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They were committed to paying that salary anyway. It wasn't an addition. I'm talking about spending more in prospect capital and added salary.

To be fair ML ready arms means a guy like Crochet who still could take 3 or 4 years to get to the point where he can go out there every day and be counted on to be a solid number 3 in a rotation. He could also blow out his arm which would add another 1.5 yrs of waiting or be converted to a reliever. This is the case of many MLB ready arms . Look how long it's been since the Sox traded for , Kopech, Cease, Giolito , Dunning and Lopez ? How many are top guys in a rotation now ? People here don't even want to trust Cease in a playoff game.

You get those 2 guys + Eloy and Robert and suddenly the Sox vault into very serious contenders if they could also add 2 decent BP guys or even 1 very good one.

There's one more thing to consider that I don't think has been mentioned here. Since it was JR's idea to hire TLR does that make him more committed to winning it all this year to prove he is smarter than everyone else ? Or will he just be the same guy he has always been and thinks TLR makes such a big difference that he can win the World Series without adding significantly at the Trade Deadline ? We shall see in a few weeks.

I was told I was in denial because I couldn't recognize that TLR not using reverse splits was a big flaw of his. I didn't realize pinch hitting a LH hitter against a LHP could win so many games.

Burger+

That lineup is awesome even with you at catcher !

Just trade for Gallo. He's a beast . He walks more than Grandal. He hits more HR's than anyone on the team and he's also plays a pretty good Rf and has a gun for an arm. No idea who TX would want but I'd try to see if they'd take, Engel , Mercedes, Mendick and any prospect they want including Burger. Escobar has 19 HR's , Gallo has 23. Just do it. Our top guy has 15 HR and couldn't get a hit yesterday when everybody was pounding Pineda and Grandal who, has 14 HR ,is out for a while. Get those 2 and you can play whoever at catcher.

Gallo hit 2 HR's yesterday ,walked with the bases loaded and gunned out a runner at 3rd. It was his 10th HR in 10 days. It was his 23rd HR. .395 OBP . 515 slg. . 909 OPS 148 OPS+ . He even has 6 stolen bases. Probably costs more than the Sox want to give up but having him for this year and next would be a big deal. Escobar went 3/4 , hit his 19th HR.

No one argues things they cant argue with much. They usually just make fun of the poster or give laugh emojis. Arguing requires a long post and giving examples. This is a message board not an academic institution or debate hall.

Anderson 4/4 , double BB, RBI Goodwin 2/5 double, RBI Engel 2/4 2 doubles ,SB Garcia 34/ Triple, HR, 3 RBI Burger 2/4 , double , RBI Hamilton 2/4 double Every Sox player listed who had a minimum of 2 hits had a double , except Leury who had a triple and a HR. Somebody loan Leury a double so he can have the Cycle. Big Bastard continues to impress with 6 innings of 1 run ball. Struggled with command a bit but the ump wasn't doing him any favors.

Haha they can say it to a much larger audience while here we are warned not to suggest hitting a player on purpose.

Great AB by Burger. Was just thinking if he can lay off anything down below the zone and lay off inside off the plate he's got a good shot at driving one.

Good call

Say whatever you want about framing but seeing those 1st 2 pitches against Larnach where both could have been called strikes is ridiculous. That HR is on the terrible umpiring. I've seen Pineda get calls on both sides of the plate that were easily balls, maybe 3 against Abreu alone in his 2 AB's.

This makes sense although it might might not have anything to do with TLR .It makes a lot more sense than those who think they know what TLR is thinking or feels about certain players.

Welcome to Soxtalk . You are our 2nd English fan. @Bazox is the other one. That's a very good question and one can only speculate as to why he was leading off. There is probably no satisfactory explanation since he could 've played at the bottom of the lineup. I think the most rational explanation would be with Anderson resting ,the pitcher for the Twins does worse against left handed batters and Eaton is better against right handed pitchers. Now that pitcher was very good yesterday and almost no one hit well except for Collins and the Sox held a 2-0 lead for a while even though the whole team only had that 1 hit for many innings . Also without Anderson the Sox don't really have anyone else who is what you might call a typical leadoff hitter . The only ones who come closest are Billy Hamilton or Brian Goodwin. Hamilton is a switch hitter but currently not able to bat left handed because he is nursing an injury . Goodwin has been hitting right handed pitching well and taking walks with a .450 on base percentage against right handed pitching so maybe he was a better choice. One last chance for Eaton to show his worth perhaps. Maybe the decision to be DFA'd was made after the game though that seems unlikely.

Good call. You stand out because you have original thoughts and don't parrot popular sentiment .

ANd if you can give me some stats where managers used reverse splits to their advantage or when TLR could've used reverse splits but didnt have at it, but its rare that pitchers or hitters have reverse splits throughout theirs careers. I spoke about how it happens in most instances. Saying that there are times when there are reverse splits where a RHB may PH or start against a RHP isn't worth discussing. You probably would have a hard time finding some type of article discussing it unless it's talking about All STar type players having good stats against lefties and righties. Like Eloy seems to hit both well but that's how you normally treat good players When you are talking about starting or PH one bench player over another with reverse splits it's pretty meaningless. Can you find me one bench player on the Sox or fringe level pitcher who is better against same handed handed players ? Goodwin, Lamb, Eaton are lefty and better against righties. Vaughn , Engel, Abreu, Robert, Madrigal Anderson all better against LHP. Switch hitters most of them also have a strong side. It's not a flaw because it rarely makes a difference. In fact I challenge you to find one article where a manager intentionally batted a RHB over a LHB because of reverse splits and it worked, or choose a LHB over a RHB against a LHP who isn't normally in the starting lineup.

And conversely opposing managers usually make pitching changes based on the guys coming up to bat handedness .Plus before the rule change about facing 3 hitters it was often done that way for 1 or 2 hitters. All of this is nothing new to baseball by both sides. There is nothing old school about it. Acting like it's some TLR flaw is very strange.

Pretty much no one does except elite Cfers.

Depends on the RHP. Can't just make a blanket statement like that. Berrios has great stuff but LH hit him about .100 batting average points better than RH . His stuff was just very good tonight. Would you rather have a .200BA up there against him or a .300BA ?

There is only a handful of guys who get that ball and Billy is one of them

Look either he did or didn't cost the Sox the game. Pick one. If you are talking about the triple , you are nuts. That ball was in the air 3 seconds and was a laser. You're talking like you're angry because he isn't Buxton and sometimes you know balls get by Buxton too because he isn't superman either. Balls like that do find gaps even with the best CF's around.

I would suspect most will say he can't call a game ,cant block pitches and cant frame so there's that.Pretty much the same stuff we hear about Collins. Yet he plays. If Zavala can do all those things then is Collins only here for his hitting and being LH ?