What are your realistic expectations of Chris Sale for the 2021 season?

[notin]

Porcello to innings is like T-Rex to tall, leafy trees.

 

You do realize that T-Rex was a carnivore, right?

[Bellhorn04]

You do realize that T-Rex was a carnivore, right?

 

Fixed.

[mvp 78]

Porcello to innings is like a brontosaurus to tall, leafy trees.

 

Apatosaurus. I don't agree with the newer studies that try to shoehorn Brontie in as it's own species.

[notin]

Apatosaurus. I don't agree with the newer studies that try to shoehorn Brontie in as it's own species.

 

You could go more generic and just say sauropod...

Edited December 9, 2020 by notin

[notin]

Fixed.

 

I think you messed it up because where your from, they had the Albertasaurus as the apex predator. It's like a T-Rex, but with better health care...

[mvp 78]

You could go more generic and just say sauropod...

 

The long necked leafy bois.

[notin]

The long necked leafy bois.

 

with some of the funniest names, like Diplodocus. Tht sounds more like something a magician says when he pulls off a trick as opposed to a name for a 25 ton herbivore...

[mvp 78]

with some of the funniest names, like Diplodocus. Tht sounds more like something a magician says when he pulls off a trick as opposed to a name for a 25 ton herbivore...

 

The Harry Potter movies would have been over after the first one if he just learned to summon a 25 ton herbivore instead of Wingardium Leviosa.

[notin]

The Harry Potter movies would have been over after the first one if he just learned to summon a 25 ton herbivore instead of Wingardium Leviosa.

 

I think the world very much needs a Harry Potter-Jurassic Park mash up movie. I would very much like to see a pack of velicoraptors run amok throughout Hogwarts. Can Harry and his spell-casting friends save the school and, ultimately, the world? We all need to watch and find out!

 

Annd almost by default, it would be a lot better than the inadvertently comical Jurassic World sequels we have been getting in recent years...

[mvp 78]

I think the world very much needs a Harry Potter-Jurassic Park mash up movie. I would very much like to see a pack of velicoraptors run amok throughout Hogwarts. Can Harry and his spell-casting friends save the school and, ultimately, the world? We all need to watch and find out!

 

Annd almost by default, it would be a lot better than the inadvertently comical Jurassic World sequels we have been getting in recent years...

 

They could barely deal with the Whomping Willow. How are they going to deal with some Velociraptors?

[notin]

They could barely deal with the Whomping Willow. How are they going to deal with some Velociraptors?

 

No idea. That's why I want to see the movie!

[Kimmi]

The thing about Porcello is he takes the ball every fifth day, and chomps innings. He has to be one of the most durable pitchers in the game over the last 20 years or more.

 

And there is a lot of value in providing innings.

[Kimmi]

Some of you have too much time on your hands.

[notin]

Some of you have too much time on your hands.

 

I think she is referring to us, mvp....

[mvp 78]

I think she is referring to us, mvp....

 

I don't know what I could possibly be doing that could provide more value to society than posting on here?

[notin]

I don't know what I could possibly be doing that could provide more value to society than posting on here?

 

Oh me neither. Not that I bring value here, but it at least prevents me from bringing negative value anywhere else...

[mvp 78]

Oh me neither. Not that I bring value here, but it at least prevents me from bringing negative value anywhere else...

 

And without us, this board would turn into freeforums.net or bosoxboard.com or something worse.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Oh me neither. Not that I bring value here, but it at least prevents me from bringing negative value anywhere else...

 

If I'm positive PEACE does that make me a negative WAR?

[mvp 78]

If I'm positive PEACE does that make me a negative WAR?

 

I don't believe there is a 1/1 correspondence.

 

For example, see Gandhi in the CIV series. You can have a strong peaceful nature, but one thing could turn you into a nuke lobbing psycho.

[Kimmi]

I think she is referring to us, mvp....

 

I don't know what I could possibly be doing that could provide more value to society than posting on here?

 

I never said there was anything wrong with it.

[TylerD]

So we all expect Sale to win the CY young. I figured as much.

[moonslav59]

So we all expect Sale to win the CY young. I figured as much.

 

That would be the 2022 thread.

[notin]

So we all expect Sale to win the CY young. I figured as much.

 

If we’re being honest, I expect Sale to force the issue where they rename the award after him.

 

So, technically, I expect him to win the Chris Sale Award...

[iortiz]

When is he supposed to pitch again folks?

[mvp 78]

When is he supposed to pitch again folks?

 

Midseason

[TylerD]

Midseason

 

Really?

 

I admit I haven’t followed a ton in the off season, but Sale won’t be ready to go for the start of the season?

[moonslav59]

I'm hoping July, but we should not push him too hard, even if we happen to be in the playoff hunt.

[mvp 78]

I'm hoping July, but we should not push him too hard, even if we happen to be in the playoff hunt.

 

Some guys get healthier a little quicker, but my worry is that Sale is the type of guy who tries to rush back. I definitely go slow with him.

[moonslav59]

Some guys get healthier a little quicker, but my worry is that Sale is the type of guy who tries to rush back. I definitely go slow with him.

 

You know he'll bust his butt trying to get back as soon and as strong as possible. I'm hoping he doesn't overdo it, himself and has a trainer who is keeping him from doing so.

 

I doubt the Sox try and push him hard.

[Bellhorn04]

From MLBTR:

 

The Red Sox could soon get a good sense of the return timeline for star lefty Chris Sale. Per MassLive’s Chris Cotillo (via Twitter), Sale is expected to throw from a mound at some point in the next two weeks or so — if all goes as planned. It’s promising that he’s already nearing that milestone, having undergone his Tommy John procedure at the end of March of 2020. It is hard to imagine that Sale will be ready for the start of the season, but perhaps he could resume competitive pitching relatively early in the 2021 campaign.