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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/06/red-sox-sign-jhonny-peralta.html The Red Sox have agreed to a minors deal with veteran infielder Jhonny Peralta, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe was among those to tweet.

Dojji: I think you mean low risk low reward. There's no such thing as a low risk high reward guy. Risk and reward are directly proportional, not inversely.

@ClearTheBases Chavis DH tonight. Dogs lineup: Mars LF, Lin CF, Devers 3B, Barfield RF, Chavis DH, Olt 1B, De La Guerra SS, Romanski C. Tobias 2B. McAvoy P

David Ortiz is the most important player in the history of the Red Sox franchise.

Career GS - 199, Career G 212. I'd say that's a good indication of where he'll pitch.

Yup, either yesterday or the day before. They were waiting for him to play in the AS Game before they promoted him.

Angels will just be happy to play at a classy facility and not one that is infested with rats. http://www.ocregister.com/2007/08/04/rat-infestation-at-stadium/ The refuse can sit out for more than 12 hours before it is collected, a time lag that may help account for the 118 vermin violations that county officials logged at stadium kiosks and restaurants over the last 2 ½ years. Of those reports, 33 represent “major” violations, in which “rodent activity” was observed by health inspectors in a “critical area” of 18 stadium food venues. “It should be zero. A restaurant is closed down for these kinds of things,” said Richard Sanchez, the director of environmental health for the county Health Care Agency. In about the same period, San Diego’s Petco Park had two vermin violations and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles had seven, records show.

Chavis can't play 3rd though.

@mlbtraderumors Red Sox Claim Doug Fister Off Release Waivers

Margot also doesn't fill a need for the Sox. I'd rather have Beni/JBJ/Betts than any combination that includes Margot and excludes Kimbrel.

Who would you have signed? http://www.espn.com/mlb/freeagents/_/position/rp Chapman? He makes more than Kimbrel and has lots of baggage. Melancon? He makes more than Kimbrel and couldn't pitch a lick in the AL. There's no shot the Dodger were letting Jansen go.

@jimcallisMLB 2nd-rder Cole Brannen signs w/@RedSox for $1.3 mil (pick 63 = $993,900). Georgia HS OF, well ab-avg speed, hit & CF instincts. @MLBDraft

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@alexspeier As @jimcallisMLB reports, Red Sox 5th rounder Alex Scherff signs for $700K. Sox had considered him for 1st rd pick.

Beat this garbage team. Too bad for all the ticket holders who were hoping for a chance to see Trout.

It was an urgent need that they filled with an injured pitcher.

And that's the issue. The trade won't be worth it to me.

I think that's why people generally ignore pitcher W/L records. The more important stat for a pitcher is whether they pitched well, not if they pitched to the score like Jack Morris or whatever. A pitcher can only control what he does on the mound, not how the offense backs him up. This is how I see the Sox rotation: Sale - one of the best pitchers in the game ERod - injury history, inconsistent from start to start, can look like an ace in one game and struggle to get through 5 innings the next Price - probably going to be back on DL by the end of the season and having surgery in offseason, he has no command right now Porcello - ace ceiling, but gets rocked by the gopher ball as he is a pitch to contact guy and doesn't always locate well Pomeranz - couldn't pitch 7 innings if his life depended on it, his production is an average DiceK season Others: Wright - the great unknown, could have been great for this season if not for Farrell's dumb managing last year Velasquez - fine for a dumpster dive guy Johnson - a decent AAAA guy who can't pitch a full season for a multitude of reasons Owens - trade bait, can't throw strikes and doesn't have the stuff for long term success in the bigs

Which is why you don't bother trading for him. If you want him, just sign him in the offseason.

Thumbs down!!!

Yup, it's why I don't like deadline deals to begin with. I don't think they really needed Pomeranz last year enough to warrant moving Espinoza.

For me, it's not even about the results. I just think that if you have a guy that can pump it in at 100mph, that he should be the 8th inning guy, not the 7th inning guy.

It's not about winning trades. It's about making best use of the assets available. I believe Espinoza could have been saved for a trade to return a much better pitcher than Pomeranz.

He's in a throwing program, but hasn't seen in game action yet.

That's the only reason I think Maddon is a great manager. Everything else he does is awful, but his players are always ready to play.