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Going from singing Tessie at America's Most Beloved Ballpark to a fake job like President of the American League is a huge step down. Obviously fired for poor performance. Guy never even got the team into the playoffs. LOSER. Take his number off the facade! Give #4 to Marcelo!

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Well, they really didn't change the roster all that much so why would they be better defensively?

Gotta start some of that planning now.

This isn't the best post for it, but... 1. The team needs an ACE. Identify the prospects you want to keep and trade the others to get one. 2. Trade Yoshida even if you have to eat the contract. Just admit the mistake. Even his upside isn't enough for a fulltime DH. 3. Treat Story as if he's the DH/2B/SS. You can no longer plug him in as a starter on your 26 man roster. You need to mentally move on. If he can fill in from time to time in the IF, great. If not, it's easier to replace and injured DH. 4. Mayer becomes the Opening Day SS and you need to take whatever lumps come his way. There may be a learning curve, but it is what it is. 5. If Grissom doesn't show to be a starter at 2B during 2024, Sox need to actually find someone who can project to go out and field the position 150 times a year (not named Story). Gleyber Torres? Kim? Trade? We know they have a bunch of guys on the farm (Paulino, Meidroth, Sogard, Yorke), but I'm not sure we're comfortable going to them at the moment. 6. Determine if Slaten is the 8th inning guy or 9th inning guy and find a complimentary piece to go along with him. Continue to build out the pen. 7. Anthony is the Opening Day RF. Rafaela is the Opening Day CF. Duran is the Opening Day LF. That should be the OF for 120+ games year in and year out until someone better comes along. 8. Extend Casas only if the deal is reasonable. Don't overextend for a guy that isn't the complete package yet. Not every player is the next Mookie Betts.

I'm not sure there is a huge reason to trade Reese at the deadline. He'd only bring back a reliever or middling prospect. Probably better to hold onto him just in case you need him at some point. If his trade value was higher, sure.

Thank god…

f***ing LOL. Deserved.

RIP neighborhood play

Joely?

Castig is overrated.

This guy was the biggest downgrade since Vaughn to Offerman.

You didn't know Anthony and Teel were the plan 2 years ago.

This is a lineup that's going to bat around in the 1st inning.

Anthony RF I don't know how Teel will progress behind the dish. When he's ready back there, he can be called up. His ceiling is much higher than McGuire or Wong. I trust Breslow to figure out which guy to let go.

Whitlock vs Rodriguez 1. Jarren Duran CF 2. Tyler O’Neill LF 3. Masataka Yoshida DH 4. Triston Casas 1B 5. Wilyer Abreu RF 6. Enmanuel Valdez 2B 7. Reese McGuire C 8. David Hamilton SS 9. Pablo Reyes 3B

You'd also have Cesar Puello still sitting on the bench!

They want him to get his knee torn up so that he ends up playing more games in BOS than LAD.

Joe Cronin didn't know what he was doing. That's why he got his ass fired in '58!

Yasbumski! Swing and a lazy pop up to 2B!

They should have overpaid Mookie and traded the other two.

He already has one error so far. He just looks like the same guy to me. May take a few years for him to work it out.

You would!

Devers has a career high BB rate and career low K rate. The hits just aren't falling in. Bad luck! 167 BABIP. His barrel rate is fine!

Also, Carl Yastrzemski was moved from the IF to the OF and eventually to 1B. They couldn't find a position for that guy!