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Most fans hate announcers who don’t overtly fellate their team and players...

You might be thinking of the wrong Bieber...

A trade of Stroman and Giles for Casas, Duran, Dalbec and Hernandez gives each side exactly 37.50 going each way, is a package more in line with what Toronto would likely want, and bankrupts the Sox farm in a way DD prefers to operate...

One thing no simulator can account for is how much Team A wants the player from Team B. I don’t doubt the equality. I do doubt Toronto’s desire to make that deal. But in my own little fantasy world, DD made it yesterday....

Well luckily for you babies stop pooping around 6 months...

Now a trade of Benintendi and Shawaryn for Giles, Stroman and Teoscar Hernandez actually comes out spot on equal at 59.50 going each way...

I believe he said Benintendi or Chavis. Sending Benintendi instead flips the trade strongly in favor of Toronto...

Yes. The extra years of control are a big factor. Stroman has a trade value of 26.8. Giles of 10.7 Chavis has 12.1. Hernandez has 5.1. Shawaryn has 0.9. So it’s 37.5 to Boston but only 18.10 to Toronto. Even adding Jarren Duran (8.8) doesn’t even it up...

Per the trade simulator, the Sox come out far ahead in that lopsided deal, and it doesn’t even allow me to put in Castillo and his (certain to be) negative value...

It can. Check it out. It’s fairly thorough as far as websites go...

I thought it might have added some credibility to their values as well as that trade...

Pedroia’s value is at -30 on that website. That’s pretty untradable except for other negative value salary dumps. That site set Benintendi’s value at 58. I didn’t set it that high. I opted for a neutral third party evaluation. Funny thing about that site. I checked on Encarnacion vs. Then. Both players came in with a value of 0.9...

Fine. Your job is to build the rocket to get me home. Or build a big enough pile of mattresses to cushion what is going to be one helluva jump...

I’d think his relegation to Pawtucket Purgatory would make him the unhappiest. Or at least in a contest with fellow countryman Yasmany Tomas for the honor...

I think they’ll move Giles and Stroman in separate deals and get a much better overall package...

And maybe I’ll flap my arms and fly to the moon. But not very likely

If Cleveland’s is smart, it couldn’t be...

Also one of the most Canadian...

Duffy imakes $15mill this year and is owed $30.75 mill for 2020 and 2021. If the Sox are not adding much salary, Duffy is not an option...

Well we do have one website that disagrees on your opinion of his trade value...

If trading Benintendi opens the door to more playing time for Holt (who is still in the 2b picture), Pearce, Lin, or Nunez, that’s a reason NOT to do it. And the notion of putting Martinez in the OF regularly when he isn’t 100% isn’t convincing me otherwise either. I actually could see Chavis heading out there if/when Moreland returns for us annual second half fade. But that might be their best internal option...

Eovaldi appears to be some sort of freak. Most pitchers who throw 100mph are freakishly tall, like Randy Johnson or Aroldis Chapman or Mat Latos. Eovaldi isn’t. Most starters dial it back and pace themselves. If you watched the All Star game, you probably saw a pitcher or two you normally see throwing 92-93 mph suddenly hitting 98mph routinely. I don’t think Eovaldi dials it back at all. He hits 99mph regularly, but I don’t think he could hit 104-105mph in a short outing. That’s approaching record-breaking velocity for a RHP. But that type of stamina that allows him to throw 98-99 that often is freakish (and probably why he gets injured a lot). In closer role, Eovaldi would probably be looking at 30 one inning appearances the remainder of the season. Counting warmups, that’s probably about 40 pitches per appearance. However, the Sox could limit him further by not using him in 3 run save opportunities, which are fairly low risk. Most pitchers can get 3 outs before giving up 3 runs most of the time. So, say that means 20 save chances. At my estimated pitch count, that means about 800 pitches this year. In the rotation, he would have 14 starts left. At 100 pitches per start, that’s clearly more pitches (1400, obviously). He’d get longer (and more consistent) breaks between outings, but throw a lot more. And as I said, I think he always goes full tilt. I don’t think closing will be easy on his arm by any means. But I do think it will be better off...

One of the bigger issues on Soxprospects is how infrequently they update their player profiles. Certainly no one would project any A ball starter as an MLB starter except the highest of draft picks with elite pedigrees. And Ward is in high A at 22, which doesn’t help his cause. Their projections for him should change when Ward reaches AA. And hopefully again after he makes several starts at that level. Whether their projections get better or worse will depend on his performance. And maybe it is time to promote Ward. He appears to have little to prove in A ball...

Dude, you are desperately fighting to put words into Eovaldi’s mouth. As far as anyone can tell, he’s never publicly said he doesn’t want to close. We have seen indications he prefers starting, and made up possible/likely explanations for it (which you immediately discredited for no apparent reason). But I have never seen anything of him blatantly saying he doesn’t want to close. And if I had or you had seen it, I imagine it didn’t escape notice from Dombrowski or Cora. I think EVERYONE would prefer he start. Dombrowski didn’t give him that ludicrous contract to close. While DD is notorious for giving out impressive paydays, even he wouldn’t have made Eovaldi among the highest paid closers in the game when Nathan had no experience in the role. But as he is off recent surgery, it looks like they don’t think he can handle the workload. This might be a situation where the choices are 1) Eovaldi in the bullpen, or 2) Eovaldi out for even longer, possibly all season...

Even with the Guardians getting Kluber and Carrasco back soon and in dire need of OF help, they aren’t moving Bieber. Bauer? Absolutely in the right deal. He’s expensive, has 1.5 years left, openly refuses extensions, and is reportedly a bit of a dick. But they are going to need Bieber for his cheap salary. Not to mention the PR nightmare of trading a second year pitcher immediately after he won the All Star Game MVP in front of his own fans. Justin? I assume this was sarcasm along the lines of trading for a top tier starter from a fellow contends..,