Early Trade deadline deals the selling Sox should make

[notin]

1 hour ago, drewski6 said:

I agree, didnt meant that we need the bats right now, especially if we are selling.  Understood that you use the prospects as value storage vs aging major leaguers who lose trade value every year.

I would be pumped if we sold for propsects then flipped the prospects for 2 very good hitters this offseason.

That would be my plan.  But the Sox never use my plans.  If they did, we’d have Andrew Vaughn and Miguel Vargas and a more expensive bullpen…

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, JoeBrady said:

We're not swapping out Duran for Narvaez.  Duran has been one of the best players in BB since the start of May.

What about the start of June? (Hint: below .540)

Why is May 1st so important?

[vegasbob]

1 hour ago, Sthpaw777 said:

It would be just like Breslow. In over his head. Our owner has alienated most MLB FO execs. So this seem like the type of clown show we’re gonna see within the Red Sox FOfor the next couple years anyway…I do wish he’d sell. No chance on that…anyone got 5.25B?

Chump change for Elon who would rename them the Red X's

[notin]

2 hours ago, vegasbob said:

Chump change for Elon who would rename them the Red X's

A “like” isn’t sufficient for this…

[southpaw777]

10 hours ago, vegasbob said:

Chump change for Elon who would rename them the Red X's

I’d love if he bought the team!

[mvp 78]

4 hours ago, Sthpaw777 said:

I’d love if he bought the team!

You think the team is bad build quality now! Just wait! Pieces will start falling off as they round bases. Players will randomly catch fire. 

[Duran Is The Man]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

You think the team is bad build quality now! Just wait! Pieces will start falling off as they round bases. Players will randomly catch fire. 

teslas catch fire at a rate less than other EVs and a rate 60X less than gas vehicles. 

Go Red X's!!

[southpaw777]

If the season ended the Sox would have the third pick in the draft. 403 win%

not sure there’s a way to fix this mess this year. Just a poorly constructed team. Breslow lost on trades and was/is in way over his head. I’d have some hope at the trade deadline if it weren’t for that fact. I just hope they don’t sink below 400. That’s beyond embarrassing…
 

 

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, southpaw777 said:

Breslow lost on trades and was/is in way over his head. 

MAJOR

A? Contreras for Dobbins, Fajardo & Aita

A? Gray for Fitts, Clarke & Galle

___________________

MIDDLE

NR/ Oviedo, Samaniego & A Guzman for Jh Garcia & Travieso

D?? Durbin, Monasterio & Seigler for Harrison, DHam & Drohan

C+?? Bennett for Perales

____________________

MINOR

NR? Watson for J Riemer

NR? R Hernandez for C Murphy

NR? B Ward for Bernardino

NR? L Heyman for Hoppe

NR? Ziehl & PTBNL for Hicks, Sandlin & 2 PTBNL

NR? T Gray for L Guerrero and Nate Baez for T Gray

NR? I Jackson for V GRissom

_________________________

Summer 2025:

???? Harrison, Hicks, Tibbs & J Bello for Devers

D? DMay for Tibbs & Ehrhard

B? SMatz for Jordan

NR? Holobetz & PTBNL for Priester

D? Cash for Newcomb

___________________________

Last Winter

A+? Crochet for Teel, Montgomery, Meidroth & Wikelman

NR? Fajardo for Booser

NR? Moran for Gasper

 

[notin]

On 6/18/2026 at 2:52 AM, southpaw777 said:

I’d love if he bought the team!

And then brought in his DOSE (Department of Sox Efficiency) to gut the roster, using the savings to launch his new Fenway crypto coin…

[notin]

6 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

MAJOR

A? Contreras for Dobbins, Fajardo & Aita

A? Gray for Fitts, Clarke & Galle

___________________

MIDDLE

NR/ Oviedo, Samaniego & A Guzman for Jh Garcia & Travieso

D?? Durbin, Monasterio & Seigler for Harrison, DHam & Drohan

C+?? Bennett for Perales

____________________

MINOR

NR? Watson for J Riemer

NR? R Hernandez for C Murphy

NR? B Ward for Bernardino

NR? L Heyman for Hoppe

NR? Ziehl & PTBNL for Hicks, Sandlin & 2 PTBNL

NR? T Gray for L Guerrero and Nate Baez for T Gray

NR? I Jackson for V GRissom

_________________________

Summer 2025:

???? Harrison, Hicks, Tibbs & J Bello for Devers

D? DMay for Tibbs & Ehrhard

B? SMatz for Jordan

NR? Holobetz & PTBNL for Priester

D? Cash for Newcomb

___________________________

Last Winter

A+? Crochet for Teel, Montgomery, Meidroth & Wikelman

NR? Fajardo for Booser

NR? Moran for Gasper

 

Yorke for Priester?

[illinoisredsox]

9 hours ago, southpaw777 said:

If the season ended the Sox would have the third pick in the draft. 403 win%

not sure there’s a way to fix this mess this year. Just a poorly constructed team. Breslow lost on trades and was/is in way over his head. I’d have some hope at the trade deadline if it weren’t for that fact. I just hope they don’t sink below 400. That’s beyond embarrassing…
 

 

Nope.  They would pick anywhere from 1st to 9th.  MLB uses a lottery system for the top 6:

The Lottery (Picks 1–6): The first six selections are decided via a state lottery-style drawing. All 18 teams that miss the postseason participate, with the worst teams receiving the highest mathematical odds.

Remaining Non-Playoff Teams (Picks 7–18): After the top six lottery picks are established, the remaining non-postseason teams select in reverse order of their regular-season winning percentages.

 

 

[notin]

23 hours ago, Duran Is The Man said:

teslas catch fire at a rate less than other EVs and a rate 60X less than gas vehicles. 

Go Red X's!!

Thats because they’re made from asbestos…

[southpaw777]

9 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

MAJOR

A? Contreras for Dobbins, Fajardo & Aita

A? Gray for Fitts, Clarke & Galle

___________________

MIDDLE

NR/ Oviedo, Samaniego & A Guzman for Jh Garcia & Travieso

D?? Durbin, Monasterio & Seigler for Harrison, DHam & Drohan

C+?? Bennett for Perales

____________________

MINOR

NR? Watson for J Riemer

NR? R Hernandez for C Murphy

NR? B Ward for Bernardino

NR? L Heyman for Hoppe

NR? Ziehl & PTBNL for Hicks, Sandlin & 2 PTBNL

NR? T Gray for L Guerrero and Nate Baez for T Gray

NR? I Jackson for V GRissom

_________________________

Summer 2025:

???? Harrison, Hicks, Tibbs & J Bello for Devers

D? DMay for Tibbs & Ehrhard

B? SMatz for Jordan

NR? Holobetz & PTBNL for Priester

D? Cash for Newcomb

___________________________

Last Winter

A+? Crochet for Teel, Montgomery, Meidroth & Wikelman

NR? Fajardo for Booser

NR? Moran for Gasper

 

And we still suck

[southpaw777]

1 hour ago, illinoisredsox said:

Nope.  They would pick anywhere from 1st to 9th.  MLB uses a lottery system for the top 6:

The Lottery (Picks 1–6): The first six selections are decided via a state lottery-style drawing. All 18 teams that miss the postseason participate, with the worst teams receiving the highest mathematical odds.

Remaining Non-Playoff Teams (Picks 7–18): After the top six lottery picks are established, the remaining non-postseason teams select in reverse order of their regular-season winning percentages.

 

 

That’s dumb.just make it worst to best.

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, southpaw777 said:

And we still suck

Yup. 

That doesn't mean the trades suck.

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, notin said:

Yorke for Priester?

Thanks- I'm sure I forgot a few others.

[southpaw777]

Just now, moonslav59 said:

Yup. 

That doesn't mean the trades suck.

Some did. His roster construction overall sucks which makes it all look like a waste. He’s in way over his head. 

[southpaw777]

4 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Thanks- I'm sure I forgot a few others.

And we let preister go when we needed depth and he could have helped. and Harrison? for what? A Punch and Judy 5’6middle infielder who Breslow promptly screwed up his swing and he had to get better from outside this org…now what Harrison is doing is what we should be enjoying. Not a 200slap hitter

[moonslav59]

Just now, southpaw777 said:

Some did. His roster construction overall sucks which makes it all look like a waste. He’s in way over his head. 

Many trades that looked like "suck" are now TBD, including the Harrison to MIL trade.

Of course, some that look good now may turn sour, or the player we traded becomes a star much later.

The overall roster construction left serious flaws- many of which we readily noticed, mentioned or criticized from day one.

The limited budget offers some context, but Brez was given new spending budgets much higher than Bloom and the sort period of DD's last year, right after the Sale and Bogey extensions and Nate's re-up, which can be viewed as not being "new spending." (Post JD could be called the starting point.) However, we had a decent team, last year, lost some high salaries, of which only Bregman & Gio looked like major losses, and Brez was given enough money to improve the team. On paper, it looks like the deals he made were a net plus, but the games are not played on paper.

[notin]

5 minutes ago, southpaw777 said:

And we let preister go when we needed depth and he could have helped. and Harrison? for what? A Punch and Judy 5’6middle infielder who Breslow promptly screwed up his swing and he had to get better from outside this org…now he’s what we should be enjoying. Not a 200slap hitter

Priester was a weird and questionable trade.

Harrison for Durbin?  I mean, Durbin was ROY Runner-up last year, giving the Sox the complete set from 2025. And I don’t get why it gets called a bad trade if you’re going to blame the Sox for screwing up Durbin and credit the Brewers for fixing Harrison.  Would it be better if the Brewers kept Durbin and maximized his potential while the Sox screwed up Harrison?  Would that make everyone happy?

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, southpaw777 said:

And we let preister go when we needed depth and he could have helped. and Harrison? for what? A Punch and Judy 5’6middle infielder who Breslow promptly screwed up his swing and he had to get better from outside this org…now what Harrison is doing is what we should be enjoying. Not a 200slap hitter

He did trade for Priester and Harrison, too, you know.

The Priester trade now looks like a TBD, to me. Maybe in a couple years, we will view the Harrison deal differently.

I will say, nobody here had high hopes for Harrison after 2025. Now, we say Brez should have known he was a gem. (Durbin is still a TBD and an excellent defensive 3Bman.)

All-in-all, the net trade report card looks better than a "C" but wins on paper don't mean wins on the field.

[Duran Is The Man]

11 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Thanks- I'm sure I forgot a few others.

F: Gruesome for Sale & $10M

[moonslav59]

Just now, Duran Is The Man said:

F: Gruesome for Sale

Missed some big ones, too! LOL

(BTW, Gruesome is doing okay after we traded nhim away.)

[southpaw777]

1 minute ago, notin said:

Priester was a weird and questionable trade.

Harrison for Durbin?  I mean, Durbin was ROY Runner-up last year,  And I don’t get why it gets called a bad trade if you’re going to blame the Sox for screwing up Durbin and credit the Brewers for fixing Harrison.  Would it be better if the Brewers kept Durbin and maximized his potential while the Sox screwed up Harrison?  Would that make everyone happy?

We never really gave Harrison a chance. Besides. He gave drohan as well. It was a bad move. He made a lot of moves that made us worse.

[notin]

2 hours ago, illinoisredsox said:

Nope.  They would pick anywhere from 1st to 9th.  MLB uses a lottery system for the top 6:

The Lottery (Picks 1–6): The first six selections are decided via a state lottery-style drawing. All 18 teams that miss the postseason participate, with the worst teams receiving the highest mathematical odds.

Remaining Non-Playoff Teams (Picks 7–18): After the top six lottery picks are established, the remaining non-postseason teams select in reverse order of their regular-season winning percentages.

 

 

The lottery system in the NBA makes sense because first round picks can make an immediate and significant impact.  MLB has no such concerns, so why employ a lottery system at all?

[notin]

2 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

F: Gruesome for Sale & $10M

Giving up on Grissom too early made this deal worse…

[southpaw777]

1 minute ago, notin said:

Giving up on Grissom too early made this deal worse…

I never mentioned that trade. I would have never traded Sale just for the fact that I wanted a good healthy year from him because he missed all that time. And if I did it wouldn’t have been for another middle IFer. 

[notin]

2 minutes ago, southpaw777 said:

We never really gave Harrison a chance. Besides. He gave drohan as well. It was a bad move. He made a lot of moves that made us worse.

We lost Drohan in the Rule 5 draft a couple years ago, but he got returned.  I was surprised he was added to the 40 man roster at all.  That Drohan threw together a decent stretch with another team doesn’t bother me…

[moonslav59]

10 minutes ago, southpaw777 said:

We never really gave Harrison a chance. Besides. He gave drohan as well. It was a bad move. He made a lot of moves that made us worse.

It's a bad move now, just like Priester's looked last summer. It may end up being bad or even horrible, but maybe not.

To me, on paper, Brez won 3 or 4 out of his 5 major deals (as of now):

Win: Crochet, Gray, Contreras

Maybe: Devers (for the stud named Harrison)

Loss: Grissom