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I'm sure other teams were in on Clevinger, but $12 million seems expensive for a bounce back candidate. Guys like Heaney and Quintana should be licking their chops now.

Agreed Merrifield is not really an upgrade over Harrison at this stage in his career. Royals should have traded him years ago when his value was higher.

Jose Rodriguez has actually been hot after a slow start to the season. His past 22 games: .375 AVG - .406 OBP - .896 OPS. For a 21 year old in AA his numbers are really solid outside of HR.

DSL stats are largely worthless, especially for a 20 year old player facing much younger competition. We will not have a good gauge on him until he plays in the states against more advanced pitching.

I personally would not have

No clue who the Mets would be bidding against

I wanted the Sox to be in on Scherzer, but there is zero chance the club entertains a contract remotely close to what the Mets just did.

Madrigal is one more injury away from his value taking a substantial hit. He broke his wrist in college, had shoulder surgery in 2020, and now hamstring surgery in 2021. At what point do you label a player as being really injury prone? Sox were wise to trade him while his value is still up.

^ Collins absolutely becomes an all star if dealt to another organization. Mark it down.

The secret in Milwaukee was to enter through the gate near the 1B foul pole. Barely any line for all three games

My vote is to cut bait with Rutherford A 69 wRC+ in AAA at age 24 is not going to be missed by the organization. He never developed the pop or hit tool he was supposed to.

Jimenez being made of glass really sucks Constantly is dealing with injuries

Who was suggesting to deal Burger for a rental? He's a trade chip for sure, but much more likely in an offseason deal for a player that could help them in 2022 and beyond.

I think the Sox still look to add another pen arm

https://twitter.com/ByRobertMurray/status/1420817989214031872?s=20

https://twitter.com/ByRobertMurray/status/1420817989214031872?s=20

No to Tauchman, he sucks

I'll take this all day. Underrated player

Blackmon is a total no go for the Sox. I could see them absorbing remaining $ to lower prospect cost for sure though

Nobody has directly singled out Tepera as of yet Not hard to connect the dots that he is a potential relief rental target though

Tepera would make a ton of sense, plus cost couldn't be too high

Hard for me to understand what the logic is for a Reds team not really in contention? They dealt Iglesias this offseason only to trade for pen help now?

He's certainly annoying to watch, but hard to deny that he has been pretty effective the past few seasons

With rare exception, teams won't move high quality prospects for rental players. Salary relief is valuable in and of itself. The big prospects get dealt when there are multiple years of control at a reasonable price.

Sox likely will have to protect Perez, as he is exactly the kind of guy a bottom dweller would roll the dice on in rule five