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Yikes. Dude just does not look like he is ever going to hit, and it doesn’t look like his small stature helps his case at all…

Massey is 6 foot and 195. Local kid from Palos Park. Went to Brother Rice High School.

He sure does. I wonder if he can box or wrestle?

Why did the Sox release a stud like Maldonado and why hasn’t another team picked him up yet?

That was a nasty pitch and was borderline. Could’ve been called a balls. Let’s see what he does going forward.

What redeeming qualities does he have? Poor defender, can’t hit for average, can’t get on base, doesn’t have power… He bats lefty and maybe he’s a good clubhouse guy?

We would have to see the financials of the trade, but I would assume the Sox ended up dumping a little of Eloy’s remaining $13 million dollar salary for this year, and may have entirely avoided having to pay Eloy’s $3 million dollar buyout. Let’s be honest, there was no way the Sox were going to pay Eloy his $16.5 million dollar option for next season. Unless Eloy gets hotter than s%*#, the Orioles probably won’t either and will give him the $3 million dollar buyout.

Yep. Can’t trade their remaining assets (Crochet and Robert) for a haul because teams are no longer willing to deal their top prospects. And can’t tank for high draft picks as easily as in the past.

I’d try another position unless you think there is a chance the Sox part ways with Benintendi early. Or would you put Benintendi at DH? I’m assuming he is going nowhere.

I would agree with your detailed breakdown.

Neither of us know that, for the Sox or the Marlins. But you can find several articles right that have the Sox as the loser of the trade deadline and the Marlins as winners.

Once again, no one walked away from the Marlins and they got a good return on their trade assets. They probably won the trade deadline as sellers. Meanwhile, everyone and their grandma knows that the Marlins are a lower payroll team that has to move their pricier contracts almost each and every year. So why didn’t your analogy apply to the Marlins, like it did with the Sox?

Fedde has been worth 4.7 bWAR thus far this season. Kopech and his 0.4 bWAR were attached to that trade as well, so the Sox gave up over 5 WAR in that deal. You actually were okay with the Fedde trade but are a bit disappointed that 0.2 bWAR DeJong didn’t net a better return?

Agreed. But gal’s point remains. There may no longer be much of a path to selling top assets for prospects any longer. Teams aren’t willing to give them up. That, along with the draft changes… Welp, good luck Getz…

Caulfield gets his Sox lineups from The Onion.

My guess is that the lowered attendance is impacting Reinsdorf’s bottom line of revenue, but that they still aren’t losing money. Jerry is going to have Getz cut the payroll to $100 million next offseason to account for these losses in revenue, but they will still be in the green overall.

China is trying to play games with your mind. You are their test subject.

I see Robert batting third and playing CF. Lee is starting at catcher. Robinson is on the bench.

What lineups are you looking at? Robinson isn’t even starting tonight. Lee is and Robert is batting third and playing CF.

Same post I made. Makes zero sense.

I was doing that as well. I seem to remember Hahn burning $33 million or so on garbage during the failed Machado offseason.

He supposedly has no glove, but the Sox should be using these pointless games to try to figure out if he can at least play one position averagely. Relegating him to DH already would be stupid. I assume they are just easing him into things with his new team.

Worth a try. Maybe his power will magically come back in Chicago rather than Charlotte.

I doubt the Cubs were ever going to trade Taillon. They acquired an All-Star 3B to build for the future so dealing Taillon wouldn’t have made sense.

Agreed. I had Getz’s offseason as a D, which was only saved from an F due to the Fedde signing. I was then going to give him an F for the trade deadline because he failed to extract good value out of Fedde (plus Kopech). However, the Banks trade bumped my trade deadline grade for Getz up to a D.