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There is no window, only pessimism.

Castillo can actually play though.

Marrero has a track record of being unable to hit. Lin needs to be given an honest shot.

Pedey JBJ Bogey Betts Moreland Hanley Beni C 3B

As long as you take everything with a grain of salt, it can be a fun time.

What's fun about being rational?

I love all rumors and innuendo around this time.

Sorry. Didn't watch first 7 innings.

Lin is our best 3b.

Chavis doesn't play SS at all.

Tier 1: Devers - Could be used in a trade for almost any player Tier 2: Groome, Travis - Could be used in a trade to bring back a solid MLB player Tier 3: Ockimey, Chavis, Swihart - Could be used as part of a package to bring in MLB talent Tier 4: Everyone else - throw in on any deal

I agree wholeheartedly with the cycling through relievers from Pawtucket. They have enough guys with promise down there (Callahan, Buttrey) that they should give those guys a look before spending more resources on relieve pitchers.

http://deadspin.com/sprint-speed-helps-tell-us-whos-good-at-baserunning-and-1796424570 Have a look at these charts if you're still wondering if Pedroia is a good base runner or not.

What do they need to upgrade? 3B and pitching (always) Who do you think they will get? Professional 3B rental on cheap dollars imo. Will they stay under the cap? Maybe? Though DD says they don't have to. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/06/deadline-notes-red-sox-giants-relievers-torres-verlander-cozart-cabrera.html The Red Sox do not need to stay under the luxury tax line in making their deadline moves, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said in an appearance today on WEEI. Recent estimates put Boston about $9MM shy of the threshold, which has added implications under the new CBA since the tax escalates when it is owed in consecutive seasons. While the Sox will no doubt weigh that factor in assessing possible trades, it’s notable that the organization doesn’t feel compelled to stay within those limits.

The 2-3 weeks timetable coincides with the AA AS Game and Devers' promotion to AAA.

The Red Sox signed Peralta to a minor league deal last week and he played in his first game with the PawSox Wednesday night. Dombrowski detailed the plan for him, which seems t be let him play for a few weeks and then see if he's capable of helping the major league team. "Basically, what we felt in his case was it’s worth a chance to see if he still can play," he said. "I don’t think he can play shortstop at this point — he could play a game there if he needed to. The ability to play third base, first base and move around a little bit. The key is, can he still hit? Our thought process with that is we put him down in Triple-A, he does not think he is a Triple-A player. He agreed to go down there. His representative, who we know very well, made the arrangement with us that he will go down to Triple-A. 'He’s going to show you that he belongs in the big leagues and we think he can help you right away.' We said fine, we hope that that happens. "We’ll continue to look at him. He will get at-bats on a daily basis and then at that point whenever we get there — and I would say it is probably two to three weeks. If it doesn’t look like we are going to bring him up to the big leagues, our arrangement is we will just let them know that and then we will grant him his release. We don’t have a specific date.”

@redsoxstats On @weei Dombrowski said if Rodriguez gets through 65-70 pitches tonight with Portland he could start for the Sox next week.

http://baseballthinktank.com/the-reason-why-left-handed-pitchers-have-more-movement-how-its-far-from-natural/ http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-02/sports/sp-1512_1_left-handed-pitcher

@redsoxstats Cole Brannen is indeed making his pro debut today, batting 2nd, playing center, injecting life into the lower tiers of the system.

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/06/29/rival-executives-expect-justin-verlander-to-hit-the-trading-block/ I'm on the trade for Verlander bandwagon.

They are still treating Workman with kid gloves until they are no longer concerned about his injury history. Not sure they are looking to stretch him out just yet. I think the health of Thornburg and Smith has made the PawBos shuttle more important this year.

They addressed this on the last SoxProspectsPodCast. The thought is that as long as Chavis is putting the work in at 3B before the game, it doesn't matter if he's only seeing in game action a few times a week. There are many games where a 3B will have no balls hit to them so in game action is seen as secondary. It's why Lin saw no time at 3B in AA this year, but they were comfortable with him playing 3B in the majors.

1. Insurance 2. The off chance that he turns it around 3. Needs someone to play 3B at Pawtucket

Harmony, do you live in Boston and are a Seattle fan or do you just have an affinity for posting here? I know a few other Seattle fans who live in the area.

I'm dead.