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So.. status quo? Good thing you weren’t running the Cubs in 2016 when Kyle Schwarber went down in the second game of the year and didn’t play again until the World Series. His .971 OPS that series was key in it not being 118 years and counting…

Again, the Sox can afford most of those players. And i don’t think Whitlock, Campbell and Bello were why they didn’t sign Ohtani. Or even Alonso. They swung a $40mill AAV with those extensions on the roster and Henry didn’t hav to cut the employee dental plan…

Right. It’s always about the ego. So egomaniacal the way he saw that future in Crochet after a season in which he was a mere Cy Young runner-up. Most teams are doing this now. Milwaukee has taken it a step further and signing players to extensions and then actually not promoting them to MLB right away (Pratt, Lara for example). This is how teams are operating. Even missing on a few can still payoff if you just hit on one. If Anthony really reaches his ceiling, his contract could have exceeded his current one plus Campbell’s plus Bello’s. Easily, since he could have been a free agent by 27 and that total is only about $240mill. If you doubt this, ask yourself how much Tampa is kicking themselves for not extending Junior Caminero. I can promise you that’s not happening now. I know fans prefer to wait until a player has proven something (and exactly what was Crochet supposed to still prove?), but if you wait too long, players (and their agents) can drastically revise their own worth. (See Caminero, Junior above.) Or worse, other teams with warped valuation methods can really screw you over, like the “Well we couldn’t sign Trea Turner so let’s just drive that same truckload of money over to the Bogaerts household instead” method…

What better place? Henry gets to go back to imported caviar over than domestic slop? They can afford those options, many of which are early on in younger player. And do you really think the money they could have saved would have gone to splurging on an expensive veteran? They can still afford one now and haven’t gone all in on a deal bigger than Suarez. No one liked Rafaela’s extension at first either. I believe you were among the critics…

That’s fine, too. But if Anthony is done, someone is going to replace him on the roster..

Jones in LF over Duran. Mead at DH. We’ve seen longer layofffs activated for the postseason successfully.

.897 OPS vs LHP. Fried today. Rodon tomorrow, if necessary. Why not? Don’t go down with bullets in your gun…

It’s possible. Leaving midgame didn’t strike me as the death knell. And neither does not answering questions. But there is enough there to make one wonder. If he is done, activate Mead?

It was made at the last minute and still went 6 guaranteed years. It looked to me like they were screaming “See!! We’re spending money!! We’re really not going to work on a Tampa budget!!”…

Depends how bad it is. Is he out of the lineup today?

Story was PR signing if I ever saw one. Not signed until March 23, only days before the season began…

That was so long ago. When they did try to do that, it looked like a good idea…

Only to the 60 day IL to open a 40 man spot for Arias. I like the idea of Story at 2b, but don’t consider it likely…

Big difference between assuming he’s a superstar and assuming two injuries are not the historical norm…

The guy has had two injuries in his career so far. Hes not like Mayer, who got hurt every season in the minors.

So the Sox should go back to those power offenses from the 1980’s that crushed AL pitching non-stop right up to September 30, when their season abruptly ended? They’ll add a bat or two. And probably move a player most of us never though of moving, like Contreras or Abreu…

That’s why their MLB lead in assists was so small…

That’s what it’s like when teams in your division have a winning record every year…

Duran caught that one! Already better than last year…

Wait!! What!?! When did that happen?!

They should have at least shown Pedro bouncing Don Zimmer…

Break up this playoff team!!!

Also Bill Skowron https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skowrbi01.shtml

The thing is - bad hitting is sort of limited and capped. You can only go down to .000. And the overwhelming majority of hitters bat between .200 and .300, and the ones who don’t fall in it are usually not outside by much, it’s actually a tight range encompassing only 10% of all possible outcomes. Picture a test where the entire class got between 70-80% on a test. Did the student that got 80% really demonstrate an understanding of the material that much better than the student that got a 70%? But bad pitching can go up all the way to infinity. No range. No upper limit. Just bad pitching…

They’d at least have some more thump if not for inside pitches after 2 plate appearances…