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No, the rule is that the player has to be on the 40 man roster (or 60 day IL) prior to September 1. A player not on the 40 man as of that day may be used to replace an injured player via petition to the Commissioner's Office.

With Slaten and Whitlock down, I'd feel a little better with another big arm out there to go along with Miller. If Slaten or Whitlock aren't healthy for the postseason, we may see some cracks.

Red Sox thought he looked great there. Why? IDK.

If we can get a line long enough, Story will never have to come back to Boston.

-3 DRS -7 FRV 31st percentile caught stealing 5th percentile framing 24th percentile pop time Sox could have won the game before the 11th inning last night if Wong was an average catcher.

And with likely no Rule 5 Draft this year, there'll be even less reason to churn the bottom of the 40 man. Should be a snooze fest this year.

Yes, I would!

That's like saying the Sox were fine with not adding a big bat because they had Mayer and Romero.

You are asking too much out of Wong in that situation. He can either hit OR have a good defensive season. He can't do both at the same time.

On the booing of Manny Ramirez: Before Manny left, it was perceived in Boston that there was a considerable drop off in his effort. There was a lot of grumbling about him no longer wanting to be in Boston, much more than Raffy TBH. This all combined with rumors about him being forced to leave Boston because his wife wanted to get him away from another woman made the fanbase more and more frustrated with Manny being Manny. It all came to a head when the story came out that Manny shoved the travelling secretary to the ground over tickets. He gets traded to Mannywood a month later and a rejuvenated Manny starts walloping .400 for the Dodgers. The following season, he's popped for PED's and is suspended. While he had a great run as a Red Sox, it's easy to see how the crowd wanted to boo Manny at that point. His career wasn't on a good trajectory. He hadn't made amends with the travelling secretary yet. He was a guy who forced his way out of Boston, seemingly didn't try hard while he was here, busted his ass for his next team and got caught doing PED's. Damon had the opportunity to comeback via trade later in his career and he nixed it, if I remember correctly.

With the lockout looming, probably going to be a long boring winter. Maybe a flurry of activity at the end of November and late Spring?

I'd still waive Duran today if I could.

They acquired Hamilton thinking that they'd be able to turn him into Caleb Durbin. They don't have the same skillset. I think Hamilton's defense has always been overrated.

Hamilton ended the game last night with a big E against the Mets. He's getting too much run in MIL and shouldn't be an everyday guy.

Sogie, Mona and Seigler!

Charlotteans have an NBA team that they barely support and have couldn't even keep the 4 Horsemen around. My guess is that Rick Flair has secretly bankrupted the metro area. They are not deserving.

They can sit firmly on the bench. Story's rally killing k's aren't needed.

The other places I've heard suggested are Nashville, Orlando and Portland. I think Salt Lake would be as bad for pitchers as Denver is. None of the cities suggested scream out to me as a complete lock.

Hard to really project what attendance would look like. The metropolitan area is smaller than Tampa and they haven't been able to adequately fill that stadium since inception. When you look at Texas and Houston, there is a strong correlation between W/L % and attendance. For an expansion team, that could be a little ugly.

Once they bring IKF and Story back, the turns will have tabled.

Hull looks interesting so far. Not a lot of names that I'd be upset over losing this offseason TBH.

I wouldn't say 19 is very young for A- these days. Justin and Arias are for sure young for their levels.

Alonso's HR may have been foul. BAL doesn't have a good angle showing a ball hit down the line. The one where it looks fair is angled from the dugout. Why don't they just have a camera installed on top of the pole? That'd just make too much sense.

It's funny that we just kinda stopped hearing about how trading David Hamilton was a mistake for some reason...