moonslav59

So, you think JD's open market value, right now, is about $7M x 2?

Maybe, and it's not worth doing that, at this point, anyway.

I'm not sure why so many people seem to be writing him off at 1B. Not that 1Bmen get major bucks, either, but I think he can and will be a plus defender at 1B, if he is ever moved there. Even if he does end up at DH, if JD was worth $22M, and maybe he wasn't, what should Devers get?

...but man-o-man, this sucks!

Finally, a break our way.

JD Time

It's as much Bogey as Devers. Our Left Side IF sucks.

marwin !

Time for some thunder.

Maybe not today, but I can't see us not being a top 10 scoring team in MLB. I'm guessing top 7.

You can "emphasize" and practice extra time, but if you suck, you suck.

Gotta K 27 to get a shut out! (sarcasm alert)

Yes, and it's not about a tiny sample size. This will be a year long torment.

Showed it's not about range. It's the arm. 2 runs on crappy ground balls, errors and passed balls.

I'm not worried about our offense. Not even a lil bit.

I always wondered why Hartford wasn't the choice for a Sox AAA team. I know it is also Yankee turf, but maybe we could win over more CT fans.

I'd trade JD for nothing, but nobody will take on that whole contract. Would I trade him for nothing, if the other team paid half his contract, but I doubt we find a taker, even for that. (Also, this really doesn't help us this year.)

Probably a good idea.

I liked Remy, when he first started out, but he seems to just say the same things over and over, and I get the sense, he thinks too highly of himself. OB drove me away.

I switched to the O's broadcast. I can't take the Sox announcers for 2 days in a row.

To be fair, the idea trading JD came up last deadline and a little over the winter. Trading him might only free up $8-10M a year for two years, and since this year is not likely going to be all that competitive, we are really taking about just freeing up some cash for 2022, and not all that much. He's not going anywhere, unless we are out of it by the deadline, and someone will pay a sizable chunk of his deal.

They also wanted to ban Sunday voting but caved when they realized that would be too obviously targeting minority voters.

Why should poll workers, who are already under enormous pressure and now time constraints have to go give water? What is the purpose of not allowing someone else to give water, while here in Texas, they allow people to video and harass voters standing in line?

Here in Texas, at 1:39 am a couple days ago, the GOP led Senate ended it's session and then started the next one at 1:40 am to meet the public notice requirement and then went on to enact a voter restriction bill that clearly targets only urban and minority groups. One bill actually targets just voting districts with large populations by restricting how many voting booths they can have per registered voter, but rural (mostly GOP and white) districts can have as many as they want. They also will now allow people to video voters standing in line (as if the intimidation many voters of color already have faced recently is not enough.) They banned overnight and drive thru voting that is used widely by minorities and those with disabilities (how is this stopping voter fraud, when these voters go through the same strict voter ID protocols as daytime and other voting methods?). Speaking of disabilities: now, anyone seeking a absentee ballot based on a disability will need a second "proof of disability" to be allowed to vote (not hard for people who have printers and scanners- like more well off citizens). There's much more beyond some of the strictest voter ID laws already on the books, here. For instance, college students must vote in their home district not at school, and they cannot use a student ID to vote, but a hunting License will be accepted.

It's more than just showing an ID- much more.