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Excellent move. Now STOP. No more moves unless you can get something for Layne (which I doubt). A lefty in the pen, IMO, was the only totally necessary move.

Starting to get excited about Cedrola and Tyler Hill. Two young outfielders having really good seasons! Those guys may really move up in the rankings.

Norm, that is so sad! I love when Trump says that.

Sorry but I've been drinking. Lets talk about DEADLIFTS! Clay is worth more than "a bag of balls".

After all that has gone on this past week, climaxing with the Pomeranz trade and the signing of Groome, is Buchholz going to be moved. He has had multiple opportunities to turn around his poor season. I doubt he will add much in the pen, and with Joe Kelly pretty much ready to contribute in that role, I can see him being traded or worse.

Do you think management have given up on salvaging Buchholz finely or do you still see some reason to continue with him on the staff?

If you see him traded, what could we honestly figure on with respect to a return? I still believe, with the right team, he has value...especially taking into account the high cost of starting pitching. I don't see him back in our rotation this year. He seems to be healthy (which is fine for a change), but he no longer seems to be able to consistently stay out of trouble.

In my opinion, if we paid a good portion of his salary, we may be able to get a B prospect back.

I THINK I'm finally ready to say how I feel about the Espinoza trade. It has taken a few days for me to listen to you all, watch countless videos, and hear what the so-called experts had to say.

My initial response was one of shock, or as Nathan Lane said in Bird Cage....dismayed. I was angry for several hours, and some of you know I practically "stalked" Anderson Espinoza last year. I was sold and excited to see him move up the latter and pitch in Fenway. After drafting Groome and seeing how Kopech was developing, I couldn't help myself with thinking of us having a young powerful rotation like the Mets of last year. That sounded unbelievable!

After watching Drew's videos and seeing how his 3rd pitch has developed, I was definitely liking what I saw. The 2 1/2 years of control and low salary were big pluses for me. I can actually see Pomeranz giving us a solid turn every 5 days (and that is for 2 more years!). He is not only just 27, but has thrown few pitches in that time and certainly may have a bigger shelf life that others.

Let's face it, we needed another starter BADLY. I'm definitely a prospect type follower and appreciate Cherington NOT moving our kids, but it comes time to stop trying to accumulate as many prospects as possible. Hoarding kids does not mean we will ever get to the promise land. WHEN was it going to be a good time for me or you for us to go all in? I love Espinoza, but he is potential. Pomeranz is still young, an All-Star, and someone who quite possibly has his best years ahead of him.

Someone here stated how difficult it was going to be, even this off season, to pick up a solid starter without paying WAY too much. DD may have rounded off our rotation by trading one piece (a big piece) for some stability for the remainder of this season and for the 2 years after. When I take all of that into account, I believe we did real well. We are now, because of the moves DD has made over the last week, a solid contender. Some of you felt like waiting for what....another year.....2 years....to go all in? I'm excited that we now can go head to head with anyone in our division, in our league, and against anyone from the other league once our walking wounded get back.

Some of you were, IMO, to harsh on DD. He was brought in here to do one thing....WIN. Lets all get excited about a team that now has few faults and may actually play in October!!

Solid move. Rijo was never going to play with the Sox and probably won't even sniff the majors. Definitely sold high on Wilkerson also. Hill can be really streaky, but he does hit lefties well. Good depth move.

WHEN is the deadline for signings? Once I know that, I can start to freak out during the last 24 hours.

I was at the GCL game and got the opportunity to talk in length with his dad and mom. They live in Cocco Beach on the Atlantic side of Florida, and traveled to see his 1st outing since going on leave. The hits in the 1st inning were a dribbler between 3rd and home, a solid double down the right field line, and a fly ball to right center that was in the air a long time (and should have been caught IMO).

He was throwing a real good breaking ball, but had a lot of trouble commanding his fastball. In the 2nd, everything got crisper. In the 3rd it seemed everything clicked and he looked real strong. His curve looked real good as he was able to control it well and throw it for consistent strikes (mostly down in the zone). He threw 3 crisp fastballs for strikes on the corners in the 3rd.

His dad told me an interesting story about Brian starting off as a right handed thrower and he forced him to throw left-handed when he was about 6 years old. I told him how much everyone is pulling for him to be ready soon, and how much (God knows) we need him! His mom and dad said he is doing very well now and has been given the idea he will be pitching in Lowell late next week.

Well there goes Jon Jay. I thought he was a perfect candidate to platoon with Young. But it has now been reported he has a broken forearm. And the beat goes on.

I love those 6 K's! This kid is still so young. It may take a little longer than we prefer on this site, but Ball is starting to put some things together.