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He may. wish he did.

Sox current OPS leaders: 1.139 Betts (Just sick!!!) 1.039 JD (Everything we wanted and more.) .952 Pearce (1.192 with Sox) .897 Beni (Blossoming in front of our eyes.) .889 Bogey (Living up to the early hype.) .853 Moreland (Loving life in Boston.) .748 Holt (Stay strong, please!) .715 Devers (One area we could get much better going forward.) .652 Leon (Got himself up to respectability.) .644 Nunez (One of the few disappointments. Injury???) .642 JBJ (Coming on strong.) .548 Vaz (Gotta keep bringing the OPS up.) .513 Swihart (Not really solidifying his future in Boston.) ERA (Listed in order of IP 2.23 Sale (Chris FREAKIN' Sale!) 4.13 Porcello (That shellacking really hurt his ERA.) 4.42 Price (Stay healthy is all I ask.) 3.44 ERod (Get healthy, please!) 2.66 Velazquez (Quietly became our #5 innings guy.) 4.20 Johnson (Bringing up his numbers.) 2.36 Barnes (Doing better than some give him credit for.) 1.77 Kimbrel (Buttah!) 3.79 Hembree (1.34 WHIP is scary.) 4.31 Kelly (Maybe better suited for the 7th inning.) 6.81 Pom-pom (WTF?) 1.62 Workman (Maybe our best hope for an in-house, second-half pen boost) 3.68 Walden (One can hope.) 1.69 Poyner (Sleeper.) 5.40 Thornburg(3.1 IP)

I'm in Canada now (Montreal). They seem to be going nutty over the deal.

You can't separate 2 independent clauses with a comma. You need a conjunction of a colon/semi colon. (The "Can't say" clause is implied to be "I can't say.")

We have 2-3 players we could DFA without losing much.

Opening Day Budget Rankings & their closer (saves leader) 2018 saves SFG: Stickland 12 BOS: Kimbrel 30 Cubs: Morrow 22 WSH: Herrera 14 NYM: Familia 17 HOU: Giles 12 (recently demoted) LAA: Parker 10 SEA: Diaz 36 TOR: Clippard 6 NYY: Chapman 27 LAD: Jansen 27

Here's a look at some of our key players and their OPS progression/regressions: Old to New Red=worst Blue=best Betts .820>.897>.803>.1139 Bogey .776>.802>.746>.889 Beni .776> .897 Bradley .832>.835>.726>.642 JD .879>.908>.1.066>1.037 Moreland .812>.720>.769>.853 Vazquez .735>.548 Leon .845>.644>.652

Once again, I did not watch a single pitch of the AS game.

I would like to point out the importance of punctuation in that sentence. It should be a colon or semi colon.

If he starts to decline, then we'll have to look at Lin/Nunez and decide if we need to try Phillips or make a trade. The waiver wire date is a long ways away, and we should know more by then.

If we get a rental, it won't affect going over in coming years. My wonder is about Henry being viewed as the next Stienbrenner. We're going to have a budget more than 20% higher than the next team, if we go large now.

Me, too. I said something similar weeks ago. If we are going to go over, don't do it half-ass.

There wasn't much available back then. I'm glad we didn't get Cobb. If we can get a pitcher for as cheap as we got Pearce, then go for it.

I'm thinking we're looking pretty good this year, despite the injuries. I think we have handled them nicely. Wright should be close to ready to step in for ERod. We started this year with 9. Sale Porcello Price ERod Pom Wright Johnson Velazquez Haley (Beeks passed him during the season)

I'm not. I'm depending on them holding the fort until Wright, Pom and ERod return. If it looks like 2 or those 3 will not return, then I go looking. I'm not sure we know enough now to do that. We have limited trade resources. If we can find a starter for cheap, I'm all for it, but good ones aren't cheap. I still think building the pen is our number one priority.

Holt worked out heavily this past off season and added bulk. It may have helped him build stamina. I've been suggesting we trade Holt for years, but he's earning his right to continue playing a lot and to show the endurance question has been solved. It's nice to have Phillips as depth, but I'm thinking we should keep things as is, for now.

Next, you'll be proclaiming that "real men use Viagra."

Johnson's doing fine. We have Velazquez ready when needed, and Wright should be back soon. I'd wait until nearer the deadline to see how things are looking. (There's also waiver wire deals, if needed.)

I would not even think of moving Betts to 2B, if Nunez and Holt both got hurt and Pedey does not come back, but it wouldn't be Swihart getting more ABs. It would likely be Moreland & Pearce playing FT and not platooning at 1B with guys like Nunez or Holt getting some time at DH or spelling people while they DH. I hate the idea.

Far, far from the truth.

Holt did, too.

I haven't experienced those bad things, but I'll watch where I walk. I'm loving the crepes and other fine foods. We're off to cruise the Ile d'Orleans today in the misty rain. Weather has been perfect every other day.

If you had to assign a percent to each of the factors listed, what would they be? 1. Better health (We had a lot of players playing while hurt last year, especially Betts, Bogey & Moreland.) 2. Players getting closer to prime or with one more year of added experience (Beni, Betts, Bogey). 3. New coaching and manager. 4. JD added into the line-up. 5. JD added as mentor and coach. 6. Osmosis (Players just seem to do better when everyone else around them is doing better.) 7. Other (Please clarify) Without putting a ton of thought into it, I'd go this way: 25% Better health 24% Age/prime year progression 23% New coaching & manager 22% JD's presence (I combined 4 & 5) 6% Osmosis

2019 could be the last "window" season. I'm not sure leaving the closing role to Kelly/Thornburg/Buttrey and others is the way to go. Maybe we can find a decent bridge closer. I would not pay Kimbrel $20M. That's about 1/10 to 1/11th of the luxury tax budget amount. It's a major area of concern going forward. Losing HRam and Pom's contracts might help a little, but the arb contracts will see significant upticks next year.

Last night... AAA Butler HR'd (4th) Olt his his 11th Scott pitched 2 innings with 1H 0ER 0BB 3K AA Trey Ball 1.2 IP 9H 8ER 0BB 1 K Kyle Hart 4 IP 9H 8ER 3BB 1 K Ouch! A+ Dalbec 2 for 4 with a 2B. Jake Thompson 6 IP 4H 2ER 1BB 2K