Chick Mercedes

I think what is actually missing is that he doesn’t feature his speed in any real way. If he did, this is probably a different conversation, even without the homers. He is solid of course . Just that he is one of those guys that leaves you wanting more. You would like to see him retire here, but he’ll need to step it up for that to be a forgone conclusion. I don’t believe the team will overpay for him when the time comes in the current form.

The rest of it is, he can be an underslot signing to save money so they can take another flyer if the right player is there to overpay. I don’t know about the players taken after, but they all had one or two scouting questions just like Montgomery does. So little to none sacrifices in the talent department for the value.

Is this a good draft? His physical specimen profile at short seems like the type that goes in the top 15 usually.

I don’t know, I have read Corey Seager upside. All you can ask for lol

Colson Montgomey, nice

Watson fell to 16.

Does Kopech have 6Ks in a row? Anyway, he’s already a high leverage closer guarantee. Pretty pretty pretty yyy good.

The most overlooked area is the lack of production from international free agency. (Non Cuban mega contract variety players) Lots of work to do there, and then stop trading them away when you have them. Surprising success with the draft picks lately picking up steam. The Sox can finish the job and maintain success. Will they?

I don’t want to belabor this, but by ising the logic given, Rodon is rested and ready more than anything. Prior seasons dont tend to be involved in the calculus. Rodon built gimself up for a full season and he should be ready for it. Its a fair point or theory if you will, but there is no demonstrable proof behind it. The more load management becomes implemented in sports, the more injuries we seem to see imo.. As long as we are putting unproven ideas into the ether, I would guess that everyone throwing 97 mph and bulking up has done more damage than playing a gosh darn full season.

I tun marathons all the time. Chicago matathon upcoming. Anyway, Kind of not the same thing

Right? And Lebron Kawahi and all the rest of them whining about their minutes and too many games waaa waaa and still getting hurt. Bunch of new age malarkey

People still buy into this load management crap smdh.

In retrospect I will grant that Mercedes did not achieve yet the status to expect more careful respect and a defense from his own manager. But wrong is wrong so no apology there.

If healthy. Well that sounds like an upset if it ever lasts a month. And not that much if any really.

Nm. Just noticed the date. But those kind of longer term upside prospects for a rental, not too keen on. The Sox are kind of in a rough spot. Thompson sucking right now makes it conceivable, but still. Id rather do pitchers like Stiever/Lambert types. As the franchise that dumped a precocious 17 year old once

Well I am looking at keeping guys that can still pitch in the normal spin rate era. Rodon and Lynn yes. Probably Kopech.Not so sure about Gio. Don’t really know about Cease either, but he’s cheap atm on the back burner. Thats the way to build a staff right now. If anyone is a suspect under pressure it is Gio.

How do you go from a “calf injury” to a torn knee tendon. back of knee?

Don't get it. Even for the price of his rental, it would be too high to let him walk. They must would have plans to sign him?

Calf injury

Burgertime

Jon Heyman said after a couple close calls with Escobar, talks are ongoing with Pirates (Frazier)

I mean, they haven’t been wrong when they think a guy is ready to handle it. Maaaaybe Collins was a little early. Its not like a Jo Adell situation has happened recently. So I almost don’t have a concern about Burger at this point. The Sox have done well.

I’d leave him in left. He can clearly play there. If Eloy can’t do it, develop Sheets to take over at first base in a couple years. Sheets with an ideal big lefty physical profile makes me feel way better than Vaughn at first. Getting ahead of myself with another hypothetical, but hopefully Sheets sticks and stays in the firstbase pipeline.

Well, we’re still talking about Jake Burger too. I like the guy, don’t get me wrong, but he’s not nearly the most interesting guy on his own team. The Michael Kopech story has a lot more going for it if anyone makes it to the silver screen as an inspiration for a script. Just on their professional lives. I know next to nothing about them prior.