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He doesn't even hit for enough power to be a supersub on good teams nor is he good fundamentally. The Leury's of baseball will always be there. There is no reason for him to be in the conversation.

No go big or go home should be reserved for the starting pitching or someone like Rendon. There is no go big option for RF especially next year. Give the kids in the minors more time and if nothing happens wait on Betts then go big.

Not necessarily. What he should do is realize the position he is in. Hurt all year traded then released by the team he was traded to. Guys like Wilmer Flores, Jonathan Schoop, Jason Kipnis, Brian Dozier Starlin Castro, Josh Harrison and Ben Zobrist will all be in similar situations. Some of those guys are going to have to accept minor league deals. Schoop might be the only one to get a multi year deal. Castro has had a very strong 2nd half and a terrible 1st half. Going into the 2019 season, Scooter Gennett was one of the more highly regarded players slated to become a part of the 2019-2020 Major League Baseball free agent class. Slashing a combined .303/.351/.508 (.859 OPS) with 50 home runs and 189 RBIs over two years with the Cincinnati Reds, he was one of the most productive second basemen in baseball. Unfortunately, a severe groin strain limited his playing time and impacted his performance throughout the 2019 season. He only played 21 games with the Reds, slashing just .217/.236/.261 before being traded to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. There, his performance improved, but not enough to keep him on the Giants roster for long, as he was released after just 21 games. Gennett landed on the open market two months earlier than anticipated and faces questions as to how he will fare as a free agent. Gennett made $9.775 million in 2019. http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2019/09/09/scooter-gennett-free-agent-question-mark/ So will teams wait him out to get a better understanding of his health or does he sign early to a one year deal for around $5-7M just to avoid a minor league deal ? He could end up a bargain if he makes a full recovery he could be signed as a bench piece and end up being more even if the OF isn't in his future.

At this point any LH bat with pop that has any experience in the OF is an option especially if the contract isn't lengthy or very expensive. He put up some nice years before he got hurt. I'd consider him a very strong bounce back candidate.

LOL i don't know I just saw you had a spot for someone besides Cordell so I filled it. I didn't even look at the names too closely that corresponded with the numbers.

Yep Sox are not in any position to be spending prospect currency on rental players. If you are going to trade them get some controllable talent. Minor leaguers for minor leaguers such as Mendick, Gonzales, Rutherford, Walker , Stievers etc for other more advanced prospects maybe like Jesus Sanchez in the Marlins org,

I'd rather have guys who can also start be considered depth pieces with more pop like Moustakas (1st , 2nd,3rd). and Gennett (2nd, 3rd, OF) though with Mendick i'd like that bench or if worse comes to worse Moose at 1st, Abreu at DH Gennett at 2nd in case of Madrigal struggles. Mendick to save a few dollars over Garcia . Engel can be backup CF (OF). I think i'd even have to consider Yolmer over Garcia at this point. Leury 's speed helps him in the OF but he isn't consistent and he just isn't a heady ballplayer . I'm sure the coaches could tell you a lot more than I could about how often Sox OF's miss cut off men. The Sox just haven't got production from enough guys that translates into positive WAR which means the defense and hitting has to get better significantly from the starters and the bench.

While a unique idea I think anything that limits the number of posts is not something an owner of a message board likes to see. I don't care how often a poster repeats himself or if anyone gets tired of reading it. Positive opinion will generates negative ones and vice versa. There is just no way to get around it. The success of a message board is not just quality posts but the number of posts too.

To be frank, I don't think how anyone here will think he will age is significant. Usually posts expressing how they think someone will age is just used as a personal bias either for or against that player. No one really knows one way or the other how a player will age especially if they are suspected of being chemically enhanced and even if they are not and age well there is always suspicion .

9 . Free Yermin

Part of what's wrong with that is the Red Sox might contend next year or even trade him this off season and he will be very costly. Eevn if he is still available at the deadline don't fool yourself into thinking he won't cost all that much. He would require an A and a B prospect at the minimum. I'm not as keen on spending decent money on DH types. Since it seems apparent the Sox plan of keeping Abreu then they just have to man up and tell him he's a DH. Sign Moustaskas to play 1st and he can fill in at 3rd and 2nd occasionally or with injuries until or if Vaughn pans out,

Hey we agree on something.

I understand the non tender but they easily could ve resigned him to the type of contract TB eventually offered him. I'm pretty sure Avi was begging the Sox to keep him but he was getting too expensive for a guy who got injured too much.

It won't be Avi. Sox would be admitting they made a mistake not resigning him after the non-tender if they signed him. What an utter disaster the whole Jay and Alonso signings became.

We meaning not me :). Balta can attest to that. I have wanted him for the seasons the Brewers had him. I'd also be good checking into what the royals would want for Whit Merrifield for RF . I know he isn't LH but he's one of those versatile guys , a very good base runner and just a smart , good ballplayer.

Wait, actually, it's the 1st time they have ever homered in the same game. Can you believe that ? Jimenez hit a Grand Salami in the 1st inning while Moncada capped a 3 hit night with a 2 run shot in the 7th. JImenez' slam was an oppo taco while Moncada's was a 452 ft. BOMB to CF. The mighty Adam Engel also hit an opposite field HR. Ivan Nova pitched competently giving up 3 runs in 5.2 innings. All 3 runs were solo HR's . He gave up 0 walks and K'd 5. Final Score White Sox 7 KC Royals 3 Jimenez leads all American League Rookie in HR's with 25 although Yordan Alvarez of the Astro's is right on his tail with 24 .

Quick trade for him now to play RF

This story is a few days old now. He was the youngest son of Sox special pitching consultant Dave Duncan. The more I think about this the more I think Dave Duncan was hired to have a title and paycheck while his son was battling cancer. I could be wrong of course. I'm sure he got the position based on merit and has been doing a fine job but also had the freedom to be with his son when he wished. If that's the case I am not knocking it. Reinsdorf may not be a great owner but he has his good qualities. https://www.foxsports.com/midwest/video/1599608387694 RIP Chris and condolences to all who knew and loved him. If a mod doesn't think this belongs here. Feel free to move it.

There was one play where on a routine grounder he took too long to throw. Might've had a problem getting a grip on the ball and batter was called safe at first. Sox reviewed it and the call was overturned. Everything else couldn't tell you since I only see highlights.

I beat you but because of me now your thread is bigger

I have to agree with you. ARe you supposed to make a title intentionally boring so it's not click worthy. Calling something clickbait on here is comical. I read most threads regardless of the title . Nothing here is clickbait. Our titles are not generating the thread starter any revenue.

Danny Mendick went 2/5 playing SS and also hit his 1st career ML HR to power the Sox to a 5-1 win over the Angels. Timmy got the day off . Cease started, but due to a high number of pitches, because of 5 walks, he only lasted 3.1 innings . He did K 4 and got out of a couple of big jams.

Colome in non save situation.

Moncy double !

Most have already played themselves off the roster. How much bad do you have to see ?