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I bet Kevin Dziepak knew. By far the smartest guy on that morning station.

Bingo. Good teams have good bench players who can sub in effectively in case of injury. I'm not as worried about the infield because I think Mendick would be an adequate enough replacement for Madrigal or even Timmy.. well.. we'll see how he performs with the glove this season (we're screwed if Moncada misses alot of time) and there's plenty of good hitters (Encarnacion, Grandal, maybe Collins/Sheets) who can fill in at 1B for Abreu if something happens to him but the outfield bench isn't very good (you can say screwed if Robert misses time too as he and Moncada are probably our main 2 guys who are irreplaceable, even temporarily. Maybe add Timmy to the list if his defense improves). Eloy is tremendous but you can at least survive with Puig (or Mazara) in that spot because of the glove and an adequate enough bat.

Timmy, Puig, Grandal... man talk about bat flips bonanza.

Baby got back.

Sorry to hear brother. Condolences to you and the family.

Carlos Lee walk off grand slam versus the Cubs (I believe it was 01' as I just graduated or was about to graduate 8th grade and was set to begin high school). Best game I ever went to.

I'm not sure Mercedes has much of a future here but he absolutely deserves a big league shot somewhere. I know the Sox weren't just gonna let him go for nothing, but I think they should do their due diligence and trade him to a place where he can get playing time. I won't be greedy.. give me a reliever prospect with good stuff and upside and I'll be happy.

Toffoli to Vancouver. Madden is a pretty good prospect for a rental. Definitely a seller's market this year. Do it Stan.

Damn.

Was that a shot at the Astros?

What about Leury Garcia?

Seriously.

Heh.. Yu.

This. But hey, you never know.

Wait... so Gar is still staying in the organization?! Fuck off Reinsdorfs.

New Jersey basically got 2 1st round picks back for Blake freakin' Coleman. Sell hard Stan... sell hard.

If it's cause his shoulder still isn't 100% and he's protecting the rookie with the long season, I have 0 issue with it. If it's performance based cause of his off game yesterday....

Paul Bissonnette just bodied Carcillo.

Yea his spin rate is unreal. Verlander like upper echelon.

Look at all that equipment in the back! God it feels good that this organization is finally catching up to the times. Still not quite there yet, but it's a hell of a start.

This is correct.

He should be batting 2nd anyways.

Completely agree. Said the same thing months ago and Hostetler kinda hinted at that before too. Lower levels definitely need more influx of younger talent.