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  1. notin
    And at what point does it become Alonso plus, say, Oviedo vs Contreras and Suarez? I have my doubts that the Sox sign Suarez if they bring back Bregman or sign Alonso…
  2. notin
    If the Sox get 30 fWAR out of Durbin in the 5 years before he hits free agency, you folks better damn well be “happy”. And by “happy” I mean building altars to Breslow and naming all your children Craig, including both your twin daughters. But if the Sox get 10-15 fWAR out of Durbin in the next 5 years, the trade was still good…
  3. notin
    That bullpen looks good, but that leaves the rotation with very little depth beyind the starting five, with just Oviedo, Early, Uberstine and Bennett. And Uberstine scares me, since I was not a huge fan of his work in AAA. Also his name sounds like a monster built from re-animated corpse tissue that was made for the purpose of driving me home…
  4. notin
    It’s 2/10!! He’s late!
  5. notin
    So bad he needs you to speak for him? Not playing Mayer at SS doesn’t mean he doesn’t think Mayer is ready or has any thoughts about whether or not Mayer can handle it, just like not speaking to Devers about playing first didn’t mean Cora did not think Devers could handle 1b. Usually when one of us suggests moving a player, it’s supported by bad defense. And rarely anything else. Devers was a really bad defensive 3b after all. Sort of a laughable theory that Cora wouldn’t move Devers to 1b because he didn’t think Devers could handle first base when it was already blatantly obvious Devers couldn’t handle third base. Story’s defense is definitely not what it once was, which is not surprising as he ages. Devers sucked at 3b. Casas sucks at 1b. Bogaerts had no range at SS. These are not opinions. They are facts that Cora chose to back burner, probably for reasons related to keeping players happy…
  6. notin
    This happens more often than many realize - extension for a player you think will be really good di you lock him up before he even debuts. Detroit did the same thing with Colt Keith, who is still in MLB (unlike Campbell) but is limited to platooning roles. Although some of that might be because AJ Hinch is overly dedicated to platooning. Something about those ex-Astros garbage can bangers, I guess. One can only assume Carlos Beltran would have overutilized the strategy as well…
  7. notin
    Yes, when it affects pinstripes…
  8. notin
    Danny Coulombe needs work
  9. notin
    Or DHing without bitching?
  10. notin
    I doubt Cheng is long for the 40 man roster. DFA and hope he clears waivers. Eaton might find his roster spot in jeopardy now and I don’t think he has options…
  11. notin
    Again, the Cubs do have a BA Top 100 prospect in infielder James Triantos who struggled in AAA last year at age 22. They could easily pencil him in, especially if he does improve vs AAA pitching. No doubt they prefer Shaw, but theyre not dead without him…
  12. notin
    Well, last time Milwaukee had Hamilton they traded him away to get Hunter Renfroe…
  13. notin
    I’m not wild about Durbin, but I also figured Milwaukee wouldn’t trade him and would just phase Jett Williams in over Ortiz….
  14. notin
    If Devers had just said “of course I will cover first base while Triston is out like a normal teammate would,” he’d still be in Boston…
  15. notin
    Plus every MLB player before him named “Andruw” has gone on to a Hall of Fame career…
  16. notin
    But everybody can Shang Tsung tonight. (If I didn’t say it, 5Gold would have.)
  17. notin
    His numbers are brought down by a disastrous first half, too. His second half OPS of .839 at least created an argument for him…
  18. notin
    So… Tolle for Shaw?
  19. notin
    It was but one bullet in O-Cab’s gun…
  20. notin
    And off the field, he was apparently an a-hole. Chicago couldn’t wait to get rid of him after trading Jon Garland for him. They got themselves a player who willingly threw teammates under the bus and called the official scorer during games to question calls against him…,
  21. notin
    Can you provide actual details? We get they’re “23rd in revenue spent on the roster”, but what does that mean? Cash value or percentage? And how tight is the range? Like if we find out the Sox are 23rd because they spend 10% on their roster, but if they spent 12%, they’d rank 5th, I’m going to use ChatGPT’s evil twin sight SlapGPT to deliver a CYBER-knuckle sandwich via e-mail (not a real threat)…
  22. notin
    The exaggeration anout the Sox offense has gone beyond hyperbolic. No one expects them to be top three, but having even a top ten offense shouldn’t be a deathnail. Except on here where having only the eighth best offense in MLB means “barely competitive enough for the Midland League”, which is CMass high school for you non-New Englanders. I never expect to see this lineup, but the Sox could put together the following C: Contreras 1b: Casas 2b: Rafaela 3b: Mayer SS: Story LF: Anthony CF: Duran RF: Abreu DH: Yoshida All those players are on the Sox and familiar with those positions, with Mayer having the least experience at his position. Again, that specific arrangement is very improbable. But on any given night at least 7 of those names will be playing (assuming all are healthy). However you arrange them, it’s not a horrible batting order. In fact, it might even be “above average” <gasp> It’s also probably not done. A year ago today, the Sox hadn’t signed Bregman yet. Trevor Story didn’t come on board until March 23.
  23. notin
    If Bello is too expensive, Sandoval is off limits…
  24. notin
    He also put pineapple on pizza…
  25. notin
    Ben Brien is not left-handed but he does suck. I’d rather have Bello and Early…
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