Article: Who Could the Red Sox Look To Trade Away To Fortify the Roster?

[moonslav59]

19 minutes ago, notin said:

As Casas enters the AL Comeback Player of the Week argument…

LOL.

Your point was "Right now," [He can't hit.}

Okay, his 3 game recent sample size supports your claim. My 6 gamer doesn't.

I was poking fun at the small and selected sample size positions many of us often use.

[moonslav59]

My guess is, we will wait until winter to make a deal to clear things up, some. We could do something at the deadline, but I seriously doubt we trade a big name like Anthony, Mayer or even Story. Perhaps we deal Rafaela or Abreu, or some minor deal like Refsnyder, Grissom, DHam or lesser names and prospects.

We aren't getting any prize trading Refsnyder and Grissom or DHam. Over the winter, I was often told I expected too much in return for Abreu, but I'm not sure that is true, now. I doubt Rafaela brings back a significant return, unless we include a good second tier prospect or a decent pitcher.

The likely big trade, IMO, would involve us biting the bullet and choosing to trade Story (with cash) or Mayer and just praying for health. We'd be relying on Rafaela as SS depth until Romero/Arias are ML ready (1.5 to 2 years?) I'm not "for trading" Mayer. I'd rather make a trade like Story, cash and Mullins for Sean Murphy, but I'm not sure how realistic that is.

I'm a big Areu fan, but I'm not sure he can ever move beyond being a really good platoon batter with GG defense in a tough RF. That does have great value, and I'd be fine using Rafaela as his platoon partner, once Refsnyder retires and going with Duran in CF and Anthony as the FT LF'er. I'd also be fine with moving Campbell to CF with Duran in LF and Anthony in RF. The RF d would be worse, as would CF D, but we'd have Rafaela as the 4th OF'er and would have something nice to show for the traded Abreu. A slot would be opened up for Mayer, so maybe we'd be a much better team... maybe.

[mvp 78]

5 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I'm a big Areu fan

They need to trade him just because a lot of people on here struggle spelling his name correctly. 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 hour ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

I've never heard of the AL Comeback Player of the Week, do they have an award for that?

Story's a finalist for AL Go Away Player of the Week.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Story's a finalist for AL Go Away Player of the Week.

He's the hardest player to project.

.598 first 24 PAs

.997 middle 69 PAs

.217 OPS last 38 PAs

The two bad stretches are almost the same amount of PAs as the nice stretch.

 

[Larry Cook]

Should Campbell and devers switch places in the lineup??? 
Duran is slowly getting back to hitting. Bregman has been fairly consistent at the plate. 
Devers and story have been LOB dumpster fires at critical parts of the game. Campbell might need a chance to prove he can get runners home!!!!

[notin]

5 hours ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

I've never heard of the AL Comeback Player of the Week, do they have an award for that?

No.

[notin]

5 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

I'm not sure Campbell can even play 1B. 

Can you answer my Q about the downside(s) of Campbell at 3B? I honestly do not know. (Arm?)

Neither Bregman nor Campbell have ever played 1b.  Of the two, the 6’3” Campbell makes more sense than the 5’10” Bregman.

 

Campbell’s 44 innings at 3b don’t even register in comparison to Bregman…

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

Should Campbell and devers switch places in the lineup??? 
Duran is slowly getting back to hitting. Bregman has been fairly consistent at the plate. 
Devers and story have been LOB dumpster fires at critical parts of the game. Campbell might need a chance to prove he can get runners home!!!!

I like Devers up 4th.

The 3 slot has dropped out of favor, so Bregman at 3rd might be wasteful. Campbell 2nd and Bregman 3rd would mess up the lefty-righty thing, but I still like the idea of Campbell 2nd. Maybe Devers 3rd vs LHPs?

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

ESPN Insider Suggests Boston Red Sox Could Trade Breakout Star Wilyer Abreu

[notin]

21 hours ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

ESPN Insider Suggests Boston Red Sox Could Trade Breakout Star Wilyer Abreu

BTV gives him more trade value than Jarren Duran…

[Larry Cook]

LF - Duran (L) 

2B - Campbell (R)

DH - Devers  (L)

3B - Bergman (R)

RF - abreau  (L) 

1B- story (R) 

SS - Mayer (L)

C - wong (R) 

CF - rafeala (R)