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What GM doesn’t?

Well, most likely it was his willingness to accept a one year deal while Wacha probably prefer something longer…

Thanks for the answer. A romantic description that I can see. I think of an ace as a top tier pitcher, but certainly a marketable one. But using this criteria, who is an ace today? Heck the durability portion wiped out a ton of candidates…

John Lackey was an ace? In 4+ years in Boston, Lackey was 47-43 with a 4.46 ERA. Those are Nick Pivetta type numbers…

But what is an ace?

So $26mill? Lucas Giolito or Tyler Mahle? I’d add German Marquez to that list, but he’s probably out most of next year…

There won’t be a lot of opportunities…

Aces are overrated. I mean, what exactly is an ace anyway?

It takes a slow baseball day to get me to look up Worcester’s latitude

Trade for Soto. San Diego can’t extend him…

But saying Worcester is south of Boston is like saying Oregon is south of Maine. I mean, Worcester’s latitude is 42.26 and Boston is 42.36. That’s pretty damn close north-south wise. I think 5Gold simply made the mistake of thinking “Pawtucket”, which made more sense and is perfectly understandable…

And body odor…

I think the kid is right. St. Louis has been vastly overrated for the most part due to a weak and advantageous schedule…

Follow up St Louis record overall and minus those teams 2022 93-69 / 62-43 2021 90-72 / 52-53 2020 30-28 / 13-15 20-9 91-71 / 55-50 Outside of 2022, she may not be wrong…

My daughter has theorized St. Louis has always been a mediocre team, but this year is a victim of the new balanced schedule. And that their successes in recent years were built on playing 57 games (over 1/3 of their schedule) against the Cubs, Reds, and Pirates…

The only team the Sox have played so far that’s over .500 whose wins against Boston make the difference is Pittsburgh, who is 25-24 but 3-0 vs Boston. And Pitt was white hot at the time, beating up on lots of teams…

Worcester is south of Boston?

We’re also 50 games into the season and have only played like 12 games against teams under .500…

Sadly the White Sox are white hot of late, and anything above tepid keeps you in the thick of the AL Central…

People like to rip the Donner Party, but did anyone leave it with an empty stomach?

Renfro is a strange man who adamantly clings to his obscure beliefs. For example, he ridiculed both Flat Earthers and Round Earthers and is a devout Burrito Earther…

It’s not exactly accurate to link Eovaldi in with pitchers who “eventually break down.” He’s had TJ twice and pitched more than 125 IP exactly one time since 2016. He only pitched 109 IP last year. And he’s only 33. Durability has been a concern for him for over a decade now. The Sox signed him for 4 seasons, and he only pitched two of them injury-free, and that’s counting an abbreviated 2020 as a full season. Even the spend-happy Rangers only went two years on him. As for Wacha, he was good last year when available, but he isn’t 2013-15 Wacha anymore and hasn’t been for a long time. He could easily be Kluber next year, and has the option (his choice) to extend that for 3 more years. We don’t like having Kluber for one season but Wacha has a good month and he’s preferable for four years? And I do think the back end is important. The Sox dragged $31mill worth of David Price around for several years and, because he made $31mill, had less money for other potential improvements or retentions. I can’t for certain day not signing Price meant keeping Mookie. But it is possible that flop of a contract put some caution into the minds of ownership when negotiating with him. And where was all that Sale praise from 2020-2022? He was pulling down some $87mill for 40 IP. While he’s bouncing back now, he did spend those years as nothing but an albatross that might have shaped this roster differently. Heck, imagine if Sale and Bogaerts simply switched contracts (you no, so X had a $29mill AAV and no opt out). Would that have a positive or negative effect on this roster today?

Yeah because Eovaldi carries absolutely no other risks at all…

It’s weird. Two months ago, players like Valdez, Winckowski, Wong were failed acquisitions with no MLB future. Then, as it turns out, they actually do have baseball skills. And throw in the out-of-nowhere emergence of Duran, and a surprisingly tough early schedule, and this team looks good. But have 3 bad games and focus on the hot streaks of departed players and suddenly the goal was clearly 85 wins and save money…

So you’re saying his 25 innings this month are reality and his 25 innings last month are the outlier?