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Absolutely not. The Sox are going to need Sandoval. If the Sox do go into sell mode, they likely dump Gray, and potentially Bello. And at some point will probably shut down Tolle and Bennett (and Early if he ever gets activated). The Sox are going to need an arm (or more?) to handle the IP at that point. And helping preserve the arms of Tolle, Early and Bennett is far more useful than anything Sandoval will brings back in a trade…

I do agree that Mayer could have gone back to AAA. It’s not like he got promoted for dominating there (although he wasn’t exactly a bust either). But if the Sox were to fill that middle infield spot, it s any going to be with a Schwarber or Alonso. In fact, pribably not a free agent at all…

By reindeer people, I was referring to the makers of the movie, since the animated Return of the King was made by the same people who made Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and several other stop motion holiday specials

I am familiar with the older original works of Weird Al Yankovic. Points to the reindeer people for adding a musical number to a non-musical movie. You’re trying to compete with singing orcs here…

Better than the Rankin/Bass animated version of The Return of The King that featured a troop of orcs singing “Where There’s A Whip, There’s A Way”?

It’s not a mockumentary. It’s an actual documentary about how the movie got made, and it is wild…

Yes. Cite your issues. Explain why the Marlins are not an example for stars maintaining drawing power…

Then why did the Marlins average about 5,000-10,000 per game when they had Stanton, Yelich, Ozuna and Realmuto all in the same lineup ten years ago?

Horrifically comical. Such a sad mistake that it makes Troll 2 look like Godfather 2 You know a movie is bad when they make a movie about making it, which happened for both The Room (The Disaster Artist) and Troll 2 (Best Worst Movie)…

Whether buying or selling, sell on Gray and include enough cash to make the return worthwhile…

No one expected this awful season from Duran, including teams that didn’t trade for him…

Hitting on all three was probably unlikely. But hitting on 2 of 3 might have made a noticeable difference. Especially Duran, since he might have lead the team in PA…

True, but he’s a lesser bat even in that specialized but limited role. But if players like Duran, Story, Narvaez were even close to last year, this team has a much better W-L record…

Regardless, Duran has never been this useless. Trade him to Atlanta for Sean Murphy. How was Roman mismanaged? Please don’t say “he should have had surgery.” Not everyone with his injury has had surgery, and surgery itself is ALWAYS a big deal despite the fan attitude that it’s a quick fix treatment. I do think Marcelo should return to AAA. He wasn’t called up because he was ready; he was called up because he wasn’t injured. Time to get the old schedule back in place. As much as I like Cheng, Story does represent an improvement…

Or to have the bats they already had actually show up. In the case of Romy, it was more literal…

We’re also 3rd out of 30 in runs allowed, which does cut it…

Maybe he threw his helmet at them…

It keeps more teams involved and forces more tough decisions. Also helps pushing the playoff schedule closer and closer to December…

They’re 4.5 games out and are probably on the fence like Boston…

The Padres are good. My point was it limits what teams will want him. Tampa? Milwaukee? Cleveland? All out. Cubs, Yankees and a few others - pribably in but now fewer partners in the bidding war…

Romy is already in the game…

Actually great move by Hudson. It was so good I was fooled again on the replay…

No offense taken…

No mention of Ben? Gotta be the weirdest movie, especially if, like me, you heard the sweet little Michael Jackson theme song first and probably thought “I bet this is a tender coming-of-age story about a lonely boy who learns the true magic of friendship as the key to his happiness.” I suppose it is, in a way. The boy, named Danny, does make his new friend, Ben. But, if you didn’t already know, Ben is a rat. A real rat, as in a city-dwelling rodent. And Ben is. not just any rat, but rather he’s king of the rats or emperor of the rats or something. (I admit a certain level of ignorance regarding rat nobility and titles.) And Ben is also fairly evil, using his authority to order his army of rats to attack grocery stores and food trucks to feed the masses, along with the occasional bully that threatens Danny. Ben is not nice. And does Danny use his friendship to influence Ben and his into more peaceful endeavors, creating a world where humans and rats live in harmony? No. Danny covers for him and takes care of him, clearly preferring the status quo. Not even sure what the theme was supposed to be. I’d feel bad about the spoilers, but if you haven’t seen this movie, you’ve had about 55 years to take it in…

It never looked like Yoshida was expected to have a big role in this offense anyway. DFA Yoshida and what? More Eaton? What exactly does that solve? Trading Duran means another team has to agree to something. Just offloading Duran - a big part of the 2025 offense - for the sake of getting rid of him to make room for Alonso could have easily backfired, largely because it was essentially stupid. Improve the offense by replacing Duran’s Rbat+ of 127 with Alonso’s 140 and then not having Suarez seems like a plsn for a worse team unless Duran completely tanks…