WestEddy

That's already been well established.

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What prediction would that be?

Just spit-ballin' here. These are the spots I think are pretty much locks at this point. 4 rotation spots with the 5th coming from Smith, Wilson or Gilbert. The middle infield is wide open, and they probably need a LF for a few weeks until Benny's ready. That all said, they have 5 bullpen spots and 5 position players to fill. They probably top out at 3 lefties in the bullpen, so it's really between Ellard and Eisert for a bullpen spot. Varland, Leasure and Murfee are on the 40-man, so unless any of them get continuously lit up, I think they make the team. If they go with 3 lefties in the pen, that leaves one spot between Clevenger, S. Wilson, Karinchak and J. Anderson. On the position side, Sosa and Vargas are out of options, so they have to make the team or be moved. LF looks to be a battle between Fletcher and Colas, with DeLoach and Mitchell needing to play out of their heads to be added to the 40-man. The means 2-4 slots get filled from that IF group. Rojas is most probably going to make the team. If Drury is hitting, he makes it, too. That leaves shortstop to be filled by Monty, Amaya, Baldwin or Meidroth. Maybe they use Drury as a backup in the corner OF spots and pick two of those 4 just listed. This is all done assuming Robert doesn't get traded, and Ramos, Benintendi, Thorpe and maybe even Taylor open the season on the IL. Taylor starting in LF would be the weakest option, IMO. Rot- Cannon, Martin, Perez*, Burke BP- S. Smith, Booser*, B. Wilson, T. Gilbert* Bench- Sosa, Slater, Thaiss C- Lee 1B- Vaughn 2B- 3B- Vargas SS- LF- CF- Robert RF- Tauchman* DH- RHBP (5)- Clevenger, Varland, Leasure, Murfee, S. Wilson, J. Anderson, Karinchak, Altavilla, Iriarte, Nastrini, W. Gonzalez LHBP (5)- Ellard*, Eisert*, Shuster*, McGough*, Schoenle*, Eder* MI (2)- Rojas, Amaya, Baldwin#, Meidroth*, Drury, C. Montgomery*, Gray*, Bergolla*, Ramos OF (2)- Fletcher*, Colas*, Julks, DeLoach*, Mitchell*, Taylor

Tyler Glasnow going for the Dodgers. Baldwin/Amaya the double play combo vs. yesterday's Sosa/Meidroth.

Once Thorpe returns, they're set, and nothing opens up (beyond injury or double headers) until Martin Perez is moved in July.

I want it to be Shane Smith, but I think Nastrini and Gilbert, in that order.

I'm not sure why. They should be playing better than .500 ball by 2027.

The Sox aren't trying to prove anything, you are. And you're not doing very good at it. The Sox aren't going to be a good team this year. It stands to reason that a rebuilding team won't win a lot of games in the regular season or spring training. Do they give out Nobel Peace Prizes for discoveries that profound?

Who's talking about the Dodgers? I'm not concerned about the Sox' record, either. It's spring training. But if you think the Sox record is meaningful, then it's meaningful that the Badres have scored less runs than the Sox in more games. Pick.

But you just said that ST records don't count. I think it's sort of incumbent for you to come up with some sort of point that ties all the strange, contradictive things you're saying together. I've already stated multiple times I think the Sox will win 53-54 games this year. I bet you can do the math. There's no reason to make up things I didn't say to argue against. What that you said is going to be proven right? That spring training games count, or that spring training games don't count? You seem to be saying both of those things. The fact that they aren't included with regular season wins and losses is kind of a dead giveaway. But if they do count, and the Sox stats make them a "laughingstock", then teams who have worse stats than the Sox are probably a laughingstock too, right?

If ST games don't count, then why are you posting this? Weird that you're making fun of the Sox for their spring record, but then you say it's meaningless when it's pointed out other teams are doing as bad, or worse. And it can be argued that for as great an organization you think the Padres are, anything short of an unbeaten spring record can be considered a complete failure.

They've been playing so horribly, instead of the "padres", shouldn't they be called the BAD-res?

If the White Sox are a laughingstock, then what is a team who has scored less runs than a "laughingstock", while playing more games during the critical first week of spring training? Your own trolling indicates you think these games are as important as in-season games, if not more so.

But the Padres have a pathetic losing record in spring training. Why aren't they trading for better players?

Can you explain the Vargas situation that is vexing you? I'm not sure I even know what you're talking about. I don't think you do, either.

Nobody's starting him every game. You're just making up BS to argue against. Perhaps you should expend more energy worrying about the Padres scoring runs at the same rate as the worst team in the game.

He's out of options. Do you actually think they should DFA him? That's pretty dumb, too.

That's pretty dumb.

Wow, the Sox have outscored the Padres this pre-season. If I was a Padres fan, I'd be very concerned. And depressed.