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Not good. Berroa recalled

Since everyone loves to point out when former Sox do well, Fedde is getting smoked in his first Cards start. 5 ER and he’s not thru the 2nd inning.

Ehhh if the axe was gonna fall imminently, they’d have canned him before the road trip.

Optioned to AAA

I am always down to piss in the Twins bowl of Cheerios. Go Sox, win a series.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mlb/2024/08/01/white-sox-orioles-trade-jimenez/6c55e28e-5022-11ef-9728-3037305a6b0f_story.html This says Sox will also send an additional $1.5M if option is declined. So we’re down to Os eating like $1.9M.

Id give Eloy maybe 2 weeks tops on that roster before he’s DFA. They have better options and won’t have nearly the patience the Sox had with his shenanigans.

They did save ~$3.5M, but yah. I mean, no one should be surprised. The fact they found someone to even eat that much is frankly shocking.

Sox just released Knebel. So much for that.

Lol, there is no way Sox went from Walker Jenkins, Brooks Lee & Emmanuel Rodriguez to Miguel Vargas. I could definitely have seen them asking for 1 of them, though. Maybe that is what Dan is saying, but its not really how it reads.

I keep pressing refresh here hoping for the news, but expect to be let down.

Yeah, I don't think Pham had any value at all, unfortunately.

I am having a hard time finding 10 wins on the schedule.

I hope we're not jinxing things here. I feel like if he was getting fired before this weekend, it would have happened by now.

I really wish the Sox would basically shut him down. There is 0 benefit to letting him pitch much more. If you're going to appease him (which frankly idgaf about at this point), maybe 1 start a week for 50 or so pitches, and then ramping down to 1 inning starts and then shut him down completely in early September.

I will give it a D+ overall, heavily weighted down by the three-way. Fedde/Kopech/Pham deal: D- Banks deal: B+ Eloy deal: B DeJong deal: C+ Not trading Luis Robert at his lowest value yet: A+ Not moving Crochet: C I am OK not trading Crochet at the TDL. The offers obviously were not there because I think he would have happily traded him if they were. Moving him for a pitching heavy return or for a headliner that is not elite just isn't what the org needs. The interest in Crochet will be significant this winter, and I think they'll do better then when the acquiring club doesn't have to worry about the innings limits situation.

Sizemore gets my vote. I’d also be fine with any of Butera, Santos or Jirschele. Say no to Montoyo.

He’ll get a major league deal. It won’t be much money tho.

Well he’s 4/6 with a homer a 6 RBI in 2 games so I’d say Cards are pleased to date.

Ok, ok, I think its time. Just s%*# can the mumbling doof and lets move on with Grady running the show for the last 2 months of this s%*# show.

Saw he hit a grand slam on his first AB.

Still 50 games of pain left? Make it end.

idk why tbh, but I will always have a soft spot for Touki. If only the dude could throw the ball over the plate.

At any point. You can put guys on waivers before the TDL. I agree on those three and have said the same thing, but I actually changed my mind on Flexen with the help of @Buehrle>Wood. I honestly didn't realize that Flexen was still arb eligible for 25 and 26. Considering he'll be dirt cheap again in 2025 and Bannister likes him, I think Sox should keep him around. Eat some innings rest of season, and give a 6th starter/long man for next season. By all accounts a good teammate as well. He'd almost certainly get claimed if put on waivers and you lose him for nothing but saving jerry a few hundred grand.

It pains me to say, but Eloy is basically worthless. Eloy can't do anything but hit, and he hasn't hit for awhile. He can't run. He can't stay healthy. He certainly can't field. To me it depends a bit on how much $ the Sox sent (if they ate most of it, may as well have kept him), but there is really no reason to keep Eloy around. There is a 0% chance Eloy's option is getting picked up. Even if he is Hank Aaron reincarnate the next two months, you'll quickly regret picking that option up.