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Cashner.
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Don’t need him. We’re trading Dalbec for Lynn, according to my (non-existent) sources. Don’t you read my posts?
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Technically it was a solid young player entering his arbitration years for a solid young (albeit struggling) reliever entering his likely less expensive arbitration years and a solid pre-arb everyday player who plays a position the Sox have no internal solution for (except Chavis, who can misfield multiple positions equally)...
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I think the Yankees land Ray or Boyd. I’m sticking to the Sox getting Lynn. Dombrowski likes starting pitching and really, that’s the team’s biggest need. Adding a reliever would just be another arm getting burned out by SP continuing to fail to get out of the fifth inning.
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I don’t think it’s shaky, but it’s certainly a questionable move. The main reason not to do it is the absolute dearth of OF prospects in the Sox system. This team right now is more likely to find bullpen solutions from within than they are outfielders...
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As an outfielder, yes. But he really isn’t an outfielder, having played only 26 games there in the minors before being pushed out there by Pete Alonso. His numbers at 1b in limited MLB time are more palatable...
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This is already a bizarre deadline. The first two big trades involved the bigger starting pitcher names available going to non-contenders. Rumors continue about another (Syndergaard) going to a third non-contender in San Diego. Will any teams actually in contention make a move? So far the action has been dominated by the also-rans...
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Dominic Smith ($8.3mill) closes that gap sufficiently. Would you trade Benintendi for Diaz and Smith?
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The simulator wouldn’t like that deal unless you included $11mill, which is a lot of money never attached to a pre-arbitration player in a trade...
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According to Steve Adams of MLBTR, that rumor has no legs. The idea for it seems to have come solely from “what if” scenarios posed by either ESPN’s Mark DeRosa (who has a theoretical trade segment on BBTN) or Buster Olney, who did use it more to counter any possibility of the Sox acquiring Diaz. I believe he said something along the lines of “[the Red Sox] don’t have pieces in the minors. They’d have to give up someone like Benintendi.” This is NOT THE SAME as saying the Mets wanted Benintendi for Diaz, just speculation about what it would take from the Sox standpoint. And he’s right, which is why it hasn’t and won’t happen...
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Trades take a long time to put together. Lawyers have to review contracts, etc. Very safe bet this trade was well on its way if not complete before Bauer heaved that ball into the stands...
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I think they should push Cashner to the pen for the duration of the season and push Porcello back there with him for any postseason games. I still like my Dalbec/Lance Lynn deal...
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The Reds have openly admitted they struggle trying to attract free agent pitchers to come to their nightmarish ballpark with short fences and on-field temperatures that exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit. They paid heavily to get Gray. They paid heavily to get Alex Wood. And now they paid heavily to get Bauer. This is a dead year for them, but a 2020 rotation headlined by Bauer, Castillo and Gray is a great start for next season...
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The Padres might be starting to see a roster crunch with their 40 man and might soon want to add other elite prospects, possibly Gore and Urias. Consolidating two 40 man players into one highly ranked non-40 man prospect gives them some flexibility.
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Sox actually needs a SP. Getting a reliever is just getting another arm to work to death due to the inefficiencies of this rotation...
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If Boston can get Syndergaard you must empty farm
notin replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
If we avoid the 25 man, the Sox couldn’t trade for Syndergaard if they put a shotgun barrel down BVW’s throat... -
If Boston can get Syndergaard you must empty farm
notin replied to Swiharts Ghost's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
The Sox could use Dominic Smith, but who do the Sox have the Mets could use in return? I suppose a Dalbec/Smith deal is possible this off-season... -
To be fair, I’ve been calling him a do-nothing goofball GM for a long time now. Since before spring training. If he doesn’t add anyone tomorrow, if I don’t call him one again, I’ll be inconsistent.
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So tomorrow is it. Flurry of last minute league wide excitement? Or like the off-season, does it put the “dead” in “deadline”?
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You wouldn’t trade ERod just for Thor?
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Next year might be a different matter, as Hernandez still works for league minimum...
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I think you’re massively undervaluing Diaz based on this year. Bear in mind he hasn’t even reached arbitration yet. 3+ years of Diaz plus 5+ years of Smith for 1+ years of Bradley and a 24yo .230 AA hitter and a 22yo unranked AA pitcher just doesn’t work. The Sox aren’t getting Diaz. Even the Mets’ interest in Benintendi has been discredited...
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You think that’s a bad deal for Boston?
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Again, I think that gets BVW fired. I don’t think the Sox have the assets to get Thor alone, never mind including Diaz and Nikon, both of whom also have significant value themselves due to their years of control remaining...
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BVW has made some pretty unpredictable trades in his brief tenure as Mets GM, but that would be his worst. Bear in mind only 7 months ago he took on Robinson Cano’s contract (along with giving up two Top 100 prospects) to get Diaz. He can’t sell low on him this quick and expect to keep his job...
