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BTV accepts: Mayer Duran Bleis Yorke Wikelman for Robert Cease Full on White/Red swap meet.

The manager and CBO should get along. The CBO was sucking s***. Easy to choose which one to side with.

He's a pretty good manager.

Bell is in the tank for ownership. Confirmed.

Hell to the naw naw naw. I've been calling him Vlad Dracul for years.

Bloom could have kept his job if he stayed under the CBT in '22 and didn't hem and haw the way he did over trades in '22 and '23. There were some other behind the scenes stuff that Henry may have been made aware of that caused him to move on from Bloom too.

Tick. Tock.

But in a playoff situation, they need upper echelon pitching. They don't have that.

The Rule 5 draft happened long before anyone knew the season would be shortened. Only one pick was made after the Sox took Arauz. 1) Tigers: RHP Rony Garcia (Yankees) 2) Orioles: RHP Brandon Bailey (Astros) 3) Marlins: RHP Sterling Sharp (Nationals' No. 13 prospect) 4) Royals: RHP Stephen Woods (Rays) 5) Mariners: RHP Yohan Ramirez (Astros) 6) Reds: OF Mark Payton (A's) 7) Giants: RHP Dany Jimenez (Blue Jays) 8) Phillies: SS Vimael Machin (Cubs) 9) Cubs: RHP Trevor Megill (Padres) 10) Red Sox: SS Jonathan Arauz 11) Orioles: Michael Rucker (Cubs) Here's a list of all 30 teams' Top 30 Prospects who are eligible to be selected in the 2019 Rule 5 Draft: Atlanta Braves 16) Thomas Burrows, LHP Baltimore Orioles 17) Cody Sedlock, RHP 30) Gray Fenter, RHP Boston Red Sox 26) Eduard Bazardo, RHP Chicago Cubs 22) Oscar De La Cruz, RHP 28) Trent Giambrone, INF/OF Chicago White Sox 27) Alec Hansen, RHP Cincinnati Reds 18) Alfredo Rodriguez, SS 19) Andy Sugilio, OF 20) TJ Friedl, OF 21) Michael Beltre, OF 24) Mariel Bautista, OF Cleveland Guardians 14) Luis Oviedo, RHP Colorado Rockies 17) Robert Tyler, RHP 19) Reid Humphreys, RHP 24) Daniel Montano, OF 27) Roberto Ramos, 1B Detroit Tigers 22) Elvin Rodriguez, RHP 27) Jake Robson, OF Houston Astros 16) Ronnie Dawson, OF 25) Jonathan Arauz, SS/3B Kansas City Royals 11) Seuly Matias, OF 19) Emmanuel Rivera, 3B 29) Gabriel Cancel, 2B Los Angeles Angels 24) Leonardo Rivas, SS/2B Los Angeles Dodgers 23) Cristian Santana, 3B/1B 26) Jordan Sheffield, RHP Miami Marlins 26) Will Stewart, LHP Milwaukee Brewers 3) Zack Brown, RHP 14) Lucas Erceg, 3B/1B 18) Braden Webb, RHP Minnesota Twins 7) Wander Javier, SS 21) Griffin Jax, RHP New York Mets 8) Shervyen Newton, INF 27) Patrick Mazeika, C 28) Desmond Lindsay, OF 29) Luis Carpio, 2B/SS Philadelphia Phillies 12) Jhailyn Ortiz, OF 13) Rafael Marchan, C 17) Rodolfo Duran, C 23) Daniel Brito, 2B/SS 28) Cornelius Randolph, OF Pittsburgh Pirates 14) Luis Escobar, RHP 15) Lolo Sanchez, OF San Diego Padres 18) Esteury Ruiz, 2B 25) Buddy Reed, OF San Francisco Giants 16) Sandro Fabian, OF 20) Franklin Labour, OF 22) Ricardo Genoves, C 28) Garrett Williams, LHP Seattle Mariners 24) Dom Thompson-Williams, OF 28) Ljay Newsome, RHP St. Louis Cardinals 24) Conner Capel, OF 30) Max Schrock, 2B/3B Tampa Bay Rays 13) Moises Gomez, OF 27) Resly Linares, LHP Texas Rangers 30) Eli White, SS/OF Washington Nationals 13) Sterling Sharp, RHP 21) Steven Fuentes, RHP 22) Malvin Pena, RHP 25) Gilbert Lara, SS/3B 27) Telmito Agustin, OF 28) Jhonatan German, RHP (Astros' No. 25 prospect) Who did the Sox miss out on?

Without a real pitching rotation, this team has no shot even with an 84 win season.

Maybe if you only rely on IFA signings and low ceiling college guys.

You could see some improvement at the MLB level in a year or two. Larger improvements would be 4-5 years most likely. Henry just doesn't seem to be patient though.

It was a turd nugget. I wouldn't want Sam in the meetings either.

John Henry is a bitch. Confirmed.

Yes, it's why I don't entirely blame DD for the state of the system when Bloom took over.

It doesn't take a decade to build a farm and infrastructure. It may take more than 4 years though.

John Henry is a coupon clipper. He put his Christmas presents on layaway.

moon is a Kutter hater.

This is just wrong. Mayer, Anthony and Teel are impact prospects. Sox just don't want to give them up.

Never heard about an ERod/Cora split. I don't see them signing Snell or Monty at all. That's what we've been hearing for a while now. Miserly attitudes in ownership.

For who? Soler? I'd rather keep Masa. The leftover FA's leave a lot to be desired. Even Bellinger has his share of warts. IDK. If they were dumping Masa so that they could trade for a young ace and extend then ok.

The Sox are a poor franchise, apparently. We can't afford to pay players to be elsewhere!!!

Theo's last draft in '11 was: Barnes Swihart Owens JBJ Noe Ramirez Betts Travis Shaw

If I'm getting paid 50M more I'll consider the long term.

He was a top 10 MiLB prospect that got injured. Unfortunately, the error bar with pitchers is very large.