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Well, they won. Winning helps reduce assholeness.

We won't know until the season gets underway, but I do feel that he'll have a better year than 2020. If he has a 2019-like season, it's a great addition. If he struggles mightily, it's a cheap add that can be subtracted. If he's an asshole in the clubhouse, Lance Lynn can sit on him.

As a player, I'm okay with this. If he can stay healthy, RF will be well-covered. And at only $7M, it leaves room for BP help and possibly another starter. I think the clubhouse as a whole was a shitshow when he was here last, and although he was a part of that, he's coming to a great clubhouse with respectable leaders.

Proof that fans-all fans-think they should something for nothing, or very little anyway. Texas fans were probably salivating thinking they could get Kopech or Vaughn for Lynn, and Sox fans wanted to ship a B prospect for Lynn.

Still need a right fielder and another BP piece or two. I think at least one of Cease and Kopech break through this year, but I still wouldn't mind one more SP. But I do think that the Sox have to be one of the favorites and certainly a favorite in the AL Central.

So, if I'm catching the drift of the thread correctly, the Sox will barely make the playoffs (if they even do) and will then be swept in the first round for the next few years...because they traded Dane Dunning. I get it, and I do think Dunning will be solid for Texas. But he was one piece, and Lynn drastically improves the rotation.

NSC tweeted last night that Joc is next. I assume he's the outfielder they've been working on signing. NSC and the food accounts grabbed some credibility last night. Let's see what happens...

I like Dunning a lot, but this makes the Sox so much better in 2021. If Katz can help Cease with his control and guide Kopech back to where he was, There are no holes in the rotation. I still think the Sox sign or trade for one more SP, so things will look even better. I understand the dislike of the trade because it's for one year of Lynn. If the Sox can extend him for another year or two on a friendly deal, the trade looks better. What Lynn is getting paid next year is a sweet deal and allows the Sox to spend elsewhere, whether it's for another SP, a bullpen piece, or a RFer. This is what I look at to make me feel even better about this trade: Giolito Lynn Keuchel Cease/Kopech/Lopez/Stiever Add Quintana or Musgrove, and that's a rotation that gives you confidence every start.

He'd probably be better at DH than in the OF...either corner. If Vaughn is indeed being shopped, it would have to be as part of a blockbuster.

What's the biggest concern with Brantley? Defense? Seems to be a good hitter. I gather from other's comments that he wouldn't/couldn't play RF. That creates an issue by having to move Eloy. Question is, how would Eloy be in RF?

A Joc/Engel platoon in RF would be nice. Would also free up money for pitching. Provided the team plans on spending...

I believe there will be a full season with gradual increasing attendance allowances. Hopefully to 100% by August.

Actually start today, but everything is virtual. The Rule 5 draft is on Thursday at the end of the meetings.

Yeah, we're discussing whether it's right or wrong to separate children from their parents and then lock them in cages, to camp outside a secretary of state's home with rifles demanding an election be overturned, to say it's okay for a cop to kneel on the neck of a black person for 9 minutes... Remember when the discussions around politics were about gun control, the death penalty, foreign affairs, reproductive rights, etc.? Because of Trump and the GOP's encouragement of him, it seems their policies are: unless you are an unborn child we don't care about you and if you look different than me I hate and fear you.

I would imagine there still might be some action next week. Even though everything is going to be virtual, team should be exploring trades and FA signings, and next week is the timeframe we see things starting to heat up. It'll be interesting to see what happens.

Blake Snell has huge value, especially with the very friendly contract. I think the cost would be huge, probably too much for the Sox. However, if it take one of Kopech or Vaughn along with some other pieces, it's quite possibly worth doing. Is Tampa not projected to be a contender for the next few years, though? Seems like Snell would be someone they'd want to keep.

Now we know why Frank Menechino said "World Series or bust!" Kidding, but the tweets insinuating that this is the biggest news the Sox will have this off season are either misinterpreted or irresponsible. Hopefully...

I'll agree with that. I think a lot of is is because he was the Cubs announcer, and this was really unexpected. If we're getting this excited about a radio announcer, imagine the excitement when (if) the Sox sign a big FA or swing a major trade that significantly improves the team.

I haven't either, but I've turned them off due to the announcer. The Sox have two great PBP announcers now. Both TV and radio should be good listens.

It's so frustrating knowing that if everyone just wore a mask, the virus could be contained rather quickly. It won't go away, obviously, but the chances of people infecting others goes way down. We could wear masks until the vaccine is ready and available. Infection rates would drop off quickly if everyone started wearing masks today. It's a shame that wearing a mask has become a political issue. Where I work, it had to be stated in an email to everyone that regardless of the politicization of masks, everyone is required to wear them. We still have some non-conformers, but not many. And we haven't had any confirmed cases where someone got sick from someone else here.

I don't listen to Sox games very often, but I've liked Kasper when I've watched Cubs games (rooting against the Cubs...unless they were playing an AL Central rival). I like him and think he'll be great as the play-by-play guy with DJ.

Schwarber struggled (comically, at times) in LF. Is there any thought he could play an even somewhat effective RF? Robert would be running his ass off, and probably getting hurt, with Eloy in one corner and Schwarber in the other. However, Schwarber could deposit quite a few baseballs onto the Goose Island.

If the Sox don't sign Springer, what is the next best solution to RF? Rosario? Joc/Engel? JBJ? Dahl? Someone else? What's more important - Offense or defense from the position?

Rosario wouldn't necessarily have to be a platoon partner, but you'd give up some defense over a Joc/Engel platoon. I think I'd still take Rosario.

It's amazing to me that news outlets, including MSNBC and CNN, are still spending more time talking about Trump and his ludicrous attempts to overturn the election than time talking about COVID and the new administration. Trump is getting exactly what he wants right now: Attention and money from his clueless sheep. The news conference with the GA election official needs to be a wakeup call to the GOP. People are being threatened with their lives for doing their damn jobs. People's families are being threatened. This shit would never had happened with a real Republican president/candidate. Could you imagine this happening when McCain or Romney lost? Now we have a majority of the GOP either remaining silent or actively supporting Trump. And we have many Democrats just wagging their fingers saying, "Hey, that's not right." Someone is going to get hurt or killed over this. When will someone wake the fuck up and stand up to the tantrum-throwing infant lame duck president?