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Fair. I don't really want him either, but he's a far better roster fit than Pollock.

Still worth it. Flip Pollock + $3-5M (or a lottery ticket) for Gallo and sign Conforto to a 2 year $15M deal (pay him a few mill this year). If he comes back in September and contributes, great. If he comes back and is rusty AF, you don't even need to put him on the playoff roster if we're lucky enough to make it. If he doesn't come back, he's your RF in 2023 and has all of ST to work off the rust.

Haha yeah. Sox will send VV out for a rehab assignment on August 12th for his 20 day rehab so he can come back September 1 when rosters expand.

Tray, not sure what you're dealing with but I hope you're doing OK. Best wishes for a quick recovery. ?

Speaking of VV, is he dead? I know he's on IL and frankly don't really care too much about him, but is he coming back at some point? An extra arm for September? And the Sox aren't DFAing Leury (not directed at you CWS). It just isn't happening. He's been grossly overused but he's still a useful 26th man.

Let’s win this fucking ballgame here boys.

Well that was fortuitous. Now go score some runs.

Lol

Yepppp. Was always such a bad take.

Anderson SS, Moncada 3B, AV RF, Abreu 1B, Eloy DH, Yaz C, Pollock LF, Leury 2B, Engel CF I do believe this is the first time that anyone other than Reese has caught Kopech.

Yeah, I'd much rather give up Vera than Montgomery or Colas.

I still like the give up nothing for Conforto angle.

It actually will probably be more than $11-13M with the escalators. If Sox need to kick in a few million, so be it. Yankees seem pretty desperate to dump Gallo, and if there is a team that wouldn't care about paying Pollock $10-13M to be a part time player next year, its the Yanks. But yeah, its a real impediment for a deal. That said, still not sold AJ won't take his $5M buyout and seek out an opportunity he prefers as opposed to being pigeonholed onto the Sox or another team if he gets moved. Its not beyond the realm of possibility he could secure a 1 year deal around $5-7M if he has a decent couple months, and then he comes out even dollars wise.

If we're worried about a shortened window, maybe we shouldn't trade from the handful of guys that can actually extend it.

Surely he'll be on the bench then, because Tony.

Let him put together a package of our spare worthless parts and then be dumbfounded when the organization actually has to give up something of value to acquire an asset. Rinse, repeat.

Colas isn't ready and won't be until mid 2023. Reynolds is surely a better player now and will be for the next couple seasons at least, no debate on that. But not sure why Colas has "to make an impact very quickly". But its not just Colas for Reynolds, its Colas +++, and really 6.5 seasons of Colas (3.5 of which at league minimum or close) for 3.333 seasons of Reynolds at likely around $10-12M AAV. I am not saying I am completely opposed to moving Colas for Reynolds, but for me, Colas is going to be valued very highly based on his proximity to the bigs and the fact that he shores up a ton of weaknesses with this club's construction.

I just don’t get how you trade a potential solution to our decades long issues in RF. Above average defender, left handed stick, power, Cuban, cost controlled. Just don’t see how you can trade him.

Improves OF defense and lineup balance. Solves Sox Pollock option issues/concerns for 2023. 2022 $ mostly a wash. I think it makes some sense for both sides with NY just done with Gallo and getting someone they can plug right into the OF.

I just can’t see the Sox trading Colas.

Yep. Joc is the last thing this club needs.

Lol. You always act like you have all the answers to what ails this team and then propose a package like this. The Pirates would laugh at a Crochet + Sheets + Burger and "a low level minor leaguer or two" offer. "Here, take my older spare parts, and give me your most valuable asset" Running a baseball org would be easy if you can dictate the terms of every transaction like its a video game.

I'd flip Pollock for Gallo. Sort of solves two problems. Gallo probably sucks, but so does Pollock.

All the DHs!

They could option him though. There is no IL in the offseason.