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Both have been decimated by injuries and since no waiver deals can be made, our only way to "take care" of them is from the current system. The best hope is returning IL players, which is hardly a realistic option. If Whitlock, who has been our pen rock, especially since Chapman became sketchy, and Slaten do not return, are you really all that confident in Gamboa and Burgos? I never heard of these two before this season- same with TGuerrero, but he's won my trust. Bello's pen work has saved us. The further AAA help is Samaniego and non 40 guys: Bastardo, Olds, Song and Hobie Harris. I'm not going to try and say the current rotation depth is any better: it's not. We simply cannot afford another start missed by out 5, now- let alone an IL stint. We have zero options in AAA that are on the 40. We'd have to add Holobetz, Paez, Ziehl or Wehunt. UGH!!! Our best hope, and hope should never be a plan, is that 1-2 farm arms get healthy and quickly! Whitlock and/or Slaten (Kelly) for the pen. Crochet, Oviedo, Houck or Crawford for the rotation. (Some of these guys do not even have a rehab assignment planned, yet. Add 2-3 weeks to whenever that rehab start to even begin to expect anything resembling plus value.) The pitching staff is stretched to the limit. The staff looked to be as deep as I ever remembered it being in March/April.

So, no Slaten & Masa. Our IL team would be better than several MLB teams, today: SP: Crochet, Houck, Crawford, Oviedo RP: Whitlock, Slaten, Kelly, Rivera, Berrios C: Montero (Rut just came off the IL) 1B: Casas 2B: Rodgers SS: Story 3B: IKF OF: Anthony & Mead (okay, he's playing a new position) DH: Yoshida As stunning as this list looks, we gotta hand it to the bench for helping the team overcome these losses. Crochet> Tolle Houck> Early then Sandoval Crawford> Bennett Pen injuries> T Guerrero, Moran and Gamboa/Burgos Story & IKF> Monasterio, Seigler, Sogard, Cheng (IKF for a while) Mayer> Seigler, Sogard, Monasterio, (IKF for a while) Anthony> DH:Yoshida, Monasterio & LF: Jones, White

To me, these guys are more "suspect" than Arias is now and Tolle & Bennett were in April.

That's how I see it and saw it at the deadline. We should not have made any trade decisions based on expecting anything from Crochet, Anthony, IKF and others on the 60 Day IL. Maybe Brez did just that, but we look short on a SP'er, a RP'er and a DH/LF'er. One more from these 3 slots might have been all the extra help we needed.

He certainly has a lot to prove (and earn.) Once upon a time Rafaela was a 'suspect,' and the extension was criticized. It will take a while to get in the final grades, but some of these extensions have gotten off to rocky starts. I will say that the final grades should be compared to similar contracts given out to free agents, who many do well to start but then become budget nightmares- sometimes after 1-2 years. The remaking of KC's approach is under the spotlight- for sure. His AAV is less than Duran's and Sandoval's and barely more than IKF's.

Yes, no matter how hard Fred tried to create a memorial for/to Louise.

You have a hard time with backing away from a chosen position. BTW, Gray's 2023 season was his career year, and that was not far removed from his signing by Brez. Gray led the league in FIP in '23 and had a very similar ERA. His 2019 season had a better FIP and similar ERA, too. Yes, he's doing better than expected, but it's not out of the blue. From 2021-2025, Gray placed 10th in fWAR. You may not care for the metric, but it's based on actual data. He was 24th in xFIP. Okay, he was 67th in ERA-, but that is close to a #2 number. His IP numbers (22nd) help pad the numbers, but what is this team needs right now, but quality IP?

A Monasterio & Romy platoon might come close to .786. Maybe White & Jones can pitch in to boost it upwards. (Notice I did not say Duran or Anthony.)

Agreed. I will add this though.... OPS+ 151 in '24 130 in '25 120 in '26 While 130 is still impressive, it was a decline, too- making this 2 years in a row. BTW, 130 and 120 are his 6th and 7th worst seasons out of 8 with 400+ PAs.

Dominoes.

We might regret not getting another pen arm.

He's been as hot as Kristian Suspect Campbell, recently.

Reminds me when I saw Three Dog Night and The Guess Who in a small venue. WOW! They could still bring the magic!

Sox XBHs/ABs 52/456 Abreu 48/463 Rafaela 45/388 Contreras 35/389 Durbin 29/241 Monasterio (wow!)

Romy's no prospect, but he went 4-5 tonight. Wehunt pitched okay in the loss. POR got drilled badly. GRE lost 4-2, but Brown pitched well, and Gonzales & Gutierrez both had 2 hits. SAL made it 0-4 for the Sox farm, as Delzine did poorly. Primera and Maginnis homered.

One of my faves for sure.

Nice list. Mine might be... Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth The Velvet Underground with Nico Quadrophenia- Who Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd Exile on Main Street - Stones Armed Forces- Elvis Costello Never Mind the Bullocks- Sex Pistols Decade- Neil Young The White Album- Beatles The Psychedelic Furs (My top 10 changes daily.)

Even if Masa is out, we could see Anthony/White in LF and Romy/Anthony at DH. Or, Mead at DH. Or, Monasterio at DH.

True, cause he's a low #1.

I know. My comment was from Floyd

Narrowed down....

Is he a #2, now?

Pink Floyd's Final Cut

Good to see Chapman in form.

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