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They probably should . But some team may think the Sox just used him in the wrong role and may gamble a decent prospect for KImbrel and eating half the salary.

Can't say I'm thrilled. So he's had 2 tweets about keeping and trading Kimbrel and keeping TLR. Which one do we hate more ? I know it'll be TLR by a landslide. But I'm not so thrilled that the team keeps getting older while trading young guys and talking about multiple Championships and years of contention. I have never wavered from my stance that the year Gio leaves will be our last year of contending in the decade long contention window because the same bozo's are in charge and keep making the same mistakes again and again.

If you put Madrigal in category 3 you have to put Eloy and maybe even Robert in category 3. Eloy has had so many injuries that no one around here wanted him playing LF ever again because he might hurt Robert in the process . There were only a few ( myself included) that said get real Eloy will be playing LF when he comes back. Robert while hitting extremely well when he returned , didn't look like the same runner and actually had to be removed from the last playoff game because of problems in the area his big injury happened in. Don't forget Robert was also injured a couple of times in 2018 with left thumb sprains in which he played basically the same amount he did this year.

I know what you're talking about because I was in the same place always suggesting they trade him. However I never dreamed that a guy with so much potential and years left would be traded for another vet again the Sox giving up control and years of a guy who could be a special player for a guy with his best years behind him and eating a bunch of money while also throwing in another kid with control who showed a lot of promise as a reliever. Robert was injured his 1st 2 years in the minors and some of the same people who hate Madrigal were questioning Robert's power. Injuries suck and make us question durability and ability but the Sox just seem to keep trading kids with potential for old guys and Tatis and Semien have taught them nothing. They did the same thing with Dunning for Lynn. That one worked out because they resigned Lynn but if he gets injured or regresses like Keuchel that will change some minds. It's not so much about missing the player it's about the same dopes doing the same thing over and over again. I've never been one to think prospects are untouchable. The Sox have a bunch of DH's in Eloy , Vaughn and Sheets and Mercedes while he was playing good. Those are the prospects you trade to get more well rounded guys. Trade time for time, not time for old, expensive and no time.

We know this all too well for some of our players such as Eloy and Robert chief among them. But you what you said about his ability to produce at a high level is one of the things always in question around here. That's why I had to post about how he was changing my mind in that regard because it won't change anyone's mind that he sucked at all things except his slap hitting tool .

I'm glad you posted this. I'll be the 1st to say I thought Madrigal was replaceable. I didn't say much about the trade at the time it was made because I wasn't really sure how I felt about it. The way Kimbrel was pitching it made sense but the cost was astronomical in years, money and talent. I only said in the thread there were rumors about Madrigal not fitting in and also wondered if the Cubs ate any money and thought it was an overpay if the Sox had to pay full salary . But back to this highlight reel. It reminds us that Nick was not the terrible base runner revisionist history is suggesting. Sure he made blunders on the bases but most were made out of aggressiveness and he would learn to pick and choose his spots. One thing Madrigal seemed to do is always hustled. He actually had a few hustle doubles and a couple of his triples were to LCF . Those are balls some of our veteran players with speed don't bust it out of the box on and settle for doubles and singles. Anderson had 2 triples in 527 PA's. Moncada 1 in 520 AB . Madrigal 4 in 200 AB. By looking at that one might ask who has more power and speed among those 3 ? He was also killing it right before the injury, getting more selective as a hitter , driving the ball more, hitting .391 .440 .609 in June with 1.049 OPS. If you go from May 17th to when he was injured he was hitting .365 ( 27 for 74 with 6 walks , 5 doubles, 2 triples and 2 HR's). On May 16th he was batting .270 .304 .341 .647 and his last game on June 9th he had raised that to .305 .348 . 425 .774 . The Sox won more with him than without him . Anyone that praises Moncada for his 4.0 WAR season should be praising Madrigal because he was on the same path as Moncada just with a different way of getting there.

Maybe ? but they had better players the 2nd half too.

I never did find out if we paid for all of Kimbrel's salary and gave up Madrigal and Heuer. I wonder what the Sox record was with and without Madrigal. We see plenty of posts that wonder why the Sox played better with a lineup of rejects with good pitching and played worse when the good players came back when the pitching was worse. Was it just the pitching that went south in the 2nd half ?

Truth Dodgers took a long time to finally win last year and they have one of the best franchises around right now. Lots of money great scouting and development. The Braves won the division year after year after year and got 1 championship out of it.

Class !

I don't want anyone on base. Beat them with your bats next inning ! ( in a violent way to the baseball)

come on boys ! It ain't over til the fat lady sings !

I see Altuve standing far away from the plate but Altuve's bat looks almost as long as he is. Maybe a longer bat for Eloy.

SILK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is just beautiful. I hope he can maintain it for 5.

99 K !

1st pitch 93 not bad.

Go Sox , Go Rodon ! Go Go Sox, Go Go Rodon !! Go Go YoYo !! Go Go towels and canes and blackout !!! Everybody's Dogs Go Go !

You can on the mlb app. Just go to Games at the top , then go to the schedule and put it back to Oct. 10 , click on the game and you will see condensed game and recap. Under those are "video" where it says FS1. That's the one to click.

I got a cane.

Wait are you telling me people don't wear underwear for more than a day ?

Time to raise a little Cane !

Even when he was throwing 99/100 earlier this year, he had a tendency to start off easy to get location and then amped it up. I'm going 92.

Hear,Hear !

Hey we agree.