moonslav59

Could be.

Paxton has been hit or miss, pretty much all season. 18 GS 6 bad to horrible starts 3 meh to okay to starts (6IP-3ER, 5IP-3ER and 5IP-2ER) 9 good to very good starts first 2: 11 IP 2ER 7H 6BB 9K GS#4: 4.2 and 1ER GS6-8: 18.2 and 4ER GS#10: 3IP 0ER GS12-14: 18IP 2ER (7H, 6BB, 16K) June 11-24th not so long ago His last 3 starts were bad: 13.2 IP 8 ER (5.27 ERA) 13H 10BB (5.62 FIP) 11K (last 4, even worse) Let's hope he can give us a two to three 3 game stretches, going forward. This deal, alone is just a bandaid.

Paxton is owed about $2.5M for the remainder of 2024. JH is really splurging on this one!

Who moves to the pen? Pivetta or Criswell? My choice: go to a 6 man rotation to help limit the IP on Houck and Crawford.

So, Mata lives another season, despite being out of options.

For 17-year-old infielder Moises Bolivar

Paxton to the Sox Boston is sending one prospect from their Dominican Summer League affiliate to the Dodgers in the deal, Ardaya reports. That’ll be 17-year-old infielder Moises Bolivar, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports. I hope Brez does not think this ia major get. We still need 2 RP'ers and a RHB.

Paxton to the Sox Boston is sending one prospect from their Dominican Summer League affiliate to the Dodgers in the deal, Ardaya reports. That’ll be 17-year-old infielder Moises Bolivar, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports.

I am surely a homer, when it comes to Sox prospects, but I know we cannot expect the world in return for our mid level prospects. I seriously doubt we trade a top 4 (Anthony, Mayer, Teel & Campbell) prospect or far away prospects like Cespedes, Bleis, Zanetello or Arias. Not many GM want them as centerpieces to a trade, either, but we should resist adding them to packages. That's not to say these 8 are untouchable. No player or prospect is ever untouchable, to me. I'd trade any of these guys for a controllable TOTR pitcher, in a heartbeat, but those trades are rare, and even rarer at deadlines. The Garcia brothers might have pretty high trade value, despite being kinda far away from the bigs, but I'd hold onto both, unless the return package is for multiple years and pretty damn good. We need at least 2 more pitchers, and 3 would be much better. We need a RH'd bat (SS, 1B, OF, 2B.) We could part with ML'ers like Abreu (platoons vs RHPs only,) Valdez (a man without a position) and maybe Wink (was in the doghouse when demoted, earlier this year.) McGuire could be traded for scraps, if we think Teel is ready, but I think we want to maximize Teel's control through his prime ages. (Catchers often mature closer to 30 than 27.) Guys like Romy, Westbrook, Dalbec, Murphy (IL), Walter, Anderson, Keller and a few others have little trade value, but could be included in certain trades that meet our needs. Now, to the midlevel prospects, and I am assuming a package of 2-4 for any meaningful trade: Red= Rule 5 (possibly worth selecting) Blue= Rule 5 (not likely needing protection from selction) We could trade a pitching prospect(s,) but only for pitching in return, of if we add pitching in seperate deals: 6. Perales on 40 (injury history will likely diminish his return value to a point where we'd probably be better not trading him, now.) 8. Fitts (some GMs likely want this guy, but he should not be viewed as a "throw-in.") 9. Sandlin (is close enough to ML ready to be wanted) 21. Dobbins (has looked pretty good, this year in AA) 20. Wikelman on 40 (would be a throw-in, but some GM might think they can "fix" him) 22. Penrod (is 27 and maybe some team would give him a shot in 2024.) 24. Early (I'm sure GMs like him) 27. Mullins (LHP with some distant promise) 30. Guerrero (I've lost hope on him) 31. Bastardo, 32. Horn on 40, 34. Gambrell, 35. Mata (On 40 & out of options), Zeferjahn Maybe too far away to be worth their return value: 16. E R-C 25. Monegro 29. Portes Paez, Wehunt, Valera, Dean, Ingrassa, Rogers and others Everyday Players on the Block: 11. Meidroth (our lack of 3B depth might dissuade a trade) Not Rule 5 a plus 12. Yorke (we dont need LF'ers and subpar 2Bmen on D) 13. Lugo (we don't need LF'ers and DHs, even if we trade Abreu) 15. Paulino (not sure he has much trade value, at all. Not likely selected on Rule 5) 17. Castro (not much trade value and is blocked in the Sox OF) 19. Jordan (we don't have much 1B depth, but he can be traded) 26. Romero (starting to make some noise) 28. Coffey (made some noise, too.) Hickey & Kavadas (likely DHs) Sogard & Drohan (not much value) Brannon & Anderson (might be enough to be the throw-in that tips the balance) IMO, we could trade 8-10 of these guys for 3-4 helpful pieces, but that is not likely. I don't think doing so would significantly affect our longer term future, as we still have nearly every position covered and with depth, except pitching and corner IF. What can we get for... Abreu + Paulino & Hickey Valdez + Castro & Lugo Yorke + Jordan & Kavadas Meidroth + Romero & Brannon Would it be enough to make a meaningful difference in our 2024 chances?

Maybe a #5-6 on the Sox, which might be a 2-5 on a bad farm team. Note: I am not for selling.

How many teams have 3 prospects over 55, or even over 45?

Gambrel pitched well, tonight: 6IP 2H 0ER 1BB 4K Yorke 1-3 w BB Dalbec 2-4 w HR POR won in 10: Campbell 3-4 w BB Teel 3-5 Anthony 2-5 w 3 RBI

The Diamondbacks traded for a RP'er: AJ Puk from the Marlins for Arizona's No. 14 prospect, Deyvison De Los Santos, and No. 30 prospect Andrew Pintar.

I hate giving so many years of control in Abreu, but we do have replacements that would not be a big drop off. I like that Fedde has another year of control. I'd try Abreu + Paulino for Fedde and a RP.

2 months of O'Neill will not land several years of a good SP'er. Abreu plus a couple mid levels might do the trick.

Sox L-R Splits for 2024: v RHP 1.152 Devers .936 Duran .853 Abreu .807 Casas (IL) .786 Refsnyder .776 DHam .767 Yoshida .761 Valdez .754 O'Neill .743 Wong .682 Smith .677 Rafaela .588 Romy G .581 McGuire .241 Westbrook v LHP 1.161 O'Neill .994 Casas (IL) .913 Refsnyder .886 Wong .852 Westbrook .760 Smith .791 Romy G .725 Rafaela .637 Devers .577 Yoshida .533 McGuire .494 DHam .449 Abreu .325 Valdez Looking at the splits, it looks like these players should be near strict platoons: v L sit out: Abreu, DHam and probably Yoshida v R sit out: Romy & Westbrook C: Wong as near to FT as possible. 1B: Not many options beyond Smith, until Casas returns (Romy could play v L) 2B: DHam (v R) and Romy/Westbrook (vL) SS: Rafaela could play FT or DHam (v R but see 2B) -Romy (v L) 3B: Devers plays FT LF: O'Neill v R/ Refsnyder v L CF: Duran FT (unless Rafaela in CF, see SS) RF: Abreu v R/ O'Neill v L DH: Yoshida v R/ Yoshida, Ref v L

Brez mentioned a RHB OF'er or 1B. Yes, I would prefer we trade Abreu (and more?) for a controllable pitcher and then make a minor trade, or two, for RHB 1B and maybe an RHB OF rental.

But likely more realistic

Agreed.

Yes, I know the offer suggested. I was speaking to point being made about trading Mayer rather than playing him at 2B.

We could just flip Abreu for an equal but RHB Ofer. Trade mid level prospect packages for 2 pitchers and maybe a RHB 1B or SS that would be a cheap rental.

I think that Mayer would playSS and Story 2B

No, but Anthony, Fitts and 2 mid levels might. Maybe it takes Anthony and Campbell.

No, he is not blocking Anthony, but as part of a platoon, he makes it okay to trade Anthony. Obviously, Anthony brings back more than Abreu.

I'd do it. We have Abreu locked up and Duran seems more than capable of playing CF well. LF: Duran/Ref CF: Rafaela/Duran RF: Abreu/Ref We have Ref to platoon in LF for one more year, and a mix of Campbell, Yorke and Lugo for LF help seems like more than enough depth and can replace Ref in 2026. 2026: LF: Duran, Campbell/Yorke/Lugo CF: Rafaela, Duran RF: Abreu, Campbell/Yorke/Lugo I'd trade Anthony, Fitts and any 2 prospects from 10-20, except Arias for a SEA SP'er.