moonslav59

If we are as bad as you think, "all in" cannot be even close to enough, and it would ruin the future. That's one reason I am still for selling, although I'm nearly on top of the fence of 50-50. If I ever get to the "buy" side of the fence, I will not be for trading Arias or Eyanson. I might go as high as Witherspoon or Valera and Gonzales or Godbout, but not 3 of these 4 prospects. Okay, maybe Valera, Gonzales & Godbout, if it got us two studs, which they wont, but hey, Aldo Ramirez got us Schwarber, so...

The 19 picks are in: https://soxprospects.com/dh.htm Top 3: SS, OF, SS 5-8: Pitchers (2 RHP/2 LHP) 9, 11, 12: SS, OF, OF 10, 13-15 Pitchers (3 RHP/1 LHP) 16 & 18: SS & OF 17, 19-20: Pitchers (2RHP/1LHP) _________________________ Top 11: 6 Everyday & 5 Pitcher Last 8: 6 Pitchers & 2 Everyday ________________________ Total: 11 Pitchers & 8 Everyday

I agree, but maybe it's just you and I who see it that way. Coulombe had a .629 OPS Against. Only 2-3 other Sox RP'ers have done that well. He's not a high K guy is not a reason to think he sucks. Watson is our mop up RP'er for a reason: he is not as good as Coulombe (and others.) Maybe the thought is that when Early & Suarez come back, he'd be gone anyway, so in that sense, maybe it's okay. I still think some team is on the phone about DC and will give us a prospect for him.

I'm not either. I suggested Brez might part with#13 Holobetz and #14 Cespedes or lower. You are in the under 30 range.

Those are even lower than the ones I suggeted.

We only had won two series in a row once- way back in early/mid April. It is crazy! The one series we lost in this stretch was to WSH. The one before that was to COL. W2-1 SEA L1-2 COL W4-0 NYY L1-2 WSH W3-0 LAA W3-0 CWS W3-0 NYM

The draft is over, and I'm not sure we ever drafted that overslot player some expected after going light, early on. What's up? Someone explain this to me.

TEX beat HOU. TOR is still tied. We are all alone at 0.5 GB the last WC slot (SEA & MIN) We are 3.5 behind CLE (2nd WC team) and CWS (T1st in ALC) We are 7 GB the NYY for the 1st WC slot. We are in 3rd place in the ALE and 8th best in the AL. We have the 3rd best run differential in the AL and just 5 runs behind the TBR and 8 behind the CWS.

I think we have enough hitting prospects to ensure a few will be very helpful over the next few years. None are really ML ready right now, but maybe... 2027: Arias SS (just in time to replace Story or Romy) Brannon DH? 2028: Gonzales 1B/LF (just in time to replace Duran or Contreras) Godbout 2B (big need at 2B, now) Jo Garcia C? Winnay at 1B/3B? Cespedes DH 2029: Azocar CF/RF (replace Abreu?) Heyman or G Rod at C? 2030: Primera C (We need a C now) Soto SS (high need, now)

It does clear it up, because earlier you said one way or another, implying maybe be all out buyers. I'd rather see us sell than do nothing or very minor buying, but above all, I don't want to see us trade Eyanson or Arias to try and win now. To me by choice (and this could change in 21 days) : 1. (Barely) Sell all free agents to be and maybe 2 year players, too. 2. (Barely) Mildly buy a bat and RP'er for prospects like Cespedes and maybe Phillips at most. 3. Buy moderately by trading Witherspoon or Valera and maybe Gonzales, Azocar or Godbout 4. Buy all out to try and win in 2026 (trading Arias and or Eyanson)

The pen was not that bad early on. Our bats killed us. Pen ERA- by month: 84 April (7th best) 59 May (5th) 95 June (13th) 48 July (2nd) Offense by OPS .660 April (28th) 25th in runs .736 May (8th) 23rd in runs .681 June (24th) 22nd in runs .794 July (6th) 13th in runs (before today)

I disagree. I feel my last sentence is the highlight of my post. I'm not for trading Eyanson and or Arias. You thought and think this team sucks, yet you act like we are now 1-2 players away from a ring. Were you wrong before, or are you wrong now? And please, no equivocating yourself.

The ASB is here. I hat no baseball for 5 days, and that includes not counting the ASG as a game. Last year TOR won the ALE and the AL crown- now they are in last place. The Rays finished 2 games from last place in the ALE and now have the best record in the AL. CLE won the ALC with DET second, while the CWS finished last in the ALC and worst in all of the AL. This year we see the CWS in first place CLE barely ahead on MIN and DET in 4th place. SEA won the ALW in 2025, but this year TEX leads the division. HOU and SEA are close behind. The NL is closer to their 2025 standing than the AL but in the NLE, 4th place ATL is now in first. In the NLC, STL went from 6 under .500 to 5 over, after dumping Gray & Contreras onto the Sox. In the ALW, AZ went from 4th to 2nd, but all in all, nothing too major in the NL.

This is not the same team we have watched for 2.5 months. In more ways than just literally. Bennett, Sandoval & Rivera in rotation Bello & Moran in the pen Wong has replaced Narvaez as the #1 Catcher. Romy is back (no Contreras for 5 games) Seigler at 2B Monasterio & Cheng at SS Caleb Durbin at 3B over an imposter for the first 2.5 months. Eaton as the 13th everyday player (not IKF) About the only unchanged thing is the OF & Gray. (Even Tolle was not in the opening day rotation.)

Astros just took the lead in the 8th, so they can tie us with a win. If that happens, we will be tied w Texas at 48 loses.

Almost every key team in the AL won, today. Won: SEA, MIN, CWS, CLE, BAL Lost: DET, A's TEX & HOU are tied in the 7th. (We will gain 1/2 on one and lose 1/2 on the other.) TOR is losing 3-1 in the 3rd We remain 1/2 GB the wildcard (SEA & MIN tied,) so we have to pass two teams to qualify. Remember, about a week ago, how many said, we have too many teams to pass to have a shot? That was with 3 months to go. It took one week to pass 4 teams. We will hit some rough times, at some point. We will not go on at this 14-2 pace the rest of the season, but I think it's clear we are no longer the team that was 32-46, anymore. I hate to count on returning IL players, and I won't. Any that do may help or may not. We simply cannot plan on it. We have 6 SP'ers on the IL, and only 2 seem very likely to be back by mid August: Early & Suarez. Crochet, Crawford, Oviedo & Houck are longshots in my book. I'm not even sure we should count on them for 2027, either. Everyday players could add a big boost, namely Anthony, and maybe moving him to Fort Myers will light a fire in him, if that is what is needed. IKF and Sogard are marginal improvements, if at all. Right now, Seigler and Monasterio are doing well. Replacing Cheng could help. I'm not sure Story will help, but he did hit well, after the midpoint of 2025. Mayer should be better than Cheng. I'm not counting on Casas for jack, even for '27. Deadline trades as buyers? I'm thinking minimal additions for a RHB and a RP'er or two. I could see us trading Cespedes, Holobetz, Romero, Wehunt and the like, for whatever they are worth. Philips or Valera might be as high as we got. Witherspoon is a longshot, but only for a very helpful piece. (I hope not for just a rental.) Maybe we trade IKF or Monasterio, when Story returns. I'd trade Duran, but not for nothing. I doubt we will be serious buyers or sellers, this August 3rd.

Big emotional win!

These were games we used to lose.

Durbin time!

Romy time!

I hope this no offense day is just an outlier, but it looks scary. 9th inning magic?

No, so we will keep him.

BA had him in the 400's, but ESPN at #171, so a little bit overslot by them.

Yes, I just noticed he was ranked 80th by ESPN, 125th by BA and 175tht by MLB.com, and he was selected 274th. I'm not sure he will eat up the whole left over bonus money, so maybe we draft another one.

He may prefer a change of scenery at this point.