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When it's a woeful .209 and you K 37% of the time, then yes. His mighty .331 OPB doesn't make up for that crap. Sox have been through this before and it was ugly. He's another sports-center highlights from 3 seasons ago player.

Gallo has sucked for the last 2 seasons. He has a .209 career BA and has struck out in 37% of his plate appearances. Don't revert to 2015-2016 level moves.

Sox will always need a constant stream of young pitching and college pitchers (starters) can provide good value drafting where the Sox are now. I would take the Ole Miss guy if available. If a prep hitter, hopefully a guy with athleticism who can play in the middle of the field. Sox cumulative war this century in the 2nd round is 8.9. The luminaries Ryan Sweeney and Jeremy Reed provided 9 WAR, and the cumulative WAR of the rest is negative. Holding out hope for Sheets, who I thought improved in Birmingham in 2019 and has raked this year (albeit in rakeable Charlotte).

It very well may be that Marshall had his good 2 years, and that's it, and it's fortunate that the Sox were there for his 2 good years. That said, there really is no one in AAA to replace him that I can tell. So just hang on for another month or 2.

Vaughn stays in left. Abreu is likely gone after next year. If either Eloy or Yermin could learn to play a position competently, then there would be no conundrum. If they can't, one gets traded. I just think that Eloy in left isn't wise. Bad OF defense has indirect effects on the team that aren't picked up in stats.

I think he gets paid, although likely not by the Sox. The talent is undeniable, he's healthy and putting it together. There's some risk, but he gets paid.

This is the most egregious, but there were many other ridiculous moves. And while he's done little that was overtly damaging during the rebuild, the org. should be teeming in depth after all this, and it isn't. And he doesn't have the confidence of the owner.

I'll say sorry to him iff: 1)Sox win the WS. Or 2) If the Sox don't win the division this year, I'll say "Sorry Rick, but 10 years is beyond enough time. It's time to hit the bricks."

The full windup motion - the way he has that mini pause at the belt; a little jerky. I'm not saying I think he's going to bust. It's just that among the top 6 or so college players, I think has the highest chance to bust.

Leiter is my bust pick in this year's draft. Some Fulmer vibes.

Need more young players to emerge from the farm; depth needed to stay there and for it to last more than a couple of seasons. And they may develop it - a lot of productive farms aren't at the top of the rankings.

Burdi, good gracious. Still trying to overcome the FO's 2015-2016 clowning.

It didn't look good the second after they made the trade.

Not when you have several players on the roster who can't hit a lick.

The marginal from adding another good starter is probably less than the marginal benefit from adding even an average left-fielder, who would come at a much lower price. It's simply not an area of need.

No one really knows whether this is legit or a flash. But to me the difference between Mercedes and the typical AAAA player is that the AAAA player has sat in AAA for multiple years. Mercedes hasn't. He sat in A ball a long time with Tampa, presumably to develop his defense. But once the Sox drafted him, he moved up pretty quickly and hit at each level. Heck he hit in Birmingham when no one else could.

I see this as good news.

We'd have been much better off the last 9 years if Hahn hadn't made any trades. Hopefully we make the best of Giolito, Cease, Eloy, Moncada and Kopech. But you can segregate his work. Trade for prospects: decent. Trade for veterans: awful.

They probably should trade a Collins (whom I'd rather see as the #2 catcher than Lucroy) or the like for a similarly situated OF and pray.

They didn't suck for 7 years either.

He's a utility player; he can play IF and OF -that's his value. He doesn't hit much. But he should preclude the need to keep 2 guys who can't hit on the roster as position players (3 I guess, as Lucroy's going to make this team).

Collins is who you trade for a good reliever in July.

Well if they can do that, then they can extend Lynn/Giolito. It's not like those 3 had below-market contracts. Seems like JR is reverting to his 80s/90s philosophy of no extensions for young pitchers.

I have little doubt about that.

Law has the Sox #22, last in the AL Central. 3 ALC teams in the top 10. Really disappointing since all of the high draft picks are included in that #22 or have been flameouts.