moonslav59

I seriously doubt we part with any of our top prospects. We may trade someone like Chavis, or a prospect we don't think shows promise but another GM might, but those are rare. IMO, our deadline deals will be contract dumps that require very little in return- maybe a single A prospect or two.

Duran did get to play some actual games, though.

I doubt he is high on Bloom's seek and acquire list.

I have Duran listed as a possible addition. He has the best chance on that list to earn a slot on the team, this summer. Franchy has options and team control. He'll stay at AAA until he proves he should get another look or is traded or DFA'd. Renfroe will not be traded. One of our weaknesses is OF depth, and he has a history of killing lefties. Might a Duran-Renfroe platoon develop? Maybe, but Duran will play CF, once he shows he's ready and the need is still there. Maybe Santana does great, and Kike, too. With Verdugo FT, Renfroe vs LHPs and Marwin on the bench, there is no hurry on Duran.

Now that AAA games have begun, we should start seeing some movement. We may wait until some players we want to call up to get a few lives games under their belts before being thrown into a live MLB game. I've been on the 13 pitcher bandwagon since day one, and nothing has changed, but I'm not sure Sox brass thinks the same way. I think this is what happens: As soon as Santana is ready and has some games played at AAA, he'll be called up as Cordero is demoted to AAA to try and work things out. Despite Josh Taylor doing oka in his last 2 outings, I think he's the odd man out. Brice is out of options, and others are doing too well to be demoted. Who takes Taylor's place? I'd say Houck, but Maybe Bazardo gets a second look. They may want to keep Houck's innings for later in the season while also gaining another year of control from him. It could be times up for Brice. Maybe Taylor & Brice are both demoted or DFA'd. Best case scenario, could this be the 26 man roster,later this summer? Sale, ERod, Eovaldi, Richards, Pivetta Barnes, Ottavino, Brasier, Andriese, Sawamura, DHern, Whitlock, Perez, Houck Vazquez, Plawecki Dalbec Arroyo Marwin Devers Bogaerts Verdugo Hernandez Renfroe Santana Martinez Brice- DFA'd Cordero, Valdez & Taylor- Demoted Most likely additions beyond the 26 plus 4 listed above: CF: Duran RP: Bazardo SP: Seabold 1B/2B: Chavis UT: Munoz/Arauz/Downs If we went with 13 pitchers, the most likely move would be Duran for maybe Brasier.

These are also facts: Since trade: .887 Betts (355 PAs) 1 ring .840 Verdugo (332 PAs) 0 rings (I'm not saying I think the trade was bad. I like the trade.)

Not Franchy

He might very well need 400-500 PAs to right the ship, but he ain’t getting ‘em here- at least in one long stretch at a .400 clip.

If Beni had started as poorly with the Sox as he did this year with the Royals, he’d have never made it to this 8 game stretch.

What’s wrong with Braiser?

No doubt, but many champs have lost a series or two to bad teams. Not saying we are pending champs.

We are 17-12. They are 14-12. That’s 3 games times 1/2= 1.5 up. If they win, they are tied in the loss column and 2 down in wins. That’s one full game. If we can’t hold first place playing the worst in the league then we don’t deserve even bring in the race.

Good for Beni. I’m waiting on the 3 PTBNL’ers to be announced. Cordero will likely get another chance or two but his stock has bottomed out.

We could have won, yes, but we could have lost both to the Mets. Our pen was bound to have a few off nights. Let’s hope we can put some more distance between us and the rest over the next 7 games vs low opps.

The Jays are 1.5 behind. If they win they go to 1 behind not 1/2.

Lol

All our starters are under 4.70 with our worst ones on the mend. 4.70 Perez (3 ERs in last 9.1 IP) 4.40 Richards (2 ERs in last 12 IP) 4.18 ERod 3.63 Eivaldi 2.81 Pivetta

The Yanks are 2.5 behind us now.

That’s usually the sign of a winning team. They go 3-3 or 8-9 in their down times- not 1-5 or 4-13.

Agreed, or give us a harsher wake call than this last series.

Did we really expect to never have an 8 and 9 stretch? I know losing to some chumps is not easy to take, but we are bound to have even worse stretches than this going forward. This team has too many weak areas to sustain a 65% winning rate all season long.

I think I’d sleep very soundly, as I always do, if someone claimed Brice. I only mentioned the options because it seems Sox brass likes Brice enough to think they want to keep him and Taylor as options and depth.

The only reason to keep Brice over Taylor is the lack of options.

Yes, not having live games for demoted players is likely the major reason we have not demoted anyone.

I’ve spoken at length about the fine job Bloom has done building up the farm and the 40 man roster, particularly the bottom 10-15 slots. Eventually, we will see further building, as many players signed for just one year or one year with an option. Even EHern only signed for two years. We have a few players, like Santana and Downs that may be added to the 40 man roster before this winter. One area Bloom seems to have done very well at is building a rotation good enough to keep thing interesting and carry us until Sale returns and/or we start the inning clock on Houck. I’m hopeful the rotation can keep us in the race, but this team still has some major weak spots.