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Most of us qualify.

44 hits and 25 BB's over the first two ugly games.

I've heard that they've made additional cuts this year because of the reduction and Van Belle/Shugart seem to be two guys they can probably move on from if they want to add additional pitchers.

There's a smaller amount of MiLB guys you can carry effective this season (165). If they are going to bring in a veteran for innings security, they will need to drop somebody. Van Belle is a guy that is already 27 and has no chance of ever pitching for the Sox. Time to move on.

And changed it to "Ohtani knew nothing about it" probably after some lawyer told Ohtani that he'd get into a s*** ton of trouble for knowingly wiring a bookie money even if it wasn't his debt.

FanGraphs projects Sox to have 17th best 2B: This is the ranking I disagree with the most. Grissom has the kind of game that feels tailor-made for Fenway, and I also think that having a consistent position and playing time will help with his defensive shortcomings. He showed plus power in the minors and makes a lot of aerial contact, two skills that will combine to produce a ton of wall-ball doubles and lofted homers. It’s not just a Fenway skill, either; Tropicana Field suits his swing well, though hopefully he’ll get some days off when the Sox visit Baltimore and its left field power trap. I think that the biggest legit question with Grissom is whether he can actually play second, but ZiPS’s defensive forecast thinks he’ll do passably well there, which is good enough for me. Or maybe I’m being a little unfair to our projections, because there’s one more important question: how soon he’ll be healthy. He’s going to miss Opening Day, which is why we have Valdez getting a substantial amount of run. Valdez is a solid utility infielder, but he’s not a first-division starter in the same way that I think Grissom is. The options behind him are break-glass-in-case-of-emergency, nothing more. This is the Grissom show, for better or worse.

FanGraphs projects Sox to have 8th best LF. Tyler O’Neill is coming off a second straight mediocre season at the plate, but the projections remain convinced he’s a talented hitter, with good on-base skills and impact power. Presumably, the Red Sox were similarly convinced when they dealt for him this winter. If O’Neill meets his projected 113 wRC+, he could be the best right-handed hitter in Boston’s lefty-heavy lineup. As Ceddanne Rafaela continues to make his case to be the Opening Day center fielder, Alex Cora is facing a decision as to how to best divide playing time in the outfield corners. O’Neill can cover all three outfield positions, but he’s a good bet to be Cora’s primary left fielder. That’s where he has most of his big league experience, and it makes more sense for the speedier Jarred Duran to cover the right field expanse at Fenway Park. That doesn’t leave much playing time for Wilyer Abreu, but too much depth is always a good problem to have. A regular outfield alignment of O’Neill, Rafaela, and Duran will make for a strong defensive unit. Even better, it means Masataka Yoshida can make most of his starts at DH. However, on days when Cora wants to prioritize offense, Yoshida can handle left field instead. His glove may be a problem, but his offensive projections look a lot closer to his strong numbers from the first four months of the 2023 season than his terrible fall-off in August and September.

Bonnin was the Reds' 3rd round pick in 2020, not the Cubs.

@SoxProspects Two new RHPs in #RedSox ML camp: Bryce Bonnin & Conor Steinbaugh. Bonnin was a 3rd rd pick by the Cubs in 2020. Missed 2023 w/ a shoulder impingement. Has reportedly topped out at 99 mph in the past. Steinbaugh is an Akron alum, got his velo up to 94 mph in Feb workouts.

They did bring back Heinz ketchup tho!

Hendriks is less cash in '24, but higher CBT hit. I think they are hoping that he can come back after the trade deadline this year.

Greinke Boyd Hill Syndergaard Cueto Rucinski Plutko Nobody that is really better than what you have. Arms that may be sitting at home when an injury happens. I'd try to see if you could get someone on an MiLB deal and dump Van Belle.

Every time a pitcher throws a pitch, they get one pitch closer to getting TJS. His medicals may have been perfectly fine at the time of signing.

He should have got to that first hit off Yamamoto.

Ohtani's translator was fired by the Dodgers after "stealing" 4.5M from Ohtani and wiring it to cover his gambling debts. Story is very sus IMO.

The only similarities are that they are movies about baseball.

He has run the Sox brilliantly, but there is a chance that the value of the franchise does start to fall due to his current mismanagement..

It's a horror movie.

It's better than Bull Durham and Field of Dreams, that's for sure.

The housing market in SoFL is very volatile!

In the movie, she's not selling the team, just using a clause in the lease she has with Cleveland that if attendance falls below a certain threshold that she'll move the team to Miami where they are sure to have great attendance.

People can be irrational when it comes to their fandom.

They aren't selling the team. That makes no sense. The land around Fenway is too valuable. Henry is just not running the franchise properly. He still thinks he can run it like the 2002 A's and squeak out a WS every few years and maintain fan interest.

There often is confusion about who the "must read" poster is. I get that.

It's a team of "remember that guy" and random name generator.