Yankees (Rodon) vs Red Sox (Gray): 6/28/26, 7:20pm

[Brandon Glick]

2025: Red Sox sweep Yankees in June, promptly trade Rafael Devers.

2026: Red Sox on the cusp of sweeping Yankees in June, promptly trade ?

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Tyron Guerrero	0	25	0	0	0	25
Tommy Kahnle	0	0	0	21	0	21
Ryan Watson	0	0	0	13	0	13
Justin Slaten	7	19	0	0	12	38
Greg Weissert	0	0	21	0	0	21
Garrett Whitlock	14	0	10	0	7	31
Danny Coulombe	0	5	3	0	0	8
Aroldis Chapman	0	0	23	0	20	43

[mvp 78]

If they lose tonight, it’s my fault as I’ll be in Boston in a few hours. 

[mvp 78]

Romy might get activated tonight.

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

Romy might get activated tonight.

Who is most likely to. be dropped to make room for Romy ?  Is there another IL available among the numerous utility IF'ers?

[moonslav59]

40 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Who is most likely to. be dropped to make room for Romy ?  Is there another IL available among the numerous utility IF'ers?

Romy is on the 60 Day IL, so we'd need to add someone to the 60, make a trade or DFA someone to activate Romy. I don't see anyone we can move from a shorter IL to the 60: IKF, Sogard or Mayer? No. Maybe we can retro Anthony to the 60?

If we DFA, it could be...

Joe Ls Sorsa or Alec Gamboa. I think we keep our everyday players.

To move Romy to the 26, we can demote Monasterio or Seigler, but I would not. Keep the PH options at 2B/SS alive. I think we keep Cheng to play SS, until Mayer returns. We could also demote Gasper, who has been a friendly ghost over the last 25 games (.542 in 87 PAs) He's been at .547 after his first 5 games. I'd demote him over Monasterio/Cheng/Seigler.

[mvp 78]

54 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Who is most likely to. be dropped to make room for Romy ?  Is there another IL available among the numerous utility IF'ers?

I’d drop Monasterio, but probably Seigler.

[mvp 78]

Forgot about Cheng. He can go.

[mvp 78]

They’ll DFA a reliever probably and move an IFer.

[moonslav59]

27 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

They’ll DFA a reliever probably and move an IFer.

Why keep Gasper on the 26?

Hell, even Narvaez is 2 for his last 8! (LOL)

Gasper had 5 good games and has hit .547 since.

 

[Old Red]

12 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Why keep Gasper on the 26?

Hell, even Narvaez is 2 for his last 8! (LOL)

Gasper had 5 good games and has hit .547 since.

 

Oh no! Not the Great Gasper.

[mvp 78]

21 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Why keep Gasper on the 26?

Hell, even Narvaez is 2 for his last 8! (LOL)

Gasper had 5 good games and has hit .547 since.

 

They love Gasper. I’d send him to AAA. They won’t.

[notin]

20 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

They love Gasper. I’d send him to AAA. They won’t.

Can he be demoted without being DFAd and exposed to waivers?

[notin]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

They’ll DFA a reliever probably and move an IFer.

Crazy thought but they also could DFA Campbell.  With about $42.5mill or so left on that deal, he will very likely pass through waivers…

[moonslav59]

26 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

They love Gasper. I’d send him to AAA. They won’t.

I thought you wanted Cheng demoted.

[notin]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I’d drop Monasterio, but probably Seigler.

Monasterio makes sense since they probably only acquired him to replace Romy vs LHP.  But more likely they move Roman to the 60 day IL, since he’s already been on the IL for 50 days and unless he was coming back in the next 10, why not?

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, notin said:

Crazy thought but they also could DFA Campbell.  With about $42.5mill or so left on that deal, he will very likely pass through waivers…

For what it's worth, BTV has KC worth -$6.7M. He's owed $56M and is "worth" $49.3M.

By their numbers, we could trade Phillips $8.3M & KC for nothing.

[moonslav59]

Just now, notin said:

Monasterio makes sense since they probably only acquired him to replace Romy vs LHP.  But more likely they move Roman to the 60 day IL, since he’s already been on the IL for 50 days and unless he was coming back in the next 10, why not?

Agreed. He's not even swinging a bat.

[moonslav59]

We need Gray to have a good game, and of course the bats to keep doing just enough.

[notin]

12 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I thought you wanted Cheng demoted.

Demoting Cheng does nothing.  Romy was on the 60 day IL and needs to be added to the 40 man roster first.  
 

1. Move Roman Anthony to 60 day IL, causing  confusion among stupid people that think this means anything about his injury.

2. Most likely demotion is an optionable player.  Siegler and Eaton leap to mind… 

[mvp 78]

6 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I thought you wanted Cheng demoted.

I’d do a ton of moves. Having 3 catchers doesn’t make sense.

[moonslav59]

Just now, notin said:

Demoting Cheng does nothing.  Romy was on the 60 day IL and needs to be added to the 40 man roster first.  
 

1. Move Roman Anthony to 60 day IL, causing  confusion among stupid people that this means anything about his injury.

2. Most likely demotion is an optionable player.  Siegler and Eaton leap to mind… 

Anthony to 60 Day IL and Gasper to AAA.

We need Cheng for SS.

We need Monasterio and Seigler for when we PH for Cheng and then maybe later PH for Monasterio or Seigler.

[mvp 78]

2 minutes ago, notin said:

Demoting Cheng does nothing.  Romy was on the 60 day IL and needs to be added to the 40 man roster first.  
 

1. Move Roman Anthony to 60 day IL, causing  confusion among stupid people that this means anything about his injury.

2. Most likely demotion is an optionable player.  Siegler and Eaton leap to mind… 

Roman to 60 makes sense or DFA reliever. Still need to demote somebody. Take your pick from the AAAA guys really.

[notin]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

Roman to 60 makes sense or DFA reliever. Still need to demote somebody. Take your pick from the AAAA guys really.

Roman to 60 day

DFA Gasper.

Add Romy to 40 man and 26 man

Add Braiden Ward to 40 man in Gasper’s spot.

[moonslav59]

42 minutes ago, notin said:

Roman to 60 day

DFA Gasper.

Add Romy to 40 man and 26 man

Add Braiden Ward to 40 man in Gasper’s spot.

So, Romy and Ward take Gasper's 26 man slot?

I'm not against your Ward promotion idea, though, but with Duran & Yoshida on the 26, I'm not sure Tracy plays him.

I like having several infielders, so we can PH often.

How about DFA Yoshida and move Anthony to the 60.

Demote Gasper and add Romy to the 26 and Ward to the 40 and 26.

[moonslav59]

Romy to DH and bat 5th. Duran sits this one out.

1. Eaton LF

2. Rafaela CF

3. Abreu RF

4. Contreras 1B

5. Romy DH

6. Durbin 3B

7. Seigler 2B

8. Wong C

9. Cheng SS

Bench: L Duran, L Yoshida, R Narvaez, R Monasterio 

[Nick]

8 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Romy to DH and bat 5th. Duran sits this one out.

1. Eaton LF

2. Rafaela CF

3. Abreu RF

4. Contreras 1B

5. Romy DH

6. Durbin 3B

7. Seigler 2B

8. Wong C

9. Cheng SS

Bench: L Duran, L Yoshida, R Narvaez, R Monasterio 

Glad to have Romy back. Eaton always battles at the plate, not passive like Mayer. Eaton averaged .296 and had an OPS of .731 in 2025. Not great but not terrible.

[notin]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

 

Demote Gasper and add Romy to the 26 and Ward to the 40 and 26.

Demoting Gasper doesnt open up a 40 man roster spot for either Ward or Romy.

Moving Anthony to the 60 day IL gets Romy on the 40.  DFAing Gasper gets Romy on the 26 and Ward on the 40…

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, notin said:

Demoting Gasper doesnt open up a 40 man roster spot for either Ward or Romy.

Moving Anthony to the 60 day IL gets Romy on the 40.  DFAing Gasper gets Romy on the 26 and Ward on the 40…

Ahh yes. My bad.

I'd DFA La Sorsa or Gamboa, but I wouldn't miss Gasper. Knizner, Delay or Thaiss might be fine, if we need a catcher, later.

[moonslav59]

Yesterday, the Rays passed the Yanks for the ALE lead: today the Rangers (42-42) passed the Mariners (42-43) for the ALW lead. CLE (44-40) & CWS (43-39) are tied for the ALC lead. 

We remain 5 GB the last WC slot (SEA), but we gained on a few teams in between.

SEA 42-43 (+4 Run Diff)

WC GB

0.5 HOU (-42)

1.0 A's (-51)

2.0 MIN (-30)

2.5 TOR (-33)

3.0 BAL (-26)

5.0 BOS (+4 is tied for 4th best in AL)

Gotta win tonight to gain a half game on everyone.