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So Eloy and Vaughn make the switch? Interesting. But that seems more correct than Sheets in right and Eloy DHing. Just on the pecking order level.

Fair enough. If Sheets was brought up to play in right that’s bananas.

The aforementioned Lawrence Holmes can release his buttcheeks for one day.

Sheets plays before Eloy does? The calculus is confusing.

Cannot wait for Eloy in Right Field

Random stray thought. Eloy isn’t sitting and watching Sheets play RF

It was sad to see Burr go….

Day to day , yeah right.

Between Benetti and Lawrence Holmes good grief oh the fear

But that’s been how they score all year.

Imagining the defense with Burger and Sheets in the game. *gasp*

The dry ball.

It should end up that way. But Eloy will get another shot

Gosh, you have to also wonder if Abreu will be DHing at this point.

The basic Escobar deal is probably set. The extra bits we have heard about could be for an expanded deal for the outfielder. Or just a deal for the outfielder by itself. Waiting to clear the decks on that possibility.

Hahn may be locked in a room alone juggling steel bearings with one hand, a 3 finger glass of scotch in the other considering this.

Besides, minor moves like this wouldn’t require JRs involvement on any level. Hahn knows his parameters, and makes the decisions.

Correct. If a death in the family stopped the franchise from doing business in a timely manner, that would signal a problem with delegation. Not a good way to run a business.

I feel you. What can go wrong?

Last I checked the kid was bombing. Not in a good way. Deal.

That vision has been more a Rays type vision though. So…they need to graduate to building the minors the more traditional way. Somthing not seen yet

There’s no need to rebuild. They built. Question is what the Sox will do when the young players want a real free market deal instead of the unproven early deals they were willing to sign when they were desperate for cash and security. Kudos to the Sox for being able to get those done so far. It wont be that easy next time. Maybe these guys will be dealt first and the Sox pick up some Rays type deals. Preferably a lot of the pressure would be alleviated if they were better at signing international free agents. (Non Cubans lol)

If you were following the particulars of the conversation, there were no real trade proposals, just hypotheticals to challenge people on their perceptions of certain players being untouchable.

We’ll see what happens when it is time to pay up. Can see them paying Giolito, but when Kopech becomes a 20 game winner and wants 300 million. And Robert. And Eloy. We already know they won’t pay Rodon.