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Mike Trout has 6 years left on a deal that pays him $37.2mill annually and has only played in 266 games in the past 4 seasons. The Angels would be insane not to trade him for Yoshida. Trout’s a part time player paid more than half of the entire Oakland A’s payroll..,

The plan when Bloom was hired was to build a sustainable farm that could keep the team competitive without the heavy reliance on free agent spending. I’m afraid that your definition of “get serious again” is something we may never see again…

I think if the Sox don’t want to move any of those 3 or Campbell, they may have to set their sites lower than pre-arb pitchers like Bryce Miller. Garret Crochet seems more likely. Reportedly the White Sox plan on cutting salary again. As they only have two players under contract (Benintendi at 3 years $49mill and Robert with 1 year $17mill), this presumably means the arbitration-eligible players are available. The bulk of their arb-eligible deals are for some fairly fungible players like Nicky Lopez, Andrew Vaughn and Gavin Sheets. The one player with any real value is Crochet, who has 2 arb years left and has expressed interest in an extension. He absolutely fits the Sox primary need, but will obviously be expensive. Hopefully a package headlined by Braden Montgomery and Franklin Arias is enough, and it does help that both were BA Top 100 prospects in the most recent rankings. Neither is particularly close to MLB, but given the prospects the White Sox acquired in July, that didn’t seem to be a priority…

He didn’t. His BABIP is a lower .343 this year. If Seattle is foolishly counting on Robles to magically transform into Jarren Duran, then they deserve the weak offensive showcase they are absolutely going to display. This would be like the Red Sox expecting Justin Slaten to morph to Emmanuel Clase overnight…

The obvious need is a frontline starting pitcher. If the Sox are reluctant to spend on a free agent or to trade any Anthony, Mayer, Teel, or Kristian Campbell, I wonder who would be the best pitcher they could get for a package of Braden Montgomery and Franklin Arias…

Because the sore shoulder messes with his timing…

The Cora article thread devolved into whether or not Cole hit Devers on purpose. i can’t answer that (obviously) but it sent me to Cole’s B-R page, where I noticed the controversial IBB Cole issued to Devers was Cole’s first intentional walk since 2017, when he was a Pirate. That was back in the first year of the new rule for not actually throwing 4 pitches to walk a hitter…

I’m sure Robles will work out just fine for the Mariners as long as he can sustain that .376 BABIP. Not sure what being younger than Jarren Duran means here. My daughter is younger than Jarren Duran, too. If you’re implying a similar breakout is imminent, one would have to wonder why the baseball people in Washington simply gave up on Robles, unlike the baseball folks in Boston did with Duran. Youre really reaching. Robles is what he is - a glove first speedy outfielder riding a career high BABIP at a time when Seattle needs him to. If they thought he was on the cusp of an 8 WAR season, they’d have locked him up for longer…

Hey!! No politics on the board!!

Horn still has an option, so he’s likely to be around. If their options don’t get picked up, Aaron Bummer and Andrew Chafin are both good LHRPs, too. I just don’t want to see Joely return and some fringey Danny Coulombe type to follow. Two from Scott, Minter, Bummer, Chafin, and Caleb Ferguson would make for a drastically improved bullpen. And with Guerrero, Pernod, and Horn, among others, we might have actual depth…

To me, the ship is sinking but the rats haven’t abandoned it yet. So there’s still hope!!

I was wondering if you were going that way, but I didn’t see much overlap with Anthony…

Especially after you spent 4 months complaining about the prospect they traded away. I get the idea of using this forum to express frustration. But there is a point where one can zip right past catharsis straight into perpetual whining…

And Teel. Don’t forget Teel. He wouldn’t forget you…

Define contender. They’re technically still in theWC hunt…

I think a lot of it is already in place. I would suspect Hendriks and Fulmer to be joined by Whitlock, Slaten, Winckowski and Campbell. They have some depth with options in Guerrero and Penrod. Hopefully we’ve seen the last of Bernardino and Booser. I would mind if Weissert followed them but he probably won’t. Penrod does have the advantage of being the only lefty I named as staying. But either way, that leaves 1 to 2 openings at most for major league deals, which presumably would both go to southpaws. Tanner Scott and AJ Minter are the best available IMO, but likely one at most comes to Boston…

My mistake. But they also clearly have no issues DHing him. In fact, Abreu can play all 3 OF positions and could all Texas to rotate players into DH. Of course the irony here is Texas probably has a better all around OF than Seattle, as Texas won’t be relying on Victor Robles…

Wyatt Langford only played 85 innings in the OF this year. Not so sure he is inked in to play there next season. Which of Carter, Langford and García are you handing CF to?

They may both have uncertain projections, but I don’t think they share them. One guy is battling for ROY; the other was released by a last place team. They’re not equals…

Can they? Probably not. But it’s already been paid for…

I liked the Texas match up. Their fWAR from RF is near the bottom of MLB, and they have Josh Smith at third whose whole job is to wait for Josh Jung to hurt himself. Seattle needs a 3b. The position has been handed over from candidate to candidate since Kyle Seager retired. Of course, Seattle probably also needs a RF. Sure they probably have some folks who believe in Victor Robles. They’ll be questioning that belief by next June at the latest…

Haniger will be harder to move than Yoshida. The man has played in 216 games over the past 3 years and hasn’t even sniffed a .700 OPS in the.last two. Teams might not be lining up unless that’s one heckuva prospect…

Jansen will move on. Not sure he gets his contender wish, but he will move on. I suppose he could sign with some team like Miami and be dealt to a contender in July. Or Philly, whose closer role has been unestablished all year. But I think Boston moves on and hopes for a Liam Hendriks’ comeback…

So? Priester made the Pirates at one point, too. And didn’t you call Yorke the Sox worst first round draft pick ever? A statement that brought a huge sigh of relief to Jason Place, by the way…

Yoshida for Rendon?? Sox get a RHH 3b and move Devers and Casas to 1b/DH roles. What could go wrong? He only has $76mill left on that deal for two more years!!