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Garver another bomb against Lynn.

Romy bomb to CF

1,2,3 2nd for Lynn.

walk, wild pitch. rangers radio broadcast on texasrangers.com . Just slide the slider all the way to the right to get the live game .

And a double to Brad Miller. Batting practice against Lynn now.

This is all opinion based on nothing but their "profiles" ? At least Gavin got in some super productive PA's last year where he didn't strike out a ton (22.4%) and supposedly doesn't walk much (8.9%) Also .556 Slg % against RH's . So a RH guy like Burger on a mostly RHH team who is the same age as Sheets, with an extensive injury background fits in better because we have him longer so we can figure out if the Sox can send Moncada back to 2nd base . Positional versatility is not being able to play just 3rd base. 1st base and DH don't count because any big guy should be able to play 1st and DH. A dime a dozen really ? I'll keep that in mind since a LH power bat with a decent K rate and walk rate is so easy to find. Maybe you can scan some MLB rosters and find a few for me who did what Gavin did in his MLB rookie season. I know he's got skeptics but he did every thing he could short of getting a bunch of AB's to prove he should get plenty of AB's on a team starved for LH balance and power. Vaughn is the RH bat who needs the playing time not Burger to move Moncada to 2nd base. What's your next suggestion, Kimbrel replacing Hendriks as closer and Liam being the setup guy ?

They spent because they still expect to make a profit . I pretty sure I heard that because of the strike season ticket sales were down and there's been no push in spending to excite the fan base into buying more season tickets. If attendance, ad revenue and other sources of income suffer because of this it's going to show up at the trade deadline and the same thing that happened this off season will happen again next off season.

I didn't say that because of arbitration. I said to anyone shocked that the Sox are too stupid to know when they will be perceived as petty and cheap. I don't think they are a stupid FO. I think JR is a bottom line and profit oriented kind of guy and anyone who knows that is never shocked by anything they do regarding saving money.

No he meant 26 because he said April is like an extension of the offseason and after April it's expected the rosters go back to 26.

I've been in Dodgers and Angels land for over 40 years now and I hardly pay any attention to them beyond the same way I always did as a baseball fan. I'm a White Sox fan . That will never change. I just push all the other stuff way down and just write about it here and just root for the players to be their best selves on the field. I am highly critical of the front office/ownership but stay out of game threads because they are highly critical of the players.

I need a "sad" emoji for this post. I feel bad for you. Empathy , man, empathy.

At least now you know why I wanted Rodon so much. I figured he was one of a few FA's with high upside who could be had in the Reinsdorf price range.

The fans only know what they read in the newspapers. He's a pretty ruthless business man. And I do agree with GREEDY that negotiating is a tricky thing. It's like the more you give in the more they want because then you are soft and soft people are easier to manipulate. The old saying "Give an inch , take a mile" was never truer .

You aren't fooling me, this is your try at the reverse jinx isn't it ? " Once I conceded It's bound to happen !!!! "

The fact that anyone is shocked by this is what's shocking.

Hahn is the one who talked about Vaughn in Charlotte first. They can gain an extra year if he does go down. That's why you see it being brought up. I don't think it will happen but it could. While I agree about Conforto, I'll just wait and see. But for the record I think I said back in November or December the Sox wouldn't sign him. Vaughn will play LF. Maybe Eloy plays LF 3/4 of the time and Vaughn only 1/4 . It's all contingent on how the whole Kimbrel fiasco plays out and if it somehow brings us back any other legit defensive RF who doesn't suck offensively. If you don't think Vaughn is going to get many 1B or LF AB's then that leaves RF and DH to get him AB's . What if he's a bigger disaster in RF than we expect,or the Sox do end up with a LH RF not named Conforto and Sheets is hitting and Vaughn isn't hitting RH's well so not getting as many AB's as he needs. That's why people talk about sending him down along with gaining the extra year of control.

A game thread is a game thread is a game thread. Rinse and repeat. ST vs Regular season makes no difference.

For the Sox I like any player who appears to have a chance to be good defensively and offensively. And frankly I would prefer guys who are already good on defense. A guys offensive upticks come at unknown intervals. You can't make non athletic guys into good defenders because they lack the tools but you can make bad hitters into good hitters if they have the bat speed, some patience and intelligence.

Engel and Sox settled @ $2M , expected was $2.2M from MLBTR model.

It's possible that some trades like Manea and Montas are being held up to see what they make in Arbitration today. Meadows, Nimmo also in that group. This would provide more accurate salary info for teams close to the CBT like the Sox. Giolito also in that group so have to figure his raise will also affect the bottom line. Expected raises may already be built into a CBT model for teams but exact numbers a little more helpful.

I know what it was. It was the same guys at the helm that created the mess in the 1st place, bolstered by Reinsdorf's bromance with TLR . All we kept hearing about is how the Sox upgraded so much behind the scenes. Better scouting and development, more slo mo camera's ,more biomechanics, Katz the new pitching savior and on and on. But when it came time to actually use all that stuff in regards to handling Rodon it was the same old story. Big hard throwing stud getting stronger as the game went on , finishing strong, throwing a complete game no hitter. Never mind the fact that he pitched only 42 innings the previous 2 years combined or that his health was at stake. Nope just treat him like Sandy Koufax. Burn him up, then he becomes the fall guy for being the same old Rodon, too injury prone to give a QO or a contract. Fans don't look at how we actually used him. All they see is Rodon not able to pitch as usual and we endlessly debate about how unstable he is and Sox management knows him best and the front office walks away scot-free to pump more guff into our heads about lineup balance, better defense and more starting pitching as goals for the off season.

Imagine that, the Sox management team lacking enough foresight to prevent Rodon from burning out too early.Nothing was really at stake anyway, just a World Series.

Agreed . This why most of the trade speculation around here revolves around Vaughn, Sheets and more recently Eloy. Too many out of position players , too many 1B /DH types, too right handed, not enough Starting pitching, and too many bad choices. I've been trying to take on the task in my head of getting better defensively getting more LH via taking on salary or trading some of those guys. Most people are attached to certain young guys be it Vaughn, Crochet, Eloy or Sheets and don't want to mess with their upsides but in essence it has to be done. Without a strong farm it's hard to be competitive in trades so some trades to fill glaring holes would be painful. So many want it all to be pain free. Plenty here didn't want Rodon back or to give him a QO. That involves risk and gnashing of teeth. Losing Rodon and Tepera, stating the need to trade Kimbrel and moving Kopech and Crochet into different roles were the 1st steps that the bullpen became TLR/Hahn/Reinsdorf's primary concern because it could be addressed with less money. Bad choices all the way around. So bad in fact that the whole process has , so far, yielded no results regarding starting pitching , defense and balancing the lineup which were Hahn's stated goals . It's pretty mind boggling, but if you believe in the past as an indicator of the future from them, not totally unexpected.

I might have to go all the way back to my proposed Cano trade ?

OK I said I wasn't up for it but I couldn't help myself so I proposed 2 different trades.