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    Fitts, Weissert, and Judice. What do the Sox Have Here?

    We got Ricky Fitts?!? Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it.
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    MLB suspends Trevor Bauer for 2 years with no pay

    There's no such thing as jaywalking.
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    Tim Wakefield has passed away from brain cancer at 57 (10/1 update)

    Wakefield pitched his first game for the Red Sox when I was 10 years old and his last when I was 27. Even within a sport and team I treasure as a daily anchor amid the vagaries of life and the passage of time, he was a special case. Every time Wakefield took the mound he was at the mercy of wind...
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    The 2023 Trade Deadline: Scenarios

    DeJong is yet another right-handed hitter; any middle infielder the Sox acquire should be a plausible platoon partner for Chang (or Arroyo, or Reyes, or Turner) (or Story for that matter). They're not going to pay a steep deadline price for a total stud given the up-the-middle talent knocking on...
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    Kiké Hernandez traded to Dodgers

    Adding a couple upper-minors arms, one on LAD 40-man and one who'll be Rule 5 eligible, makes me wonder if there are further moves in the works, with some of our own pitching depth (minors or majors) out the door later this week.
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    What does 2023 look like?

    Chaim should kick the tires on Rickey. If we're trading Duvall (which seems to be the preference of the board) then Rickey might be a better fit than Kiké as a backup/defensive replacement outfielder; can work a walk, and the larger bases and limited disengagements should benefit his aggressive...
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    The 2023 Trade Deadline: Scenarios

    I get the appeal of trading for Rich Hill at the deadline but I don't see the urgency or the need to give up a player with one elite tool for him. Hill's a free agent this offseason and will only be 44 next year. I'd love to see the Sox sign Hill to a Wakefield-esque deal with open-ended mutual...
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    Valuing the assets, where do the Sox stand?

    In general I think we tend to underestimate the potential of currently rostered MLBers as trade chips. Young, proven-ish talent is valuable; someone like Crawford (or Houck/Whitlock, or for that matter Duran/Verdugo) is particularly a valuable return for a GM who wants to sell off a marquee...
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    The 2023 Trade Deadline: Scenarios

    Renting an All-Star in a seller's market is not a good use of resources for the Red Sox at this point in the team's trajectory so I agree that if Stroman is opting out then the whole scenario is pointless; I have no idea what his thinking is but he's having a good year so yeah I concede it's a...
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    The 2023 Trade Deadline: Scenarios

    I think the Red Sox should trade for a starting pitcher because they're 2 games out of the playoffs and trending upwards given the reinforcements on the horizon; a reliable starter would keep us competitive in more games and would strengthen the bullpen by the addition of one of...
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    The Future of Alex Cora in Boston

    The idea that firing the manager will improve the infield defense has shades of Bobby Valentine at spring training in 2012, a focus on "fundamentals" and "accountability." If there's any latent Morgan Magic in this team it will be awakened by the return of Trevor Story.
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    Fenway Sports Group in Talks to Buy Pittsburgh Penguins

    Or like John Henry and Jeff Loria (sort of).
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    Minor league thread 2021

    I was at the game but wasn’t tracking Murphy too closely. Fastball in the low 90s on the stadium gun, didn’t seem the be humping it up there to get the velocity but the command of it seemed meh. Solid defensive effort. I might not read too much into the line on a night like Tuesday night: it was...
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    Will the real Red Sox please stand up? I repeat, will the real Red Sox please stand up?

    i hate consolidation because it essentially means that there’s less baseball in America—Indy leagues simply won’t be equivalent in terms of interest and civic commitment—but given the antitrust exemption I agree with you about direct ownership, it’s foolish to pretend that Red Sox and Sea Dogs...
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    Will the real Red Sox please stand up? I repeat, will the real Red Sox please stand up?

    You’re absolutely right to bring up the complicity of the MLBPA in exploitative labor practices, their treatment of minor leaguers and pre-arb players is shameful.