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Rusney was an impulse buy for not signing Jose Abreu the previous offseason.

It's run by some lowly paid marketing guy. It was deleted because Bloom/Henry/et al saw it. The tweet was deleted.

Just have to hope that a normal offseason will fix whatever is going on him with him this year.

I don't think the twitter account is run by John Henry or Chaim Bloom.

Chris Hatfield over at SoxProspects: 40-man is currently at 39. + Pedroia, ERod, Sale (they all have to go back on the 40 over the offseason. There's no offseason injured list.) - JBJ, McHugh I do not project that JDM will opt out. So here's what you're working with, plus the 7 they need to add: C: Vazquez, Plawecki, Wong CIF: Devers, Chavis, Dalbec, Potts MIF: Pedroia, Bogaerts, Chatham, Arauz, Peraza OF: Benintendi, Martinez, Wilson, Verdugo, Rosario UT: Lin, Munoz SP: Rodriguez, Sale, Eovaldi, Weber, Hart, Perez, Godley, Pivetta, Groome, Houck, Mata, Seabold RP: Barnes, Walden, Brasier, Brewer, Taylor, Hernandez, Aybar, Brice, Springs, Valdez, Stock, Triggs, Leyer Swing: Mazza, Hall, Covey, Kickham So need at least 8 DFA or non-tenders. Seems clear most is coming from that stack o' pitching. So I'll guess cuts from the following list: Peraza (non-tender), Hart, Springs, Hall, Kickham, Mazza, Triggs, Covey, Walden. Could see one of Munoz or Lin gone although Munoz has an option. All that said, my guess is that trades might work some of this out. And they're going to need to add a starting CF whether it's JBJ, Duran, or someone else; potentially a bench OF if they're not comfortable having Lin fill that role; at least one SP and at least one RP. There is going to be a TON of churn this offseason, likely in the hopes that guys clear and stay, like Gonsalves and Shawaryn recently.

Ward, Mata, Houck, Groome, DHern for Mookie. You're trading 8 future CY seasons for an overpaid player! They'd jump at that!!!

They just don't have starting pitching depth in the high minors that they can bring up. If they had more guys, maybe they'd risk Mata, but it's better to just continue punting on this season.

They should trade Verdugo, Downs and Wong for him.

Houck just isn't ready. I don't think they want to throw him out there as a starter and get lit up. They'll probably transition him to the pen at some point. I think they value his potential and don't want to get in his head. Seabold? Maybe they want to work with him a little longer to get a feel for him. I think they are probably trying to correct Pivetta's issues. I think they are just looking for fungible bodies to put in innings this year.

There are no kids to start, unless you are going to bring up Mata, which I wouldn't. Save those bullets for a real season.

Terrible saying.

That's the plan. Also, it may be another shortened draft as they begin to "right size" the MiLB structure. (This is me gagging on my dunkies.)

I want them to win. It just eases the pain of a loss to say "well, they may as well suck" after another bad showing.

There's always hope...

Without the extension, it would have been stupid to keep him around.

I haven't heard "slick." I've heard average with a strong arm.

When I was CFO, if I reviewed a senior accountant's journal entry and approved it. Is it the senior accountant's fault if it's still wrong? Shouldn't I have corrected it or seen the mistake. Yes, the senior accountant made a mistake, but I was supposed to be the one reviewing and approving that work. It's still their work, but it'd still be MY mistake.

@PeteAbe #RedSox will start LHP Mike Kickham on Wednesday. 31-year-old hasn’t appeared in a major league game since 2014 when he was with the Giants. He is 0-3 with a 10.98 ERA in 14 career games

I'm not sure fans are rooting for the team to lose. I think fans want to see some younger guys get some run so that we have a better idea what the future could look like.

Did my boss review and approve my work? If so, then yes.

Henry wears them as well. That's my only point. You can't let ownership off the hook for getting themselves into financial trouble.

And yet lots of unbelievably short-sighted people here were whining about the Sox potentially going over the luxury tax in the short term if they resigned Mookie...

The checkbook is the biggest asset.

Nah, Henry approved all of those deals.

No, the fallout was extending Sale and signing Eovaldi then getting snake bit for it.