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  1. notin
    The offense was decidedly worse after Devers, plummeting from 4.86 runs per game with Devers all the way down to 4.84 runs per game after trading him. That can amount to as much as TWO FULL RUNS across 100 games. Thank God the pitching and only the pitching stepped up so this team could overcome this catastrophic deficit!
  2. notin
    So cutting bait after spending $108 million for 140 IP from across 4 seasons from Chris Sale falls where in this lesson?
  3. notin
    It’s nice when they improve, but you can’t schedule it. The Sophomore Slump was thing decades before anyone gave an extension to a controllable 22yo. Anthony is hitting the ball roughly the same as he did last year. Mayer is a little worse. But neither has just fallen completely off the pace. Narvaez is actually hitting much, much better than last year, but he is striking out a little more and walking a little less, For some of these players, this will eventually show up in their baseball card stats…
  4. notin
    And dangerous. They made all those people go out INTO DETROIT AFTER DARK!!! Thats a legal cause of death in the Midwest. ”How did the John Doe pass away?” “He was in Detroit at 7pm.” “So needless”
  5. notin
    To be fair, Whitlock has 14 IP so far and Chapman has 11….
  6. notin
    No is Barq’s still around? Its been so long since I’ve seen it, I assumed it was only served at that Great Malt Shoppe in the Sky…
  7. notin
    NO!!!! Ollipop root beer is horrible. Apparently it’s made from carbonated water, sassafras roots, and the tears of orphans…
  8. notin
    Duran has now driven in 7 of the last 10 runs the Sox have scored…
  9. notin
    If he’s done such a great job of attacking the zone, why does he have 3.5BB/9?
  10. notin
    Monasterio over Yoshida? Apparently they value Rafaela’s glove in CF more than Yoshida’s .400 OBP in a struggling lineup…
  11. notin
    Now a 2 hitter against Skubal might have been frustrating, but was at least understandable on some level. If the Detroit bullpen gets a 2-hitter, thats a whole different thing…
  12. notin
    MLBTR is reporting elbow surgery. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/05/tigers-rumors-tarik-skubal-scratch-injury.html
  13. notin
    He swats the bug hard but it goes directly to the shortstop for an easy 6-3…
  14. notin
    Probably just a boring 2 hitter…
  15. notin
    You’re only selecting part of his prediction. He predicted they would win more games than last year - meaning 90+ - and still miss the postseason. And technically , they haven’t “finished” anywhere yet…
  16. notin
    Oops. Post deleted. Confused Durban and Duran. The similarities in those names makes me happier that they signed IKF instead of adding Mauricio Dubon and additional layers of confusion…
  17. notin
    I agree reversible , in-house changes are more likely at this stage of the season. You can demote Durbin and promote him again 10 days later or whenever. But the point is he’s not gone forever. DFA/release Story and you’ve made an irreversible move. Now moving Story to 2b or 3b? Thats reversible and a preferred in-house change as well.
  18. notin
    I have 0 issues with moving Story, but it’s more likely a DFA/release situation, or take back an even worse deal. The proper Avenue is DFA/release. But doing so is a complete white flag on 2026…
  19. notin
    But you said he was right, not closer. “Take cover, everyone! Goal posts incoming!!!”
  20. notin
    I actually thought he didn’t. They could demote him as well, but unlike Durbin, Duran has a track record for being a 4-8 WAR player. And at some point they need to keep a few bodies. Also Duran doesn’t have a 60% groundball rate against a 6% line drive rate. Besides like I pointed out, Durbin is doing much worse than Duran if you don’t count his lone home run of Weston Wilson. Against actual MLB pitchers, his numbers are worse than Kristian Campbell during his slump. Why not demote Durbin? They still get to keep him and can recall him later. And they probably need to make some sort of changes. I suppose given the alignment I proposed, they could simply bench Durbin. But that does him no good…
  21. notin
    It’s like the arguments I have with my conspiracy theorist brother-in-law about Bob Lazar being a complete fraud. ”But he correctly predicted the existence of element 115! It was discovered since he made his claim!” ”No, he really didn’t. He got everything wrong about the element, which was made, not discovered. It doesn’t produce gravity waves snd Lazar completely forgot to mention it was so radioactive it has a half-life of milliseconds. And considering he defined the exact isotope the aliens were using, this should have been noticeable.” ”But we don’t know elements are the same on other planets.” ”Every astrophysicist says they are, and it makes sense that they are. But if you’re now arguing that the alien 115 is different from Moscovium, what exactly are you saying he predicted?” ”I’m saying 115 exists and he was right. How else did he know?” ”Dude, the only thing he got right was the atomic number. And you’re sitting with the kids at Thanksgiving.”
  22. notin
    He also said they would win more games in 2026 than the won in 2025 (89)…
  23. notin
    Seems to depend on your source and payroll type. Sportrac has them 11th on labor payroll and 6th in luxury tax. I haven’t seen 15th anywhere…
  24. notin
    Yes if you are among the rare folks who consider DH to be an infield position…
  25. notin
    He’s not but he’s the only one of the three that can be demoted without being DFA. The Sox aren’t likely to make irreversible changes right now…
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