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Xander has an .821 OPS since June 1. JDM has been bad since June 1 with a .705 OPS but his season total is still .867 because he had an OPS of .988 through the end of May.

When you have hitters as bad as JBJ and Dalbec in the lineup everyday it is going to be hard to have a really great offense. The average OPS for 1B across baseball is .764. For RF it is .708. Dalbec's is .610 and JBJs is .574.
 

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Xander has an .821 OPS since June 1. JDM has been bad since June 1 with a .705 OPS but his season total is still .867 because he had an OPS of .988 through the end of May.

When you have hitters as bad as JBJ and Dalbec in the lineup everyday it is going to be hard to have a really great offense. The average OPS for 1B across baseball is .764. For RF it is .708. Dalbec's is .610 and JBJs is .574.
Regardless . My point stands. Xander and JDM are being paid money to be middle of the order bats.
Xander last RBI was on June 16th. He did not drive in a another run until JULY 5th.
JDM had 10 RBI in June (.232 Ba).
Those 10 RBI came in 8 games. The rest of those June games. 0RBI
 

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Regardless . My point stands. Xander and JDM are being paid money to be middle of the order bats.
Xander last RBI was on June 16th. He did not drive in a another run until JULY 5th.
JDM had 10 RBI in June (.232 Ba).
Those 10 RBI came in 8 games. The rest of those June games. 0RBI
Xander had a .418 obp and a .461 slug in june, pretty sure that's pretty damn good for a middle of the order bat. He probably can't sustain that, but he wasn't part of the problem at all.
 

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Dalbec, especially showing as little power as he has, is an obvious upgradeable spot. But his playing time has been reduced quite a bit and he has put up a .760 OPS over his last 100 plate appearances (so league average for the position). Cordero has put up basically the same line over the same time span. It’s not great production but it’s not right field bad - that is an abject failure.

But you should be able to cover up for a hole or two. Even the Yankees have below league average production at multiple spots. It’s just difficult when your 3-4 hitters have only combined for 7 XBH over their last 170 combined PAs .
 

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Hindsight is 20/20 and all that...but wow I wish they hadn't let Schwarber walk.

Dalbec does not appear to be good enough to be a starter on a contending team, and while his defense is an improvement over having to put one of Schwarber/JD in the field, it certainly doesn't make up for the difference in offensive output.
 

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Xander’s EV by season
Dalbec, especially showing as little power as he has, is an obvious upgradeable spot. But his playing time has been reduced quite a bit and he has put up a .760 OPS over his last 100 plate appearances (so league average for the position). Cordero has put up basically the same line over the same time span. It’s not great production but it’s not right field bad - that is an abject failure.

But you should be able to cover up for a hole or two. Even the Yankees have below league average production at multiple spots. It’s just difficult when your 3-4 hitters have only combined for 7 XBH over their last 170 combined PAs .
yah, and it looks even worse (thats to @SoxScout) When complied with the entire lineup during this 3-7 stretch
View: https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/1545375543239090177
 
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Hindsight is 20/20 and all that...but wow I wish they hadn't let Schwarber walk.
I don’t want to turn this into a hindsight thread, so hopefully this is somewhat forward looking as well, but:

Yes, I was a big Schwarber advocate as well. But signing him to a 4-year deal — given ownership’s apparent spending limits — would likely have meant not signing Story. So the question is probably who would you rather have: Story or Schwarber?

It’s easy to see 27 HR from Schwarber and say him, but that’s a tough one for me. Story is obviously inferior offensively but his defense at 2B has been a revelation, and with Casas on the way 1B hopefully has an heir apparent.

fWAR this year:
Story: 1.9
Schwarber: 2.3

Plus, if the Sox do (fingers crossed) end up signing Raffy to a lengthy extension, it will be good to have some availability at 1B/DH in the coming seasons.
 

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Schwarber got a lot less money than Story though, they easily could have signed both; and say, passed on Bradley and Paxton. Story is certainly a better player than he’s shown, but the numbers way from Fenway and against power pitchers seem a little concerning, although it’s a small sample.

I wasn’t a huge believer in Schwarber but it’s weird that they made such a big deal about how he had turned around the teams offense and then seemed to make a relatively lackadaisical effort to resign him. But I guess they had their sights set on Suzuki or something?

Future plan in the OF and at DH seem pretty wide open.

(In hindsight, they banked a lot on JbJ bouncing back and the value of two CF’s and how that would help the team defensively. It was a reasonable hope, but seems like it has failed, because Jackie is toast and Hernandez wasn’t good / got hurt).
 
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Schwarber got a lot less money than Story though, they easily could have signed both; and say, passed on Bradley and Paxton. Story is certainly a better player than he’s shown, but the numbers way from Fenway and against power pitchers seem a little concerning, although it’s a small sample.
Again, there's a totally separate conversation to be had (I.e. yelled about at length) about how much the Sox should spend and the true impact of the luxury tax, etc.

But Schwarber and Story got roughly identical money at least for the next 4 seasons: they're both making ~$20M/season for 2022-2025. The difference of course is the Sox gave Story two more years for '26 and '27 at $25M and then a team option for a 3rd year, but that doesn't really impact the luxury tax / team payroll considerations for this season and next.

As for JBJ and Paxton, I think as a team philosophy they wanted to trade away Renfroe to get two prospects and defensive RF help and sign a collection of lower cost starting pitchers to fill out the back of the rotation in Wacha, Hill, and Paxton. Personally I wish instead of Hill and Paxton (1 year, total of $15M) they had gone after Carlos Rodon (2 years, $22M/year), but they don't ask me!

Again, we can disagree about whether the Sox should have been willing to spend more this offseason, but in reality it seemed like they were willing to spend ~$20M on one hitter, whether it be Schwarber, Story, Suzuki, etc.

Edit: And I should add I'm not just criticizing the Red Sox front office, there's absolutely a method to their madness to scatter your resources. Take the "bargain bin" approach to the back end of the rotation. Even the well run organizations made multi-year, substantial commitments this offseason that (to wildly jump to conclusions halfway into their 1st season) seem iffy: the Cards and Matz, the Giants and DeSclafani and Cobb, the Blue Jays and Kikuchi, etc. Whereas many real bargains are producing a lot of value on 1 year short money deals: old friend Martin Perez is having a career year in Texas, plus Kluber, Wacha, Hill, and even Chris Archer are delivering value.
 
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Bloom discusses the first base situation

Bloom said, “I think what Franchy has done since coming in there — granted he has some versatility to play elsewhere, too — I think he has done a solid job and I think what he has done under the surface is even better than what you see on the back of the baseball card. We know Bobby can hit lefties. He’s handling a tougher role right now really well. We’ve been hopeful this whole year that as Triston (Casas) gets going, he still might figure into this thing… recognizing that he needs to make up for lost time. Certainly, it’s a spot where we can be open to additions from the outside.

The wild card in the first base mix is Casas, the blue chip prospect who was nearing his major league debut before suffering an ankle injury in mid-May. He has not played since May 17 and has been working out in Fort Myers in recent weeks. Bloom said Casas is nearing a return to game action (eventually at Triple-A Worcester).

“He’s getting closer,” Bloom said. “That’s more on the horizon. He’s starting to ramp up his work. I don’t want to put an exact timetable on it but he is getting a lot closer.”

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2022/07/franchy-corderos-dropped-pop-up-dooms-boston-red-sox-could-chaim-bloom-upgrade-first-base-at-trade-deadline-he-weighs-in.html
 

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I just hate getting my hopes up for minor-league players, no matter how shiny their pedigrees. The Bello start the other night was an example. He's obviously talented, but he doesn't seem ready for prime time. These guys can't be rushed.
 

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I just hate getting my hopes up for minor-league players, no matter how shiny their pedigrees. The Bello start the other night was an example. He's obviously talented, but he doesn't seem ready for prime time. These guys can't be rushed.
I don't think anybody is trying to rush prospects along. Bello clearly isn't ready. He's only up making starts because the Sox have, now, six starting pitchers on the IL. Him making a start (possibly two) for the big club in July 2022 was never in the plans. Ironically, the current Worcester pitching staff has more guys who belong in the big leagues than the Boston rotation has, with Whitlock and Eovaldi starting rehab assignments this weekend.
 

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I just hate getting my hopes up for minor-league players, no matter how shiny their pedigrees. The Bello start the other night was an example. He's obviously talented, but he doesn't seem ready for prime time. These guys can't be rushed.
Bello was in single A a year ago, he isn't on remotely the same timeline as Casas, who was on track to possibly be with the team by mid-season this year before he got hurt.
 

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This is an utter joke. This is the Red Sox for Christ sake. We’ve got an OF/DH playing first for the 2nd year in a row and a middle infielder masquerading as an OF playing the toughest RF in baseball. Stop treating this like a mid major operation and fix this.
 

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This is an utter joke. This is the Red Sox for Christ sake. We’ve got an OF/DH playing first for the 2nd year in a row and a middle infielder masquerading as an OF playing the toughest RF in baseball. Stop treating this like a mid major operation and fix this.
This is where I am. This is not a competitive setup right now.
 

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Devers and Seabold both left todays game with an injury
View: https://twitter.com/alexspeier/status/1545576106648080386

NESN broadcast showed Devers wincing and rubbing his lower back. He took his gear and went down the tunnel to the clubhouse. Obviously, he missed back-to-back games with back/hamstring issues preceding this series.
Connor Seabold was removed from the game with right forearm extensor tightness. Not the best news considering he missed about two months last season with elbow inflammation.
View: https://twitter.com/jcmccaffrey/status/1545574080451153925
View: https://twitter.com/byJulianMack/status/1545584632435036163
 
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I asked this on the game thread, but I think it’s a valid question for here. Who gets sent down when Kike returns? It would be criminal to send Refsnyder. He appears to be able to hit and is a plus defender. Arroyo and Duran aren’t going anywhere. That leaves Dalbec, Franchy or JBJ.

My guess is Refsnyder because they don’t want to hurt feelings. I know that doesn’t sound like a professional organization, but just watch....
 
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It has to be Bradley. Bringing him back and hoping that his terrible ‘21 was just a blip and that he’d go back to being the guy he was before was worth a shot, I guess, just it’s been a spectacular disaster and they can’t continue getting nothing from their OF. Bradley has been terrible for the last 700 or so PA’s, and he’s got a 391 ops away from Fenway. He’s hurting the team now and he’s not part of the team’s future. Bringing him back was a mistake, holding on to him much longer would be an even bigger one.
 

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My guess is Refsnyder because they don’t want to hurt feelings. I know that doesn’t sound like a professional organization, but just watch....
It was a throw away line during spring training, but Refsnyder mentioned that Bloom was always very straight forward with him about his opportunities going back to Tampa. He said he signed here because he'd get his shot at a chance to play and this has been the case.

I'd be surprised if Refsnyder went down again unless he looked awful for an extended period of time. Bloom hasn't had a track record of sending down players who were performing well.
 
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I asked this on the game thread, but I think it’s a valid question for here. Who gets sent down when Kike returns? It would be criminal to send Refsnyder. He appears to be able to hit and is a plus defender. Arroyo isn’t going anywhere. That leaves Dalbec, Franchy or JBJ.

My guess is Refsnyder because they don’t want to hurt feelings. I know that doesn’t sound like a professional organization, but just watch....
I'd send down Duran before I sent Refsnyder down (And I wouldn't send Duran down either). He's the only outfielder they have right now that can hit lefties, which makes him the perfect 4th outfielder for this roster.
 

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It has to be Bradley. Bringing him back and hoping that his terrible ‘21 was just a blip and that he’d go back to being the guy he was before was worth a shot, I guess, just it’s been a spectacular disaster and they can’t continue getting nothing from their OF. Bradley has been terrible for the last 700 or so PA’s, and he’s got a 391 ops away from Fenway. He’s hurting the team now and he’s not part of the team’s future. Bringing him back was a mistake, holding on to him much longer would be an even bigger one.
I think you’ve gotta be right here. He’s done. We have three outfielders higher on the depth chart than JBJ than we did in April (Duran, Cordero, Refsnyder). The Casas injury really complicated things. I think you DFA JBJ, move RF to a Refsnyder/Cordero platoon and grab a right-hand hitting first baseman.

I think Hunter Dozier makes sense. His numbers are suppressed by his extreme pitchers park, but he’s hitting everyone pretty well this year now that he’s healthy (.281/.371/.468 for a 142 wRC+ away from KC). He’s a terrible third baseman but adequate across the diamond and could probably still pull off left field for awhile. The Royals bought out his arb years and then some before his bad/hurt 2021 season, so he’s signed though 2024, but they have Nick Pratto and Vinnie Pasquantino ready to take over 1B and the Melendez/Pérez/Mondesi logjam at DH. His contract is roughly 2+/$19M and he’s got a $10M club option in 2025, so he’d be off the books if we need to reset the tax in ‘25.

The BTR app says JBJ and Dozier are both underwater contracts “worth” exactly the same. Maybe that’s a good swap, with some other bit pieces? The Royals could save a bunch of money and plug JBJ in as a good defensive outfielder for the rest of the season after they trade Benintendi and Taylor this summer.
 

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The Red Sox sure look like they're in deep trouble. Meat grinder portion of the schedule, and virtually their entire starting rotation is out with injuries. They're not going to beat the Yankees too often throwing AAA pitchers against that lineup day after day. Maybe they can slug their way to a win, but even that looks doubtful with Devers' injury.

But bigger picture...there's still 78 games left, and Boston is still in second in the WC standings, and 2.5 games ahead of Seattle for the third spot in the playoffs. They should get Sale back this week, and hopefully Paxton in August. Then slowly, Wacha, Whitlock, and Hill should return, and that will all help immensely, even if Sale isn't CHRIS SALE anymore. He's still likely better than Connor Seabold right now.

They do need to make a couple of moves. I still want a good RHP in the bullpen. And I think a 1b upgrade would be enormous. I'd prefer a guy who is on a short contract, because I do think that it's likely that Casas is the guy for the future there. Or, if they think he's not, include Casas in a deal for a big-time 1b and shore up that position for the next 5 years.

They have lots of resources to make deals, and they're not remotely out of this - they're actually in pretty good shape in the standings. However, that could change quickly given their schedule and how beat up they are. Just gotta find a way to stay afloat here for a couple of weeks.
 

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Bloom discusses the first base situation

Bloom said, “I think what Franchy has done since coming in there — granted he has some versatility to play elsewhere, too — I think he has done a solid job and I think what he has done under the surface is even better than what you see on the back of the baseball card. We know Bobby can hit lefties. He’s handling a tougher role right now really well. We’ve been hopeful this whole year that as Triston (Casas) gets going, he still might figure into this thing… recognizing that he needs to make up for lost time. Certainly, it’s a spot where we can be open to additions from the outside.

The wild card in the first base mix is Casas, the blue chip prospect who was nearing his major league debut before suffering an ankle injury in mid-May. He has not played since May 17 and has been working out in Fort Myers in recent weeks. Bloom said Casas is nearing a return to game action (eventually at Triple-A Worcester).

“He’s getting closer,” Bloom said. “That’s more on the horizon. He’s starting to ramp up his work. I don’t want to put an exact timetable on it but he is getting a lot closer.”

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2022/07/franchy-corderos-dropped-pop-up-dooms-boston-red-sox-could-chaim-bloom-upgrade-first-base-at-trade-deadline-he-weighs-in.html
Difficult and unfair to count on anything from Casas in 2022 after the injury and lengthy layoff
 

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Difficult and unfair to count on anything from Casas in 2022 after the injury and lengthy layoff
I asked this on the game thread, but I think it’s a valid question for here. Who gets sent down when Kike returns? It would be criminal to send Refsnyder. He appears to be able to hit and is a plus defender. Arroyo and Duran aren’t going anywhere. That leaves Dalbec, Franchy or JBJ.

My guess is Refsnyder because they don’t want to hurt feelings. I know that doesn’t sound like a professional organization, but just watch....
Isn't Refsnyder out of options? No way they DFA him, so it will have to be someone else.
 

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But bigger picture...there's still 78 games left, and Boston is still in second in the WC standings, and 2.5 games ahead of Seattle for the third spot in the playoffs. They should get Sale back this week, and hopefully Paxton in August. Then slowly, Wacha, Whitlock, and Hill should return, and that will all help immensely, even if Sale isn't CHRIS SALE anymore. He's still likely better than Connor Seabold right now.
The only problem with this is that it's not an accident that our starters have gotten hurt. That's what happens when you build your rotation out of brittle pitchers. Paxton, Hill and Wacha have each spent half their careers on the injured list. Eovaldi and Whitlock have significant injury histories. Sale is apparently made out of crepe paper at this point in his career. And even Pivetta, who has never had a significant injury as far as I can tell, is rapidly approaching a career high in innings pitched. How's he going to do as he approaches 200 IP in September?

Long story short - I wouldn't bet that this is the last we've seen of Seabold.
 

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I think you’ve gotta be right here. He’s done. We have three outfielders higher on the depth chart than JBJ than we did in April (Duran, Cordero, Refsnyder). The Casas injury really complicated things. I think you DFA JBJ, move RF to a Refsnyder/Cordero platoon and grab a right-hand hitting first baseman.

I think Hunter Dozier makes sense. His numbers are suppressed by his extreme pitchers park, but he’s hitting everyone pretty well this year now that he’s healthy (.281/.371/.468 for a 142 wRC+ away from KC). He’s a terrible third baseman but adequate across the diamond and could probably still pull off left field for awhile. The Royals bought out his arb years and then some before his bad/hurt 2021 season, so he’s signed though 2024, but they have Nick Pratto and Vinnie Pasquantino ready to take over 1B and the Melendez/Pérez/Mondesi logjam at DH. His contract is roughly 2+/$19M and he’s got a $10M club option in 2025, so he’d be off the books if we need to reset the tax in ‘25.

The BTR app says JBJ and Dozier are both underwater contracts “worth” exactly the same. Maybe that’s a good swap, with some other bit pieces? The Royals could save a bunch of money and plug JBJ in as a good defensive outfielder for the rest of the season after they trade Benintendi and Taylor this summer.
If we're looking at outfielders from KC, why not make a trade for Benintendi? After Arroyo's misplay last night, I'm getting a little sick of signing guys to play out of position.
 

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If we're looking at outfielders from KC, why not make a trade for Benintendi? After Arroyo's misplay last night, I'm getting a little sick of signing guys to play out of position.
We already have enough left-hand hitting outfielders who struggle to hit lefties. I think we’re better off psychologically preparing ourselves for Andrew Benintendi, New York Yankee.
 

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They've run one of the biggest payrolls in baseball each of the last 2 years by choice, and just gave a guy a minimum of $140m, why exactly do you think they're going to "cheap mode"?

I'm also not sure why you think they're going "back" to it either, has this ownership ever been cheap since they took over the team?
“By choice”? When does a team ever choose to agree to give a player money when it isn’t by choice?! Why do I think they’re going back to cheap mode? Because of the glaring holes in the team in the bullpen and in the lack of a reliable closer. Because they keep trotting out question marks to fill vital positions and don’t have a reliable player in place to fill that role in case the gambles don’t work out. Why does signing one multi-year contract for one position at 140m mean they haven’t cut corners anywhere else? When ”has the ownership ever been cheap?” After they won the series in 2013 and ownership thought they were the smartest guys in the room. When they offered Lester less than half of his open market value and said ”if he wants to stay here so bad, then take what we offer. Anyone will tell you 70 million is a darn good amount of money.” Thank you Larry.


Because it is cool to be contrary. Haven’t you read Dan Shaugnessy? And also if the team DOES go cheap, then you can say you said it first. If they don’t, well, your comments get forgotten with history
The only person here being “contrary” here is you - I made a totally harmless statement and you’re turning it into a morning zoo talk radio bit. The front office has been erratic and gone to extremes over the past 10 years. There have been radical and frequent changes in management. Many people - fans and he press - have wondered, particularly when there are younger people hired in front office positions - who is really making the decisions and why. I don’t like Shaugnessy so don’t put that on me either. And I don’t care about ”being first” or who remembers what.


There are people on here that have been calling them cheap for at least 2 years now, he's going to have to get in line behind several dozen people.
Maybe people have been saying that because John Henry gave people the idea that the luxury tax was the first priority. He didn’t spend over a year avoiding the press for no reason. He knew people were upset.


Sandoval was a lot of things in Boston. "Cheap" was not one of them. I'm not sure how he represents a "way" of doing things.
That was after 2014. That was after chasing John Lester out the door. That was the opposite extreme. Hence my reference to “extremes” in behavior of front office.
 

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“By choice”? When does a team ever choose to agree to give a player money when it isn’t by choice?! Why do I think they’re going back to cheap mode? Because of the glaring holes in the team in the bullpen and in the lack of a reliable closer. Because they keep trotting out question marks to fill vital positions and don’t have a reliable player in place to fill that role in case the gambles don’t work out. Why does signing one multi-year contract for one position at 140m mean they haven’t cut corners anywhere else? When ”has the ownership ever been cheap?” After they won the series in 2013 and ownership thought they were the smartest guys in the room. When they offered Lester less than half of his open market value and said ”if he wants to stay here so bad, then take what we offer. Anyone will tell you 70 million is a darn good amount of money.” Thank you Larry.
The 2014 Sox had the 4th highest payroll in baseball, that isn't being cheap, that's evaluating Lester differently than you did. BTW, he was good but not great with the Cubs, so maybe they had some idea what they were doing.

The Bloom Sox are absolutely running a high payroll by choice because it's not like he was saddled with a ton of unmovable contracts. The 2022 Sox have 5 high salary players. Bloom signed 1 in Story, and Eovaldi, X, and JDM could easily have been moved for something of value if they wanted to "go to cheap mode". Sale is the only high contract guy that couldn't be moved easily. Instead the payroll has increased each of the last 2 years that Bloom has been in charge, with no indication that it's going to all of a sudden crash in the next 2 years even if they don't keep X or Devers.


Also, they have a closer who hasn't blown a save yet since he's been given the job, and one of the question marks you're surely complaining about is a replacement level right fielder they chose to spend a decent amount of money on the buy the prospects that came with him, which is the literal opposite of being cheap.
 

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I think we’re better off psychologically preparing ourselves for Andrew Benintendi, New York Yankee.
Attempting to think like Cashman and barring major injuries between now and the deadline, I don’t think he trades for any rentals including Benintendi. Carpenter could easily be a better use of that spot than Benintendi and they have all of Florial (blazing hot in AAA right now), Andujar and Locastro waiting in AAA. If Cashman can fill an OF spot longer-term with Happ or Reynolds at a price he can live with, I could see that happening but Beni to the Bronx seems very unlikely to me.
 

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There’s been some noise about Benintendi going to the other New York team and for some reason
Beni to the Mets just sounds like a fit.
 

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This is an utter joke. This is the Red Sox for Christ sake. We’ve got an OF/DH playing first for the 2nd year in a row and a middle infielder masquerading as an OF playing the toughest RF in baseball. Stop treating this like a mid major operation and fix this.
Next thing you know we’ll play Matt Carpenter in the outfield! Damn mid major operation.
 

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Yeah, we’re in good shape. Salvaging a split here would have to be considered a big win given the circumstances, but these next series against the Rays, Jays and Guardians are more important than these Yankees games.

The Rays just unfortunately lost Franco [edit: plus Springs and Kiermaier too] for a long stretch of time to a hamate injury. Not something you like to see but it balances out the injury luck a bit.
 
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Yeah, we’re in good shape. Salvaging a split here would have to be considered a big win given the circumstances, but these next series against the Rays, Jays and Guardians are more important than these Yankees games.
they could get swept in those series and they still would be in it.

Let them get healthy and see what happens. It is a marathon.
 

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On a more serious note, just want to say how happy I am for Jeter Downs. No idea where things go from here, but I have a significant soft spot for prospects who battle adversity and find a way to keep bobbing up above the surface. It’s why it’s so hard for me to give up on Bobby D. Downs obviously has tons of natural talent and I suspect that these past couple of years are the first time he’s experienced any kind of prolonged failure in his career. To keep battling and find a way—even if it proves unsustainable over the long run—is something I find quite admirable. And he’s still fairly young, so who knows, maybe he can unlock something that leads to sustained success going forward.
 

joe dokes

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Jul 18, 2005
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On a more serious note, just want to say how happy I am for Jeter Downs. No idea where things go from here, but I have a significant soft spot for prospects who battle adversity and find a way to keep bobbing up above the surface. It’s why it’s so hard for me to give up on Bobby D. Downs obviously has tons of natural talent and I suspect that these past couple of years are the first time he’s experienced any kind of prolonged failure in his career. To keep battling and find a way—even if it proves unsustainable over the long run—is something I find quite admirable. And he’s still fairly young, so who knows, maybe he can unlock something that leads to sustained success going forward.
He raked at AAA (SSS) in the short time since his 1-game debut.