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https://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/2015/11/west_linn_51_sherwood_7_how_re.html?gift=ab8335d2-e29e-4d84-b28f-8f98c1dc5dc3

Adley Rutschman and the Diamondbacks' Tim Tawa have a history dating back to a high school football field in 2015: https://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/2015/11/west_linn_51_sherwood_7_how_re.html?gift=ab8335d2-e29e-4d84-b28f-8f98c1dc5dc3

This season Luis Castillo has posted 1.0 fWAR in 110.2 innings while Sean Manaea has posted 0.9 fWAR in 104.2 innings. Steamer and ZiPS project Castillo with rest-of-season WAR of 0.6 and 0.4 in 45 and 39 innings while projecting Manaea with ROS WAR of 0.5 and 0.3 WAR in 43 and 28 innings. Before the season the ZiPS three-year projections had Castillo with 1.9, 1.5 and 1.0 WAR in 2026-28 and Manaea with 1.1, 0.7 and 0.3 WAR in 2026-28: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/luis-castillo/15689/stats/pitching#zips-3-year-projections https://www.fangraphs.com/players/sean-manaea/15873/stats/pitching#zips-3-year-projections Castillo has a 2027 salary of $24.15 million with a 2028 vesting option for $25 million if Castillo pitches 180 innings in 2027 and passes a physical. Manaea, who is 10 months older than Castillo, has an average annual salary of $25 million under his three-year contract, but has a 2027 salary of only $19.2 million with a luxury tax assessment of $22 million: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/19022/sean-manaea This week Castillo struck out 10 over seven shutout innings as the first-place Chicago White Sox blanked the Cincinnati Reds: https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-castillo-has-season-high-10-strikeouts-in-white-sox-win-over-reds

In some respects Sean Manaea is the lefthanded Luis Castillo with a similar contract and age.

FWIW Sean Manaea is on a streak of four straight quality starts, posting an ERA of 2.16 over 25 innings.

Marcelo Mayer on Rafael Devers' influence in the Red Sox clubhouse: https://www.mlb.com/news/marcelo-mayer-excited-to-join-giants-after-trade-from-red-sox

Some Mariner fans have turned their immediate attention to prospect Boston Smith, who was acquired in the Luis Castillo trade. Smith hit five home runs in his first week with Double A Arkansas, giving the 23-year-old catcher 27 homers on the season.🙂 https://www.milb.com/news/boston-smith-takes-tl-player-of-the-week https://www.marinertalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11053&sid=597100700460e0ceadb9f964b19ad899

A sad, sad season indeed for the Seattle Mariners.🥲

On the Marcelo Mayer trade, Baseball Trade Values determines: Red Sox receive $9.4 million in value The Giants receive $27.9 million in value https://baseballtradevalues.com/trades/220476 BTV needed to update (and downgrade) Mayer's trade value.

The Red Sox almost certainly traded Marcelo Mayer for today's best offer. The issue for the front office may have been whether Mayer's trade value was likely to rise in the future. The trade suggests that the baseball execs were betting against an elevated future value.

A favorite Adley Rutschman video;

Seattle is unlikely to trade a package including George Kirby for anyone less than Mason Miller.

The Mariners reportedly are in the market for a right-handed bat but Randy Arizarena nevertheless may be available. However, the Red Sox and Mariners don’t match up well in a trade.

One-time No. 6 overall draft pick Jarred Kelenic keeps getting signed (although he’s currently searching for a home).

Even before this year's disappointing season, the ZiPS three-year projections gave Marcelo Mayer only 0.7 WAR in 90 games in 2026, 0.8 in 95 games in 2027 and 1.0 WAR in 99 games in 2028. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/marcelo-mayer/29668/stats/batting#zips-3-year-projections Mayer may be a glove-first utility infielder whom Red Sox fans hold in higher regard than many MLB front offices would.