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I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone surprised the Sox started to play better and improved their record this season. But I don't ANYONE could have seen this type of turn around coming. If anyone predicted the Sox would be where they are two months ago they'd be called an idiot. The crazy thing about this run, is it was hard to believe in it in the beginning because the team was so bad for so long that a good week or two just felt like a blip, but now we are 6 weeks in and this team does nothing but win. They win and they win, they play good teams and they win, they play LA and they sweep them. This is crazy.

The only time I can remmember a season with this level of extreme, and I don't want to open up my mouth here but it was the 2011 season, the "chicken and beer" season. But this team is different than that one in so many ways. But they started off cold as hell. Played like a 100 win team for 4 months, then completely fell apart in September.

One thing about being on top is the buck stops with you. You get the blame when things go wrong, but you get the praise when things go right too. Right now, Brez is looking pretty damn good.

We’ve all had our moments

I certainly wouldn't believe every dude with a blue checkmark on X.

That's what I was assuming, seems logical.

OPS+ is positionally adjusted and may not reflect the positions they're going to play moving forward. Eaton has played more RF, while WHite has played more LF. There actual OPS numbers are a career .623 to a career .604. Still minimal but statistically not insignificanly bigger than .02 Also if you look at the RAW 2026 numbers White has a .691 OPS vs. a .563 OPS that's pretty significant. White also has a .758 OPS vs. LHP this year, which is what I'm hoping they use him for. The upgrade might be just a little bit better than what you're giving it credit for.

I should probably go watch this interview now before assuming he's a bench bat/platooning with Duran.

I'm wondering if he will platoon with Duran in LF? we won't lose anything on defense and White is likely a boost to the lineup vs. LHP vs. having Duran in there. I don't think he's worse than Eaton, he's likely an offensive upgrade over Eaton.

Maybe he was traded for to strike Ohtani out during the world series.

It's always tough selling low on a guy, the criticism comes when the trigger is pulled. It's like investing in stocks, when stock xyz falls you start thinking about selling, but you want to hold onto it because you're emotionally tied in, you don't want to sell low and you keep thinking it's going to go back up. Could Mayer turn into the player we once thought he could be? absolutely, he could also continue to fall in value and never be a regular MLBer. The fact is they pulled the trigger when they pulled the trigger. We can sit here and criticize them all day, the reality is when you hold onto guys for a long time some are going to crash in value and you're going to look bad for not selling high, while others are going to shatter their value and make you look good for not trading them. Mayer looks bad, holding onto Tolle right now looks good. That's just the way it is. If Erik Miller because the next pitcher they bring in and retool into a serious bullpen weapon the trade looks a lot better, and he has the underlying talent to be that guy. His stuff is elite, his statcast page is red and red, but he walks guys, a LOT of guys. I feel like we've heard this one before? team gets guy with great stuff but can't hone it in. It's a gamble, you win some and you lose some. Time will tell.

I was saying all week, people should be prepared for the price. These trades always cost a lot more than we think they will cost.....still, this feels like an overpay. I'd love to know what the Yankees offer was. Despite that, I don't care, this team is going for it and Adley is a really good catcher. If they can regain his bat he will be elite with his defense, and even if he hits just as well as he has this year it's still going to be a massive boost to the lineup because his bat replaces Narvaez. The deal makes more sense if they extend Adley.

Ummm, are we extending Adley???

You're probably giving up two guys in the 5-10 range.

Adley Rutchmen has 2.2 FWar this year compared to Goodmans 2.5 But Adley did that in 67 games opposed to Hunters 102. All things equal Adley is the better catcher if healthy.

I added witherspoon to my hypothetical trade. Witherspoon/Primera should get it done, but that's almost certainly not the trade.

Maybe Primer/Witherspoon for Adley? slight overpay, which is what you need for MLB player for prospects.

a LOT of smoke, havn'et seen the fire yet. Franklin Primera for Adley???? Wondering what it is going to cost us

True, but he's still going to need some time to ramp up, if he's starting you're still looking at him giving innings in September. If you want to start resting guys or eating up innings now you have to go get someone.

It feels like Keith Law has flipped, in recent years he's been more in love with our prospects than a hater of.

I joke, but I actually did slice my finger open and developed a really bad infection. I ended up on antibiotics for a couple weeks, couldn't bend my finger, had to have it cut open and part of the tip and a bunch of skin died. Paper cuts are real, and dangerous #Papercutawareness

I mean, who is the 2B of the future? Story? Mayer? If Arias is your SS next year (or you hope he is) it certainly makes sense to plug a guy at SS who can slide over to SS now OR next year.

He also really slowed down in that 2024 season, he only looked like a really really good starter for 1/2 a season. I say keep him in the pen.

I remember a time when Houck looked really good out of the bullpen and thought he might be our future 8/9 inning guy.

How about a sweep of the LA Dodgers???? Has anyone not boarded the 2026 hype triain yet??? There's still room.