Look at Ray Ray Run

That was the plan. They said he'd only get one inning in-game today, and then throw a few more in bullpen.

Fantastic play by Bote to rob Anderson of an RBI double at least.

So much speed in this lineup; another infield single, this time for Yoan. 2-2 since the extension was signed. Jack was right, he was pressing!

It's amazing that i've been impressed by Robert given how irrationally high my expectations are for him. His swing is just so damn simple; I don't see the glaring hole yet, but maybe it comes. He spits on a lot of good pitches with ease.

STEAL THIRD LUIS!

Luis Robert is just unbelievable.

Walk and K rates normalize faster than every other stat in baseball; everyone should be very excited about Eloys increase patience at the dish.

He won't continue to have 1.5 WHIP's and succeed; I can guarantee that.

COllins > Grandal defensively

TO be fair, he ALWAYS has terrible Aprils.

Schwarber lol What power hitter gets nicked on the jersey in spring and wants to make sure the ump knows right away. Get some ABs in you pantload!

I think his FA contract if he's really good would pay him around 35 million annually; obviously it would be more for a 2 year deal, but this is an extension so it's not really a two year deal.

Fun Jon Lester fact for all Cub fans who called him an ace and an elite arm; Jon Lester career WAR: 46.1 Mark Buehrle career WAR: 52.3 After I say that, the Ump gives lester a strike a foot inside to ring up abreu.

I have no idea how Jon Lester gets anyone out anymore.

Moncada 1-1 for one with his new deal!

If he's really good, he's looking at about 35-37 million in Arb + two FA years of 35ish million per. That puts him at about 107 and he's going to make 90.

Link to a stream; if it's allowed here. *narrators voice*"it is not allowed here ?

So the team saves about 15-20 million if Yoan is a world beater. Not a huge discount for guaranteeing the 37 upfront, but a good deal for both parties and fair for both sides. Like it.

Not referring to you at all; always respect your opinion and enjoy reading your thoughts. I know you have first hand knowledge of this on the medical side, and I appreciate your insight.

I have said in the past here that if you told me in college that if I took PED's I would have been a professional baseball player I would have taken them like they were tic tacs. The good news for me is no amount of PED's was going to raise my average from 220 to 380. And yes, I don't think all athletes suddenly stopped after college. I also don't think usage suddenly ended the year after I graduated. As for Bolt, come on. Track and Field is riddled with more users than anywhere else. He is dominating those users. Science tells me that what he is doing is unnatural; given that everyone uses though, I wouldn't even view it as cheating. How naive can we continue to be? These are the same excuses I heard about Lance Armstrong before it became a fact that he was using; oh, he has an enlarged heart! That's why he's able to beat all these users without using.

Hmmmm, but I said he was "cheating." My goodness man; read the posts and respond to them, or ignore them. Don't make up things I never said. I don't even view PED use in the NFL as cheating - they need faster recovery times from fatigue and injury to maintain some degree of health. I don't blame a single player for using in the NFL.

Ummmm, I don't call people names or attack people. Thanks for trying though. You insinuated that I called people idiots in this thread - wrong and not true. You insinuated that I call players and people names; 100% wrong based on the fact that I don't do that here, and certainly haven't called Watt a name. I even said he wasn't cheating by any means. I have never been one to attack people on the internet hiding behind anonymity, and that fact is supported by 4000 posts here in which I do not call people names or attack people just because their opinions differ from mine. You on the other hand? You very clearly make up things that people never said, and you respond to posters instead of their posts; turning things from opinion based discussions revolving around context, to personal interpretations of ones words based on your preconceived notions of who they are personally.

Where did I call anyone an idiot? Where did I call anyone a name in general? I made a joke about flinstone vitamins and steroids, and then I laughed at the premise that gaining 80 pounds of muscle mass in 24 months is normal/achievable naturally. What does freedom, equality and fairness for all have to do with JJ Watt using PED's to become an awesome football player? What does human decency have to do with using a PED to run a faster 40 and be a DPOY? I'm not really sure where you're going with that post; I'm not sure how they're at all related. Have a good one, big guy.

This guy has had a hard on for me since I started posting here; then he gets hyper defensive and sensitive when I respond to him, disagree with him, or call him out on his weird infatuation. Nothing more comical than someone waving their e-moderator powers around as some threat to curtail an opinion or discussion they don't approve of; as if my life would change or be altered if I was banned from Soxtalk. Maybe he should try responding to the post and not the poster. That's usually a good strategy. Usually moderators want to promote discussion and site growth but not at Soxtalk; in some cases, they want to push quality posters away; because they don't like them "personally."

What does this even mean? LOL Are you going to ban me for stating an opinion on a football players PED use? Go right ahead, bud. Nothing I enjoy more than internet threats from forum moderators.