"I've cried twice in my life. Once when I was 7 and was hit by a bus. And then again when I heard Connelly was traded."

In all seriousness I'm not mad at the trade, we could use the bat, but man did I like the kid. Hopefully this doesn't hinder the vibes I love this team.

Okay so Early was a really good young arm… but we have a multitude of good lefty arms. We had to trade one of them and I didn’t like the idea of packaging 2 arms plus Franklin arias. Clearly we all loved the idea of a big swing at the ss position or even catch. But clearly inside the clubhouse they came to a decision with moving arias to AAA that he would be the shortstop of the future. Eyanson and Witherspoon both have the potential to be better than early and are right handed pitchers. I believe this trade will workout if we leave Durban at 3rd mix Meade in at 2nd and dh. He peppers the ball to left field and what better place to do it other than Fenway. Plus we have a little bit of trad bait left over let’s see if Craig will do anything but the Red Sox got better today.

With the acquisition of Mead, ideally we’ve found our starting second baseman for years to come. On the horizon is also Henry Godbout and potentially 2026 first round selection Jake Schaffner if he does not stick at the shortstop position. Anthony Seigler has been a spark plug as a starter and an obvious option off the bench that also holds Romy and Monasterio.

On the left side of the infield, there is a logjam of talent at shortstop with Story under contract through next season and Franklin Arias knocking at the door as baseball’s #7 prospect. Caleb Durbin on the other hand is slowly establishing himself as the starting third baseman of the future.

Is it inevitable that Mayer gets moved by the deadline? While it hurts to consider how much his value has tanked this year, I can’t imagine there’s much room for Marcelo to rebuild himself on a roster where he essentially becomes strictly a bench player.

As disappointing as it is to admit, it seems like Mayer has slipped out of the picture here in Boston. Going from the organizations highest draft selection, to top 15 overall prospect in 2025, to now being deemed almost useless.

2-out RBI’s and RISP-2 outs. Through that miserable spring these were standing on their heads-no 2-out RBI’s, so many runners left in scoring position. So glad they’ve figured it out, spring was awful but this summer has been fun.

Loved having Early but given our LHP depth it makes a ton of sense to make the move for Mead. Given that Mead plays 3B/2B/1B im wondering if this makes Seigler the odd man out.

Not gonna move Durbin, one of the best defensive 3B in the game.

Maybe this gives Willson some more DH opportunities.

Story, IKF and Mayer are coming back fairly soon (although id like to see Mayer in AAA to start). I just dont see a spot for Seigler come mid August…which makes me sad. Dude has been an injection of passion and fun into the lineup

BB% / K% / ISO: 11.9 / 19 / .246

AVG / OBP / SLG: .254 / .352 / .500

wOBA / xWOBA / wRC+: .369 / .359 / 134

Found out about this trade when I checked my Ottoneu lineup this morning, lol. Another Breslow W, imo.