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Keuchel already with runners on 2nd and 3rd with 0 out.

Because the tweet wasn't from a meat product.

What about Thompson or Dahlquist?

Kath, Collins and Adolfo for Manaea and Vogt. Does that work?

Yes, but I wouldn't want to trade places with Mexico.

With the 3 batter rule, having multiple lefties in the pen isn't as important as it used to be. Bullpen now looks like Hendriks/Graveman/Bummer/Kelly (later)/Lopez/Ruiz/Velazquez

US opens with Wales/Scotland/Ukraine on Monday 11/21.

US plays Iran on Tuesday 11/29.

US plays England the day after Thanksgiving.

Sox saved $6M on this trade. Offer it to Conforto.

Sheets has to DH against most, if not all RHP. Vaughn can DH vs LHP and spell Eloy and AJ in the OF on other days. Plus, you know there will be injuries at some point. Best thing about this is that Leury is finally only an IF, where he's much better defensively.

Morgan Freeman voice: That contract was, in fact, movable.

Rick Hahn 1, Keith Law 0

Apparently the Dodgers wanted a shitty reliever for $16M. What do they know though? How often do they ever win playoff series?

AJ Pollock is a sunk cost?

Do the Sox not have anybody in the org. telling them the same thing? Or were they told that and just decided to take the risk?

My recollection from last season is that the offense destroyed starting pitching but blew chunks once opposing relievers got into the game, so if the game was tied the bullpen, even though they were very good, was eventually going to lose the game.

If my mom weren't a nurse and my dad a very high-risk person, I probably would have been less careful for sure. It wasn't easy to spend that much time away from people at this age.

Conforto hadn't though.

I'll let you know next year. Even so, if I do dumb shit in my 20s, I probably won't be risking tens of millions of dollars doing it.

I said yes, this is why: If the Sox don't close the deal on Manaea (or some other SP), they won't be good enough to get a bye, but will be good enough to win a WC series. If the Sox do close the deal on Manaea, they will be good enough to get a bye and win a Division series.

So the US is in over Costa Rica by goal differential. May not seem like a big deal since either team would be a substantial favorite over New Zealand in the playoff, but by qualifying directly the US gets into Pot 2 and a much easier way out of the group compared to Costa Rica in Pot 4 if they get in.

Romy might be better than Harrison this year, but he's had very little time at AAA. Plus, if you go with Romy at 2B, then you have no backup. Now you have Romy as an option if Harrison is bad or gets hurt.

Assuming the Manaea trade doesn't materialize, I'd have Kopech, Keuchel and Lopez rotate through the 4-5 spots. Each time through, two pitch and one is skipped. Should keep Kopech's workload manageable and limits Keuchel's exposure.

The earlier start time is going to be worse for some, but I think it will be better for others. A lot more people have flexible work schedules. People can schedule around getting to the ballpark. Lots of Sox fans in the Eastern time zone, and those 7:10 Chicago starts are 8:10 eastern which may diminish TV audiences. I always thought 6:40 would have been a good time to start games. Compromise between the early people and late people.