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There are a lot of good players on this team and some are young. Other guys have to get AB's who have talent too. According to the Vaughn jockeys Vaughn was tired at the end of the year but now he's supposed to play every day ? I get it the guy is a superstar in training, he should be in the lineup every single inning of every single game forever, the next Cal Ripken , Jr. People acting like they don't know anything about how baseball and team play in order to win a championship works. He must become the stud he was meant to be and a few less AB's than 100 % of the time could ruin his development !! It's how panicky fan boys act because everyone hates TLR and he's doing all these things upper management doesn't approve of. Why hasn't he been fired yet ?? You must trade Sheets in order to prevent this madman from trying to find out if Sheets can actually contribute as much as he did last year ! It's all so petty. How did Sheets deserve that ? He only had a .900 OPS against RHP last year and all you hear about his stats are because they were cherry picked. UM OK wasn't he facing the same pitchers everyone else on the team was who didn't have a .900 OPS against them ? . Ok What about the fact he was our best power hitter in the playoffs ? That's an even smaller sample size than his season stats !! OK but all playoff stats are small sample size and being hot in the playoffs is what gets teams championships . OK wait if you think all Sheets stats are the result of cherry picking and small sample sizes, Sheets had more plate appearances against RHP pitching than Vaughn did against LHP last year. Does that mean Vaughn's great stats against LHP are also cherry picked and SSS ?? OK WELL um Vaughn is the 3rd overall pick in the draft and a generational hitter !!! He isn't that guy from last year against RHP anymore because he's crushing them this year !! Ok isn't that a small sample size too ? Play nice , play fair. The Sox are not going to prevent Vaughn from being all that he can be. But I suppose the same panic and blame will ensue if Vaughn slows his new found glory against RHP . It will be all Tony's fault for ruining a budding superstar !!

Why work yourself up over it ? 1st of all it's not true and 2nd of all even if you think it's true it won't remain that way for long . The cream always rises to the top. Maybe TLR knows what he's doing.

Just a reminder that Timmy HR's and Sox wins = spaghetti !

Spaghetti for everyone !!!

The Grave Man !

oppo double tacos !!!

OH my !!!!!

There we go ! Timmy !!

Can't beat fun at the old ball park !

This game is in jeopardy if the Sox don't score more. Expecting a patchwork BP to give up 0 runs in 4 innings is asking a lot.

In RF and LF its actually harder because of the fence that has padding at the top only , so you have to avoid the padding on the way up or you don't get a true leap or reach an apex.

Engel is so good at finding the right place to stand then jumping straight up. A lot of OF will hit the fence when they jump backward.

That was a cute lil play.

Take that says Tim about not hitting with runners in scoring position !

You like to watch the world burn don't you ?

I think it's $20M in 2023. But if he does fairly well this year and next yr. it would be considered a good contract but no one here expects that to happen.

And assuming he gets to around 100 wRC+ against RHP . I love how I'm the only one thinking he need to show a good amount of improvement to like ,actually earn his playing time against RHP.

Exactly, that's why I get on him sometimes because I prefer a 3rd sacker who hits. I like hitterish guys like Brantley and lefties with sweet swings and guys with a good slugging percentage. His overall game is boring, lots of walks, lots of K's ,and very solid D. It's not sexy but he's good for 4 WAR . I still was one of a few who put him on my current Sox Mt. Rushmore because of that over guys like Eloy and Robert because they haven't been on the field enough yet. Not many took that thread seriously .

And the winner is Soxlover15 !!

Wow just what that newish guy predicted a 3-2 game when so many thought the over of 10 runs was a lock.

In fairness to Ptatc I will say that no one ever puts injury issues behind them when you have a long history of such things. But conversely guys who are never injured can also start getting injured frequently. DO I think Rodon has a better chance of injury than Keuchel and any other pitcher . Yes. Does that automatically happen to Rodon before it happens to other pitchers . NO since any player can be injured at any time as we have seen with Moncada , Gio, Pollock, Kelly, Lynn ,Crochet so far. Do I think Rodon is a better pitcher than 90 % of starting pitchers in baseball right now ? Yes but the question remains how long will his arm hold up and if he is injured in any way how significant will it be and will he be able to pitch in the playoffs? Those are things I think about any elite pitcher who is much older and without arm troubles. Did you see Gerrit Cole have a meltdown because the opening day ceremonies took too long and delayed his start by 4 minutes. Some pitchers are very meticulous when it comes to routine because they think any deviation from that routine could hurt their performance and their health.

I actually think he got hurt because he hustled. He took a pretty aggressive turn around 1st base and looked liked he grabbed his hammy after he put on the brakes very quickly. It still might have something to do with the weather. Some stretching and a long jog to keep the muscles warm might help and also some tiger balm slathered all over arms , legs back , hips and stomach probably wouldn't hurt either. Imagine the smell in the clubhouse and dugout it everyone did that .

Says the guy who is mad about Vaughn not playing, but then again you always seem to be on the right side of popular opinion.

I didn't know you were his wife ! Congratulations on the nuptials !

Based on the fact that Ray Ray is his lover