@jcmccaffrey
Cora says Bogaerts will play in the second game of the doubleheader today
So he should DH in game 1.
Kike SS
Duran CF
JD LF
Devers 3B
Xander DH
Renfroe RF
Vaz/Plawecki C
Chavis 2B
Dalbec 1B
I would still start Duran even against Robbie Ray. Duran hit well against LHP in AAA. He replaces Plawecki.
Is Xander out for both games today?
The bench bats of Chavis/Cordero/Plawecki leave something to be desired. I would have called up Arauz and DFA'd Workman.
A USA TODAY Sports analysis of 94 July trade-deadline deals from 2015 to 2019 that shipped 204 prospects from buyers to sellers confirms a strongly held feeling throughout the industry – that teams are holding their top prospects tighter than ever, making it exceedingly difficult to extract value for star players.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2021/07/26/mlb-trade-deadline-history-dealing-prospects-rumors/8075954002/