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5 shutout innings, 3 hits, 4 walks, 6K’s. His calling card is control, so that should improve. But his stuff is electric. It will be tempting for us to keep him up all year, but it’ll be best for him to pitch this month then go back to the minors and shut it down in august

Uncharacteristic of Loaisiga. 4 walks all year. 3 walks in 3 innings. But 2DP’s and no hits is a good start. His stuff is so electric

Jones is a FA after the season. His add wouldn't be a big one. Now taking on Davis' salary. That's something to consider

Devers plus for Machado is probably what would need to happen. The sox shouldn't do that, but that will be the price. Other teams have deeper farms. The sox would have to sell from their current squad Also, no way the O's dump Britton and Machado for Devers, no shot. Britton is a lefty reliever with the stuff to close. He is one hot month from being a massive trade piece at the deadline. I can see him going to Houston for their roided up minor leaguer, Whitley

Stop it. The O's are going to get a massive haul for Machado. Getting tweener Velasquez isn't even on their radar. The O's have a chance to upset the balance of power in baseball with his move. We dealt a rental in Chapman for Gleyber plus plus. So getting a top notch prospect is a must for them. They will have no shortage of teams willing to open their prospect wallets for him. Seattle has Seager at 3b who is sucking rocks this year. Cano wont be playoff eligible. Dee Gordon is back at his old position. Of all the AL contenders, the Mariners are last in runs scored. The M's could look for a jolt and deal for Machado, shifting Segura to 2b and Gordon back to the OF or move Machado to 3b and do something else with Seager. The Phillies are 4 games back of Atlanta and 2.5 games back of a wild card. They have a top prospect at SS who is struggling. Of the NL contenders, they have scored the least in runs. The Cards are just ahead of the Phils in runs scored. Their 2b is hitting .180 with no power. They can easily reconfigure their infield. They're 1.5 games back of the Cubs for a wild card spot The Dodgers lost Seager for the year. They have a top prospect who seems to be blocked in Verdugo. They're 2.5 games behind of an easily reachable DBacks team. They seem like the best bet The O's should get a prospect haul, 3-4 prospects, at least 1 top 50 guy.

You cannot get Machado, period. You guys need to start seeing the fact that cap hell is upon you and keeping the band together is going to be priority 1. Dealing some of the band off and reshuffling will be priority 2. Signing big money FA's wont be a priority unless you want to become the 2002 Texas Rangers

It doesn't matter, he is ineligible for the playoffs.

It shouldn't be. Beeks has the kind of stuff that befuddles and dominates minor leaguers. I think Beeks ends up as a big leaguer, probably back end starter long term. I just don't think his minor league dominance will translate to the majors. My anticipation is he will be a 5-6IP per game starter with an ERA in the mid 4's long term. Someone clearly serviceable but not dominant. I also don't think it will come in Boston. I think Beeks is going to be dealt away for a bat at the deadline. The bottom of the order is atrocious and if it isn't improved, the sox may not advance very far, even if they win 108 games Houck, OTOH, will be in Boston next year, but as a reliever. I think they'll let his high 90s sinking heat play in shorter outings and his command will improve. His slider will also improve when he ditches the change. His cross body delivery will only make it harder on right handed hitters when he perfects it from the stretch. I know he had good command in college, but this is the pros and he clearly doesn't have the command to pitch to hitters who he doesn't blow away multiple times a game.

Very glad he didn’t include Andujar. He’s got the rare ability to make consistent contact. The kid is going to be special

Last year was the year of the Baby Bombers which took us 1 game from the world series. This year, it's the addition of 2 baby bombers that has us poised to be title contenders again. With Sanchez slumping badly this season and with Stanton being good enough but not what was expected, the Yankees needed a jolt from the bottom of their order, and boy did they get it. We started the year with Drury at 3b and Walker at 2b. Drury got Wally Pipp'd by headaches and Walker was clearly rusty after getting off to a late start with his signing. We had Wade out there as well who struggled and was sent down. Enter Andujar and Torres. Andujar 23 yrs old .303/..332/.540 with 8HR 22 doubles and 2 triples Torres 21 yrs old .295/.351/.577 with 13HR and 5 doubles Torres has shown the ability to be a plus defender (+2 defensive runs saved) but his 8 errors have left him with a minus in that column this season. Andujar has proven most doubters wrong as he has clearly shown the ability to at least be a league average defender. These guys look to be the future for a very long time. Now, there are some things to look at for both. Andujar was a highly touted INTL signee who started off his career in the minors with middling production, but always showed a knack for making contact. Once he started driving the ball and hitting more doubles, his BABIP rose past the .300 mark. He finally broke through into a solid hitter at the age of 22 last yr between AA and AAA. His BABIP rose to the .330 mark. His K% stayed very low (13%) yet his power started to arrive (16HR in 125 games). In the majors, he is striking out about 4% more than his minor league track record indicates, but he is still sitting at that .330 BABIP mark. This is likely due to his ability to hit line drives and hard ground balls. His LD+GB percentage is a full 5 percentage points above league average. My anticipation for him as he gets acclimated and the league gets used to him is that the K% will fall down another 3-4%. His BB% is down a touch from his MiLB numbers as well, so I expect his walks to tick up a touch. He is a .300 hitter long term, IMO. I think the BABIP will drive itself downward with the decrease in K's but the BA should stay in the .300 range. If he is able to make gains on the discipline end, he very well may end up becoming a perennial all star 3b. I think Andujar's peak projection is a .300/.350/.500 hitter who tops out in the 25HR range but challenges for the league lead in doubles every year Torres was stolen from the Cubs for a half season rental of Chapman. He's been a top prospect since his debut in the Cubs organization and has been as high as #1 in the game on some publications. He turned 21 in December. The whole package of Torres is absolutely impressive and has evolved as he came to the bigs. He wasn't a HR hitter in the minors (max was 11HR in a season) but he has always hammered the ball at high rates. He had shown a knack for walking but also a penchant for striking out with average rates from 16 and 17 around the 20% mark. He has always shown a knack for walking in the minors as well posting in the mid to high .300s or even over .400 OBPs over the past few minor league seasons. When he came up to the Yankees, his power came. 13HR in 2 months is a career high for him. And these aren't wall scrapers, these are bombs. With the HR approach has come a higher K rate, 26%. His walk rate is down, but that's expected with him batting 9th and murderers row behind him. Torres has shown the ability to maintain a higher than average BABIP in the minors and he is around the .330 range as well mostly due to a 5% higher than average line drive percentage (26% vs average 21%). That might come down a bit if he gets back to his minor league levels of strike outs. The other thing about Gleyber is that he can steal bases. He will never be a 30SB guy, but his max is likely in the 15 range, just enough to be a threat without being a burner. Torres, IMO, will be a perennial All Star and will likely be in the MVP conversation as he grows into his body. I anticipate he plays 2b for us for this season and next, then shifts over to SS after Didi departs in FA. Everyone thought he would hit for average and reach base a ton. His projection was limited by his power. Now that he is showing the ability to go yard and show significant exit velo and distances, his peak projection is a .300/.400/.550 kind of player capable of hitting 30+HR. These kids have been absolutely awesome. Thankfully, this isn't the end of the train. With Frazier killing it in AAA and Drury doing the same, we are likely to see Frazier replace Gardner and Drury replace Didi (Drury is a 2b/3b) going forward the next few seasons

QS by German. Green-Dellin-Chap shut it down. The kid crushed a 3 run bomb to give us the lead. Beautiful win vs a tough pitcher

I have no idea why Shreve is on this team. He cannot get lefties out. We’ve got a handful of guys who would be better than him at AAA right now that are right handed. Time to cut the cord

Your depth right now is Swihart, Leon, Holt/Nunez. The reason why I have Holt/Nunez there is one of them needs to man 2b. If you consider Holt a starter, the bench of Leon, Nunez and Swihart is absolutely abysmal. Many, many teams have better depth than that garbage

Absolutely. Org guys can push the other guys in your system with higher potential

Price has the goods to be a good pitcher with diminished stuff. He just needs to remember that he doesn't have 97 anymore.

Thornburg has been walking a s*** ton of players in the minors

Filia reminds me of Mike Ford for us. A guy who killed levels when he was older than them and had insane OBP skills who didn't translate when given a chance at the big show. A lot of guys are like that. If he truly is one of the rare late bloomers, then its a steal. Most of these guys end up being AAAA fodder

I love replay. I want the calls to be right. The 30 second rule is far better

These guys know what they are ingesting, lets be honest. Chavis made a calculated risk and got burned a bit.

This kid’s story is crazy. Short stature, flame thrower, pinpoint control and deadly change. He’s got the stuff. They’ve kept him limited to 5IP or 80 pitches in the minors. My anticipation is we’ll see him for 12-15 outs and then the pen will come in. The kid has the stuff. Hopefully he can show us something before we overpay for a pitcher that we don’t need at the deadline

Boom, Didi is back, the pitching was stellar and we win 3-0

Yanks calling up Loaisiga to start Thursday

Anyone notice how badly the O's have quit on their season?

Brealx and Ryder Green signed above slot. This probably means the Yanks wont be popping any major players after the 10th round.

They may be active, but they aren't hooked in with anyone as of yet. I wonder if they might be in on Victor Victor