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Have a defensive position.

Thank God folks didn't see Frank Thomas in Spring Training.

All the Delmonico play so fart it's as if they are trying to force him on. Giving him every chance to make this team.

Would have liked this a bit more if more money was front loaded vs the back end when other contracts on the team would be coming due for renewals and extensions.

I think you missed the 2 years of Free Agency control, which is worth more than the actual money savings.

The money will be spent.

What a bargain. Still nowhere close to the first $100 million deal in team history, thought this one would be a guarantee. I love you Jerry Reinsdorf ! Don't change old man.

More alarming than his soft contact, Madrigal's speed is a bit overrated from what I've seen this spring.

It's refreshing to see we finally have a group B worth a damn.

Mercedes is Uribe on roids. Boy can he smoke it.

Vaughn looks so good with the bat. Less than one year removed from aluminum bat and this guy shows like he belongs up here.

Mercedes reminds me of more disciplined Juan Uribe up there. He doesn't get cheated on his hacks.

All jokes aside, keep in mind what Eloy looks like out there in roller blades. It's not tall timber.

If Mercedes is fitted for a Corner OF glove, how bad can it be defensively? When taking into account the 2 statues already there.

I wish ALL ST games were on TV or stream.

Or Not Steve Cishek is James Fox?

This is exactly how you would avoid the Cubs fiasco they have going on right now with their core.

I caution folks that as this team starts getting good again, there will a lot more attention and fans coming out for this. And with that, a lot of extra dumbness.

No kidding. Fegan: "so worth monitoring if he can round into form" I think he's already there, 3 walks.

I love baseball. Just hearing all those sounds again.

It sort of defines what being a Sox fan is for some.

$10 million savings (per your statement) for paying $15 million up front, you don't find 40% savings that big a deal? Even if the savings were $5 million, that's 25%. Still a sold deal.

Right, but not at $16 million for those 5 years.

I just laugh sometimes at Sox Nation. When they take care of their of their own: "This is so unnecessary." Then on the other side : "Why did they stop spending money and are not looking for patchwork fillers?"

There are two OFs on the roster who can hit Lefties pretty well, Garcia and Engel. And they both play a better defensive OF than Puig can dream of.