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If anyone in April told you Boston would have a Cy Young and MVP short-listers for the first half of the year and Devers is not one of them - I'd have called you insane.
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Yorke most likely. Cespedes and Bleis would require a pretty good player with some control - it'd hurt to deal em but they are both far enough from the bigs that it's not some slam dunk no.
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Maybe - but it is hard to see how either of those deals won't end up positive value for the team.
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Cora has done a great job. I doubt he comes back on that sort of bank - but there is also no luxury tax for managers. That said, the way Cora talks and the way the media portrays - his next contract is probably his last as an on-field manager no matter what.
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Now Alonso is probably 2nd choice to a lot of these clubs to Goldschmidt. The imact that has, I'm not sure.
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Right - but I would absolutely look into the price ... for 2-3 months, he'd be a perfect fit ... the need at 1B OR DH is big enough
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While I think the team is skeptical about whether this club will turn into a pumpkin before the deadline - if the team wins some more and gets to like 10 games over .500, the mandate might change a little. For instance (Passan suggested this), if the team keeps hanging in there - why NOT do a 2021 Schwarber and see what it would take to rent Pete Alonso for the rest of the season. If you wanted to be a little more ambitious, do you look at someone like Rengifo from the Angels who still has some control.
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For me, it was not merely not re-signing Mookie - though I certainly think they should have. It was the dawdling about the entire thing - if they knew he wanted to leave (premise) they were not bold about moving him earlier. If they were counting on keeping him, they did not go to the mat. Door #1 here is a hard PR sell, but it would have at least been defensible.
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It has been fun. The overall team approach to pitching has been a season changer of course, where the team has drastically reduced the diet of 4-seam fastballs. The full throttle comment in the offseason was unfortunate - and definitely part of ownership sounding like supervillains unnecessarily. But giving the kids some run has borne fruit and has been fun to watch. Abreu being on a rookie of the year sort of start before his injury is another to be excited about seeing.
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I don't think there is a rush per se - particularly with Mayer who just needs to complete a healthy season.
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There is a lot of power in Ceddane's teeny tiny body
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He has been good - but 9th inning guy is what it is. I would not just trade him willy nilly.
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If he is not careful, Yorke might get a look.
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There are places they can sell. I'd STILL listen to offers for Jansen - I wouldn't just dump him, but he is a luxury good on this team, and if you can get something good, do it. Winckowski seems like a candidate to move. 2B needs help clearly - but I kinda think maybe they'll just see what Yorke later in the season - and assuming he continues to play well at Woo-stah.
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Seeing Rafaela slowly start to put some games together is very encouraging. He is very close to being the sort of hitter he can be (low OBP but good contact with pop) Who would have expected Duran to be on the MVP long list this far in the season? (or any other time) Or for Tanner Houck to be legit in the running for Cy? Nice to see them have a good homestand. The negative vibes around the home games have been rough on the players actually playing. And we can't say enough about how Cora and Bailey have made the pitching staff work.
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wiping his tears with $100 bills
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Casas' performance on the broadcast might have generated more WAR than any Sox player has this season. That was delightful.
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I could also see the team just giving Mayer a chance for a sustained period of just being healthy and playing. He is handling the level fine as a pretty young regular. Plenty of time for him.
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With Perales and Gonzalez the challenge has been finding a repeatable delivery so you can actually have command-control etc. Perales has stopped walking people. Wikelman has not. Bleis just has to be healthy. I am excited about him, Cespedes and Zannatello. But they are all just so young and so far away from the bigs that the range of outcomes is still super wide. It is easy to act like not being at Portland by 22 is some sort of death sentence or something.
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This is why the team likes drafting shortstops.
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Given that he is a good athlete, if the bat allows him to project as a regular corner, then that's a solid prospect.
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Law's updated Top 50 in the Athletic: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5530418/2024/06/03/mlb-top-50-prospects-in-season-holliday/ 4. Mayer (8 preseason) 19. Teel (54 preseason) 25. Anthony (22 preseason)
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After two horrendous starts, Wikelman Gonzalez has started to hit a groove in Portland.
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Zanatello and Cespedes look like big upside guys but in each case it is very, very early.
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He is exciting - the athleticism is beyond reproach.