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Valdez and Sawamura? I don't seem them dumping Dreckman until next season.

Per Statcast: Exit Velocity: Bottom 5% Hard Hit %: Bottom 5% BB%: Top 5% He's not walking a lot of guys, but guys are really squaring him up. He was "good" in June, but that may be more due to BABIP luck than anything else.

I'd prefer keeping him at 2b, but it depends on what the plan would be for SS.

He is the 4th Chris Murphy listed on Baseball Reference. None of the others had an MLB appearance. I read through his twitter timeline and I can confirm that he gets the MVP seal of approval for being a cool dude.

It's like the bizzaro Red Sox system right now.

The Insane Kimmie Posse.

If Snell is available, I'd like the Sox to make an offer better than the M's offer.

I wouldn't do Murphy for Bell.

Is Chris Murphy the most under the radar top 10 prospect in recent memory? Starting pitching profile (now that he can get RHB out) that produces low SLG and an xERA below 2 at AA/AAA.

Rays broadcast jinxed Brasier into that walk.

I think it's hard to really pinpoint these guys down to an exact slot. I think there's a general range where a guy fits in. Hickey feels adequately placed when surrounded by Binelas, Wong (who is making the case for being the BOS backup in 2023) and Ward. Kavadas seems to fit in with Drohan, German and Bonaci. With Hickey, I think there are still questions about his glove and if he can stick at Catcher. With Kavadas, he seems to really be a DH only profile which is why he's 29th rather than knocking on the top 20 door. Because Seabold has good control, he can dominate AAA. The problem is, his stuff isn't good enough for the next level. Until I see it work there, I'm not sure I can believe in it. Think of Denyi Reyes in 2017-2018. He breezed through the low minors because of his control with ERAs in the 1's and low 2's. https://www.milb.com/player/denyi-reyes-660593 He eventually hit the wall where his stuff couldn't play up anymore. He has been getting smacked around in AAA this year in BAL, but has made some brief appearances for their MLB team (even starting in Fenway on 5/28).

No, it's not Franchy's fault. Bloom needs to find a 1b that can be better than Dalbec is in 2022.

Snell's statcast line isn't all that bad. His FIP of 3.56 is solid as well, much better than the 4.66 FIP. His last two starts: @LAD 5 IP 12 K, 1 ER SF 6 IP, 11 K, 1 ER I think the Pad's would be dumb to give up on him if they want to stay competitive. They have 6 starters, but Gore has never thrown 100 innings in a season professionally. If they are moving Snell, they better be getting something really good back.

Yeah, about 10 years from now.

Think of it less as "shortening" and more as "optimizing."

Washington just seems like a dumb organization and would ask for too much for Bell. Bell is also NOT a good 1b. Cron gets signed to 1 year deals every offseason and isn't valued highly. Rockies are going nowhere. I think you can get Cron pretty easily. I'd try to get him sooner than later.

I was saying that Cron has 4 DRS, not Franchy. Franchy is a -3 DRS at 1b. Bad.

Right, with Betts/Raffy/Xander. That's the core.

Bell is a bad 1b. I'd trade for Cron.

That would make for terrible baseball in Boston. They would have to pick an alternate site for the games to be played at.

I'd do Groome and Downs for Bell. I'd do Groome, Downs and Decker for Abreu I like my Downs/Decker trade for Cron better

1. If I had to rank: Blaze>Lugo>Gonzalez. Pitchers can move up quick, but Wikelman hasn't done much this year and is trending the other direction. Blaze has cooled off in July though. 2. If Hickey can stick at Catcher, it's a fair ranking because his bat is legit. If he develops an average glove, he's an MLB starter. Kavadas was ranked too low to begin with. Koss is ranked 30th and Kavadas is a better prospect than Koss. Seems fine. 3. I still don't see too much in Seabold. He's continued to have injury issues and his secondary pitches aren't what they used to play and now he's back on the IL. The gulf between AAA and MLB is enormous. In 3 starts in BOS, he's given up 15 ER. If another team asked about him, I would deal him.

He has a 4 DRS. I think he can catch the damn ball.

They don't even need a "good" one. Per BTV: Sox Trade Jeter Downs and Nick Decker Rockies trade CJ Cron 131 wRC+, 2.1 fWAR, 4 DRS

Yes, without the 3rd pitch, he may not be a great fit for a starter's role. I thought in ST they should have transitioned Whitlock to SP and Houck to closer. We may get there eventually? Someday?