Along with the previously reported Nationals, the Astros had interest in Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto prior to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, according to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe. Both teams’ interest in Realmuto dates back to at least last offseason, but neither they nor anyone else have been able to pry the star backstop out of Miami. Instead of Realmuto, the Astros ended up acquiring the much less exciting Martin Maldonado from the Angels before the deadline. He’s backing up Max Stassi, who has emerged as the Astros’ starter since Brian McCann underwent knee surgery a month ago. Stassi got off to a great offensive start this year before cooling off significantly over the past couple months, though he is having an elite season behind the plate.
- The Red Sox inquired about Marlins closer Kyle Barraclough before the deadline, but Boston ultimately “backed off,” Cafardo writes. Barraclough wound up staying with the Marlins, who placed a high asking price on the flamethrowing right-hander. The 28-year-old hasn’t been good of late, as his ERA has skyrocketed from .99 to 3.28 since the beginning of July, but he still comes with a quality track record and affordable team control. As a result, the Marlins elected to keep Barraclough, who will make his first of three possible trips through arbitration during the winter.
- In an interestingly timed move, the Angels announced Sunday that special assistant Eric Chavez will manage their Triple-A team in Salt Lake for the rest of the season. Previous manager Keith Johnson will finish the year on the Angels’ coaching staff, and GM Billy Eppler said Sunday that the Halos want him to work with their young infielders (Twitter link via Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times). The decision to replace Johnson with Chavez raised eyebrows, though, given that the latter has come up as a potential replacement for Angels skipper Mike Scioscia, who’s reportedly going to retire at the end of the season. The 40-year-old Chavez, a longtime major league third baseman, had never managed at any level until the Angels handed him the Triple-A reins.
- Standout White Sox outfield prospect Eloy Jimenez is “getting really close” to earning a major league promotion, director of player development Chris Getz said Sunday (via 670 The Score, on Twitter). The 21-year-old Jimenez, whom Baseball America, MLB.com and FanGraphs all regard as the game’s third-best prospect, has hit an astounding .376/.425/.679 with eight home runs and a .303 ISO in 120 plate appearances since the White Sox moved him to Triple-A Charlotte in late June.
Why is Realmuto on the team this is most likely going to be the best season of his career… catchers don’t age well and Realmuto will most likely lose some of his power when he hits 30, similar to Posey.
Because it would take a haul to get the best Catcher in baseball.
Yeah Posey would cost a team their entire farm.
I think they meant Realmuto…
At this point in his career Posey would not cost “the farm”
Posey’s lack of power this year is due to his balky hip
MLBTR and the rest of the baseball sports media gets fixated on a player, and the readers / commentators play along.
I’m so old I remember 2 weeks of “Which team will Hanley Rameriz wind up with?” daily after the Red Sox released him……and surprisingly the Sox somehow are carrying on without him. Stunning.
wow… HanRam in Boston? You’re really dating yourself there.
No one ever cared where hanley was going
Sox had an infield of 3 journymen and a utility player start the other night. Mookie then came in to replace Kinsler. And they won.
Nunez, Holt, Kinsler and Pearce. Go figure. Makes me think back to 2013
Do you know how arrogant AND rediculous you sound at the same time? First you think that what you say about Ramirez makes you sound old and experienced. But worse than that you mention how ALLLLLL the media, commentators and readers play along..except for you of course. You are the one voice of reason where there is no other shouting into the wind of stupidity.
lol
Actually son, it’s a matter of the media trying to make the news, rather than report it.
A way of life in America.
Any reasonable, critical-thinking person has to lol.
Gotta keep the 25 hour news cycle going!
If you’re going to call someone ridiculous please spell it correctly.
I don’t know about rediculous. Maybe bluediculous or even greendiculous but not red.
Can’t wait until David Price faces the Yankees. (Today) Sunday Night baseball to watch Lol
And why exactly is that? The Yankees are gonna be swept.
I’m a Sox fan and my fingers are crossed tonight. We’ll take 3 of 4 but if price shows up that’s just a bonus.
Sox are the hottest team on both sides of the field right now. Bullpen top 10, offense top 5, starters been doing well. Looking good for the stretch run but like I said fingers crossed.
Looks like the injury bug is catching them now but hopefully it’ll pass and everybody’s ready to go for the stretch.
Don has done an exemplary job of getting those fillers, definitely executive of the year.
Eduardo Rodriguez is threw his bullpen on the field mound to Dan Butler today. Expects to be back before August ends.. Good news.
Only concerns Gary are injuries and bullpen walks. As great a year as this team has had, it means nothing without a championship. 2013 might have been a far weaker club than 03 yet they won. If it weren’t for 04, the pain from 03 would still be in New England.
Hope so. That would be great news.
Dewey, injuries are definitely the big one. Sale is missing another start. Sox are insisting it isn’t a setback. Hope its just a little extra caution with a bigger lead than expected.
Too me Eduardo is the key I’m not really sure most people know how good he was pitching when he went down. He was on a 19 inning dominant scoreless streak. They really need him to be that guy in the post season. To me he is the key and of course a healthy Sale goes without saying Sale has to be healthy and firing for the Sox to make it through post season.
Throw in Porcello. In other words, the Sox will win if their starting rotation is healthy…enough to move Price to the bullpen…
He’s hoping the Yankees can redeem themselves in a series the Red Sox have dominated.
Outscored (23-9) and Outhit (32-14)
David Price is the Red Sox version of Sonny Gray, when he plays against the Yanks. They will salvage the series with “moral victory” and avoid a sweep.
Sonny Gray is incomparable. My favorite Yankee player
David Price is comparable. My favorite Red.Sox player
Price has had trouble with NY this year. Sonny has trouble with every team including the watered down O’s. But he is available in the pen tonight.
July 16, 2017. Price vs Tanaka, Sunday night baseball at Fenway
Price throws 8 shutout innings, 8k’s no walks. Sox win 3-0.
July 1, 2018: eight runs, five HR, 3 ¹/₃ IP
“In 275 career starts, Price had never given up more than three home runs in a game. The Yankees matched that their first 10 at-bats, then hit two more in their next 10.”
So what Price shows up tonight? Whichever one it is, I bet he does better than Sonny did vs the Orioles.
There is nothing the Yankees can do tonight that will salvage the series.
Sonny Gray would love to have David Price’s paycheck and bank account. Utopia would be David Price leads the team to the championship and opts out. What’s more unlikely, that Price leads or leaves the team?
Good point Dewey. Love to see Price opt out, but I doubt that happens unless he pitches very well from now to the end.
There isn’t much out there in the way of sp.. I man can hope he leaves and makes payroll space for Sale and his next big contract.
No chance on planet earth David price declines that option. He’d be costing himself over 50 million. And That’s being conservative
Great game, guys. I was really looking forward to see Sonny Gray pitch long relief, if Holder made it past that inning Lol. Walk off in 10th inning. W or L, Price did not deserve to lose, based off today’s performance. I think W for Price mentally.
Gary, you got what you wanted. Price pitched well enough to keep you in the game. Andujar.. *sigh*
Not exactly the 1927 Yanks tonight.
Hicks, Stanton, Gregorius, Torres, Andujar, Voit, Gardner, Romine, Robinson.
Still a good line up. Every team has injuries. Sox have 1/3rd of their regulars out (Vasquez, Pedie and Devers), multiple starting pitchers have been on the DL just about the whole year and one, Sale missed his start this time around and he’s as good as anyone in either league. Betts and Bogie have also missed short stretches. Of course Judge being out hurts but there is enough talent pn the club to overcome it.
I hope Price steps up and shuts the yankees down. To put the al east in the yankees rearview.
Wouldn’t that be putting the AL East in Boston’s rear view?
Yea thats what I mean lol , I want to see the yankees lose the wildcard game.
With the weak lineup NY is going with, Price will be fine.
Damn. Forgot about Judge’s injury…
In any case. I’m not trying to talk trash. It’s going to be fun :) Be on the look out for Didi Gregorius:
“Didi Gregorius has had more success against tonight’s Red Sox starter David Price than any other pitcher he’s faced:
.433 AVG (13 for 30), with HR
(Minimum 30 PA)
We’ll be on the look out for JD…
Didi has been good vs Price. Sanchez killed him, Judge as well. With those two big RH bats out of the lineup, Price should be fine.
That doesn’t mean he will throw a shutout, just pitch a decent game.
I’m not trying to talk trash either.
Bruh, how about giving it a rest and not jinxing them.
What I post here or elsewhere jinxes no one.
LTDH easy my-man, that wasn’t a reply to you. Great song by the way.
No problem Pope. This format is confusing when it comes to replies. My bad.
I do love the song and my reason for the screen name.
Still don’t believe I jinxed NYY or affected the performance of today’s game in anyway whatsoever, but def one of the most painful game of my life.
You were half-right, Pope. Don’t count your chickens, before they hatch Lol.
Water under da-Bridge Bruh. A lot of teams in sports history have had juggernaut seasons and failed to get it done in the postseason. Just hope it ends for the Sox like how it did for a certain undefeated Boston team…
Ouch!
Their lineup not weak. All Judge n Sanchez is , is to ring up outs, if the Redsox pitching well.
You got “Their” right. After that, not so much. No idea what that 2nd sentence is trying to communicate.
I bet he strikes Popeye out!
Yankees own Price. Can’t wait to see how badly they knock him around tonight.
Yeah they won him. Yanks looking great against him tonight.
Xab,
Given the last three games, I expect more from you. Did MikeYank55 steal your logon credentials?
This news makes me believe even more that Scioscia is not yet aware that he is planning on retiring at the end of the season
I think the script reads that Scioscia is retiring at the end of the season, but I seriously doubt he’s down with that program. Angels are setting the stage, and it’s pretty clear they don’t intend to offer him a renewal contract. Scioscia can exit gracefully by “retiring”.
Yes, that is what seems to be playing out.
I’m guessing the news leaked out of Arte’s office. Scioscia did not know or like it and confronted. He was probably filled in on what is going on. Now Johnson is up for no reason other than the possibility Scioscia will choose to leave early instead of going with the graceful exit opportunity (or depending on how that meeting went, that graceful exit opportunity might have even turned into an early firing)
Arte adores scioscia. He would never leak this to damage that relationship
Someone in office may have though. Or possibly Eppler’s office
Chavez getting some experience to better his resume? Asmus/Chavez/Girardi seem like the way too early favorites
Heard it here first, Girardi is gonna manage the Cubs in 2019.
Music to my ears!
Heard it here first? Sorry, but Girardi’s name will be attached to every managierial opening this offseason. If you expect accolades for your predictions then you should predict someone like Phil Nevin for the Angels job. Someone whose name hasn’t been tossed around yet.
Why would Girardi be an early favorite?
Other than the fact that Eppler was in NY the same time Girardi was
Can’t discount the Girardi factor with Eppler in charge.
Wouldn’t surprise me in he least if Joe G shows up with an Angels uni on.
The politics of b.s., scioscia is getting a little bit of his own medicine.
Girardi is a NYY, mo matter what he wears. I thought he was gonna choke to death talking bout the 3 Boston wins over his beloved Yankees. Sure the Evil Empire has 2 out n the Redsox has 4 crucial pieces out yet no one is playing the pity game.
Joe Girardi is a Cub fan through and through, a local boy who grew up in Peoria, graduated from NW, fulfilled his dream of playing for them, and now will manage them.
you must be forgetting who the cubs manager is
And you forget the expectations on that club. Even though they won it all His moves were still overly scrutinized to this day. If they fail to win the WS this year, he’ll be gone.
Maddon would have to pull a Grady Little to get fired. His philosophy aligns perfectly with what Theo is trying to accomplish. I don’t see Girardi meshing like that.
Maddon is signed thru next season. Now it’s very possible he may not be extended depending on what happens later this year.
Exactly. Growing up in Peoria makes you either a Cub fan or a Cardinal fan and you develop a deep rooted hatred for the other.
I always get a chuckle when I hear Cardinals fans saying they are getting Girardi next year. There is as much chance of that as there is of him managing the Red Sox.
Girardi knows where the money comes from!
Why in the world would Duquette want the job as GM of the Mets if he losses the job with the Orioles? 2 of the most meddling owners in the game now with Georgie gone.
Cherington is a good fit for the Mets. If they were to make the PoBO position available they might be able to tempt Jed Hoyer to take the job.
Cherrington I think did the Panda disaster.
You forget John Henry meddling passive aggressive using the media to meddle.
True Henry owns the Globe. FALSE he gives orders to the GM regarding how the team is ran, FA signs etc.. If that was true? Former Tigers owner Iltch and many others would be included.. Which I purposely did not as they were/are not meddling.
Wilpon, Angelos family and of course Georgie go/went out of their way to counteract their respective GM’s, many times to the detriment of their respective team(s), much like Charlie “O did.
We are lucky to have JH as an owner. DD has total control as long as he stays within budget or requests to go over. As it should be.
If I owned the team, I’d want to know when 100,000,000 plus of my dollars were going to be spent as well
Moreno is a meddler as well. That Pujols contract never should have happened.
I go to a lot of Charlotte Knights games and Eloy looks like the real deal. He is outplaying his competition easily. I’m not a scout but just based on the eye-test of having watches him in person in about 20 games this year, he looks ready