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Quick bat beats 87 MPH chest high meatball.

As long as he doesn’t prematurely end his season by breaking his wrist after slapping his bat head.

But there are a couple big differences — the age of each player and that one player is improving with experience and the other is declining.

He’ll obviously stick to the sport in which he can easily make millions, even as a backup QB, rather than trying to get back into baseball at the age of 28.

Noah — You should have already known this rather than creaming your pants over every Sox player in camp including 30+ year old AAA fodder that are putting up a 1.000 OPS in 20 or so plate appearances.

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Exactly. Wright had a good season by his own standards, but if you actually watched the games last season you would see that he got absolutely torched by opposing receivers many times.

But does he make his triumphant return in a brand new 2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer?

No, I just think that’s just their strategy. Mid-level FA pickups and bank on the draft. I wanted nothing to do with trading picks for a guy like Crosby.

Banking on draft picks mostly, as usual.

Agreed. Not going to argue that trade though. I have no idea who the Sox would have for CF right now if not for Acuna. Pereira I guess?

Noah Phalen is currently drafting a tweet on how Dunn, Romo, and Bergola should all make the opening day roster.

So if the Sox weren’t able to trade Robert and dump his entire salary, do you think Getz still acquires Hicks and Sandlin?

Yes, which includes Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.

Meh.

They will keep him as long as they can before they either trade him or DFA him.

$780K is the MLB minimum salary for 2026. If Getz can’t spend that where he wants, there is truly no hope until Jerry is gone.

But why would anyone want that bad money ($15.5 million per year) if you can just sign another veteran outfielder like Austin Hays for 1-year and $6 million?

Neither can Benintendi, lol.

Sure, but show that to Jerry.

The Sox don’t owe Wade $31 million dollars.

They traded Robert to a team that doesn’t care about taking on money. Immediately after, all the additional moves were made. If Robert’s salary wasn’t fully dumped, I think it’s pretty safe to say that not all the following moves would have been made. This is why Robert likely wasn’t traded to a more frugal team like the Reds or Pirates that would have expected the Sox to include cash in a trade. Getz wouldn’t have free up enough money that he needed/wanted to spend.