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You won't say it was a good deal, because it wasn't. That was big money, back then, and he sucked on D and was okay on O for 3 years.

Even when good things happen, there is always a "but..."

Bobby Dee with a walk? WTF is going on, here?

The sample size is moving towards something other than "small."

Ref leads MLB in OPS!

One of those OF'ers could DH, if we decided to give up on Yoshida. DH: Duran v R/ Ref v L LF: Abreu v R/ Duran v L CF: Rafaela RF: O'Neall OR DH: Yoshida v R/ Ref v L LF: Duran/Abreu CF: Rafaela/Duran RF: O'Neill/Abreu (Same OF as before O'Neill got hurt.)

Rafaela crosses MLB's new Mendoza line (.500 OPS.)

I remember talking about how much the Sox had built up the deeper depth on the 40 and the farm from how bad it was in 2020. It seemed building up the bottom of the 40 was at the expense of the top of the 40, but that's already been hashed and rehashed. Now, I'm not so sure the bottom 40 improvement trend has continued. I liked some of Brez's additions, but some like Campbell have not looked good, in a very short sample size. Here is the bottom of the 40, in reverse order of seniority on it: Booser (MiLFA signing, just added to replace Jacques. He's 32.) Gutierrez (Cash trade and just a placeholder.) Uwasawa (Trade, and not anything special or promising.) Joely (MiLFA and off to a really bad start.) Anderson (FA and nothing special) Hendriks (FA, signed for the future- on the 60 IL) Heineman (Trade, kinda like a AAAA Catcher) Romy G (Waiver, you get what you pay for. On IL.) Giolito (Not signed for the bottom of the 40. On the 60 IL) Grissom (Not bottom of the 40 and on the IL) Criswell (looks good, so far) O'Neill (looks great- not for bottom 40) Slaten (looks great) Weissert & Campbell (TBD) 1-27 are holdovers.

Abreu quietly nearing the .700 mark.

Jose Awfulman

Jacques DFA'd. See, there is a difference between Bloom & Brez.

That's a big leep or speculation. (I was going to say "Heep.")

The OOooo.

All 5 of our starters have some really good stuff, and have had very long stretches (plural) of doing well. It's really not a question of "pitching over their heads." The question is about doing it for a full season. Pivetta and Whitlock have already gone down with injuries- maybe just for a bit, and maybe the others will, too, but these guys can pitch. I'm not projecting the all keep doing this well, even if healthy, but they do have the talent.

Valdez is such an awful fielder. He's worse than Reyes and DHam at 2B and can't play SS or 3B. I think Reyes and DHam are about equally awful in all areas of the game.

Yup, and we knew we needed a lot of luck to stay healthy.

Governments.

Optioned to Woo. Not DFA'd.

I saw he's expected back in early May. They could "milk it" to 60 days.

Ref should only be platooned, and since he is one of the few Sox players who hits LHPs, well. We should be able to work it out. Assuming Rafaela at SS, at least vs LHPs... vs LHP: LF Ref CF Duran RF O'Neill vs RHP: LF Duran CF Rafaela/Abreu (DHam at SS and bats left-handed) RF O'Neill

Probably. Jacques is too beloved.

Bastardo is not really top 20, but he's top 30 and has a .444 OPS Against. Others: .408 Early .365 Kelly .392 Benitez (may move up, at some point) .561 Guerrero .419 Troye, .635 Dobbins & .511 Rogers (all SSS)

None are on the 40, so why not just add Kevin Smith?

I used fangraphs, which may not be updated from yesterday.

Yes, MLBTRs says Story was moved to the 60 Day IL to make room for Gutierrez. Another move is needed for Booser (it probably won't be Jacques.)