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Sure. But I think if the Brewers knew how Smith would perform they would have protected him. A more accurate way to look at it would be the #1 starter and all star for the Sox would have been a #3/#4 starter and NOT an all star on about 25 other teams. To discount the success Smith had just to say how much the Sox suck is not fair to Smith.

6'8" and 200 pounds. He'll blow off the mound in a windy April game.

Yeah, Getz wasn't qualified to get the job, and he works for one of the worst owners in sports. He's done some good things with the limitations he has. I don't think anyone else hired would be doing a dramatically better job, considering there's next to no money dolled out. Someone with experience may have been better at trades for sure. But as you mentioned, Getz has surrounded himself with better people. I don't think he'll be the GM when Ishbia takes over unless he really does some magical things over the next few years.

I'll admit I don't know much about the 2026 draft class, or even Roch, but it seems he's the kind of player that could potentially make it to the major league team pretty quickly. If they do draft him, could he be on the field in 2027? I like also what I've read about the amount of money the Sox will have for draft picks. It sounds like, if they do things right, they could really change the future of the club.

If he does, John Schriffen will tell us all about it...ad nauseum.

Teel is way too valuable to trade unless the return is insane. I actually like the idea of keeping both Teel and Quero, but if they get a good enough offer for Quero, I could see trading him. Teel/Quero > Teel/Lee but Teel/Lee/Nice trade return > Teel/Quero

Let’s just complain because the guy is from the Royals and not actually look at the performance of the pitchers under his guidance. 🙄

The first episode of IT:Welcome to Derry was absolute batshit crazy. I hope it keeps up the intensity.

Task on HBO Max is some of the best TV on right now. Great characters and plenty of action and mystery. The latest two episodes were intense as hell.

This was so bad it took me a few minutes to figure out who the hell Drury was. Talk about swinging and missing. Yikes.

His performance so far, extrapolated out to about 590 plate appearances, puts him on pace for 63 HRs. Obviously, he's not going to hit 63 HRs in a season, but 35+ is realistic. Along with improving (and already good) defense, he'll be a very valuable player. Of course, it's all about health, health, health.

Yikes, I haven't been paying much attention to how he's hitting, but .200 since August 8 and .170 since August 16. We've seen this show before.

I feel that someone could start a thread about how puppies are cute and make you smile, and it would devolve into hate and name-calling and a huge fight about the state of the Sox. What has this team done to us?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. If Colson ends up being the long term SS, that pushes Meidroth to 2B. But, Sosa has a better bat, so Meidroth essentially becomes a bench guy who can play SS and 2B well. Not a bad guy to have on the bench, and with Colson's health history, he'd be pretty valuable to play 3-4 times a week between the two positions.

No matter where Sosa ends up being used, keeping him far away from 1B is crucial.