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The entire season for the Giants hasn't been a good look for that org.

I'm sure a lot of these guys will eventually get promotions. I think the Sox are now in the mode that a callup to WOO means you're ready to be sent to BOS at a moments notice. Brian Abraham has said as much a few times. I think that's why they seem to be slower with some of the promotions. You need to make sure that all these moves leave playing time for everyone. Arias is probably moved sometime around the MiLB ASG. Primera could get called up as nobody is going to stand in his way. I think everyone else is just biding their time and waiting for spots to clear up. Once the FCL season ends and the draft happens, the Sox will make some moves to clear room for guys to move around the org a bit more. Again, I don't take too much stock in the overall offensive numbers at GRE this year. You can tell how they feel about a player with where they bat him in the lineup. If a guy has a 900 OPS, but is still hitting 8th, they probably have him on a lower tier than the guys they keep putting up at the top of the lineup. They are definitely not going to call someone up just because of how their boxscore looks that's for sure.

Uh, that just sounds like a real poorly pitched game?

Don't play Duran until you trade him? That's a choice.

119.2 Innings at SS in the minors only, 5,386 Innings elsewhere. Must not be terribly good at it.

1 game ahead of dead last in AL.

That ratio is the reason FSG will never sell the team. Cha-ching....

It's not the promotion that destroyed him. It's probably the hitting dev program TBH.

AS Espinal's career high fWAR was 2.4. Buttrey was traded so that the Sox could have a 2b for a WS team. He slid into the role in '18 and got 4 saves. He retired after 2020. Not a big loss there.

Exactly! The Sox won 4 WS since 2000. I know many people said they would die happy if they could live to just see one, but how's that helped the Red Sox this year?

Sell baby sell.

I think teams may have their own systems and not rely on FanGraphs or Bref for the calculation of WAR. That could be the issue the Sox are running into with their internal models.

Do you get "June Gloom" down by Riverside or is that just reserved for LA?

The defense has been fine? -2 DRS at SS -1 OAA at SS

To think that the Sox would put up Garrett Crochet in a trade and they'd get the same value as a trade with Duran is laughable. Who would the Sox get a bigger offer for: Roman or Suarez? I think it'd be Roman TBH. That Romy has the same value as Chapman PLUS Contreras??? Crazy. If that's the case, I'm fielding calls on Romy all day!!!

C'mon, 1967 is the first year of the modern Boston Red Sox. It's when they finally turned the page. I guess they had a good 50 year run or so. I really don't believe anything prior to '67 matters. The red seat, Pesky's dumb retired jersey. I'd get rid of all of it.

Yes, I'd trade Mayer, but I think his stock has to be lower than ever.

The FO was heavily promoting those kids as the Big Three and was really relying on them to lead the Sox into the future. It hasn't worked out so far. People can be upset with fans that follow prospects, but ownership put all their chips on the table for these guys.

I was up for trading Mayer in prior offseasons due to his injury history. He's been healthy this year, but his bat just hasn't developed the way we had hoped.

West Coast swing for the 2026 Sox. Only sickos are staying up for this.

Harrison for Devers wasn't enough. Durbin for Harrison wasn't enough. Funny how both things can be true!

Why not?

There are enough stuffies in my kids' rooms that I can borrow.

Throw '28 in there too probably. Where's the hitting coming from?