Red Sox Spring Training 2023

[mvp 78]

Where did you get “aberration” from. I was just responding to you saying maybe luck was involved.

 

If you look at the velo in 2018. He was throwing harder than he had previously.

[mvp 78]

The terrible, horrible, no good Sox are up 4-0 after 1.

[Bellhorn04]

Jeez I hope Turner is OK.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Sale: two scoreless, 32 pitches, 24 strikes, retired his final batter on a comebacker and walked to the dugout with an immediate smile.

[mvp 78]

Jeez I hope Turner is OK.

 

Looked like it hit him pretty high up on the face. Concussion? Orbital bone?

[moonslav59]

MLBTR...

 

The Sox provided reporters an update on Turner, with Abraham among those to relay it (Twitter links). Turner is receiving treatment for soft tissue injuries and is being monitored for a concussion. The club also says he is stable, alert and in good spirits given the circumstances. More updates will follow after further testing.

 

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[cp176]

I realize all of the Chris Sale frustration here so I'll just say that I'm likely the only one here who wanted him resigned. My feelings about that have not changed. Hopefully he stays healthy. He is one of the reasons that I will actually watch this team.

[moonslav59]

I realize all of the Chris Sale frustration here so I'll just say that I'm likely the only one here who wanted him resigned. My feelings about that have not changed. Hopefully he stays healthy. He is one of the reasons that I will actually watch this team.

 

I wanted him re-signed and was happy we did it.

 

I thought the contract amount reflected the idea that he might miss a year. $145M/4 would be worth it, if he was Chris Freakin' Sale in all 4 of them.

 

$145M/5 seemed about right.

 

I've not given up on him, but I'm not counting on much, either.

[dgalehouse]

I realize all of the Chris Sale frustration here so I'll just say that I'm likely the only one here who wanted him resigned. My feelings about that have not changed. Hopefully he stays healthy. He is one of the reasons that I will actually watch this team.

 

I think Sale is one of the keys to the success or failure of this team ; along with Devers, Jansen and the youngsters Casas and Bello.

[moonslav59]

I think Sale is one of the keys to the success or failure of this team ; along with Devers, Jansen and the youngsters Casas and Bello.

 

Agreed. We'd need way too many unexpected over-achievements to occur, if Sale gives us next to nothing.

 

His salary is about 13% of the player budget, so it does hurt, if he keeps giving us nothing.

Edited March 6, 2023 by moonslav59

[Old Red]

Looked like it hit him pretty high up on the face. Concussion? Orbital bone?

 

The report is that Turner is home from the hospital with no fractures, but 16 stitches, and lots of swelling. That’s good news for something that looked real bad when it happened.

[mvp 78]

The report is that Turner is home from the hospital with no fractures, but 16 stitches, and lots of swelling. That’s good news for something that looked real bad when it happened.

 

He should be in there tomorrow. Better not baby him!

[Old Red]

He should be in there tomorrow. Better not baby him!

 

Wow! Making a joke about this? Still can’t let the Sale thing go, which was only an opinion, which you and others didn’t like. I can live with that, because like I said it’s only an opinion.

[mvp 78]

Wow! Making a joke about this? Still can’t let the Sale thing go, which was only an opinion, which you and others didn’t like. I can live with that, because like I said it’s only an opinion.

 

Wow, seems like you have a problem with my opinion. I go to lots of bowling alleys, bingo halls, miniature golf courses, reiki healers, playgrounds, arcades, anarcho syndicalistic communes, mongolian buffets, puppy mills, boiled peanut vendors, grocery stores and nature preserves and people there all agree that Justin Turner must not be babied! He’s had enough time off!!! Sox have paid him 22M and have nothing to show for it! May as well ride him hard and put him away wet!!!!!!!!!!

[cukes]

Jeez I hope Turner is OK.

 

scares the hell out of me, I never forgot Tony C and I went ballistic when Clemens deliberately threw at Piazza's head, a real low life move

[Old Red]

Wow, seems like you have a problem with my opinion. I go to lots of bowling alleys, bingo halls, miniature golf courses, reiki healers, playgrounds, arcades, anarcho syndicalistic communes, mongolian buffets, puppy mills, boiled peanut vendors, grocery stores and nature preserves and people there all agree that Justin Turner must not be babied! He’s had enough time off!!! Sox have paid him 22M and have nothing to show for it! May as well ride him hard and put him away wet!!!!!!!!!!

 

And to think you thought giving Sale a few xtra days off would make him less brittle. The one thing I noticed, and liked right off when I joined this forum was how all opinions were welcomed. Seems like the Sale opinion has struck lots of nerves.

[Old Red]

Wow, seems like you have a problem with my opinion. I go to lots of bowling alleys, bingo halls, miniature golf courses, reiki healers, playgrounds, arcades, anarcho syndicalistic communes, mongolian buffets, puppy mills, boiled peanut vendors, grocery stores and nature preserves and people there all agree that Justin Turner must not be babied! He’s had enough time off!!! Sox have paid him 22M and have nothing to show for it! May as well ride him hard and put him away wet!!!!!!!!!!

You left out sports talk radio, and SoxTalk, so sounds like an incomplete list.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Wow, seems like you have a problem with my opinion. I go to lots of bowling alleys, bingo halls, miniature golf courses, reiki healers, playgrounds, arcades, anarcho syndicalistic communes, mongolian buffets, puppy mills, boiled peanut vendors, grocery stores and nature preserves and people there all agree that Justin Turner must not be babied! He’s had enough time off!!! Sox have paid him 22M and have nothing to show for it! May as well ride him hard and put him away wet!!!!!!!!!!

 

I bet those peanut vendors are only boiled in open-air outdoor stadiums. There's no place like dome...

[notin]

Wow, seems like you have a problem with my opinion. I go to lots of bowling alleys, bingo halls, miniature golf courses, reiki healers, playgrounds, arcades, anarcho syndicalistic communes, mongolian buffets, puppy mills, boiled peanut vendors, grocery stores and nature preserves and people there all agree that Justin Turner must not be babied! He’s had enough time off!!! Sox have paid him 22M and have nothing to show for it! May as well ride him hard and put him away wet!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

So… no AA meetings or flea markets?

[mvp 78]

scares the hell out of me, I never forgot Tony C and I went ballistic when Clemens deliberately threw at Piazza's head, a real low life move

 

That didn’t happen

[mvp 78]

You left out sports talk radio, and SoxTalk, so sounds like an incomplete list.

 

I don’t listen to the radio. Sorry.

[mvp 78]

And to think you thought giving Sale a few xtra days off would make him less brittle. The one thing I noticed, and liked right off when I joined this forum was how all opinions were welcomed. Seems like the Sale opinion has struck lots of nerves.

 

I didn’t say a few extra days off would make him less brittle. That never happened.

[Old Red]

scares the hell out of me, I never forgot Tony C and I went ballistic when Clemens deliberately threw at Piazza's head, a real low life move

 

I was in the stands in 75 when Dick Pole got drilled by that Tony Muser liner, and I can still hear the thud when the ball struck.

[mvp 78]

I bet those peanut vendors are only boiled in open-air outdoor stadiums. There's no place like dome...

 

On the catwalk. Yes, on the catwalk. I boil all my peanuts on the catwalk.

 

That’s a ground rule double.

[Old Red]

I didn’t say a few extra days off would make him less brittle. That never happened.

 

That was my point. This guy fractured a rib throwing before the season, and fell off a bike. He’s just become injury prone, and I don’t think a day, a week, or a month is going to make him any less so.

[mvp 78]

So… no AA meetings or flea markets?

 

The flea market on US1 was pro-babying Turner. I tried an AA meeting, but was already drunk from putting my dog down and all the attendees were nodding off.

[mvp 78]

That was my point. This guy fractured a rib throwing before the season, and fell off a bike. He’s just become injury prone, and I don’t think a day, a week, or a month is going to make him any less so.

 

Who said a week off would make him less injury prone? Nobody. Holding him back won’t change it.

[Old Red]

Who said a week off would make him less injury prone? Nobody. Holding him back won’t change it.

 

And that’s why I would have had him pitching in the first game to see where he was at. Just an opinion though. Didn’t Cora baby the pitchers in ST of 2019? How did that work out? I get your point on Sale, but I just would go another way.

Edited March 7, 2023 by Old Red

[moonslav59]

Wow, seems like you have a problem with my opinion. I go to lots of bowling alleys, bingo halls, miniature golf courses, reiki healers, playgrounds, arcades, anarcho syndicalistic communes, mongolian buffets, puppy mills, boiled peanut vendors, grocery stores and nature preserves and people there all agree that Justin Turner must not be babied! He’s had enough time off!!! Sox have paid him 22M and have nothing to show for it! May as well ride him hard and put him away wet!!!!!!!!!!

 

The problem is, you need to get out more.

[moonslav59]

That didn’t happen

 

He did throw that broken bat at him.

 

The funny thing was, reading his lips, he said to the ump, "I thought it was the ball!"

 

(Like if the ball had come to him, he'd have throw that ball at Piazza as he ran to 1B. Maybe he thought they were playing kickball.)