steveno89

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

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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

You realize Crochet is just turned 22 about a month ago and had zero time in the minors to develop before being tossed into a MLB bullpen, right? The stuff is there, and with further development he could become really valuable.

I would be very surprised if the Sox made Crochet available in trade talks. He's a valuable bullpen piece right now and has starter potential if developed properly.

I'm not loving the cost to acquire BP help either. Wait it out until the deadline when clubs have more incentive to move their rental assets.

Sox thankfully do not have a current need to add starting pitching. Usually it is expensive to trade for at the deadline.

Agreed. Turner is simply not a realistic trade option for the Sox as the asking price will be exorbitant. Hahn is shrewd enough to not clean out the farm for any one player. Expect them to go the rental route.

I am not expecting any splashy deadline deals for the Sox. Really think they look to go the relatively inexpensive rental route with Escobar and a a reliever. Our farm does not have the pieces for bigger fish

Baz looks like a stud as well Pirates really screwed up that trade