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Ward pitched another 3 scoreless innings at Greenville. Wonder when they will call him up to Portland. Has 19k, 11 IP, 0 ER during his rehab in Greenville.

Red Sox 1st Round: Mikey Romero Have seen him listed as "Marcelo Mayer lite." He's a HS SS from CA, but is likely to move to 2B. Good hit tool, LHB, below average power. Red Sox 2nd Round: Cutter Coffey Generally much lower ranked nationally. Two way player that was announced as a SS, HS/CA. Strong arm means he probably moves to 3B or OF. Good raw power, but questionable hit tool. Roman Anthony HS that currently plays CF. Sox believe he can stick there, but scouts think corner OF. HUGE power. Hit 450' shot with wood bat at Coors in HS AS game last year. 3rd - 10th round happens later today.

He went 3rd overall. Rangers were able to draft Leiter AND Rocker.

No, now he gets to have two highlights: ALCS MVP and this.

(Scene) MVP and Michael Caine flying a helicopter over Fenway Caine: Lovely day. MVP: I can't hear anything you're saying. Caine: You need to turn the headset on you nincompoop. MVP: I can't hear anything you're saying. It's too loud. Caine: s***, is that Joey Gallo? Is he wearing a tam? MVP: Woah, is that Joey Gallo? Why is Lorraine Gary holding a harpoon gun? Oh god, no... My son's official Jaws rankings are 1>2>4>3

He seems like an Orix Buffaloes kinda guy to me.

Like Jaws 4? I'm not sure I can get into a Caribbean version of Joey Gallo.

He knows what the fans really want.

Yes, at the time you can make the argument for how it could have made sense (I disagree with it though). I'm really questioning whether they can really bring him back for 2023. I think they just have to let him go. Eat the $8M buyout and have him go away rather than pay him $12M to be a negative fWAR guy for the third straight year.

It's not good.

I don't think many teams can boast AAA rosters complete with clear MLB starters for the following season.

He wasn't medicore before signing the contract. He fell off the cliff after signing it though.

In order for Cordero to be an MLB caliber 4th OFer, he needs at least one carrying tool. What is it? Defense? No. Hit tool? No. Power? Not in game anyway. Speed? No. What's the tool? We know that Cordero can't hit above 700 OPS in MLB. We can't say that yet about Granberg.

@bostonsportsinf There are 1,569 batters with > 3,400 AB’s, in their career, in the HISTORY of MLB Only 1 players has BA ≤ .230 OPS ≤ .700 K ≥ 1,000 Jackie Bradley Jr crazy but true

A lot of mock drafts have Fabian going late 2nd round now. Whoops. Tough break, kid.

At 24, I can talk myself into a reclamation project like that, especially when you have the Fabian pick right after.

What's your definition of "no one."

And honestly, just two FA acquisitions at RF/1B would have made the difference here. I think Bloom wasn't expecting Kiké to crater and an injury to Casas, but sometimes you need a one year bridge to get to where you're going. Dalbec has been soooo bad and there's just been no urgency to make a move. The JBJ move just didn't make a whole lot of sense. They took on MORE salary for a worse player to get two prospects. The AA prospect seems to be an org guy that won't have an MLB impact. Binelas could be an MLB guy, but is just years away. Is that a move you make without having a backup plan for the blackhole in the roster? OF questions going forward: Kiké done after 2022. Re-sign? I say no. Duran, can he play CF? Doesn't seem like it. He doesn't have the arm for RF. LF only profile? Verdugo has a -3 DRS in LF this year. His defense is getting worse. He's slowed down every year since 2020. Would he even be able to play RF anymore? LF only profile now? Are they really going to bring JBJ back? Why not just buy him out? Negative fWAR guy for 2 straight years. Better to leave him at home. Cordero is not a MLB talent. Can they rely on Refsnyder long term? I don't think so. Do any of these AAA guys have the ability to play CF/RF at Fenway: Fitzgerald, Granberg.... uh, all the other guys are just org filler (Stewart, Davis, Mieses)? Granberg is actually kind of interesting to me because he has just hit everywhere he's been. He's under the radar for sure. Is Rafaela close enough to ready for 2023 at some point?

@redsoxstats Everyone's putting out their final mocks before last minute tweaks today.. Kiley McDaniel/ESPN: 24. Boston Red Sox Kumar Rocker, RHP, Tri-City Prospects Live: 24. Boston Red Sox Jordan Beck, OF, Tennessee Baseball America: 24. Boston Red Sox Chase DeLauter, OF, James Madison

I believe the original comic was written en francais, in modern French if you will. I was not stating that Asterix was French, just that comic is written in French, so it's a French comic book.

It's the perfect time to deal him then. Other teams will believe he'll bounce back!

I think that's what I thought when I posted the lineup before the game started. Plawecki has been dogshit this year. DFA. Call up Wong. His OPS is below .500. Enough already. The Verdugo of 2020 isn't walking through that door. He should have been traded when he had value. Downs isn't an MLB guy. Cordero is a backup at best, but he's getting regular time. JBJ is who he is and we expected it. If Duran isn't getting on at the top of the lineup, there's only 3 guys that you can count on. It's ugly.

A last DAMN place team that is .500 or above would get the biggest asterisk this side of a French comic book. They have been horrible against the AL East this year. What that tells me is that, they'll probably do better against TBR, TOR, BAL, NYY down the stretch.

@NYY - this weekend TOR - next weekend CLE - 4 games MIL - 3 games Long homestand to get us to the trade deadline. Will be interesting.

Why? Crawford didn't have a high pitch count? When all was said and done, he only threw 91 pitches. If Houck is the closer, why would you use him in the 7th inning? Didn't Schreiber end up taking the loss anyway?