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Taking on Acuna and the other guy, while dumping $20 million in payroll, does not have potentially disastrous results. At worst, neither pan out and they're quietly released. At best, Acuna plays great defense, is a terror on the basepaths, and the bat improves a bit; and Pauley is a semi-useful bullpen piece.

I can understand being salty about the return, but you're right. Unless the Sox chipped in money, which was unlikely, they were not going to get much in return for the oft-injured, inconsistent Robert on a one year $20 million deal. They ended up paying nothing and got a guy with plenty of question marks but some potential and a pitcher. As you said, the other option was to pay $2 million and get nothing.

A lot of folks are melting down on X, too. Some to the point that they seem to forget how much they bashed Robert over the years due to injury and overall lack of results.

No. I like him, and I think he might be okay getting consistent playing time. Defensively and on the basepaths, he'll be good. The bat is another story. Only time will tell.

That's the key. If (big if) they spend some of that $20 million on a pitcher or two, this trade looks better. I'm not concerned about not having the oft-injured Robert anymore, and Acuna could (big could) be decent. But we've seen this low budget movie before. Save money, don't spend money, cry about attendance and cost, repeat.

They'll tell us they already have with Murakami.

I don't know why anyone would have expected more in a return for Robert. He's been pretty bad and/or hurt for years. However, if none of the $20 million is spent on improving the team, it'll be a major disappointment. Yes, I know, be ready to be disappointed. I'm fine with a clean slate of Robert gone. It was tiring seeing him show the occasional glimpse of hope to either snap a hamstring or forget how to swing a bat. As far as Acuna, let him play and see what he's got. This is one of the few teams he would get a shot to play all year in a starting role. We'll see,

Yeah, expecting Robert to perform well while not blowing a hamstring for half a season is like banging your head against the wall and then wondering why you have a headache.

To me, the only bad thig about trading Robert now is he'd be dealt when his value is relatively low. The return will be less than optimum and most likely wouldn't help the Sox in 2026. However, do we really think Robert will be on this team beyond 2026? I certainly don't. If he plays well in 2026, and he isn't traded at the deadline, he'll get paid by some other team for 2027 and after. If he struggles again, or is hurt again, he'll stick around all season and not be re-signed. The best case scenario is the Sox hold onto him, he tears it up for the first half (and miraculously doesn't get hurt), and he gets traded for a nice return at the deadline. Do we really see that happening? History says it's unlikely.

And that's probably what he's driving at. I agree with what others have said that he doesn't seem to know much more than most of us and certainly much less than some of our actual trustworthy guys.

Bartolo's ColonCleanse, for what it's worth, posted the Dwight "It's True" gif with no context. He was asked if he's as confident about Imai as he was about Murakami, and he said no.

I realize he has a lot of money, and donating $20,000 isn't going to hurt his wallet. My point was he's already doing something for the community around the ballpark.

Per Chuck Garfien, Murakami is donating 100 $100 grocery gift certificates to the St. James Food Pantry as well as $10,000 to the Food Pantry. The Pantry serves people in need in the neighborhoods around the ballpark. This guy is already awesome.

It's nice to be a fan of a team that makes a move like this while seeing fans of other teams publicly say things like "That's too much for unproven talent" or "I'm glad my team didn't pay this guy". Meanwhile we know they're pissed. $17 million committed for two years is a risk you take every single day. The Sox desperately need power, and this guy could bring it in droves. The marketing rewards alone will likely pay for a lot of the contract. This guy is huge in Japan and will have a big following in the US, too.

Get has surrounded himself with people who are more qualified than him. That's a good thing, especially if he listens to them, which he seems to be doing. Could bite him in the ass later, though, as there are several folks now who could easily replace him if Ishbia makes a change when he takes over.

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.