6/27-6/29 Red Sox vs. Marlins Series Thread

Yeah this, or if they could improve a position but it would mean they have an extra good player on the roster, well that's what trades are for. And every team can always use another great pitcher.

78 home run season in that clown box

Maybe some of those controllable guys who are good to above average players get traded away for more prospects or in a multiplayer package for a star and then you augment with a star free agent or two? This is why President of Baseball Ops get paid the big bucks. It's also why finding talent wherever you can better than other teams do it is so important. A small number of teams are really good at this (LAD, TAM, HOU) and others seem to be good at finding certain kinds of players. Everyone else just playing catch-up or the imitation game with LAD, TAM and HOU and trying to see what sticks. Meanwhile those three and maybe one or two others are innovating at a level above everyone else.

Duran LF
Turner DH
Verdugo RF
Devers 3B
Duvall CF
Casas 1B
K. Hernández 2B
D. Hamilton SS
Wong C

Whitlock P

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Also, let's not forget that the guys not named Devers and Story have affordable salaries and control, which makes some of them prime trade-bait in packages to pick up All Star players. This includes someone like Mayer or Casas, who may be above average but who could be packaged to get a star and may even be used in such a deal because there's someone else in the system who can reasonably replace his performance.

Not suggesting they deal off Mayer or Casas per se, only these are the kinds of guys who could be used to get you someone better in a position of need, if not their position explicitly. It's all part of the calculus.

*They can afford more than this. The luxury tax is a suggestion, and a cost of doing business if you can get a controllable impact player or two in his prime.

I'm assuming this is more about getting Masa the day off after travelling than it is about playing Duvall.

Cotillo and McAdam dropped a pod discussing some of the issues in this thread and others, including:

- Is Bloom or Cora (or both) on the hot seat?

- Are they buyers or sellers at the trade deadline, or, (perhaps worse) both, like last year?

- Who has more front office support - Bloom or Cora? Interesting comments regarding Sam Kennedy vs. Henry and Werner.

- Team construction going forward and Story's role going forward.

- Rotation issues.

- Do you keep Paxton and perhaps extend him, or deal him at the deadline? Hint: We're not the only ones who think he may fetch a top 100 prospect (personal aside, can we call this keep/extend/or trade question "The Paxton Paradox"?).

Cora made a statement a couple days ago about needing to get Duvall daily at bats "to get him going." This doesn't exclude getting Yoshida an extra day of rest, but it seemed to indicate Cora thought Duvall was on the cusp of a break-through. Perhaps, like an old lawn mower, Cora sees Duvall needing just a few more pulls of the cord to get the old Briggs and Stratton rumbling back to life.

Gamblers Fallacy, or legit observation? Only time will tell...

His return numbers have been pretty ugly. Here's hoping he catches fire soon.

Still wondering why the hell Cora keeps slotting him in the 5th or 6th position in the line-up (or Refsnyder in the lead-off spot when he's inexplicably starting against RHP) when he should probably be batting 9th at this point.

alright....they are still the Marlins and we are still the Red Sox.  Also, this 21-18 home record...expletive....is way out of line.

Sweep !!