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That's different than a current player having his contract voided.

Being sold out isn't the same as attendance.

I don’t believe that guaranteed contracts can be voided for any reason. There’s no way that’s in the CBA.

No.

Forced medical procedures aren’t in the CBA.

https://www.mlb.com/news/five-questions-for-al-east-teams Red Sox 1) Is Sale OK? This immediately became the most urgent and terrifying question for the Red Sox on Tuesday after Chris Sale left the mound with elbow soreness. After undergoing an MRI and getting multiple expert opinions on his elbow, it’s still unclear when he will pitch again in a competitive game. Could be April, could be next April. 2) Can they make people forget about Betts? Alex Verdugo is quite a piece to receive for one year of Mookie Betts, even if he’s missing the beginning of the year. He’s not Mookie Betts, and he never will be, but he’s here longer and could establish himself this year. There’s still a lot of offense on this team. There would be more with Betts, obviously. But this team has a 1/2/3/4 of Andrew Benintendi/Rafael Devers/Xander Bogaerts/J.D. Martinez. They are going to score lots of runs. 3) Is there any sort of plan for the bullpen? It is widely forgotten now, but the Red Sox, as good as they were in 2018, weren’t considered an overwhelming favorite to win the World Series that year because of their bullpen. It turned out that Joe Kelly and others stepped up and Nathan Eovaldi and others became their best selves, but no one saw that coming, or should have. The bullpen looks wobbly again this year, though with all the other offseason goings-on with the Red Sox, no one’s focusing intensely on this one. Interim manager Ron Roenicke believes it’s a “team strength.” If that’s true, the Red Sox may be in more trouble than we thought. 4) Anybody notice there’s still a ton of young talent here? Rafael Devers is only 23, but he looked like an MVP contender most of last year; there is massive, massive upside with him. Bogaerts was even better. Benintendi is 25. Michael Chavis burst out of the gate last year. The Red Sox are going to have to figure out how to pay all these guys someday, but the idea that the cupboard suddenly went bare after the Betts trade is quite silly. 5) Can everybody keep the faith? Look, the Red Sox are a good team. They really are! That offense is great, Sale might not end up missing THAT long and, again, the analytics folks think they're as much a Wild Card contender as just about anybody else. But it is one thing to say, "Look, FanGraphs says we're a 50-50 shot for the postseason!" It's another thing to say, "Uh, management just traded away our best player, so you tell me: How much of a chance do they think we have this year?" Most teams in the Red Sox's position expect to add talent before the season. Instead, the Red Sox traded away their best player. It might be the right move in the long term. But 2020 isn't the long term. 2020 is now.

His body, his choice.

@byJulianMack Bogaerts' timing clearly still off. Swing looks slow. He's 0 for 11 with seven strikeouts so far this spring.

I think you need at least two top of the line relievers in the pen. 1. A closer who can take the ball and get 3 outs. 2. A fireman who can come in during any situation and "put out the fire" real quick.

@MaureenaMullen Roenicke on Sale: Drs want to eval at the 10-day mark (Friday) and then if he's not ready, eval again at 14 days.

@PeteAbe #RedSox (1:05) Benintendi LF, Devers 3B, Martinez DH, Bogaerts SS, Moreland 1B, Pillar RF, Vázquez C, Bradley CF, Araúz 2B, and Johnson LHP How has Arauz looked?

After Opening Day for damn sure.

In 2019, he averaged 103 pitches and 6 innings. Not terrible. We all wish he'd be more economical, but that's never going to happen.

The relievers will log the innings. The relievers are much better than the starters too.

Expectations are probably twice through the order, not CG's.

I tried looking for the actual wording, but couldn't find it. I'll keep rooting around for it.

I always thought you'd go out like this: https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/silver-anniversary-of-bizarre-wade-boggs-injury-6-9-11/

Verlander is out with a lat strain. Busy weekend.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=644407#/career/R/hitting/2019/ALL

It's cause you're old gramps. Maybe you need to get one of those "softer than a 3 minute egg" kids to fix them for you.

They aren't being removed from the game. They are just going elsewhere on the field.

It's the Eiffel Tower thread.

We're talking about the two way stuff on a different thread. https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/19025-The-future-of-baseball?p=1311993#post1311993 Check it out if you're interested!

Angels need to pair Ohtani with a LHP that is capable in the field. Have the LHP start the game. Then rotate him and Ohtani throughout the game (that way Ohtani can bat and you don't lose the DH).

And that was today's Boston punk rock corner with your pal, mvp.