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  1. moonslav59
    It's not the worst idea.
  2. moonslav59
    I agree on it being a big improvement. I'm just not convinced this 30 IP by Robertson in 2022 is the real Robertson, at age 37. What's the odds he comes close to those numbers going forward? (Surely, better than Barnes & Robles making a turn-around.) I would not release Barnes, at this time, and not just about the money being a deterrent. I still have hope he can find himself. Once he comes of the IL, and not having any options left, makes keeping a 26 man roster slot for him highly problematic, but there are plenty of mop-up innings to go around, and at this moment, I'm not for cutting ties with him. I'd DFA Robles, yesterday. I'd put Diekman ahead of Barnes- maybe even Sawamura. (Danish can be demoted.) I'm on the fence with Davis. We might even be able to trade Sawamura for peanuts and some salary relief. We might be able to trade Diekman, if we pay half or 3/4 of his remaining contract- again for just peanuts & $ relief.
  3. moonslav59
    My top 25 list might look like this: 1. Mayer 2. Bello 3. Casas 4. Rafaela 5. Bleis 6. Walter 7. Mata 8. Yorke 9. Winckowski 10. Murphey 11. Hickey 12. Seabold 13. Kavadas 14. German 15. Gonzalez 16. Paulino 17. Lugo 18. Binelas 19. Wong 20. Jordan 21. Drohan 22. Ward 23. Jimenez 24. Groome 25. Downs
  4. moonslav59
    I'm a believer in the theory of going with the hot hand in the pen, and I'd be fine with a Nothcut for Robertson trade, but I'm not convinced he would be the white horse coming to the rescue. I'd DFA Robles in a heartbeat to make room for him. Would the Cubs jump at a trade offer, now, when more might be offered closer to the deadline?
  5. moonslav59
    I think the idea of the Sox trying to be sellers and buyers at the deadline is very intriguing, in theory, but I just can't see it happening in reality.
  6. moonslav59
    I missed the comment by Cora, but it makes sense. I won't get into Paxton's return, because it's too far away and maybe not even happening, this year, but assuming Hill is healthy, or a prospect fills his slot, our rotation would look like this: 1. Pivetta 2. Eovaldi 3. Sale 4. Wacha 5. Hill, Wink/Seabold/Bello Adding Whitlock to the pen, and maybe even Wink, Bello or German, it might look like this: Closer: Houck Set-up/long man: Whitlock RP3 Schreiber RP4 Strahm RP5 Brasier RP6 Davis RP7 Sawamura RP8 Taylor/Barnes/Diekman AAA Danish (Wink/Seabold/Bello/German) DFA Robles (maybe Diekman, later)
  7. moonslav59
    ...and Cora & Kike, too?
  8. moonslav59
    He's probably been on the phone, a lot. Maybe most teams are waiting until closer to the deadline. Maybe they are asking for too much. Maybe Bloom's higher priority is the longer term, and with so many roster spots opening up, this winter, he's looking to keep as many of our best prospects as possible. Likely, it's a little of all of this. I'm not against trading prospects, even good ones, and neither is Bloom. The "now" part of your point is valid. We can't afford to lose games vs top opponents, but with Whitlock, Sale, Eovaldi & Taylor due back, soon, I'm not sure they are going to add to the roster crunch by trading prospects, now. I have no problem DFA'ing Robles and demoting Danish. I'd be okay trading or DFA'ing Diekman, Davis and/or even Sawamura, but I'm not on board with doing this to Barnes & Brasier, right now. Of course, I'm not arguing we don't have room for a solid RP'er, right now, because we do or can make room, easy enough, but most GMs have more patience than we do.
  9. moonslav59
    Barnes & Robles should open a bookstore.
  10. moonslav59
    Too many levels to even begin a critique.
  11. moonslav59
    Soxprospects.com Biggest Gains: Top 20 +14 Lugo 29>15 +11 Rafaela 19>8, Hickey 30>19 +10 Wong 27>18 +10 Paulino 23>12 +5 Murphy 15>10 +4 Walter 9>5, Binelas 21>17 +3 Wink 12>9, Seabold 14>11 +2 Bello 5>3 21-40 +24 Drohan 52>28 +20 J Paez 60>40 +17 Kavadas 46>29 +13 F Encarnacion 48>35, Uberstine 51>38 +8 German 35>27 NR>>> 37 Angel Bastardo 41 Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz 46 Devlin Granberg 47 AJ Politi 50 Juan Encarnacion Biggest Drops: Top 20 -10 J Groome 6>16 -8 J Downs 13>21 -7 Crawford 16>23, McDonough 17>24 -4 B Jordan 10>14, Jimenez 18>22 -2 W Gonzalez 13>11 21-40 -22 Hamilton 26>48 -8 Kozz 22>30, R Hernandez 28>36, E Bazardo 34>42 41-60 -13 V Santos 42>55
  12. moonslav59
    You’ve gone from zero cred to negative territory.
  13. moonslav59
    If Hill is out, it’s Whit orWink starting.
  14. moonslav59
    The “DFA Robles” comment was made before today’s mess.
  15. moonslav59
    My 1 Houck closer 1A Whitlock long man 3 Schreiber 4 Strahm (looking scary lately) 5 Brasier 6 Davis 7 Sawamura 8 Danish (to AAA)> Barnes > Diekman DFA Robles
  16. moonslav59
    Robles seems like the obvious choice, but demoting Danish keeps all options on the table.
  17. moonslav59
    I think we trade Danish and DFA Diekman
  18. moonslav59
    Soxprospects released its mid season rankings. https://www.soxprospects.com/ As expected Mayer jumped Casals for the 1 slot. Bello to 3 as Yorke fell to 4. Walter jumped a bunch of slots to 5. Rafaela jumped to 8. Jeter fell to 21. Groome to 16. Wong jumped up to 18, while Hickey jump all the way up to 19. Kavadas jumped to 29. 6 Mata 7 Bleis 9 Wink 10 Murphy 11 Seabold 12 Paulino 15 Lugo 17 Binelas 27 German 28 Drohan
  19. moonslav59
    Do the cash considerations subtract from the lux tax budget? (Not that it would matter)
  20. moonslav59
    Maybe Frank German will get a look before the trade deadline
  21. moonslav59
    I’m fine with Whitlock going back to the pen once Sale returns. I was just addressing concerns about Whitlock’s season IP totals as a reason to move him out of the rotation. As for Hill, I think he’d be a fine long man, and I recall at his signing, some talk about his ability to be a flex guy between the pen and rotation, so I think he’d be fine with the idea. Either way, we’ll get a nice boost to the pen. I also wonder if Wink will be moved to the pen or back to AAA.
  22. moonslav59
    The blown save in Toronto sucked, and it got pretty scetchy I the 10th, but this pen has come together Nicely over the last few weeks. I think pitchers getting more defined roles, and Houck becoming the closer was the major reason this happened. (Look how quickly it fell apart when Houck was not available.)
  23. moonslav59
    Whitlock is only going to be in the low 50’s in IP at the 81 game mark of the season. If he starts 16 games and gives us 6 every game- not likely- he’ll end the regular season with about 150 innings. That seems about right, but then the post season. Maybe they keep him starting but try to limit him to 5 IP per starts and move Hill to the pen.
  24. moonslav59
    I agree, and I’ve said all along that this must be about the prospects and Bloom’s view that they will be better than most rankings have them placed. Even if JBJ bounced back to.700, the money part would still make the deal a real head-scratcher. It’s Binelas and Hamilton, because it ain’t gonna be JBJ.
  25. moonslav59
    Maybe, but if they think he’s worth $8M, this year and they still play him FT, I’m not so sure.
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