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"Moon the Goon can't sign anybody. Another last DAMN place finish for the BOSOX."

Moon, I have posted the above multiple times. Bell seems to be correct in his calculation.

That depends on when you wake up. Game starts at 1:05 PM EST.

@byJulianMack Roenicke said they still don’t have a timeline on Verdugo. Said he’s running outside. Worth noting he threw for the first time since September yesterday. Chris Sale’s progression Roenicke said is going well. Sox want to see Peraza at second this spring, but in the absence of Bogaerts early on, team could possibly shift him to short for now.

Huskies - 2 Baby Sox - 8

I don't have any complaints at the moment. I liked Ben too until he signed Pablo AND Hanley. If he had only signed one of them, he probably would have kept his job a little longer. He also needed to make a few more moves dealing a couple (not all) of prospects to improve BOS. He seemed very reluctant to move prospects.

I'd be surprised if money was the hold up. I bet that Bloom is holding out for certain prospects.

@TomCaron Play ball! #RedSox lineup vs. NU: Hernandez 2B, Duran CF, Chatham SS, Castillo RF, Longhi 1B, Wong C, Andreoli LF, De La Guerra 3B, Centeno DH, McGrath to start

@Ken_Rosenthal Brock Holt contract with #Brewers, per source: One year, $3.25M. Guarantee includes $750K buyout if team does not exercise $5M club option for 2021. Also: $250K each for 400, 425 and 450 plate appearances.

Bloom is definitely not going to rush into a deal. Maybe he wants to wait the Padres out since they are more desperate after almost a decade straight of losing seasons and signing Machado last offseason? I just wonder if Preller is leaking all of this just to show ownership that "hey, at least I tried. I was wheeling and dealing all offseason."

I don't assume anything about Slasher's posts.

It was sarcasm?

Crack medical staff.

@byJulianMack David Ortiz said commissioner Manfred he thinks is receiving too much heat. Said people need to “chillax.” Papi, no!!!!!!

@ChrisCotillo Lucroy said he had a herniated disc in his neck for the past 3 years. Had surgery to correct it. "I'd like to sit here and make excuses and say it's the reason I haven't been good, but I'm not going to. It did affect me." "I feel a lot better than I have in a long time."

Per bbref: it looks like they used Morton/Chirinos/Snell/Glassnow. Once Glassnow was injured, Yarbrough became a starter. Beeks pitched in 33 games, and only started 3. He was typically the guy to come in after the opener. At some point, they were going with two openers. One for Beeks and one for Yarbrough?

Beeks and Yarbrough pitched the same games or different? Were they really going with 3 starters and 2 openers? I didn't watch enough Rays games last year after I moved down. I saw a few Beeks starts but am not sure I saw Yarbrough pitch.

Did the Rays last year?

Smoke? No smoke in the Bronx! Insert the intro to Sweet Leaf.

And if it was mentioned, we never spoke of it on here per searching "Senzel."

It was reported by some guy at the Athletic yesterday. I didn't hear about him being included the first go around.

No matter what, I think Bloom wants as much wiggle room as possible. If the Sox go on a run and are in the hunt at the deadline, it would be nice for them to grab a guy or two and not worry about going over the CBT.

At least we know what the conversation is at the kids' table these days.

The trade now reportedly includes the Reds who would send Senzel to the Padres.

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2020/02/boston-red-sox-trade-rumors-potential-wil-myers-trade-could-involve-three-teams-with-reds-included-report.html Though the extension Myers signed in Jan. 2017 calls for him to be paid $61 million ($20 million each season plus a $1 million buyout) through 2022, he’ll cost significantly less against the competitive balance tax threshold. Because Myers -- whose total deal was worth $83 million over six years -- has a backloaded deal, the CBT hit (which is based on average annual value) will be just $13.83 million in each season. If the Sox took on half -- say, $30 million -- of Myers’ remaining salary, they’d take a CBT hit of less than $4 million in each of the next three years. The math is complicated, but that number comes from the money that would be sent from San Diego to Boston being equally spread over the remaining three years, lowering the CBT hit in each season. That scenario would be palatable for the Red Sox 2020, with their projected payroll then estimated to still be less than $200 million.