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Reportedly this was the dealbreaker for Breslow…

Yoshida entered the season as an overpriced bench bat with poor outfield defense

When Alonso was available, Anthony was healthy and available to start in LF. Duran was DH/4th OF.

Gor the ten millionth time, getting rid of Yoshida eould not have created a spot for Alonso last December ( you know, when Alonso was signed). The Sox lineup at the time was: C: Narvaez 1b: Contreras 2b: Mayer 3b: Durbin SS: Story LF: Anthony CF: Rafaela RF: Abreu DH: Duran BN: Yoshida, Kiner-Falefa, Wong, Monasterio Alonso was not going to replace Yoshida. Duran or Anthony only. And at the time, Anthony was not hurt and we didn’t know Duran was going to have an awful year. But we didn’t know know Alonso was not going to sign on to replace Yoshida as the Sox bench OF. Or IKF as a utility infielder, since you’ve repeatedly assumed the Sox chose him over Alonso as well…

In hindsight, I’d take Alonso over Duran. But I also assumed at the time, like many, that Duran would, at a bare minimum, not suck ass…

Are you seriously dedicated to repeatedly pointing out the deficiencies of a top 5 candidate for AL MVP? Especially since you’re also dedicated to repeatedly singing the praises of a far worse player in Pete Alonso…

How about getting rid of divisions altogether and ranking postseason solely by record? Why is the AL West leader getting home games when they might finish under .500? The 4th AL Wild Card team might finish with a better record and - especially if it’s Toronto - got that better record against a tougher schedule. Clearly they are the better team that is only being penalized by geography…

And if Mead comes back?

Possible as well. Without Yoshida and Anthony, the DH position is getting rather tenuous. Gasper isn’t going to be the answer forever…

Since Anthony is getting activated in September, he could be platooned with Jones at DH while White plays LF vs LHP in a platoon with Duran…

With Yoshida injured it becomes less likely that Duran gets benched…

I cannot confirm that, but I can deny it later…

If no one else will, I’ll do it. Regardless of whether or not Duran turns it around completely and regardless of the fact that I’ve been harder on Duran, which I plan on denying layer…

Thats part of the big picture. If Anthony does pan out and goes to free agency at age 27, he is going to get a deal worth more than his current deal plus Campbell’s deal and still have enough leftover for a down payment on a mansion and a good-sized boat. If overpaying the occasional prospect that doesn’t pan out prevents the next Betts from getting away for very little, why wouldn’t anyone do it?

Can I do eggspresso jokes? Will they go over easy?