WestEddy

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He was cleared to play. Let me know when you know something different.

Maybe Liptak is even more wrong than I thought...

Players don't play rehab games in AAA to heal. It's not like they stumble on crutches out to left field, and after a couple of fly balls, they can walk again. They are cleared to play, and do rehab games to experience game speed, again, before they're in games that matter. It's ludicrous to pretend a player was rushed when they were already cleared to play.

It's weird how players can't get injured playing rehab games in AAA, but playing in the majors is like storming a beach on D-Day. Maybe they should study the AAA game to find out why it's so safe and no players ever get injured on a rehab assignment and teach that in the majors.

Antonacci has put up 0.3 fWAR over 17 games. That's 2.86 over 162. A better than average major leaguer is a bit more than "just a band aid" If you're going to concern troll, at least put some effort into it. I named the three OF starters. Getz brought in a group of OFs. Of Baldwin, Peters, Pereira, Acuña, Hill and Hays, three of those guys are injured, and one hasn't taken advantage of the shot he's been given. By all means, please point out the teams who develop 100% of their prospects. The Sox just took two of three from your Padres. Looks like they could use a couple of band aids.

How do you define quality? Peters, Pereira and Antonacci have all put up positive fWAR one month into the season. Three starters are out injured, right now, which happens across the game at times. Why don't you tell us the perfect profile of the perfect backup? Anybody the Sox acquire is either a retread, washed up, too inexperienced, wasn't born an outfielder, doesn't bat 1.000, or some other made up BS. The truth is you have no point.

All teams rely on "dumpster diving" every season. The fact that you feign ignorance of this simple fact to troll Sox fans on a daily basis is an indictment of you. They've developed their left-fielder. You whine about fundamentals when he makes common rookie mistakes. They amassed a group of outfielders to work with in the offseason. Pereira is injured. You will claim that Reinsdorf ran out on the field and kneecapped him, himself because he's "cheap" or something. Tristan Peters is pretty much their starting CF. But he once made a mistake and isn't batting 1.000, so he "sucks". They just grabbed a 5th OF off the waiver wire. I'm sure if you bother to look, every single major league team has done that a couple times, now, in the first month of the season.

He was already playing in AAA games. Every single team plays the waiver wire all year. Break out the smelling salts and relax.

I'm sorry, are there potential All-Stars in their prime sitting home, waiting for the phone to ring right now? The waiver wire is it. I can't imagine anybody was thinking an Aaron Judge was out there, waiting for the Sox to sign him.

They probably pay a subscription fee to MSN for an office bundle so they could use PowerPoint to put together their offer package.

I wonder if that means Hays goes back on the IL.

Your closer can't close a lead the starters didn't get to him.

Oh, that's why Hays didn't pinch hit. If they did tie, Hays would have been RF in the bottom of the 9th.

I chose this version over the original. There's an entire genre of analytical YouTube videos on the era of teen car crash songs. That first inning should have really produced something. Kelenic getting picked off in the 4th was pretty bad.

There was definitely a path to victory. They didn't even have to play a perfect game. The Padres should have won two of three.

They'd have to put him through waivers. That could be a no-brainer, as it would be flukey for a team to grab him up, but I'm not sure where they are on the 40-man. Who replaces him? Gonzo?

They sure don't have that losing streak monkey on their backs anymore.

Hays was on the bench. Maybe he's achy today.

Would anybody roster him on the big league squad if they DFAed him? I guess a team could claim him and immediately put him through waivers to see if they get lucky.

Yes, you were right on cue. Who stops you from commenting on pitching injuries? Unless you consider somebody mocking the notion that the White Sox are the only team who has pitching injuries as big, bad meanies stopping you from letting fly.