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Here moon goes again trying to start things with Old Red!

2012 did a good job at killing off most of this board. I thought the COVID conversations were what would put it out of its misery, but it may end up being Bauer in the conservatory with a youtube video.

Dipre, you are agreeing with someone's logic who is so smart that they are spelling it DEFEMATION. They definitely know all about the legal system!!! It's probably just like what they've seen on Law & Order, Boston Legal, Judge Judy and Ally McBeal (Old Red really liked the dancing baby).

I'm fine with throwing Rafaela out there and letting his bat flounder for a while. His glove is good enough to make up for it and he's got enough contact skills to at least keep his bat fringy. If they sign Duvall for RF, it's really Abreu that becomes the 4th OFer IMO. Refsnyder is then just used to platoon Duran against LHP only.

On MLB Network: Craig Breslow: “There’s a need for a bona fide starter or two.” Oh, it's two!

At least we don't have to watch Max Muncy play 3b.

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I don't care. I've said my peace. I don't know why you guys keep talking about it over and over again. I only butted in because it was brought up yet again.

He is good at baseball! I'm glad he'll be here for a long time!

Got it. He'd be expensive for a DH and I'm not sure Crag is going to go that direction. Not a bad idea though!

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I agree. I was just posting it as I've seen it mentioned elsewhere.

He was awful in OF the last time he played out there. DD basically said he's 1B only going forward.

Phillies are looking to trade Castellanos. He's owed 3/60. He's a corner OFer and RHB. However, he's very streaky and has only totaled 0.2 fWAR since going to PHI. Per BTV: Castellanos + 30M Sale Any takers?

Devers won the Silver Slugger for 3B.

He's a CFer that can play SS. He's not a CF/SS.

And it was one takeout slide away from ruining Mookie's career. Not worth the risk!

Sorry for your trauma. I'm not changing my opinion over a video filmed by Bauer to do damage control so that he can earn millions of dollars. Bauer is a piece of s*** online and seems like one offline as well as it exhibited by numerous non-sexual encounters people have had with him. Regardless of how people feel about the accuser, Bauer is now tied to it and the Sox would be f***ing stupid to sign him.

The reason the Sox CAN NOT sign Bauer is because freaks like you are unable to talk about him without bringing this s*** up. It’s a PR nightmare.

Evidence is that he beat the s*** out of her. Choked her out and raped her after she was passed out. Cool dude! I’m glad we keep talking about this!

He’s an average SS with a below average bat (projected). He’s a GG CFer. Why plop him at SS?

Not many of them are close to MLB, none of them have Mayer’s current ceiling. A few of them are certain to be moved off SS.

No, Paulino, Bastardo and Castro won't be protected. That ranking is pretty high for Bastardo (#30 on SP). Bastardo is probably just a relief guy and he hasn't had great results so far. No reason to protect a guy like that. If he is selected, it's no big loss. Castro is still in GRE and is just too far away. A corner OF with only 7 HR's is probably not a guy that gets selected this year. Paulino had a terrible year and doesn't have a great ceiling at this point. Maybe just a utility guy? Similar to Castro, he's in GRE and is far away. At least Castro played well last season. My thoughts on 40 man protection: Wikelman Perales Drohan Gambrell (38) Penrod (49) and Scott (35) are maybes. Wikelman, Perales, Drohan, Gambrell and Penrod all have starter upside. Gambrell and Drohan could be used as spot starters early in the season. Wikelman may be ready later in '24. Unsure about Perales' timeline, but he should be in AA this year and is considered to have the highest ceiling of all the Sox arms. Scott has performed well in AAA at C and can hit a little so could function as a 3rd C/UTIL guy. Penrod is a unique case as he spent some time away from the game and then back in indy ball. He's on the older side so the Sox are probably going to try to rush him through the system next season after getting a peak at him last year. If they don't protect him, it's largely due to his control issues. He pitched will in the AFL (1.29 ERA in 4 GS, named to Fall Star team). Someone may take a chance on a high powered LH arm like his (97 mph).

I disagree. Out of 118 qualifying starters (20 GS), Houck was 104th at 5.0 IP/GS. It is marginally worse than Sale's 5.1 (100th) and better than Crawford's 4.7 (114th). If you include non-qualified starters, Houck goes down to 154th. The average starter (Singer) goes 5.5 IP/GS. Bello led the team at 5.6 IP/GS and was 52nd. Whitlock averaged 5.2.

It's "pull in case of emergency" in a perfect world. I would rather just send Whitlock straight to the pen though. Breslow needs to see that for himself.