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The point was benching Yoshida for a big RHB. When Abreu returns, we already have Ref & O'Neill with no position to play but DH and back-up OF, so yes, I took the vegasbob point as such.

IMO, he also need to choose the right path of decisiveness. If we should be sellers and goes all in on buying, that is not good, and vice versa. Of course, it's hard to know in foresight. We still argue about past lanes taken in hindsight. I've been one of the most optimistic fans on this site, this season, and I'm still nearly certain, selling should be the lane taken. That being said, if Brez can be a genius and "buy" a younger pitcher with 3+ years of control, at the deadline, I'm all for buying and would even trade top prospects to do that. IMO, that is nearly impossible to do, but maybe Brez can pull it off. If selling means trading Matthew Lugo, Wikelman, Jordan and Paulino for something decent, then I have no issues with buying. If Brez is done with someone like Wink, I trust his judgment on trading him or the like. If we trade a top 6 prospect of 2 from #4-20 for a rental, I'd be very concerned about it being a bad choice.

When the guys you play, instead are worse than replacement level, you can still miss someone. Gio's replacements have not been that, but we could still have used Gio at his norm. We can't assume anything about just about any player, and I certainly don't automatically assume Story would continue at .681, like he has since joining the Sox. I will say, .681 and his superior defense makes him an improvement over every other SS we have played since Bogey left after 2022. DHam has really come on strong, and I get Max's point about not missing him, of late, but Story still is tied in bWAR and tfWAR at SS. fWAR 0.7 Story (1.0 bWAR) & DHam (1.0 bWAR) 0.3 Reyes 0.2 Romy & Chang 0.0 Rafaela -1.1 Kike The real kicker is Story at 2B: fWAR since 2022 2.5 Story 0.6 Arroyo 0.1 Urias 0.0 DHam -0.1 Downs, Turner, EValdez -0.2 Reyes -0.3 Kike & Sanchez -0.8 Grissom In terms of overall middle IF value, even playing as little as he has, Story is second only to Bogey since 2022. We all know his big value skill is his D, but look at out MI OPS since 2022 (500+ PAs, unless noted) .833 Bogey .749 Westbrook 24 .717 Romy 42 .710 DHam 191 .698 Urias 109 .696 Arroyo .681 Story .669 Rafaela 356 (mostly CF) .647 Reyes 249 .615 Kike (most MI PAs on the Sox at 725) .564 Chang 138 .427 Downs 41 .367 Grissom 87 .322 Y Sanchez 44 I'd love to see Story at SS w DHam & Romy/Valdez at 2B. IMO, we miss him.

O'Neill is now 2nd in OPS on the Sox. We have 7 players over .800 and 9 over .700. .929 Devers .888 O'Neill .879 Refsnyder .857 Casas .850 Wong .829 Abreu .809 Duran .776 Duran (.748 Westbrook w just 18 ABs) .717 Romy G On a serious rise... .670 Rafaela (.822 in June) .668 Valdez (1.199 in June) .636 Smith (.801 in June)

So, we bench Refsnyder or O'Neill?

We seriously miss Story's bat & glove. We seriously miss Gio. We could have used the Grissom of 2022.

Yup. He's showed power in the minors, too.

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Even paying 80-90% of what's owed might not get a taker, but I'd try.

Top OPS on the Farm (130+ PAs) 1.023 M Lugo AA/AAA 1.013 Campbell A+/AA .954 Kavadas AAA .943 JH Garcia A-/A+ .929 Gasper AA/AAA .898 Teel AA .864 Anthony AA .859 B Gonzalez A+ .855 Sogard AAA .849 Mayer AA .832 Meidroth AAA (.448 OBP) .820 C Coffey A+ .801 Jordan AA .800 Westbrook AAA .800 Alavarez AAA .782 Yorke AA/AAA .724 Bleis A-/A+ 50-129 PAs 1.063 Jo Garcia A- 1.009 Cespedes FCL (not counting today's game) .887 Valdez AAA .875 Ayubi FCL .860 Dalbec AAA .857 Arias FCL .757 Romero FCL/A+

I agree. Pay 80-90% of his deal, if that's the only way to dump him. Ask for nothing back.

This is getting absurd, the amount of players injured. DHam is like the back-up to back-up's back-up.

I'd try to dump Yoshida and go with Ref/O'Neill at DH and back-up OF. I'd DFA or demote Dalbec, once Casas returns, but Smith and Casas both bat RH'd. (One could say which way Dalbec bats is of no significance, since he does not "bat." He K's. DHam got hurt, and I hope it's not serious, but Grissom may not be needed, at all, if our middle IF keeps going like this. Romy 2-3 w BB (now up to .717) Valdez 0-1 w BB DHam still at .776

Agreed, although Smith has come on, recently... on O. .783 since May 22 (75 PAs) .879 since May 31st (47 PAs)

When Bobby Dee gets us an rbi, you know things are going well.

Just win, baby!

Don’t hear too much about only solo HRs, anymore.

O'Neill vs LHP, anyway.

It's good to see Rafaela put together 4 weeks of decent hitting, and he also led the Sox in RBIs over the past 4 weeks, too (again.) 28 Days OPS / RBIs 1.185 Vadlez 13 .901 Devers 15 .877 Duran 12 .846 Abreu 6 (45 PAs) .811 Refsnyder 6 .805 DHam 7 (14 SB/1CS in 21 GS'd) .783 Rafaela 16 .760 Wong 9 .749 Westbrook 4 .746 Smith 10 (All others under .570)

Apparently, Yoshida is not available for tonight's game, per ESPN. Our Injury Report: ETAs Day to Day: Yoshida June 17: Romy G (has been rehabbing in AAA games and went 4-6, last night) June 18: Chris Martin (expected to be activate, tomorrow) June 21: Abreu (has not started rehab, yet) June 21: Grissom (has begun baseball activities.) June 28: Mata (is rehabbing, currently and is out of options) July 2: Casas (swinging off a tee) August 1: Hendriks (throwing, now) Next Year: Giolito, Whitlock, Story and Murphy (mid '25)

Yanks #1 in power rankings- overtaking PHI. BAL is #3. The listed the Sox at #12 (up from 13.) They have been anywhere between one game under .500 to two games over .500 every single day since … May 18!

To whom?

That was super cool. That has to rub off on the younger players, too.

Yup.

Agreed, and Romy G & Westbrook would get a look, before Yorke, if he's added to the 40.