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He isn’t, but since the Sox are kind of a plodding team, what he is capable of doing with his speed on the basepaths but does not is a little frustrating. As an outfielder, he would at least put the speed to some use. At second base, his lack of power is better hidden. He occupies a position that requires power. It isn’t there to optimize the lineup. So of course he is doing well, but there will always be pressure on him at third because he is not a complete player (there).

Better base running, basestealing, and speed around the power should do it. Once Cespedes gets here will be one way. Some sacred cows may need to be slain to finish the job

He’s spent a lot of energy learning new positions in real time. He should make gains in the off-season

Funny thing is, in his career teams still try to pitch to him for the most part.

Eloy style

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pitchers still think they can get the ball up on the outer half of the plate on Eloy, and he won't hurt it, bad.

That pitch, LOL.

Lebron. He's not lazy at all, but he is a whiney primadonna with less than traditional ideas.

If that is the trainers advice then fine. But I have no idea if the Sox aren’t just using this as an an excuse, or not.

I mean, say I go along with resting Vaughn. That’s still got nothing to to with DHing Eloy. Let Garcia DH. Eloy wants LF, it’s pointless to fight him on this. I don’t know, maybe Larussa is attempting to keep his ego in check or something. Maybe he knows more about playing that game than we do. But seems rather suspect to go to guns against your best bat.

You do not consider MLB TV national television?

Maybe, but that was already a long while ago.

Well since he had his surgery that shoulder/bicep thing seems to be in the rearview mirror. His basic shoulder was sound. It was only a nerve impingement problem in the bicep. That’s the only reasonable concern, because TJ is something many pitchers have and you could not field a team if you didn’t sign TJ guys.

If the medicals are clear on both players I would pay less money for Rodon. Hell sign em both. It’s simply a matter of evaluating the stuff at that point. Carlos is a high character guy like Giolito, so all things being equal, the medicals are paramount. By real doctors, not web MDs

Some team will. Opinions are going to vary on that. He hasn’t shown any sign of having a chronic physiological problem.

Bullying culture is just now beginning to be recognized as a priority problem.

Itll be a bargain relative to what Giolito signs for

Rodon is probably a better pitcher than Giolito, but the Sox are gonna end up paying Giolito long term megabucks instead of investing in a relative bargain deal for Rodon.

By the way apologizing for the large text in the last post. Somehow that happened

Andrew Vaughn is sure holding it down in left field. Him sliding over there made me feel so comfortable. Then of course he covers it like a blanket. I simply don’t know how the Sox can long term hold him off. He is foundational in left. Something has got to be did. In the end, left field is rightfully his based on merit. Merit usually rises to the top like cream. Just because someone else with a lot of clout demands to play there is not sustainable long term. I guess we can hope Vaughn will be our Kris Bryant, but Other than first base and left, Vaughn can’t be that. But in left? He is better than adequate. I cannot think of another word other than foundational in a (good) team-building sense.

The point cannot be made strongly enough, and is was made clear to me during the election. People who post on social media only represent a certain section of the general public within an arena , and most often that section has a distorted viewpoint. Guaranteed Brian Goodwin is very popular among the greater community of Sox fans away from thunderdome.

Social media is not the real world thankfully.