Red Sox (Tolle) vs Mariners (Gilbert): 6/21/26, 4:10pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Starting tomorrow Durbin should bat behind Contreras to give Connie some protection. He's not getting anything from Duran.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Starting tomorrow Durbin should bat behind Contreras to give Connie some protection. He's not getting anything from Duran.

There's gonna be a lot of disappointed Sox fans if they believe the Sox are gonna receive a lot for Duran.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Also starting tomorrow insert Eaton at SS, where he does have some experience playing. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Also starting tomorrow insert Eaton at SS, where he does have some experience playing. 

Or put him in LF, and give Duran a long rest until Duran's traded.

[Tedballgame]

47 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I was confused because you attached your post about Durbin to my Duran comment.

My error. Oops.

[moonslav59]

 

 

One step up and two steps back.

 

 

[mvp 78]

13 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Also starting tomorrow insert Eaton at SS, where he does have some experience playing. 

119.2 Innings at SS in the minors only, 5,386 Innings elsewhere. Must not be terribly good at it.

[mvp 78]

13 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Or put him in LF, and give Duran a long rest until Duran's traded.

Don't play Duran until you trade him? That's a choice.

[Hugh2]

25 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Don't play Duran until you trade him? That's a choice.

Considering it's June 22nd that's a very interesting choice. 

[mvp 78]

39 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

Considering it's June 22nd that's a very interesting choice. 

"Hi, what injury are you hiding with Duran if he's not playing? Even if he is healthy how can he be ready to play for us if he hasn't been playing nearly everyday? How good is he if he can't start for a team that is dead last in nearly every offensive category?"

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

"Hi, what injury are you hiding with Duran if he's not playing? Even if he is healthy how can he be ready to play for us if he hasn't been playing nearly everyday? How good is he if he can't start for a team that is dead last in nearly every offensive category?"

That's an excellent point that could also be applied to several other players on the 40 or close to being added to it.

We could make trades of MLB players for ML ready or near ML prospects & players and then give these guys a long look to see who we keep as depth for 2027:

Infield: (Trade IKF?) Seigler, Monasterio, Eaton & maybe Cheng. (Add Capra or Romero? IMO, no on rias in 2026.)

Catcher: (Trade Wong?) Narvaez/Gasper (Thaiss & Delay are not on the 40. They may not deserve a look-see in MLB.)

OF: (Trade Duran?) Anthony (returns?), Rafaela, Abreu, Yoshida. I'm not sure promoting KC would be beneficial. (Add Ward?)
 

Pitching (Trade Gray, Coulombe & TGuerrero) Give Weissert, Kahnle & Watson more looks? YUK! See if Moran can handle high leverage situations. Slaten? Try Bello in the pen? Start Bennett more? Let kelly, Samaniego, E Rivera & Uberstine pitch in the bigs? (Add Bastardo or Paez?)

Jump the gun on DEC '26 Rule 5 players?

1B/DH: Brannon (Hickey?)

C/DH: Jo Garcia (not ML ready now, so probably no. Wait until DEC)

IF Romero

OF Ward

Longshots:

P Wehunt, Mullins, Rogers

C Baez

[moonslav59]

5 hours ago, Hugh2 said:

Considering it's June 22nd that's a very interesting choice. 

June trades do happen. (See: Devers)

[Bellhorn04]

14 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

June trades do happen. (See: Devers)

June trades are only for disgruntled players. 🙂

[mvp 78]

1 hour ago, Bellhorn04 said:

June trades are only for disgruntled players. 🙂

IKF? 

I'm sure the Sox have a few others at the moment. 

[notin]

1 hour ago, Bellhorn04 said:

June trades are only for disgruntled players. 🙂

CC Sabathia was traded in June.  He wasn’t disgruntled.  In fact, many the pundit commented on exactly how gruntled he was…