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  1. Hugh2
    It might, but I wonder how long they will stick with Story. Arias may be an option at some point but no need to rush him and lose the service time or the PPI elegibility next year. If there's a lock out and he's been added to the 40 he doesn't get any development time next year, but the Sox do lose control so it makes sense to not rush him if Story can hold it down. I do wonder though, with how well Arias has been lighting it up if Arias gets the call. If Story is just laying eggs and looks absolutely awful I wonder if they just call up Arias and plug him in there.
  2. Hugh2
    That's always the problem with sticking with someone for too long, no one wants to sell high. That be like me suggesting we trade Payton Tolle this offseason. I'd probably be crucified, but if he's laying eggs in two years everyone will be moaning about why he wasn't traded sooner. It's sad, I really like Duran. I hope he turns it around
  3. Hugh2
    I'm sure the Red Sox paid extra to keep him away from the Bronx just like any team pays extra to get a guy over anyone else who is bidding for them. NY plays in the same division as BALT just like us, the Orioles weren't doing them any favors.
  4. Hugh2
    Catcher might have been a better long term roster fit, but they needed a pitcher more this year. It also doens't help that Adley hasn't hit much but I think he will.
  5. Hugh2
    It’s about as serious an argument as “omg I can’t believe we are trading Harrison because we need starters” back in March.
  6. Hugh2
    Well that I agree with, I doubt anyone remembers but I was arguing with half the board about how one of our biggest needs at the deadline WAS starting pitching. if your argument was Breslow traded away all this prospect depth and didn’t get any starting pitchers I completely agree
  7. Hugh2
    Yes, but I mentioned those guys because they will be back in the picture next year. Was Drohan going to start this year? Its' not a serious argument, it's what happened. Where did our depth go this year? we started the year with like.....ten starters. No one was complaining about depth then.
  8. Hugh2
    If they were not going to start this year, they were not depth.
  9. Hugh2
    Did you think Witherspoon or Eyanson was going to start this year?
  10. Hugh2
    I mean, I'm not thinking really hard about it either way. But you never know, there are guys left over from the 24-25 draft that could pop. I'm not placing bets on someone like Brady Tygart or Brandon Neely taking a leep forward. But we don't really need them too either. How is Oviedo/Houck/Crawford/Crochet going to look next year? you have 4 guys coming back who could all start and entire draft class we haven't seen yet, and he could conceivably make more moves.
  11. Hugh2
    I'm not really sure I fully agree with this notion that we've traded away all our starting pitching depth. We've certainly traded away a lot of prospect depth but no one that would be helping the MLB team. What depth did we really trade away that would have pitched and contributed this year? The exception to this is Caleb Durbin for Kyle Harrison but I think we can all agree the offense was easily the biggest offseason concern and that showed for a long time this season. Durbin, has been better than Harrison, we won that trade. It appears to me that a lot of our "depth" has been sidelined by injury and not shipped out of town. Crochet/Crawford/Houck/Oviedo all would have helped out tremendously this year. How much better does the pitching look (which doesn't look bad) with Crochet at the top? Imagine if crochet was healthy in last years form and then we go Gray/Tolle/Saurez/Sandoval.
  12. Hugh2
    If Early isn't playing again this year and he needs to be replaced, then doesn't Breslow technically have the offseason to replace him too? This pipeline of pitching that has paid huge dividends was literally built by him in just two years. I trust he's going to bring in some arms this offseason and we may see someone pop as well.
  13. Hugh2
    Bello has been better because he's not starting. Obviously it's some kind of mental block, which perhaps is only cured by having him just start and work through it. I'd prefer to get him an opener and let him work through it in the offseason and 2027.
  14. Hugh2
    That was exactly it. In terms of stuff and performance for his age the kid is going fine, it's just the flame out rate for kids as young and raw as he is is just so astronomically high. Kid could be a #1 starter some day, but there's a higher probability he never sniffs the majors.
  15. Hugh2
    Bennett is looking tired, how much longer can the rest of our young pitchers keep going? In the absence of injury a little rest goes A LONG way. this is precisely why I suggested a temporary 6 man rotation and a starter at the deadline.
  16. Hugh2
    He was BA’s #40 prospect heading into 2026. 23 years old, bad timing for us for him to have a breakout game
  17. Hugh2
    Yes, but keep in mind that no other team traded for those guys either. Every other team interested looked at the price and said "yeah....that's too much" I'm sure they wanted Arias PLUS a boatload.
  18. Hugh2
    It also got you several years of control of Mead. We had a lot more starting pitching depth than we had middle infielders.
  19. Hugh2
    Another fact though, is all the short stops in question did NOT get traded at the deadline. We didn't get Otto Lopez, but no one did We didn't get Francisco Lindor, but on one did We didn't trade for C.J. Abrams, but on one did We didn't trade for Eli De La Cruz, but no one did. We didn't trade for Zach Neto, but no one did. This tells me one of two things happened in each of these situations. A.) the player was just simply not for sale and there was nothing that could have been done. or B.) The price was so high that not a single team in baseball was willing to go that high and considering what we paid for 1.5 years of a catcher I'd be scared to see what the price for some of those guys might have been. I'm not sure we can blame Breslow for not picking up a short stop......no one did. He did get a 2nd baseman who had the best offensive numbers moved at the deadline. Unfortunately he got hurt.
  20. Hugh2
    I'm giving them an B+ They picked up who was arguably the best bat to move at the deadline (not their fault Mead got hurt) and then picked up and all star catcher, filling in two of their biggest holes. They also got a very intriguing bullpen arm, who is a control tweak away from being a late inning guy. I knock them down from an A for failing to get an innings eater and givin up a lot of value. But I'll take a B+ at ever deadline all day.
  21. Hugh2
    Durbin/Contreras/Gray/Suarez/Bennett have all been amazing additions this year. Even the lesser role players have looked good for what they were signed/traded for (middle relief/bench/depth) Guerrero/Moran/Seigler/Monesterio/IKF. Kind of makes me wonder what Johan Oviedo would have looked like this year if he stayed healthy.
  22. Hugh2
    For the past 2 months Caleb Durbin has arguably been the best 3B in baseball.
  23. Hugh2
    I don't disagree, and I think a long lock out is a very real possibility. But to me a long lockout could also be 1/2 the season......and not a full season. Which would still be awful.
  24. Hugh2
    This is pure conjecture on my part, but I find it very very hard to believe we lose a year of baseball. Playing a partial season does seem much more likely however.
  25. Hugh2
    If Jarren Duran gets going (and it's looked good the past week) this team is going to be legit dangerous. Now they can hit and pitch.
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