Jeff Passan

And I feel a little foolish for missing that.

But I also would suggest that

Maybe they're just not reaching their potential this month and we're going to see something going forward that's a little more like the Red Sox we expected.

I look at power numbers and the Red Sox have 21 home runs right now and the Yankees have 48.

That, to me, tells you everything you need to know with the separation between these two teams.

And, frankly, maybe even more surprising is the Jays have only 25 at this point.

You know, can we do it with, like, tick marks on his arm?

No.

Can we just use a Sharpie and every time just get one extra?

And then Vladdy goes on a heater and suddenly it looks like Parker's got some sort of weird disease on his arm.

It's hard for me to read this right now because...

Like the Mets, for example, they very clearly need a bat.

Talking with Houston potentially about one of its corner infielders, that makes sense.

But I feel like right now it almost has to be a perfect match because most teams, man, most teams think, boy, in this environment...

even if we're not all that good, we might still be a playoff team.

And it's why I'm a little bit worried about the trade deadline this year.

You know, as somebody whose job is to report on these sorts of deals, I always look forward to busy trade deadlines.

And last year was a pretty darn busy one.

I mean, the Twins essentially cleaning house.

I think they wound up trading 10 or 11 players, including Louis Varland, which...