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The thing is - my 9 year old saw same thing I did. Why was Lopez not on 2nd base on the ball that got away from the catcher the pitch before Vaughn hit the grounder.

Ok Pedro. You’ll take a different flight back. Let this be the nail in the coffin.

I will say as someone who has ripped Beckham a ton, he has gotten better.

Would be huge if Wilson pitches well next few weeks - you know what contenders will pay for a quality reliever like him.

He looked toast - those were two lousy sliders and his bat just looked slow and off.

I don’t think he was going to get paid a bunch over last couple years - he has barely pitched. Given what he has done this year someone would give him something north of 75M for his arb years plus two years. If you are still healthy - than follow that up with a Rodon like deal.

Let him get thrown out at home vs getting two outs and not trying

Nice inning for Kopech. I legit forgot they still do this runner on 2nd in extra innings.

Given his injury issue - I do understand the concept of - get a big bag of money for your first real payday now…guarantee yourself generational wealth for life.

Im fine with TLR in an interim role too lol

I really think if they keep this up on the road trip the club cans him.

I agree - this looks like a Rick Hahn type deal.

I like this kid.

Can’t let him go another batter. Hopefully he can win it here cause I think you have to pull him if Cal gets on.

Southside stand up….grifshit has managed his last game

Why the f*** is the infield in. A catcher is hitting - turn two

I’m thinking Grifol won’t be on the flight back to Chicago. JR figured If he dumps him dump him when he is as far west as possible so you can maximize the airfare savings

Wow. If I was Cal I’d get tossed. They were calling none of that in top half of the 8th. One more here Kopech!!! Get er done!

I loved Beckham in the 8th….this club has really looked different as of late (paraphrasing)….are you kidding me…team is like 3 of their last 23 or something

Come on Kopech - I need you to get through this and have a clean sheet. Strike the side out here right now. want a great June / July run to than turn you into some prospects!

What did he say?

This makes sense - I think the Sox have extended durations with both players and so with Robert having missed most of the year and kind of in a down place - unless he just crushes in June / July - you probably don't get the value you could for him if you wait it out and trade him when he is having a great season (we don't know when that will be - but in a 3.5 year span - I suspect he'll have at least one year where he has it all just rolling (if not two) and that is absolutely the time to max out for him. Re: Crochet - I presume the reality is - this offseason will be a better time to deal him or even part way into next year where he is (hopefully) continuing to show his dominance. I think the reality is a team paying what he's worth now is probably discounting the payment given the fact that he'll hit his inning limit and need to get shut down. The balancing act here is Sox NEED to be smart and not get Crochet hurt. This is delicate given his injury history - so if Sox got a good (but not great offer), I see the reason to take the offer and run, because there is definitely a chance he goes down again, misses half or a whole season, and at that point you don't have much upside. With that said - if he has a good year, you shut him down smartly, I could see a club looking for a cost controlled pitcher paying a ton in the off-season, and I could also see the same if he came out next year and had a really strong 1st month or two -> at that point you are going to get a haul. However, Crochet is pitching so well (*knock on wood*) that there is a non-zero chance someone decides they really like him and makes an aggressive enough offer to make it work this year. I think more likely on Crochet than Robert -> but thats mainly because Crochet has the production this year to drive it; If Robert had a month of June where he hit 10+HR's and put up a .950+ OPS while playing really good D, and than carried that into July -> I could see the Robert momentum improve significantly.

Rare game I’m watching and I did my you can put it on the board….yeeesssss call!!!

This - if Robert is playing at a high level and Orioles offer Holliday plus another guy fine…that isn’t happening though. Let Robert mash and than see what you get at a later point. Now if Robert goes on an absolute tear and a team is offering like 1 top 20 guy, 1 top 50 guy, 1 back end top 100 guys, international slot and picks, plus another 2 rawer guys who could develop fine by me. But like one top 100 plus two other top 200 guys…not doing it for a guy they have around for 3.5 more seasons who at some point during that window will put up a 6 plus war season (trade him whenever that season happens)

For Rauch it was his labrum injury that sunk him in. Shoulder injuries…