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@byJulianMack Trevor Story is here in the Red Sox clubhouse. He said had some sort of food poisoning that has kept him out.

Sox have a 737 OPS against this guy. No reason to get shutdown today.

Story still sick?

Who is better: Theo or Dombrowski?

The easier way to look at it is: 2002: no CBT 2003: under 2004: over 2005: over 2006: over 2007: over 2008: under 2009: under 2010: over 2011: over 2012: under 2013: under 2014: under 2015: over 2016: over 2017: under 2018: over 2019: over 2020: under 2021: under 2022: over for now It's hard to really say if they'll go over again this year or try to go under. They reset for 1 - 3 years it seems like. If they stay over, I guess they go over in 2023 and then get back under in 2024? It's hard to really forecast. It's not as simple as moon is making it out to seem. If they go for it with younger core teams, why didn't they go over in 2009? There was no difference between that team and 2010 really. They reset in 2020, so why not go over in 2021 when you still have JD/Xander/Raffy? If they are waiting for the next young core to mature, that might not be until 2024 or 2025. Will they go over in 22 and 23 and then force themselves to get under in 24 when they could have a young core? Who knows! Not us.

They are always towards the top, that's for sure.

Suzuki is already at 0.3 fWAR for the year.

https://www.si.com/mlb/rangers/game-day/texas-colorado-rockies-home-opener-controversial-slide-rule-mitch-garver#gid=ci029e7957e00026ec&pid=usatsi_18068977 “The rule states that the runner sliding into second base has to maintain possession of the base," crew chief Bill Miller said in the Pool Report. "This runner did not maintain possession of the base. And he not only did not maintain possession, he came off the base and made contact with the fielder above the knee. That constitutes a violation on two terms." Miller added, “I’ve never had a game end like this. And it’s the first time I’ve been announcing over the PA system. So, it’s all new to us. It’s an unfortunate way to lose, but those are the rules.” Over the PA, the ump said "there was a slide rule violation, the runner at 2nd base is out, the runner at 1st base is out." It would have been nicer if he had stated the possession of the bag and contact above the knee over the PA.

Renfroe: 1 for 14, 2 BB, 5 K, 0 RBI for the RBI king

It will be for a balanced schedule.

AKA a Pablo Sandoval's stomach worth of injury jokes.

Not when I created the thread and the discussion.

I'm not sure what the point is on trying to be his psychotherapist from 1,500 miles away. There's lots of "I think Henry believes" or "I think Henry feels" statements, but we don't really have his actual thoughts put to paper. All we hear are thoughts from Bloom or Sam Kennedy about creating a strong organization that can compete year in and year out. Aside from not trading prospects away, it doesn't really say much about payroll implications. We know Henry has taken on some big contracts, but have eschewed others. Why sign Price, but not Lester? Why sign JD and Story, but let Betts go. Is he deliberately staying away from the 300M threshold? We don't really know. We don't know how they evaluate these MLB guys and what there thought process is.

I think he stays until they are ready to bring up some of their younger arms. Zack Kelly should be the first guy called up and he throws hard. Feltman should get his chance at some point this year. Maybe we see Mata in the pen towards the end of the season down the stretch?

I think Pablo would just be a better hang too.

At some point, I'm not sure 3 $10M guys always add up to a $30M guy. Unless we are talking about extensions to younger in house guys. The drop off from top tier to second tier in FA is usually pretty steep.

934 OPS in AA/AAA last season. He'll be interesting to follow.

No Monday MiLB games to report on.

Seems to be. I don't know why we focus on it so much here.

I have a black hole in my memory for the teams that lost in the first round. I really don't remember much of 16 or 17.

I was actively ignoring the new playoff structure and really didn't know how it was set up. After digesting it for 30 seconds: If you are the "third place" division winner and lose in the Wild Card round, it's not a success. You have homefield for the full WC best of 3 series and would be losing to a runner up. If you win the WC round to get to the LCS, but lose the LCS can it be a success? Sure. Fine. It definitely waters down the playoffs though.

IDK, I think I'd rather have Pablo over for dinner than Sale. Pablo would eat a lot, but Sale would just pick at his food.

Personally, I would have signed the Syndergaard and Suzuki deals. I would have passed on adding Paxton and either Hill or Wacha. It comes down to what the long term plan is. If Raffy and Xander still walk out the door, I can't say I'll be happy about the lack of spending.

Any Sox team that wins a playoff series can consider their season a success. I consider the 1999 team to be a success. I consider the 2005 team to be a failure. I consider the 2008 team to be a success. I consider the 2009 team to be a failure. Now, if they win the WC game to get to the playoffs but lose the first series? I don't know how I'd feel.

He started off last year 2 for 21. I'm not worried.