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I was talking about why we did not choose to promote Mulline to AAA, after the AA season ended. Murphy was going to be demoted for Harrison's promotion, and yes, that's 14 pitchers and the limit. I haven't seen it announced, yet, and apparently Tolle starts, today- not Harrison.

I've been a big Pivetta supporter and have claimed he's been better than many claim he is (was,) but even I was not banging the drum to bring him back. I was not high on Buehler, but he did get just 1 year, so I was not upset or complaining we chose him over Nick.

Maybe Tolle goes 3-4 IP and Harrison follows with 3-4 IP. Day off, then a 6 man rotation, except we have another day off on Monday and then the next Monday. The only time we have 6 straight games is from Sept 16-21 and then 23-29. If we called up Harrison, then, it would work better. Here is the day off schedule: today off 3 games off 6 games off 6 games end of regular season

That's how I feel, but I am not so sure Rafaela deserves a slot all that much more than Abreu and Duran. Abreu should be given a chance to play FT. He improved more vs LHPs, this year and has the same two year OPS vs LHPs as Duran. He's a way better defender than Duran and his abilities in RF make him pretty close to Rafaela's defensive value in CF. Duran might be a platoon batter, if his speed wasn't such an extra asset. He's a good defender but not like Rafaela and Abreu. My guess is Jh Garcia is better on D than he is and can play RF better. (Maybe not CF.) As much as we've talked about the need to trade a LHB OF'er, I'm wondering if trading Rafaela, Jh Garcia or Campbell might be a better choice. The return value changes things, too. IMO, Anthony is the only "Keeper," although I'll trade anyone for a better return. I'm a big fan of defense and Rafaela, but I like Abreu's D and everything Duran brings to the table, too. We could keep the 4 of them, if the DH slot was open, but it isn't, as of now. We don't get Ryan for KC + JH Garcia + 2 from Clarke, Paez, Sandlin & Mullins.

He has to be better with the bat to beat our Jh Garcia for a corner OF slot. I'm not sure he can be "that much" better, but he does seem to have the potential to be so. Both are RHBs, as is Rafaela, so I'm not sure we keep all 3 as FT or near FT OF'ers, since we have 3 more proven LHB OF'ers in Anthony, Duran and Abreu. I seriously doubt we start next year with these 6 still on the 40.

What happened to the 6 man rotation with Harrison, today and Tolle on Friday? I know the day off would give a 5 man rotation and extra day off, but why the change?

I thought $72M seemed out of whack.

Where does Harrison fit in, or does he not?

Rookies who played this year for the Sox K Campbell .664 OPS in 284 PAs (AAA) C Narvaez (6 gms w NYY in '24) R Fitts 5.00 in 45 IP on IL (4 starts in '24) H Dobbins 4.13 in 61 IP (IL) L Guerrero 4.15 in 17.1 IP on IL (10 IP in '24) R Anthony .859 OPS in 303 PAs (IL) M Mayer .674 in 136 PAs (IL) Jh Garcia .619 in 9 PAs (AAA) P Tolle 7.56 in 8.1 IP C Early 0.00 in 5IP

Bailey can work with Matz. Wilson was a good signing because of his last 9 IP if 2024 (1.14 FIP.)

I cherry picked the date, but still... AL since June 30th: (about 60 games) 39-21 BOS (23-14 in last 37) 37-23 TOR (23-14) 34-26 KCR (21-16) 34-27 TEX (19-19) 33-28 SEA (19-18) & CLE (16-11) 32-28 NYY (23-14) 32-27 ATH (20-16) 30-30 BAL (18-19) 29-30 DET (20-16) 28-32 HOU (18-19) 27-33 CWS (16-21) 26-35 LAA (15-22) 24-36 MIN (13-25) 24-35 TBR (17-19) Since AUG 21st 12-5 TEX 12-6 BOS 11-6 NYY 10-6 TBR 10-7 CWS 8-7 TOR 9-8 HOU & CLE 8-8 SEA 8-9 KCR & ATH 7-10 BAL 6-9 DET (collapse?) 6-11 LAA 6-12 MIN

I don't pay for BTV, so I don't have their data. Good point, but I don't think they view KC's contract, since the annual cost is not bad, as a minus. We could give them Jh Garcia and maybe up the pitching quality to Dobbins and Paez plus Sandlin or Mullins, but I'm sure BTV dislikes that one, too. What did BTV think of my MN offer?

I agree. He must be thinking he won't get a big offer after 3 years. The $120M/3 vs $175M/5 comp, shows' he'd need to make $55M/2 or more (like $70M/3?) to break even. He'll be going into his 35 year old season after 3 years.

The obvious choice is DH, but we have 13 of those, already.

I read somewhere that he had trouble judging the the hooks on balls hit to COF, but they didn't really give him much time there in AAA. My guess is, they want to first see, if he can play 1B well enough, and our OF overload might be a factor, too. (RHB OF'ers: Rafaela & Jh Garcia are both better defenders.)

They saved about $400K on Phillips and paid B Morgan $350K more, too.

That's about as mute a point as I've ever seen. It's even moot. I agreed with you. I think we get some plus value from the trade. I'm higher on Holobetz than some, but I also like Phillips chances and agree that Eyanson is a consideration- just maybe not 100%. If Eyanson and/or Phillips sucks, my point is not moot, since you tied them together with the money aspect, and this sort of debate is always going on.

Would Bregman take $120M/3 over $150M/4 or $175M/5?

1. LF: he needs to work on the angles, but I'd rather have him in LF than CF. 2. DH 3. 1B

It rubs off.

GG is the king of whit.

Think upwards!

Sox are 0.5 GB the 6th best record in MLB (LAD) -1.5 from 5th best (CHC) -2.5 from 4th (DET) -3.0 from 3rd (TOR) 16 games to go (some have 17-18 to go.)

I've been known to Dobbins is whit, until someone Houcks me in.

How about a big shout out to Romy & Ref? .871 Refsnyder .852 Romy If 70% of all MLB pitchers were lefty, they might be 2025 All Stars. Romy is .704 v R, while Ref is .610: both are better than Duran v L at .564.) 2024-2025 v R: .702 Ref/.630 Romy 2024-2025 v L: .624 Duran/.624 Abreu/.557 Yoshida/.504 DHam