Nick

This now looks like Breslow's team. Cora is gone. Trevor and Yoshida will be gone after 2027 season. Really no other big contracts lingering from 2023 and prior seasons. Holdovers include Whitlock, Houck, Kutter, Rafaela, Duran, Wong, Casas and probably few others I'm missing.......

We don't miss Devers when you consider the additions afforded to the Sox as his contract disappeared. That's all I need to know.

We are not paying him to be a singles hitter. Another overblown prospect. Basically he had a Kristian Campbell moment?

BOSTON — Patrick Sandoval took the loss in the Red Sox’ 6-1 defeat to the Angels on Tuesday at Fenway Park, but interim manager Chad Tracy saw positives in the lefty’s start. “I was actually pleased with it,” Tracy said. “I’ll take hovering around 70% strikes the whole game. They obviously got some hits off of him.” 10 Hits and 2 Walks? So he'll take the L every 5th day?

My only mistake was thinking the Sox owned both tie breakers.

Off topic but Toronto has to be wondering what's going on with Guerrero Jr. 2021 48-111-1.002 2022 32-97-.819 2023 26-94-.789 2024 30-103-.940 2025 23-84- .848 2026 8-54- .682 14 years, $500M Age 27-40 Odds are always better to trade the guy when things are going good. Best to trade at trade deadline 4th year of control. (Tolle and Bennet does not qualify yet)

The Magic Number is now 9 with 17 games left. I'd say we're in. I was concerned with Toronto's easy schedule remaining but but they lost their last two.

Bello, Grissom, Kristian, Sandoval.....who else is receiving government subsidy on this team.

Yep...7 MORE years at $25M+....not a fan of that, especially when you consider he is already 33.

Is anyone talking about the FLOOR proposed by the owners? $174M? Currently there are 15 or so major league teams with Luxury Tax Payroll below the new 'proposed' floor. I can't believe that those 15 'cheap' owners agree to that figure. How can they afford it? Or can they? What will the Dodgers do? Projected payroll for 2027 is $363M. How can they reduce it overnight? Why would another team pay a fair value on the trade knowing that the Dodgers have to shed payroll? I proposed this couple of years ago. Each year, the team would be allowed one exemption for one player. It would be a moving target year to year. Say for 2026 it's $25M. For the Sox, that max would have been applied to Crochet who is making $28M+. Under my proposal, the Dodgers can pay a player $120M for two years and it would only count $25M towards the max limit and not $60M. If we win the World Series, the lockout won't hurt as much.

Isn't it time (next year) to part ways with Duran? My hope is he just turns it on during playoffs and increase his market value. Then trade him no matter even if he's the MVP of the World Series. You know he can't sustain it. At some point, shouldn't a $130M, 22 year old play left field instead of just DH'ing? We also have Mead coming back at some point next year. One more year and Story is history too.

Right now going into the playoffs, Gray, Tolle and Suarez with Bennett being the 4th starter? Love to see Houck be back for the playoffs. Obviously Crochet too but not sure there's enough time for him to rehab.

Moon, can you give us the starting rotation for September? I'm not convinced we have the playoff spot locked. One injury to our starter (pitcher) will sink us. Is it time to bring back Bello to pitch the 1st inning?

Arias

Do we need to skip Suarez and give him a break? He threw 101 pitches, only 60 for strikes. What are his pitching vitals lately? Where is Houck in his rehab? I thought he was throwing regularly in Florida. Has Crochet touched a ball? How about Kutter? 2027 or 2028? Will Casas take 2 more, full, arbitration years to get healthy? You know, be ready to play as a FA?