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Put it toward a LF and send Benintendi to the glue factory. 🤣

Widger was simply a dirt cheap signing that worked out decently by sheer luck. He was 34 and hadn’t played in the majors for 2 years. He was playing for the Camden Riversharks in the Indy league before Kenny signed him. Yes, people are overvaluing Lee, but I would hope 27-year old Korey Lee has more value than Widger.

I think a lot of people are probably overvaluing Lee, but his age, Teel’s presumably short time out, and the timing of Teel’s return perhaps assisting with sneaking Lee through waivers to Charlotte make this a somewhat strange move.

Gotta be some sort of DNS issue.

I do like how this shows they could eat Benintendi’s deal if they wanted to, like @southsider2k5 and you? have mentioned. Benintendi’s contract is already guaranteed. The Sox have to pay it regardless. Would they be better suited eating his deal, and opening up the roster spot for a player to start in LF that could be better? Or perhaps start Sosa there?

I doubt the Sox want him on the big league roster as a bench player. The highest level he has played at in the minors is AA for 49 games. Let him start everyday in the minors and marinate. If Meidroth struggles enough to be benched/demoted, call up Antonacci to start at 2B.

I think Venable should stay away from a potential McGuire Peters lineup. Those two back-to-back could get messy.

Definitely if you start from Getz’s first offseason. He acquired a bunch of stiffs his first offseason and burned a pile of money.

I tend to agree with you. However, Lip posted an article that said Sox management is not a fan of Lee’s defense and that McGuire’s lefty bat better complements Quero’s strong-side righty bat.

And that’s probably a wrap for Tauchman’s career.

Tauchman is 35 and injury-prone. Not a surprise. I still think the Mets are managing Robert better than the Sox ever did. Can Robert still get injured? Of course.

That’s correct, but occasionally he can nut one out.

Spanky McGuire went 2 for 2 with a HR. Sox ST record drops to .500 (15-15).

This tweet is pretty good…

Trading any young prospect for AAA fodder like Julks is always a bad move. Julks is a guy you sign to a minor league contract or claim off waivers for free, not give up any level of talent for. It was a bad trade. Almost as bad as Fajardo for Booser.

Nope, it’s a major league guaranteed deal for $1.2 million.

I don’t understand this move unless Getz thinks he can get something decent in return for Lee in a trade. McGuire isn’t a bad backup and he hit a lot of bombs for the Cubs last year in minimal at bats but I’d still rather have Lee. Lee also didn’t beat his meat in a parking lot. 🤣

Jhonkensy Noel hit a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth Saturday in the Orioles’ 10-8 win over the Phillies. It’s still disappointing no non-contender claimed Noel off waivers when the Orioles managed to sneak him through in January. He’s gone 8-for-21 with two homers this spring, and while he’ll never completely overcome his contact issues, he’s still just 24 and more interesting than some of the guys getting jobs as fourth and fifth outfielders.

Tauchman already injured. Shocker…

Are we sure he is going to AAA or does he have an opt out?

Tigers released OF Austin Slater. Slater exercised the opt-out in his minor league pact with the Tigers after he wasn’t added to Detroit’s active roster by the deadline in his contract. The 33-year-old veteran outfielder should be able to latch on somewhere as a lefty-mashing part-time bench player.

I can confirm this. I didn’t notice any issues with the site at all, but I had been on WiFi the entire time using my Xfinity/Comcast cable Internet connection. However, I just turned WiFi off on my phone so it is using my data, which is Xfinity Mobile, and the site won’t load at all. It just hangs forever. Xfinity Mobile uses Verizon’s network for coverage.

Justin Crawford wins the Phillies’ starting CF job and Andrew Painter earns a spot in their rotation, bumping Tajuan Walker to the bullpen. Unfortunately, I don’t think they would have any use for Benintendi.