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On why we "can't develop our own players" (We can) and "How do the Astros and Brewers keep getting the best" out of scrubs they acquire? (They don't always.) The Astros were raving about Mike Borrows, and the fans loved what a steal that trade was. He was just demoted. Their rotation is in shambles, now. The Brewers are flying high, now, but we've seen this before.

ATL has catchers but could also use Murphy at DH. They are going for a ring. We need to give them something that will make them better, now. I guess I'm just not sold on a Chapman rebound, and that contract is a killer. JH won't spend another penny, if we add his contract. Including Yoshida & Story might help, short term, but still. I still like the Story for Murphy framework for a deal, but Story needs to start playing- even if in rehab. (maybe a winter deal)

I live in the HOU area, and there was a lot of talk about trades, last winter, namely involving Duran & Paredes. Word is HOU insisted on Abreu and did not want Duran, despite one more year of control than Paredes. I still think Duran is better than what they have in the OF, but what do we get back? Is HOU a buyer or seller? BTV has Duran at 5.6 and Paredes at 20. They do have Brice Matthews at 6.4 (5.5 yrs of control) and Yanier Diaz at 4.5 (2.5 years.) BTV accepts Duran & Wong (4.8 value) for Diaz & Matthews.

I read Tolle is 35:1 on the ROY Award. Suarez 50:1 on Cy Young Award.

I think Murphy just came off the IL.

I'm not for "trading Tolle," but the same question applies to WSH: why would they trade Abrams? They have a better record than we do. They are closer to a WC berth than we are.

We hear a lot about Brez trading away our rotation depth, but we lost 5 of out top 9 to 10 SP'ers, including our ace, and this is what we've seen recently: Gray: 10-1 2.61 on season, and 2.03 in last 11 GS Suarez: 3.15 on the season and 2.80 ERA last 12 GS Bennett: 3.10 season & 1.78 last 4 GS/1.35 last 3 Tolle: 3.14 on the season & big game tonight Early: 3.44 on the season & 3.21 last 10 games Let's hope Sandoval can step in and do well.

He's way better than Narvaez on offense. He's better than Yoshida at DH, and if we can use Romy at 2B vs LHPs, Murphy could DH FT, if needed.

The Sox have 6 guys over .755, although two (romy & Seigler) have tiny sample sizes. The next two are on the IL (Sogard .721 and IKF .705.) Romy and Seigler have given us just what we need. Wong is making up for Narvaez, and Narvaez is making "down" for Wong's 2025 low. Durbin might be cooling down, while Monasterio got a big hit, tonight.

We passed BAL. With 5 teams worse than us, we are now a mid tier AL team at #10. Pretty sad league when 7 games under .500 is mid tier. I guess the NL has 4-5 real crappy teams, too. We'd be 11th there.

We passed BAL and the A's tonight. DET caught the A's, too. The Tigers are playing well, now. Things are getting interesting, despite being 7 games under .500. 47-45 CLE (2nd WC and 1 GB CWS 47-43) 46-45 TEX (3rd WC) -1.5 HOU 46-48 -1.5 MIN 45-47 (have won 8 of 10) -3.5 TOR 43-49 -4.0 BOS 41-48 (Have won 9 of 11) -4.5 BAL 42-50 -5.0 DET & A's at 41-50

It's like trying to pound square pegs into round holes.

Thanks.

Yes, very SSS, but Romy did have some rehab games.

Call me weird, but the 7 walks impressed me most, tonight.

Ingrassia is looking good. Through 5 he had 10 Ks, 0BBs and 0 hits, then let up a single and HR, but GRE won as Cespedes hit his 15th dinger. Sal won 14-5 as Finley was wild (6BB in 3.1) 21 hits and 5 BB has a way of making up for bad pitching. WOO & POR Rained out.

He's at .810 after that K. That was a pretty quick come back.

Seigler is better!

Wow, we have a line-up with 6 guys over .758! .871 Seagler .763 Rafaela .759 Abreu .920 Contreras .850 Romy .670 Durbin .620 Duran .624 Monasterio .767 Wong Best bench bat: .696 Yoshida

There was also the cost we paid for including him in on the Betts trade, but you make a good point. FAs and Extensions $170M Crochet $156M Price $145M Sale (needs adjusting, too) $130M Suarez $101M Dice-K (counting posting fee) $82.5M Lackey $82.5M Porcello $75M Pedro (largest deal by 1997) $68M Beckett 2011 $68M Eovaldi $38.5M Giolito $32M Jansen $30M Beckett 2007 $30M Lester 2012 $30M Buchholz $26.5M Dempster (retired after 2013) $25M Chapman (including '27 option) $24.5 Schilling $24M Foulke $21M Buehler $18.9M Barnes $18.8M Whitlock $18.3M Sandoval $18M Uehara $17.5M C Martin Did I miss anyone making over $17M?

I'm glad for him. Maybe Gray gets added for Suarez.

My bad. I see now, where I went wrong.

My top 1 Arias 2 Eyanson 3 Bennett 4 Gonzales 5 Witherspoon 6 Valera 7 Primera 8 Azocar 9 Delzine 10 Soto 11 Godbout 12 Rivas 13 Silverio 14 Phillips 15 GRod 16 Heyman 17 Jo Garcia 18 Brannon 19. Cespedes 20. Futrell 21. Holobetz 22. M White 23. Winnay 24. Ramos 25. Brown 26. Brito 27. BMorgan 28 Ziehl 29 Y Rod 30 J Rodrigues Not in my top 30: Paez, Bastardo, Wehunt, Rivera, Romero, Uberstine, Mullins

Soxprospects.com updated it's rankings: (Early & Tolle graduated, so +2 by attrition for most) Jumpers: 6>2 Eyanson 10>4 Bennett 15>6 Azocar 36>7 Primera 23>10 Delzine 34>14 Cespedes 32>18 Rivera 29>22 G Rod 31>23 Heyman NR>25 Winnay 38>27 Mason White 60>30 Dylan Brown 51>34 Jo Garcia 53>36 Brannon _________________ NR to 20 Paez _________________ Sliders: 5>9 Valera 7>12 Phillips 12>16 Romero 13>19 Uberstine 16>31 Castro (finally) 22>46 Taylor (ouch) 28>35 Ziehl 33>37 Bleis (finally)

7 AL teams have less losses than the Sox and 7 have the same or more losses, including 4 teams ahead of us in the standings. You gotta figure the Yanks(50-40) and Rays (52-36) are in. SEA (47-44) will likely win the est, but it's not a given. The rest is pretty much a free-for-all, including the CWS at 47-42 and the 3rd best record in the AL. 47-42 CWS & 47-44 CLE: One will win the division, so we need to pass the other one. 47-44 SEA & 45-45 TEX: One will win the ALW, so the same applies. Texas is the 3rd WC, now at 45-45. I'm assuming we need to pass them or CWS/CLE, plus all these others... 45-48 HOU 44-47 MIN 42-49 TOR 42-49 BAL 41-49 A's 40-48 BOS (+1 in loss column vs 3 above teams, equal to HOU and -1 to MIN.) DET at 40-50 cannot be counted out, either. Here are the pre-deadline (6 pm AUG 3rd, this year) schedules of each contender: BOS: 3 at CWS, 3 at NYM, 4 v TBR, 3 v BAL, 3 v TOR, 4 at A's & 3 at LAD BAL: 3 v CHC, 3 v KCR, 3 at HOU, 3 at BOS, 3 v ATL, 3 at DET, 3 v PHI TOR: 3 at SFG, 3 at SDP, 3 v CWS, 4 v TBR, 3 at BOS, 3 at WSH, 3 v STL MIN: 3 v CLE, 3 v LAA, 3 at CHC, 4 at CLE, 3 v A's, 3 v KCR, 3 at SEA HOU: 3 at WSH, 3 at TEX, 3 v BAL, 3 v MIA, 3 at CWS, 3 at LAA, 3 v TEX A's: 3 at DET, 3 at CWS, 3 v WSH, 3 at AZ, 3 at MIN, 4 v BOS, 3 v DET CWS: 3 v BOS, 3 vs A's, 3 at TOR, 3 at TEX, 3 at HOU, 4 v NYY, 3 at TBR CLE: 3 at MIN, 3 at MIA, 3 v PIT, 4 v MIN, 3 at TBR, 3 at CIN, 3 v AZ TEX: 3 v LAA, 3 v HOU, 3 at A's, 3 v CWS, 4 v SEA, 3 at TBR, 3 at HOU Lots to unravel here, but it's amazing how many of these teams play each other, so if we keep winning, someone is losing, and we gain ground. CWS play 5 contenders plus NYY & TBR, so big ouch to them. TEX plays 5 contenders plus TBR- another big ouchie! MIN plays 4 contenders plus the Cubs HOU plays 4 plus WSH and MIA BAL plays 3 contenders plus the Phillies, Braves & Cubs TOR plays 2 contenders plus SDP, TBR & WSH The A's play 3 plus WSH & AZ (DET twice) The Sox play 4 contenders plus the LAD, so no easy month ahead.