So they unload Melancon and Dyson, but trade for Scooter Gennett, who is a free agent soon.
I get moving Melancon’s contract, but if they’re buying free agent-to-be Gennett, why are they selling dirt cheap but rock solid Sam Dyson?
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Trevor Richards and Nick Anderson for Ryne Stanek and Jesus Sanchez. Plus Jesus Aguilar earlier in the day.
Solid moves for now and the next few seasons...
On the “Former Sox Trade Front,” Drew Pomeranz is headed to Milwaukee, Mauricio Dubon to San Francisco, and Hunter Strickland and Roenis Elias are both headed to Washington.
But no real news about anything from Dombrowski...
2 1/2 hours until the deadline and so far today has been as uneventful as the off-season. Nate Jones, Jesus Aguilar, Martin Maldonado, Tony Kemp, and Jacob Faria are the biggest names changing shirts so far today...
As much as I’ve been disappointed in DD’s “activity” this season, so far by getting Cashner, he’s made the biggest pitching addition of all the team’s within 4 games of the postseason...
He might be out for multiple weeks. This can put a serious wrench into Yankee trading, as Encarnacion would take 1b full time and primary tradebait Clint Frazier might have to DH...
While I think Kimbrel is slowing down from his Cooperstown Pace, it might be worth considering he would be doing better had he actually gone to Spring Training somewhere...
The Sox did won that series 4-1. It’s possible that if Benintendi misses that ball, they win 4-2.
And they even might have still won game 4. At best Bregman’s “hit” would have tied the score.
Any argument about “momentum shift” is countered by reminding you how much losing that 18 inning World Series Kinsler game shifted momentum...