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BTV says PHI is overpaying but accepts... Duran, Gray, Mayer, Bello & Narvaez for Aidan Miller, Painter and Ferrebus

BTV accepts Duran & Chapman for Jeferson Quero (ML ready Catcher with 5.5 yrs of control)

Try to suggest one, and not Chapman for Judge.

Many ex-Sox players do.

I'm not that high on Janek (9.3), either, but BTV rates him at a higher value than all Sox catchers combined not named Narvaez. 2.0 Ronny Hernandez 1.4 G Rodriguez 1.1 L Heyman 1.0 Jo Garcia 0.7 Wong 1,6 Brannon and 1.4 Hickey (1B/DH)

I'm looking bat BTV. I never said I was for these trades. I would trade Duran for Shaw.

Do you do this? Duran and Gray for Matt Shaw (BTV rejects as Cubs overpay) Chapman and IKF for Walter Janek (catching prospect) BTV rejects BTV accepts: Duran Gray and $5M for Matt Shaw Chapman, Wong and IKF & $5M for Walter Janek (C prospect) Bennett Sousa & Hayden Wesneski

The mostly, highly ranked Sox farm is not translating to wins on the farm. Sound familiar? 35-32 WOO AAA (+1 run differential) 32-32 POR AA (-30) 26-36 GRE A+ (-49) 24-40 SAL A- (-40) 16-17 FCL (+1) 7-18 two DSL teams combined

Agreed: 59/109 NYY 35/58 TBR 44/72 TOR 48/88 BAL

He's make more with a .780 OPS and 12 HRs than .680 and 22 HRs

All Time Worst Sox Winning % The post Ruth era... (7 of worst 8) .279 1932 .301 1926 .309 1925 (#4 was in 1906 was .318) .338 1930 .373 1928 .277 1929 Plus #11 at .396 in 1922, #13 in 1923 at .401 and #15 in 1931 at .408 10 of the worst 15! __________________________ #9 in 1965 at .383 #10 in 1907 at .396 #12 in 2020 at .400 (short season) #14 is 2026 at .403! This is the 2nd worst team since 1965 and the 3rd worst team since 1932!

I think 97 was the highest projected win total among site posters. LMAO!

Who do you view as the "keepers" as I doubt we trade or let go 26-40 players. To me, we should keep... Crochet, Suarez, Tolle, Eyanson, Early Rafaela, Anthony, Abreu, Romy & Arias Probably... Whitlock, Slaten, Bennett, Houck/Crawford/Oviedo Valera, Witherspoon & Delzine Azocar, Gonzales, Godbout, Primera & Soto Role players: Durbin, Narvaez

BR shows 24 HRs with men on base. 35 with nobody on base + 2 today=37. 37/61 is about 61%.

He really bulked up from his early career, apparently for more longballs.

In hindsight, we should have traded him after 2024. Many wanted him traded after 2025, in part to make room for Anthony. His stock has dipped a lot since those two moments in time, but I think we should trade him now or at the deadline. The most likely return would be a good prospect or two decent ones.

We have yet to see any value in return, but these three prospects have shown some promise: YRod: .783 OPS at GRE (10 HRs & 12 2Bs in 182 ABs) Jumped from #55 to 35 on soxprospects rankings. Holobetz: .711 OPS Against in 52 IP at POR (most IP in system) #12 ranked. Phillips: not done well, so far (.810 OPSA in 31 IP at GRE) Ranked #10

He was at 4.59 before his 6 IP ER game on June 9th and 4.21 before the shutout. Last 2 games: 15 IP Zero ERs 5 Hits 2 BBs 15 Ks

Almost always solo jobs, too.

I'd want real value for Willson, as well as Chapman. I'm not ready to give up on 2027. Gray, Coulombe and anyone else who will be a FA after 2026 should be traded. (Assuming no big turnaround by the deadline- yeah right! LMAO)

Where did I say I wanted to keep Yoshida? I questioned who to add, only. In several recent posts, I have said trade or DFA Yoshida. No poster has suggested trading Masa more than I have. Big fat NO to adding Arias in 2026. He's not MLB ready and would not benefit from being thrown into MLB, this year. Save the roster slot for a future addition (from farm, trade or winter FA signing.) I'd like to give Seigler a look, so we can know more about who to keep, this winter. I don't think Ward or Capra have enough upside to be worth adding to the 40, but I'd rather add one of them to the 40 than Arias. We could look ahead to December's Rule 5 and add one from.... Mullins, Wehunt or Paez (pen for '27?) Jo Garcia (DH/C depth on '27 farm?) Romero (IF but not doing well, now) Nathan Hickey, Nate Baez, Ronny Hernandez or Ward Think about adding Arias after opening day 2027. (He is Rule 5 DEC '27) Just because our offense sucks, doesn't mean we should rush prospects to the bigs.

Position by position: Catcher: Moderate to High Need area. While Narvaez still offers some hope, he should be viewed as the back-up. There is already talk of trading Wong. Gasper can be 40 man roster depth. 1B: Low Need area. Contreras is aging well, but for now, this is not a higher need area. Romy offers decent depth. Farm help seems far away. SS/2B/3B: Two Highest Need areas. Maybe count Romy, Story, Durbin & Mayer as barely enough to fill one slot, but we certainly need two big adds here. I would not be against 2 major adds and making Durbin/Romy/Mayer bench pieces. (Trade Story with cash.) LF: Low Need. Antony is going to be given every chance to win tis slot. (Trade Duran) CF: Lowest Need. Ceddanne is the CF'er for years to come. RF: Low Need. Abreu is the RF'er for 3 more arb years. DH: High Need: Trade Masa and Duran. Simplified everyday players: 1. SS (Decent bat/Big bat) 2. 2B/3B (Big bat/decent bat) 3. DH (Big bat) 4. C (Decent bat) I think we have to run with starting pitching staff we have, as is. Crochet, Suarez, (Trade Gray) Tolle, Early and one from Houck, Crawford, Oviedo, Bennett (Eyanson?) We need to add a closer and could use a key pen add or two. Counting on converted SP'ers never seems to work, as we end up needing all our Sp'er depth and then some. (Trade Chapman) __Closer__, Whitlock, _____, Slaten, _____, Moran & two from Bello, Weissert, Kelly, Watson, Samaniego, Uberstine, Bastardo, Holobetz, Wehunt, Paez Final High Need List: 1. SS 2. Closer 3. 2B/3B 4. DH 5. Set-up RP 6. C 7 RP From #1, 3, 4 and 6, we need two major bats or 1 major bat and 2 near major bats.

Several posters have said it already.

So, DFA or trade Masa to save $1-2M/yr or so, if we are lucky, then add Ward or Capra? (Adding Arias should not be an option, this year.) Call up Seigler, Ward or Capra?

LOL. Traded Sox... (Did I miss anyone significant?) C- Vazquez & Teel 1B- Devers 2B- DHam, Iggy & Yorke SS- Bogaerts & Meidroth 3B- Jordan & Moncada LF- Beni & Jh Garcia CF- Dubon & B Montgomery RF- Betts DH- Devers SP- Montas, Harrison (not from Sox farm), Dobbins, Drohan, Wikelman, Clarke RP- Kopech, C Murphy, Beeks, Hoppe, L Guerrero