greg775

OMG. You dare want a beloved prospect to compare to Jose Abreu? That's a good take for a guy named greg who loves Abreu. Most would be scared to death to only have him as good as Jose.

Mock Avi all u want but 2 seasons ago he had a special campaign. Why treat a guy as disposable when the only concern is hammy type injury? Get a better trainer for gosh sakes. Some sports franchises don't have hammy issues much.

Sox can't afford Avi?? Cmon. He ain't gonna command elite money as much as greg loves him.

Rios?? You gotta be kidding me. Moncada is a star in the making; Rios?? Cmon. I already like Moncada; I despised Rios.

He may not have nuff RBIs. Hopefully most of the advanced stats that I don't look at are in his favor. It would be the ultimate slap in the Sox GM's face if he makes it.

Wat's the advanced stat we're all supposed to look at with closers now? Just saves and save opportunities?

It makes me very sad, and sick almost, for people to not see what I did in Avi. The ONLY problem he had was he got hurt a lot and was fairly lousy on defense which the Sox have not cared about much. I think it was Fathom who posted his defense has improved. Somebody did. Some of the comments on this board about Avi were downright angry/nasty like he was a jerk. Hitting .300 through 190 at bats with 11 homers. I always liked him mostly because of the eye test. He hit some bombs, true bombs for the Sox. He's blasted at least 2 missiles out of his 11 homers for TB.

Gio is a lock unless he goes in the tank soon. Moncada will make it. Baseball will reward a young star. That will be it unless Abreu gets in. No way on Colome or McCann. And nah on Timmy. I guess Timmy could replace Moncada.

Thome was 6-foot-2; Vaughn 6-0.

Bad games vs. Washington and Minnie this season.

Poor Nicky. The dream is dead. He's another guy who is finished.

A lot. The Sox are regarded as very very cheap right now after lying about pursuing Machado heavily. After that fiasco where they wouldn't pay him, they are not going to pinch pennies regarding Vaughn. Unless Vaughn is trying to pull a fast one and ask for way more than the slot of a No. 3 pick traditionally, he will sign soon IMO.

Is Madrigal that bad? He's got a lot of stolen bases and has hit OK the last 10 games.

Considering the Machado fiasco, unless this guy is asking for something way out of the ordinary, he should sign very soon I would think.

The guy is our first baseman of the future, get used to it. They won't be moving him around. Let's just hope he mashes for 10 years.

This says it all. Why in the hell would this guy take the place of any of the reasonably young guys? Eat the money and let some contender pick him up for scraps.

There have been absolutely no signs they will ever trade Abreu. Why do fans keep bringing up this possibility? It's not going to happen. If it does happen I should have the guts to finally stop being a Sox fan. There's absolutely no reason to trade the guy. None. I'd agree they'll probably flip Colome. That's what they do right now. They flip guys.

He has a chance if he keeps dominating. But as of this moment, sure he has a chance.

Abreu and Gio are locks. That may be all. I'd say Moncada has a chance, then Timmy, then McCann only if they need a catcher. Forget Colome. Our team isn't good enough. he'll be overlooked.

Ron it's easy to hate on guys you see play every day. Your anger regarding Abreu is unjustified. Come over to the right side re. Jose. Give him his due. He's one of my all time favorite Sox.

I love everything about him, as a ballplayer and dugout presence.

I truly worship him in a baseball sense.

Also he seems to have ended our hex vs. Cleveland. Nice to have a former Indians player make them think twice about the Sox at least. Now we need to acquire a former Twin. The Royals will always act dysfuncationally when they play us (beanballs, fights) so we don't need to acquire any more of those stiffs. Hopfully Jay will be the last.

Not really. Nobody talks about wins and losses any more. I've been told by the advanced stat lovers those stats are meaningless. I would like to congratulate Gio. Nice to see a first-round draft pick excel with the Sox. And he's only 24. Obviously Hahn won that trade with Gio about ready to land an all-star berth. Rey has to get more consistent though.

How come we haven't had much success flipping players? I repeat the only flipping I want is at Wonderburger. That said if we are to trade anybody trade them now. You'll get more value this early in the season.