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This article is very quick to point out Sogard isn’t Nico Hoerner, which is a good thing because he isn’t. Hoerner is an all around fantastic player, easily among the best 2b in MLB. But my take from this is Sogard, whom admittedly I’ve only started appreciating recently, is still even better than I thought. Especially since my arguments were more based on appreciating him with extremely superficial Brock Holt comparisons and not so bold as to say he does do things like even the best in the league. I can give credibility to this for two reasons. Other posters (primarily 5Gold) have touted Sogard’s unappreciated superiority before and done so for a while now. And second, this isn’t the first article on this site to compare a Sox bench player to a well-regarded starter on another team. Last year there was the article comparing the hitting approach of Romy to that of the Mets’ Mark Vientos. And Romy went on to prove a lot of it, while Vientos undoubtedly helped his cause by climbing down that ladder a few rungs himself. But the primary point - Romy is a better hitter than many realize - proved correct. A more ambitious comp here, but I am on board…

Do we need a teammate to confirm this? I saw him all but use those words himself in a televised interview. Also the Sox were 37-36 when they dealt him and are 133-105 (.558) since trading him. Meanwhile SF was 41-30 when they acquired him and is 102-138 (.425) .since. There might be something to it …

Remember Sam Travis? Kyle Schwarber’s former college teammate drafted in the second round of the 2014 draft by the Sox, who then eventually traded him to Texas for LHP Jeffrey Springs. Springs was then packaged to Tampa along with RHP Chris Mazza for a package that included Brock Holt Redux AKA Nick Sogard. Nice to see that 2014 second round pick paying off…

Until next year when the Sox sign Adrian Morejon. (Breslow isn’t passing on a lefty reliever.)

They were not going to bench one of the 3 best hitters of a top ten scoring team in MLB last year just to squeeze in another hitter to appease fans who somehow have forgotten how to count to two and who don’t believe pitching and defense really can win games. The fact that theyre about to have the exact same record as last year (81-68) is remarkable because 1) at one point they were 32-46 and 2) the biggest reason for excitement last year was Garrett Crochet, who only pitched in 6 games this year. Just because Breslow didn’t get one guy you wanted (and didn’t know Duran would be tjis bad) doesn’t mean he didn’t do his job. Heck he went above and beyond this year. Not good enough for a ring? Why not? In a single series, they’ve swept the Yankees . And the Rays. And the Dodgers. And the White Sox. While the odds are against them, Thsts more about the “12 teams enter, one team leaves” model than the capabilities of this team..

Then you’ll never be happy because Breslow and all of his predecessors have been building teams, not collecting big name players…

Actually being .500 since is actually pretty good. I think what a lot of people forgot about Morgan Magic was that after the original 18-1 stretch (or whatever it was), that team played under .500 ball for the rest of the season. Still won the AL East…

It’s a baseball board. We need baseball ties. Bell was Bozo on WGN in Chicago, where I am now. Of course, when he was actually playing Bozo, I was still living in Worcester…

Let’s think about this statement. It loosely translates to: ”I want Breslow gone, but the team is good. I wish the team would be bad so Breslow would get fired and then the team could replace him and finally be good like they already are right now.”

Ask Kristian Campbell how well that translates…

Also Brian Dennehy as Gacy. Also, Bozo was Bob Bell, grandfather of former Angels’ pitcher Trevor Bell…

I assume you didn’t have 95 year old Bob Feller. But I do hope the game gave you that option..

I know. Then we could be as good as the Giants!! <sigh> If only…

There just aren’t many Bob’s anymore, at least not in MLB. When Tampa’s Bob Seymour debuted last year, there was an article about how he was the first player to go by “Bob” since Bob Howry retired in 2010…

I find your inclusion of Valentine to be offensive. Also thoughts on the disappearance of the name “Bob” at the MLB level?