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He got a couple good pitches to hit and didn't do anything with them.

Every pitch in the zone is either foul or popped up.

I've seen a few people say this or something very similar, and I've always wondered where this info is coming from.

Can't bring up Burger without Fry.

Right now, with the game on the line vs RHP, I'd feel better about Collins at the plate than even Abreu or Anderson.

Collins fits into the category of MLB platoon hitters.

I think Tony will stick Hamilton out in CF because it's a defensive upgrade over Goodwin. And yeah, I forgot that Gio is pitching to Collins at C, Grandal at 1B and Abreu at DH.

Collins/Grandal need to both be in the lineup all 3 days and Sheets at least 2 of the 3.

Madrigal was ruled out for the season two weeks ago. If they couldn't get things together to get JR's approval to take on salary before his wife died yesterday then they are incompetent.

My lineup prediction: Anderson 6, Goodwin 7, Moncada 5, Abreu 3, Grandal 2, Collins DH, Garcia 4, Sheets 9, Hamilton 8

A qualifying offer may not even be a thing anymore anyway.

It could be Burdi. When Engel went back on the IL, they brought up Burdi instead of another position player so the bench has been a man short for a while now.

It's clearing up now but there's more coming. Unlikely they could have gotten the game in.

Put this into the "reading way too much into things" category, but it's 2 hours to gametime and Arizona still hasn't posted a lineup.

On Saturday Seattle was here for the last/only time this season and calling the game meant a DH the next day. Minnesota is back in July and calling the game means they can push the DH to July when more players are back from the IL.

They know the Sox aren't giving up Collins or Burger. They also know the Sox could move on to bigger targets (as could other teams). They also know trading him today saves them $1.5 million more than trading him July 31. There is plenty of motivation on their side to get this done soon without having to get the Sox to overpay.

At least some of Abreu, Engel, Hamilton, Eaton, Kopech should be available in July but not tomorrow.

Game postponed. Rescheduled as part of a straight DH on Monday 7/19.

This doesn't make sense. If Escobar is damaged goods and the Sox are desperate, Arizona should be dropping their price to get the Sox to take him before we find a better option.

There is a lack of understanding of the relationship between Emergency Use Authorization and Full FDA Approval because Emergency Use Authorization has never come into play in such a widespread manner before, so very few people have heard of it or understand it. The time it takes to get full FDA approval makes it really inconsequential in the midst of a pandemic that is this severe and spreads this quickly. If we didn't use these vaccines before full FDA approval, the Delta variant would have wiped out another million or so people by now. Cancer patients whose life expectancy is measured in months rather than years use new drugs and treatments that are Emergency Use Authorization all the time.

I've looked at the forecast and I believe there is a doubleheader tomorrow.

How long does she need to wait? The first people were vaccinated 6 months ago. What does she need to see? The data showing that the number of lives saved by COVID is far, far outweighing the handful of complications. "Wait and see" means "The opinion of my political party is different from what the data is saying, so I'm going to go looking for data that is different so I can claim I'm basing my decisions on science rather than politics."

Is it too late to take this bet?

How I would fill out the lineup card with Abreu out: vs LHP: TA 6, Vaughn 3, Moncada 5, Grandal 2, Mercedes DH, Garcia 7, Mendick 4, Goodwin, 8, Gonzalez 9 vs RHP: TA 6, Goodwin 8, Moncada 5, Grandal 3, Collins 2, Lamb DH, Garcia 4, Vaughn 7, Gonzalez 9

Maybe he's going to be the 27th man for tomorrow's doubleheader.