catchers are what teams are cool giving up 

Huh?

I think Houser and Robert are the only must-move pieces today. Tauchman has another year of control. I'm not sure if you could even get anyone to pay Civale's salary, let alone get a player back for him. Somebody could have interest in Tyler Alexander, who will be a free agent, but you're not getting anything back for him — maybe somebody on the verge of being removed from a team's 40-man. Same for Dan Altavilla although I think he would have less value than Alexander. I guess I'd listen on Michael A. Taylor, another pending free agent, but again it would be hard to get anything for him. Have to weigh the costs of making the MLB team really, really miserable for the rest of the season at some point.

Everyone else on the roster is under team control at least through next season which reduces any urgency to move them. Many of these relatively older guys in the pen (e.g. Gilbert, Booser) are actually pre-arbitration and can stick around for a while.

9 minutes ago, Jake said:

I think Houser and Robert are the only must-move pieces today. Tauchman has another year of control. I'm not sure if you could even get anyone to pay Civale's salary, let alone get a player back for him. Somebody could have interest in Tyler Alexander, who will be a free agent, but you're not getting anything back for him — maybe somebody on the verge of being removed from a team's 40-man. Same for Dan Altavilla although I think he would have less value than Alexander. I guess I'd listen on Michael A. Taylor, another pending free agent, but again it would be hard to get anything for him. Have to weigh the costs of making the MLB team really, really miserable for the rest of the season at some point.

Everyone else on the roster is under team control at least through next season which reduces any urgency to move them. Many of these relatively older guys in the pen (e.g. Gilbert, Booser) are actually pre-arbitration and can stick around for a while.

I had no idea Tauchman was eligible for arb 3. Mostly because he's 34...

4 hours ago, bmags said:

I like Vientos.

When you said that it reminded me of this scene.

Vientos with Sosa and Vargas and Colson lol.

Well someone has to play 1B/DH...but that's still not giving you enough power, just like having Teel/Quero there.

Most importantly, years of remaining control works against him, as only 2028/29 really matter barrier some unforeseen FA spending to push up the contention window to 2027.

11 minutes ago, chw42 said:

I had no idea Tauchman was eligible for arb 3. Mostly because he's 34...

Yeah it's part of the reason I wanted to make the post, TBH. Older guys, especially ones we acquire as free agents, aren't ones you assume you have control over going forward. But Tauchman is an exception (as is Gilbert and some others). Double checking now, I think Altavilla also has a couple years or arbitration remaining (Cot's and FanGraphs seem to differ on this). FWIW, I don't know what a reasonable estimate of Tauchman's cost in arbitration will be but I think Sox would almost certainly be crazy not to tender him a contract.

44 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Sosa would be a shock...pennant contenders want strong defense for the postseason.

Then DH him. He reminds me of Jorge Orta. 

10 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Then DH him. He reminds me of Jorge Orta. 

He doesn’t hit enough to DH.  Well, not for a good team.

Sosa would be a shock because why would a rebuilding team trade one of their present-day best performers who is 25 and has 4 years of control left? Strikes me as unlikely that a team would offer something that makes sense (basically either a high upside minor leaguer without a ton of risk or a Sosa-like major leaguer at a different position).

18 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Then DH him. He reminds me of Jorge Orta. 

The 2 names that I loved to hear Harry Carey say when he did Sox games were Jorge Orta and Rod Carew.

Phillies are out

 

11 minutes ago, fathom said:

Phillies are out

Down to NYM or SD if the latter can acquire some interesting pieces quickly.

Sox need to get Clifford.

Mark Feinsand just reported on air on MLB Network that it's looking increasingly unlikely that LouBob is traded today

Edited July 31, 2025Jul 31 by Jake

Mark Feinsand on MLBN says it's unlikely he moves. Prove him wrong.

9 minutes ago, Jake said:

Mark Feinsand just reported on air on MLB Network that it's looking increasingly unlikely that LouBob isn't traded today

You mean unlikely that he is traded or likely that he isn't.

Edited July 31, 2025Jul 31 by Bob Sacamano

8 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

You mean unlikely that he is traded 

Yeah tried to do a quick fix on that double negative

Watch them not trade him and then not pick up the option

I still have a hard time seeing the Sox pay him $20M next year unless he finishes the year completely on fire

 

Can’t wait to hear “this team was playing good baseball before the deadline and we thought making trades would throw off the chemistry they have developed”…..followed by a .250 win percentage the rest of the way.

Light return for Bader Mendez (#17) and a recent J15 kid. Market not looking good for LouBob. 

9 minutes ago, fathom said:

Watch them not trade him and then not pick up the option

Yep, he'll go back to underperforming when he doesn't get out of here. Then there will be no point in picking up the option.

11 minutes ago, fathom said:

Watch them not trade him and then not pick up the option

And then get injured early next year and miss most of the season