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It did he didnt play @Charlotte last night so I'm sure he caught a flight 16-18 hrs ago and just announced it today.

He should be they called him up.

Plus he's a lot better against LHP and at home so besides the things you mentioned you can't carry a guy to play only against LHP at home at DH . He need reps against MLB RHP to improve in that area like Vaughn did and I doubt the Sox are going to try him in the OF like they did with Vaughn. Sheets is also great at home and terrible on the road but he can get a lot of Ab's at home because there are so many more RHP than LHP.

Handsome , great body , partyer and millionaire will get a lot of women. Hell, ugly, old and millionaire will get you plenty too.

The thing about hustle is it translates in wins a lot. Also not hustling on the bases usually translates to not hustling in the field and lazier AB's too. ABreu is one of the few that will run full speed (most of the time )and he's a better fielder and hitter for it.

FO didnt care either. No LH bats added.

Hits great at home ,misinformed fix.

If this ump gives that low out of the zone strike call on Dunning's sinker Sox well be pounding it into the ground all day.

Would be nice to see Sheets start hitting on the road .

Kopech looking very sharp.

Individuals being so different has a lot to do with it. Teach the same grip, same arm angle, same mechanics but lots more goes into it. Like a change up some guys can throw it and others can't. Pressure points with different length fingers, how hard you grip it it, torque from how your wrist snaps, length of your arm and stride. Biomechanics is supposed to help with that stuff but we don't even know how sophisticated the Sox are compared to other teams. Plus Cease build up his innings took a few years to get where he is now. Kopech brand new starter in MLB.

Makes you wonder if the Sox even scouted those 8 games or even how he looked in the minors or just did whatever the Sox did back then . If the W.Sox really wanted Devers instead but the R.Sox said no then they should have insisted the 3rd and 4th pieces be better. That way you might force the R.Sox hand and see just how badly they wanted to get rid of him. Like why are you wiling to give up Moncada but not Devers ? I don't know what Devers rank was at the time but there are ways to smell a rat in negotiations if you are shrewd enough and have some street savvy to go along with the Degrees.

No one close except Burger or Zach Remillard who will never be called up to replace Moncada. He's 28 never been in the bigs, decent year at Charlotte . Jack of all trades inf. guy mostly 3rd, SS, 2nd , little LF and very little RF ,RH, not much power, organizational guy, whole career with the Sox so far after being drafted.

Good at walks and fielding which helped his fWar and OPS a lot. Despite the 15 Hr's he was still under .400 slugging for most of the year until a September push got it above .400. Now he's only good at fielding, walk rate down , K's up, ISO and pretty much all offensive categories all down dramatically. Right now he's a -8.7 offensive fWar. Yas is even worse -14.9 offensive fWar. To give you a little perspective while he was here, Reese McGuire was -9.2 offensive fWar .

Quintana would've been good for pairing with Kopech because he throws LH . When you pair pitchers up you usually want to go with someone who throws with the opposite hand than the starter . So if the lineup is loaded with LHH they then have to face a LHP and it may force the opposing manager to make some early changes. VV or Lopez are not ideal for that situation. Plus Reylo, whenever we see him again, is now a late inning guy.

His personal choices like Yoans ,that we do not know the full extent of, will always be brought up when performance fails, even if its injury or pain related which we also never know the full extent. Most of us have a short lease with failure in light of total team , manager and FO failures too.

Like it or not the early Kelly coming off injury was bad but the Kelly who has settled in now has been pitching well.

Nice catch Andy

wow Yas !

I like adding digital movies . Recently got Bad Mom's Christmas for free. Was actually funny. Everything Everywhere All at Once I liked. Morbius eh, Doctor Strange MOM liked it but I think watching WandaVision on Disney+ helped. Spiderman No Way Home loved it. I'm a sucker for bringing back all the old Villians and old Spidermans in the same way I was thrilled with Ghostbusters Afterlife.

Wendle or Drury or both would've solved some IF problems .

Need Sheets at home. He's the best hitter on the Sox wRC+ at home against RHP. Probably not even close but I haven't looked up all the others . Shouldn't play at all on the road. Grandal playing anywhere now is highly questionable. Only Abreu, Eloy , Robert ,Vaughn and ANderson should be in lineup every day but the whole Eloy, Vaughn, Abreu situation disrupts that to a degree. Pollock sure against LHP. questionable against RHP. It's always tough in games for Vaughn and Sheets in the OF when the ball finds you too much.

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