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In Sunday’s blog we took a look at who might win the Most Valuable Player and Cy young awards. I thought today we could go through who might be the Rookie of the Year.

In the American League Rookie of the Year race, it looked like Josh Jung of the Texas Rangers was going to win the award. Now he still might, but his candidacy has been slowed down by a broken hand. Jung is hitting .274 and leads all rookies in home runs with 22 and RBIs with 67. Jung hasn’t played since August 6th due to his injury, but reports are that he’ll return at some point this season. Depending on when that return happens Jung might not have enough time to reestablish himself in the Rookie of the Year race.

Because he’s 29 years old and spent 7 seasons playing in the Japanese league people may not remember that Masataka Yoshida of the Boston Red Sox is in his rookie year. Yoshida is leading all rookies in batting average as he’s hitting .300. His other numbers are solid as he has 12 home runs and 56 RBIs. He’s also the rookie leader in hits with 121. We’ve seen multiple players come over from Japan and win the Rookie of the Year award. The last time was just 5 years ago when Shohei Ohtani was the Rookie of the Year in the American League.

Now you’re going to hear other names like Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles, Anthony Volpe of the New York Yankees and Tristan Casas another Red Sox rookie because they play for bigger market teams. Henderson has been solid and has 19 home runs but is hitting just .237. Volpe has played in more games than any other rookie (120) and does have 16 home runs but is hitting just .212. Casas struggled in the first half of the season but does have 19 home runs and has the best batting average of these three at .254. I don’t think that any of these three has done enough to win Rookie of the Year, but they’ll get some votes because of the teams they play for.

A name you won’t hear that deserves some consideration for Rookie of the Year is Maikel Garcia of the Kansas City Royals. Garcia is hitting .290 in 86 games this season and has 18 stolen bases. Garcia was called up a little over a month into the season, so he hasn’t played as many games as some of the other rookies, but he’s been an everyday player for Kansas City since being brought up. Of course, the problem Garcia is going to run into in the Rookie of the Year voting is that he plays for with the second worst record in Major League Baseball.

Coming into this season Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks was the odds-on favorite to win the N.L. Rookie of the Year and he’s been solid. Carroll is tied for the most home runs by a National League rookie with 21. He’s also leading all National League rookies in stolen bases with 36. Carroll is hitting .269 and has 59 RBIs, so he has the numbers to be considered for the award.

What’s interesting in the National League is the fact that the Cincinnati Reds have not one, not two but three rookies that should get votes for the Rookie of the Year award. Elly De La Cruz seems to get most of the media attention. De La Cruz has played in 59 games this season. He has 10 home runs and 26 RBIs as well as 18 stolen bases while hitting .263. De La Cruz does strikeout a lot as he’s already struck out 90 times in his 59 games, but we all know strikeouts no longer mean what they used to for hitters. Spencer Steer has played in more games than any other National League rookie (116) and he also has more hits than any other National League rookie 117. Steer has 18 home runs, 66 RBIs and has reached double digits in steals with 10 while hitting .272. Reds shortstop Matt McLain is also in this conversation. McLain has played in 94 games and is hitting .294 with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs while playing what might be the toughest defensive position. McLain has only made 1 error at shortstop this season and has a fielding percentage of .994.

Now it’s doubtful that any of the Cincinnati players will win Rookie of the Year because they will probably cancel each other out. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them all end up in the Top 10 of the Rookie of the Year voting, but I don’t anyone of them will win the award.

Even though he’s only hitting .226 I wouldn’t be surprised to see Francisco Alvarez of the New York Mets get quite a few Rookie of the Year votes. Alvarez is tied with Carroll for most home runs by a National League rookie with 21 while playing in 26 less games than Carroll has. Alvarez is also handling the catching duties for the Mets and even though their season has been disappointing Alvarez is one of their few bright spots.

There are some Rookie of the Year candidates. Let me know who you think will win the award in each league. Maybe you think it’s someone that I’ve listed here or maybe there’s someone you’ve noticed that I didn’t mention. I’m not sure if there’s been one rookie that has run away with the award this season which should make the voting interesting. Who knows maybe there’s even a pitcher on your list that you think could win the award.

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As Major League Baseball enters the dog days of August, I’ve heard a lot of talk about who’s going to win what awards when the season ends. At this point the regular season is headed down the stretch and it makes a little more sense to discuss who might win what than it did back in April and May when they were also doing this. So, let’s see where we are.

It’s clear that no matter what else happens the rest of the season and even though it’s looking like his team will miss the playoffs again Shohei Ohtani will win the American League Most Valuable Player award. To be fair he is having a very good year and actually has a slim chance of winning the triple crown. I have a feeling if he did that, they would make a much bigger deal out of it than when Miguel Cabrera did it and there were media members who still didn’t think he deserved to win MVP.

There’s a lot more intrigue over who might win the National League MVP. It appears as though the three top contenders are Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers and teammates Ronld Acuna Jr. and Matt Olson of the Atlanta Braves.

Freeman is currently 2nd in the N. L. in batting average. He currently has 23 home runs, 83 RBI’s and has stolen 16 bases. Plus, he is leading the National League in OPS.

Acuna Jr. is right behind Freeman in the N.L. batting race as he sits 3rd. Acuna Jr. currently has 26 home runs, 71 RBI’s and is the major league leader in stolen bases with 54. Acuna is also 2nd in OPS in the N.L.

Olson’s batting average isn’t quite as high as Freeman’s or Acuna Jr’s, but he is leading all of Major League Baseball in home runs with 42 and RBIs with 105. Olson is also 3rd in the National League in OPS.

They are easily the best candidates for the National League MVP award. You do have to wonder if the fact that Acuna Jr. and Olson are teammates if that might hurt their chances. It’s very possible that they could split the vote and Freeman could end up winning the MVP award.

There was a situation like this all the way back in 1988. Darryl Strawberry and Kevin McReynolds of the New York Mets both had great years and ended up splitting 1st place votes for MVP and Kirk Gibson who just happened to be with the Dodgers won the award. Is it possible that another Dodger could win an MVP award under similar circumstances?

Now when you start looking at the Cy Young award in each league there’s not really a pitcher that jumps out at you.

In the National League Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres has the best ERA 2.63 and has held opponents to the lowest batting average against at .196. Justin Steele of the Chicago Cubs, Spencer Strider of the Atlanta Braves and Tajuan Walker of the Philadelphia Phillies are tied for the lead league in wins with 13 each. Steele may be a at the top of that group as he has the 2nd best ERA in the N.L. behind Snell. Strider is currently leading the N.L. in strikeouts with 217. Zac Gallen of the Arizona Diamondbacks has the best WHIP in the N. L. and has won 12 games so far this season.

There’s a large group of pitchers to choose from in the National League and I wouldn’t be surprised if this ends up being the closest Cy Young vote ever.

In the American League there are two starting pitchers who might’ve shown more than anyone else. Nathan Eovaldi of the Texas Rangers is leading the league in ERA at 2.69 and is 11-3 this season with 2 complete games. Eovaldi’s issue is he’s only made 19 starts as he is currently inured and it’s unclear when he’ll return. Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees has put together another very good season. Cole is 10-3 and is right behind Eovaldi in the ERA race as Cole’s ERA is 2.75. Zach Eflin of the Tampa Bay Rays is leading the A.L. in wins with 12 and is also leading the league in WHIP at 0.97.

What I’m actually wondering is if the voters will want to make history and give the Cy Young as well as the MVP to Ohtani. On the mound Ohtani has posted a 10-5 record with an ERA of 3.17 and is the league leader in batting average against at .185 and he’s 3rd in strikeouts with 165. Those are solid numbers, but I don’t think he’s been the best pitcher in the American League.

In all honesty the best pitcher in the A.L. has been Baltimore Orioles closer Felix Bautista. He’s appeared in 50 games and is 6-2 with an ERA of 1.66 and has 31 saves. His WHIP is 0.98 and teams are hitting just .153 against him.

Of course, the voters don’t like to give relievers the Cy Young. The last time a relief pitcher won the Cy Young was back in 1983 when Eric Gagne of the Dodgers won the award. So, Bautista has quite a hill to climb to win the Cy Young.

While we have to wait until the votes are counted to find out who won that doesn’t mean you can’t tell me who you think are going to win these awards. Is it someone I have listed here? Or is there someone out there that you think deserves to win one of these awards?

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Since the trade deadline the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox have really struggled. Cincinnati is just 1-7 since August 1st while the Red Sox are just a little better at 2-5 since the trade deadline.

I was surprised to hear that people are trying to compare these two teams as neither one was very active at the trade deadline and that’s what their struggles are being blamed on.

With the exception of both teams not doing much at the trade deadline the similarities stop there for me. The Red Sox are much more of a veteran team as they have eight of eight of their nine regulars over the age of 26 with three of them being over 30. The Reds on the other hand just four regulars over the age of 27 and just one over the age of 35.

The Red Sox also play in the best division in baseball, so it’s unclear what kind of deals they would’ve had to of made to get themselves in contention. Cincinnati on the other hand plays in what might be the worse division in baseball, and should they have mortgaged the future they’ve been building with their prospects for this season?

Then you also have to ask, what big names were out there for either team to acquire? Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer where the only really big names moved at the trade deadline and while both the Red Sox and the Reds probably could’ve used either of them would it have been the right move for either team?

The Red Sox may get some help for their starting rotation as it’s being reported that Chris Sale is going to start for them on Friday of this week. Sale has battled injuries for the last few seasons, but he was solid this season making 11 starts and going 5-2 with an ERA of 4.58.

The Reds also got some veteran help back as Joey Votto returned on June 19th. Votto has struggled since returning as he’s hitting just .203, but he’s added some power to the Reds lineup as he’s hit 13 home runs in the 40 games he’s played since returning.

It does appear that both teams could’ve used some kind of help, but who and at what cost. There are always people who said they should’ve put a package together to acquire Shohei Ohtani, but the Los Angeles Angels made it very clear that they weren’t going to trade Ohtani, so people need to stop suggesting that.

Some of the other names out there were players like Marcus Stroman and Cody Bellenger who both play for the Chicago Cubs. It’s doubtful that the Cubs would’ve made a serious inter-division trade with the Reds and don’t forget that the Cubs also said that they would be hanging onto Stroman and Bellenger as they were going to try and get into the playoffs themselves.

As things sit right now the Red Sox are 58-55, but unfortunately that puts them in last place in the Amercian League East. Boston is 12 games behind the division leading Baltimore Orioles, so winning the division isn’t going to happen, but the Red Sox are just 5 games out of a wild card spot. The biggest issue to the Red Sox wild card chances is that they’d have to jump five teams to get that final wild card spot and that’s not easy to do this time of the year.

Cincinnati is 60-56 which puts them not only a 1 1/2 behind the division leading Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central, but they are also just 1 1/2 games out of a wild card spot. Unlike the Red Sox the Reds just have two teams that they’d have to move past to get into a wild card spot.

It’s unclear if either team will get into the playoffs as we still have a little less than 50 games to go in the regular season and a lot could happen between now and the end of the regular season.

So, what do you think. Do you see either the Red Sox or the Reds getting into the playoffs or maybe you think that both teams will find their way into the playoffs. Let me know what you think, and which team has the best chance to get in the playoffs in your opinion.

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My friend Rory sent me this little tidbit and I thought I’d share it with you to start off the blog.

Major League Baseball has been around 147 years, and there have been a little over 23,000 players who have played in a professional baseball game.

To put that in perspective the smallest stadium by capacity is Progressive Field at 37,830. Meaning is ever player who’s ever put on a big-league uniform from 1876 to 2023 sat in the stands, the stadium would only be at 61% capacity.

I just thought that was an interesting fact to start out with.

Now as we’ve went over a few times here the Major League Baseball trade deadline was August 1st. Now there are no more trades allowed like there used to be where if a player made it through waivers he could still be traded. Oddly there still seems to be a lot of player movement even though they are no trades allowed. So how is this happening?

I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise that teams would find a way to get around the trade deadline and to an extent they have. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there have been quite a few players that have been designated for assignment by their teams.

Now generally that would mean that the team that designated the player had 10 days to either trade or release him. Well since trades are no longer allowed these players are released and become free to sign with any team they choose to.

Obviously, this isn’t going to happen to any superstar type of players, but those kinds of players were rarely moved in waiver deals anyway.

What it ends up meaning is playoff contenders can add those extra pieces without having to give anything up to get them.

I guess a good example of this might be Ramon Laureano who was designated for assignment by the Oakland A’s this afternoon. The A’s made a series of roster moves leading up to Laureano being designated. Oakland activated Dany Jimenez and Esteury Ruiz from the IL, and the optioning of reliever Tayler Scott to Triple-A.

Laureano has struggled with injuries the last couple of seasons, and also served an 80-game suspension after testing positive for an anabolic steroid in 2021.

Laureano is just 29 years old and could be a very solid fourth outfielder on a playoff contending type of team.

Even though Laureano has struggled at the plate this season, he’s hitting just .213 in 64 games this season. He’s still a plus defender in the outfield. Laureano has 6 outfield assists this season.

Laureano is just an example there are quite a few players that have been designated for assignment and are the type of player that playoff contending teams can still add even though we’re past the trade deadline.

Like I mentioned I don’t think that any of these players would end up winning a World Series MVP for the team that might pick them up, but they can be more than suitable pinch hitters, defensive replacements and bench players.

I’m kind of on the fence if this is a good thing or a bad thing. There’s a reason that MLB put in the trade deadline and ended waiver trades, but this is a way around that rule. I’m not even sure if there would be a way to avoid this from happening. MLB really can’t tell teams how to manage their roster and if they want to designate a player no matter who that player is they’re allowed to.

I do wonder if anything would be said or possibly changed if one of these players that was designated for assignment signed with a playoff team and actually got the game winning hit in a playoff series. I haven’t heard anyone else mention this, but if something like a game winning hit happened someone might take notice.

I’m interested to know what you think about this.

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The Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and gone and the best way to describe it would be uneventful. There was no big blockbuster type of deal as the two biggest names moved were Justn Verlander who went back to the Houston Astros and Max Scherzer who was traded days before the deadline.

Even though the Los Angeles Angels came out and announced that they wouldn’t be trading Shohei Ohtani there was still quite a bit of talk about him being dealt. I think that was just a pray by the mainstream media, so they’d have something big to talk about.

The Angels instead decided to add players at the trade deadline to make a run at the playoffs. The other American League West teams also added to try and hold onto their playoff spots. The Texas Rangers added multiple arms to their pitching staff including Scherzer while the Astros bought back Verlander to try and shore up their starting rotation.

Oddly the biggest news at the trade deadline may have been the deal that didn’t happen. The Los Angeles Dodgers were looking to add starting pitching and thought they had a deal in place with the Detroit Tigers to acquire Eduardo Rodriguez, but Rodriguez used the no-trade clause in his contract to block the deal and remain with the Tigers.

Rodriguez’s contract has 10 teams listed that he can block a trade to, and the Dodgers were obviously one of them. Rodriguez said that he blocked the trade because of a “a desire to remain closer to family on the east coast.”

As always there will be a lot of talk about which teams won and which teams lost at the trade deadline, but in reality, we won’t know until the season plays out. There wasn’t really a team out there that can walk away and say they acquired everything they wanted at the deadline. It’s just a matter now about who performs for their new team and who doesn’t.

With Scherzer and Verlander being traded it will be interesting to see how the New York Mets fill out their starting rotation for the remainder of the season.

As of now the Mets have Kodai Senga, Jose Quintana and Carlos Carrasco in the starting rotation, but they’ll need at least two more or maybe three, but the Mets don’t have any high-profile pitching prospects that they might be able to call up.

The Mets do have Joey Lucchesi and Tyler Megill in Triple-A. so you’d think that they would be the two players who’d get called up to take those spots. Lucchesi has been solid at Triple-A, but Megill has struggled in his 6 starts as his ERA is 8.67.

The Mets two best starting pitching prospects in Triple-A are Joey Butto and Mike Vasil, but they both have ERAs over 6 for Syracuse, so it’s doubtful that either of them would be brought up to fill out the starting rotation.

Senga is scheduled to start for the Mets tonight against the Kansas City Royals, but the Mets haven’t listed a starter for tomorrow’s game. It’s possible that the Mets will make multiple roster moves before tonight or tomorrow night’s game.

So let me know what you thought about the MLB trade deadline. Did your favorite team make the moves you hoped they’d make? Did they acquire the players they needed to contend for a playoff spot? Or did they sell off players for prospects to try and rebuild towards next season?

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In Wednesday’s blog I asked if or how long it would take for a bigger name to get traded. As it turned out the answer was Saturday.

Yesterday the New York Mets sent Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers for Luisangel Acuna. It was reported that the Rangers will pick up $15 million dollars of Scherzer’s remaining contract. Scherzer also activated his player option for the 2024 season forgiving his opt out opportunity at the end of the season.

Scherzer is a three-time Cy Young award winner and has won a World Series, but this has been a down year for Scherzer. In 19 starts this season Scherzer is a solid 9-4, but his ERA is 4.01. That would be the highest ERA Scherzer has had in a season since his rookie season in 2009 with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Scherzer’s has been good in two of his last three starts. In his last start for the Mets, he pitched 7 innings giving up 6 hits and 1 run against the Washington Nationals July 28th. Against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 16th Scherzer allowed just 1 hit over 7 innings. Scherzer did struggled against the Boston Red Sox on July 22nd giving up 5 runs on 6 hits.

The question will be, which Scherzer are the Rangers going to get. It’s doubtful that they’ll get the 3-time Cy Young award winner version of Scherzer, but he should provide some veteran stability to the Texas rotation.

Scherzer joins a Rangers rotation that has gotten a very good season out of Nathan Eovaldi and very solid seasons out of Jon Gray and Dane Dunning. Martin Perez and Andrew Heany both have ERAs near 5.00, so you’d have to think that Scherzer will bump one of those two from the starting rotation or will the Rangers try to use a 6-man rotation?

The Rangers currently lead the American League West by 1 game. The Houston Astros are the team that’s right behind the Rangers, but even if Texas doesn’t manage to win the division, they should still find their way into the playoffs as a wild card team. Of course, the Rangers would prefer to go into the playoffs as a division winner than a wild card.

In return for Scherzer the Mets receive a 21-year-old middle infielder in Acuna. In case you’re wondering when you saw the last name yes, he is the younger brother of Atlanta Braves superstar Ronald Acuna Jr.

Acuna played 84 games at Double-A for the Rangers. He hit .315 with 25 doubles, 7 home runs and 51 RBI’s. Acuna has also stolen 42 bases while only being caught 7 times.

Scherzer is the second pitcher that the Mets have traded this week as their closer David Robertson was dealt to the Miami Marlins earlier in the week. With just a couple of days left until the trade deadline you have to wonder if the Mets are done making moves.

So, what do you think of the Scherzer trade? And do you think that the Mets are done making trades?

Also, what do you think the Rangers will do? There are still quite a few rumors out there that the Rangers would like to add to their bullpen. Do you see the rangers going out and adding another big-name type of pitcher to their bullpen or do you think they just might add some extra arms to that bullpen?

As we’re headed towards the trade deadline are you excited? Do you see a lot of deals happening or do you think that will get a quieter trade deadline? Are you hoping that your favorite team picks up some players and tries to grab a wild card spot or would you rather see them move their veteran players and try to rebuild.

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Starting Lineup: 1. Kiki Cuyler-RF 2. Ryne Sandberg-2B 3. Billy Williams-LF 4. Hack Wilson-CF 5. Ernie Banks-1B 6. Sammy Sosa-DH 7. Ron Santo-3B 8. Gabby Hartnett-C 9. Joe Tinker-SS

Bench: Johnny Kling-C, Mark Grace-1B, Billy Herman-2B, Stan Hack-3B, Riggs Stephenson-LF (2B), Andy Pafko-CF (RF) (LF) (3B)

Starting Rotation: 1. Fergie Jenkins 2. Mordecai Brown 3. Hippo Vaughn 4. Rick Sutcliff 5. Rick Reuschel

Long Relievers: 1. Lon Warneke 2. Larry French 3. Carlos Zambrano

Set Up man: Charlie Root

Closers: 1. Lee Smith 2. Bruce Sutter

Believe it or not this is Jennifer’s last All-Time team. I hope that you enjoyed them, and I think you should check out the comments for this All-Time team as I expect Schaumburg Stu to list his own All-Time Cubs team.

I hope you’ve enjoyed these teams.

Starting Lineup: 1. Ichiro Suzuki-RF 2. Alvin Davis-1B 3. Edgar Martinez- DH 4. Ken Griffey Jr.-CF 5. Raul Ibanez- LF 6. Bret Boone-2B 7. Kyle Seager- 3B 8. J.P. Crawford-SS 9. Dan Wilson-C

Bench: Dave Valle- C, Bruce Bochte-1B (LF), Julio Cruz-2B, Brad Miller-SS (2B) (1B), Mike Cameron- CF (RF), Nelson Cruz-RF (LF), Phil Bradley-LF (CF)

Starting Rotation: 1. Jamie Moyer 2. Freddie Garcia 3. Felix Hernandez 4. Hisashi Iwakuma 5. Floyd Bannister

Long Relievers: 1. Mike Moore 2. Erik Hanson 3. Jim Beattie.

Set Up man: Jeff Nelson

Closer: J.J. Putz

This is Jennifer’s All-Time Seattle Mariners team. Please let us know what you think.

Batting Order: 1. Eddie Collins-2B 2. Lance Johnson-CF 3. Luke Appling- SS 4. Frank Thomas-DH 5. Magglio Ordonez-RF 6. Jose Abreu-1B 7. Minnie Minoso- LF 8. Robin Ventura-3B 9. Ray Schalk-C

Bench: Sherm Lollar-C, Nellie Fox- 2B, Luis Aparicio- SS, Willie Kamm-3B, Carlos Lee-LF (1B), Fielder Jones-CF (RF), Harold Baines-RF

Starting Rotation: 1. Ed Walsh 2. Mark Buehrle 3. Eddie Cicotte 4. Ted Lyons 5. Tommy John

Long Relievers: 1. Red Faber 2. Billy Pierce 3. Wilbur Wood

Set Up man: Hoyt Wilhelm

Closer: Keith Foulke

Here’s Jennifer’s choices for the All-Time White Sox team. Let us know what you think.

As we get closer and closer to the Major League Baseball trade deadline we’re hearing a lot of rumors, but yesterday there was actually a trade made.

The Los Angeles Dodgers sent two relievers Nick Robertson and Justin Hagenman to the Boston red Sox in return for former Dodger Enrique “Kiki” Hernandez.

Hernandez played for the Dodgers for six seasons 2015 until 2020 and was part of the Dodgers World Series winning 2020 team.

Hernandez signed a three-year $24 million-dollar free agent deal with the Red Sox after the 2020 season. He is in the final year of that contract and Boston is going to pick up $2.5 million of the remaining $3.6 million dollars Hernandez is owed.

Hernandez found success with the Dodgers as a super utility player, but his luck hasn’t been as good with the Red Sox especially this season. Hernandez is hitting .222 this season.

There was talk of him being the Red Sox everyday centerfielder when they signed him, but he’s spent time not only in center field but at 2nd base and shortstop. Hernandez has spent the majority of his time this season as the Red Sox short stop, but in his first two seasons with the team he played more in the outfield.

The move to shortstop for Hernandez came after Trevor Story was injured and defensively Hernandez has been a liability. Hernandez is a -6 in Defensive Runs Saved and a -13 in Outs Above Average.

As for who the Red Sox are getting in return. Robertson is a 25-year-old right-handed pitcher who’s appeared in 9 games for the Dodgers this season. Robertson is 0-1 with a 6.13 ERA over 10 1/3rd innings. He’s struck out 13 while walking 4 and has only given up 1 home run.

Hagenman is a 26-year-old right-handed pitcher. He’s made 25 appearances for the Dodgers Triple-A team affiliate the Oklahoma City Dodgers in the PCL. He’s 4-0 with a 2.78 ERA and 1 save. He’s struck out 60 batters while walking 11 over 55 innings.

Both Robertson and Hagenman will start their Red Sox careers at Triple-A Worchester, but there’s a possibility that Robertson could be brought up quickly to work out of the Boston bullpen.

We’ve had a couple of other teams make some minor moves. The Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays all added some pitching depth which is to be expected from any team that thinks it’s a contender. I’m sure there will be a lot of pitchers changing teams before the trade deadline hits.

I guess will have to wait a little longer to see if we get some bigger name players dealt. As for now it’s just talk.

How long do you think it will be before we see a bigger name player on the move? Considering that the trade deadline is August 1st, you’d think it would be soon.

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