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My Favorite Sox were Ken Berry and Joel Horlen. My older brother's was Ward.

The big 3 Tommy John, Joel Horlen and Gary Peters.

RIP Pete. His name was very familiar to me and my family growing up on the South Side.

Game over . Sox win 4-3 Mieses is a big LH Bat at 1st and looked good in the field too making 2 plays in the hole and making accurate throws from his rear . Announcer said he reminds them of Fred McGriff.

I like the way he pulled his hands in on that swing.

Is that the pitcher #89 ? If it is reminds me of the pitcher they found on Trouble With the Curve.

Both against lefties Not time to draw any conclusions. He won't face many lefties.

He'd have to torch AAA but I like Yolbert. Slick fielder but since he joined AA he's torched the ball there and in the AZL.

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4-1 Sox

2-0 Sox

Mercedes single to RCF , Collins and Adolfo K , Rutherford grounded to 2b

I got both on my computer . Nothing needed but the internet.

Got both games on my computer at the same time. Both broadcasts just started.

Why? Don't need him and he's still in a role he doesn't want to be in. More better MILB players means more trade bait and minus Kimbrel's salary means more money for something else.

Outman isn't bad choice among those 4. I don't think the Sox would have to eat much of Kimbrels contract either for him. Made a big leap at AA last year. Got some MLB time with the Dodgers. Could be used in a trade for a pitcher with Oakland. Line at AA in 166 AB was .289 , .369, .518 .887 K's too much. Maybe get a 2nd piece and eat more contract.

McKinstry, Outman, Raley, Beaty all LH OF on the Dodgers 40

Kelenic confirmed

Half a season of Minor league baseball changes things just like 1/2 a season of Kimbrel being great changed his value at the TDL. It's just the way they think and it is prudent thinking at this point .Jerry isn't going over the CBT and they probably prefer >< $10M under it in wiggle room.

I don't think the Sox wanted to get this close to the Tax in the 1st place let alone go over it. They are planning to be able to make moves at the TDL too so they feel something has to be in reserve. Kimbrel's the move that has to get done 1st. If we are $17M away from the cap anything freeing up $10M+ leaves the Sox able to afford $20M a year more and leaves some for the TDL. Might even get a prospect to use in a trade.

I'd be happy with 1 year of Naquin for Kimbrel. Cincy isn't totally broke. Maybe Naguin and a prospect if the Sox eat $6M Or Nick Senzel. He had a shit year probably not much of a 2nd baseman but he can play OF too. Of course he's Right Handed. Or Harold's Dream Jarred Kelenic, -.7 fWAR and LH power OF

He's not in charge. It's the JR TLR Show. People talk about him putting his dick on the table but Hahn was castrated by Jerry when they hired TLR.

Yea this is where I'm at odds with a lot of people. Me and you wanted Rodon back. Lots of people round here didnt and I get it. But he was the best $3M dollars ever spent. He went above and beyond the call of duty and the Sox pitched him like he was Verlander in his prime with no regard for managing his innings the whole 1st half of the season. Starter pitchers innings pitched has been trending downward for years and the Sox just pound him into the ground when he basically hadn't pitched in 2 years. Then it felt like 3/4 of board didn't want to resign him after he provided like $28M in surplus value to the Sox in 2021. They won't get that kind of value from anyone in 2022. That's a once in a generation type surplus value. And there are still plenty of people here who agreed that he shouldn't have got a QO and think the Sox would've been crazy to try to resign him. The way things are going now I'd have taken Rodon in a heartbeat and I said that before things degenerated.

I don't think it makes much sense to keep sticking up for Kimbrel's performance to keep arguing if he was good or bad in the past , and covid or whatever. He's old, the Sox used him in a role he wasn't suited for , gave up too much for him, picked up his option, over valued him, and now can't trade him and it is holding up making any other trades or adding any other payroll. I mean you do see what's happening here right ? I understand that from your perspective you feel the need to defend the arguments bout how bad he was in the past but right now the whole situation is like an anchor hanging around the Sox neck sucking the hope from the fanbase. I'm not particular angry .I'm used to this shit. No one ever said being a Sox fan was easy. Once the ST games start I'm on a whole other level of watching them play baseball again and that is a joyous thing. Winning a World Series or being really really really good is a whole other level of joy but you get my drift.

Yeah true but then they turned around an threw Rodon to the wolves by pitching him as if he had pitched170 innings the season before. 10 of his 1st 18 starts he went 6 or more innings. Watch SF,Angels and Houston with how they handle Rodon, Syndergaard and Verlander this year.