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Sox are 53-42. In 2021: 57-38 2018: 66-29 2017: 53-42 2016: 54-41 2013: 58-37 2009: 56-39 2008: 55-40 2007: 56-39 2005: 53-42 2004: 52-43 2003: 55-40

Not much new on the injury report. Casas "took soft toss and swung off a tee." I'm not sure he'll be ready by the deadline. (Good thing D Smith has stepped it up.) Martin is still "feeling discomfort." Grissom rehabs in Woo. Mata throws 2-3 innings on Sunday, and the decision will be made on what to do with the out-of-options pitcher. Slaten began his 15 day IL on July 12th. No word on him. Hendriks threw a bullpen session last Wednesday. Not sure when his ETA is, but August 1st seems like a stretch, now. OUT: Giolito, Story, Whitlock, Murphy

OPS by Pitchers (50+ IP) hunt .538 Wehunt .541 Dean .548 Ingrassia .552 E R-C .607 Dobbins .620 J Paez .630 Mullins .633 Olds .645 Early .661 Cohen .683 I Coffey .685 Webb .693 Duffy .695 Alexander (81.1 IP most on farm) .704 Rogers .748 Jackson .756 Gambrell .788 Fitts 35-50 IP .447 Valera .560 Sansone .570 Olivarez .572 Landry .591 O'Donnell .593 Penrod .599 Carlson .634 Fogell .644 Luetge .683 Stebens .685 Bastardo .694 Shugart .695 Guerrero .696 Kwiak. .699 Wikelman

Top OPS on the Farm (150+ PAs) 1.046 K Campbell 1.005 Kavadas .984 M Lugo .956 Gasper .951 Jh. Garcia .946 Arias .868 B Gonzales .852 Westbrook .851 Dalbec .839 Teel .837 Mayer .827 Alvarez .816 Sogard .808 Meidroth .794 Castro .794 Binelas .790 Yorke .781 Anthony .781 C Coffey .740 Paulino .733 Jordan .733 A Lugo .717 T Miller .711 Hickey .710 Sykes .684 Taylor .674 Bleis .670 Yuten 50-149 PAs 1.088 Romy 1.063 Jo. Garcia 1.015 Cespedes .946 J Gonzalez .843 F Jimenez .842 Bolivar .834 Asencio .825 Barry .823 E Valdez .808 Marrero .801 Fernandez .768 Noria .762 Sierra .759 E Lopez .758 Pinto .756 Ayubi .752 Brito .741 Nunez .736 Heineman

Brez is breaking the mold.

I like Vladdy, despite having only an .806 OPS since 2022. Having another year of control is nice. He'd surely fill our need for a power RHB. I just do not think 1B/DH is even close to a high need area. I would not trade a top 5-6 prospect for him, at the deadline. I guess I might give up Bleis and Meidroth or Lugo. I might give up 2-3 prospects below #6, but avoid giving more than 1 pitching prospect from Fitts, Sandlin and Perales. I'd rather we focus on SP, SP, RP, SS and maybe swap out a LHB for a RHB (OF, SS, 2B, 1B.)

Prospects by Position: P: 6. Perales 8. Fitts 9. Sandlin 16. E Rodriquez 20. Wikelman 21. Dobbins 22. Penrod 24. Early 25. Monegro 27. Mullins 29. Portes 30. Guerrero Drafted: Tolle, Carson, Neely, Clarke, Aita, Futrell, Brooks, Tygart, Sorague, Bouchard, Gartrell, Kilander, Tolbert, Hansen C: 3. Teel 18. Jo. Garcia Hickey (DH,) Brannon Drafted: White 1B: Jordan (DH?) 2B: 7. Cespedes (SS/ OF?) 10. Zanetello (SS) 12. Yorke (LF?) 15. Paulino 26. Romero SS: 2. Mayer 14. Arias (2B?) 3B: 11. Meidroth 28. C Coffey A Anderson Drafted: Ortiz OF: 1. Anthony 4. Bleis 5. Campbell (2B) 13. Lugo (DH) 17. Castro 23. Jh. Garcia Drafted: Montgomery, Ehrhard, Turner, Cruz

soxprospects.com's take... Montgomery: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-braden-montgomery-with.html Tolle: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-payton-tolle-with-no-50.html Neely: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-brandon-neely-with-third.html Ehrhard: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-zach-ehrhard-with-fourth.html Clarke: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-brandon-clarke-with.html Aita: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-blake-aita-with-sixth.html Turner: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-will-turner-with-seventh.html Cason: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-conrad-cason-with-eighth.html White: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-hudson-white-with-ninth.html Futrell: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/red-sox-select-devin-futrell-with-10th.html #11-15: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/2024-draft-day-3-recap-rounds-11-15.html The Signing Period ends July 30th: http://news.soxprospects.com/2024/07/welcome-to-2024-draft-signing-period.html

True, hence the “might.”

He’s closed the gap between 3 and 4!

Too funny! This from the guy that stalks me with my accurate sham posts.

lol! Context, baby, context!

Exactly, but we will never know what contract Bogey would have said yes to any any given time. I wanted Bogey back; my point was only that not getting him back does not look as bad as it did in March, due to this bad half season. Same with the Betts trade. It still sucks. Big time! But Wong is at least giving us more than Downs. The Beni trade looks better now than at the time. Even the Renfroe trade is now showing some returns.

The sham comments were about the Sox FO. My opinion has not changed on that, at all. I expected us to finish better than2023 and near .500. I was excited about watching the Sox from day one, but did not expect a playoff shot. The guy calling me out bashed me for having fun watching the 2024 team in April and May.

Not for 1.3 yrs of a guy having a somewhat down year.

I was about to type this. Soon, Cespedes might make it 5!

Just say no!

What’s up with Bogey? Not hearing much on that “botched” non signing, lately.

DD almost traded Betts in 2019. To me, that is all the evidence I need to know the Betts trade was not on the GM position. There is enough other fodder to lob at Bloom to last for pages and pages… oh wait, been there- done that.

It’s hard to know much about how these picks will do, but on paper it looks like an A draft, especially when we did not have a top 12 pick.

At worst, he’s better than30 number 13’s on each staff.

It will be interesting to see just how few teams will be sellers and the large amount of teams buying and driving up the return costs. Don’t be surprised if all we get is a 5/6 starter and cheap RHB.

Brez was key in getting Bailey, so sabotaging does not fit. I did not intend my list of added pitchers, outside of homegrowns to say we have done great, but just to point out that it hasn’t been all bad. If we are getting these results from the 2024 staff via sabotage, then I hope we see more of it over the next 10 years. I’m thinking DD was wrongly criticised for “neglecting the farm,” some called it even worse. I’m thinking some of Bloom’s moves are looking a little better, now, too. Had Whitlock and Martin not gotten hurt, it might look even better. Brez did add Criswell and Slaten.

When is the last time we drafted so few middle IFers in the first 7 picks?

I seriously doubt we even consider a big three trade at this deadline, maybe not even this winter, when those sorts of trades are much more common.