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Jose Rondon 2 run HR with Rutherford on from HBP . Ex Sox Yency Almonte was pitching. 10-6 Sox lead.

You make some valid points about shrinking player prime. But he's had so few AB's playing full season ball because of injuries, He should play another full season and be promoted to as High as AAA if need be. If he excels great, he can start the season in 2020 as our CF. He still has things to prove like staying healthy and putting up good numbers down there across every level.

Don't get too excited. The guy the Sox rocked in the 9th was 35 yr old Tim Dillard who hasn't pitched in the majors since 2012 and hasn't had below a 5.00 ERA in AAA since 2014. Expecting his retirement soon

Thank you.

I really really hate to ask this. Are you hinting that he didn't belong there and that the Sox purposely delayed his development because they are cheap ? Yes I know they paid $50M for him .

And also in ST last year. Still SSS but yes he's looked better against better pitching but that's probably due to health more than anything.

If the AFL and so far in spring is any indication at all how he does when he is healthy and starting to get it, he could be a fast riser.

If he has a great spring I wonder what level he starts at . AA ? Is he headed there anyway or A+ ?

Eddie Alvarez walk, Steele Walker double , Luis Robert 3 run HR . Then Joel Booker walk , Chris Johnson HBP and RBI single by ZacK Collins. 4 run 9th gives Sox 8-5 lead headed to bottom of 9th. Zach Thompson finishes it off allowing a double to Pence but no runs for the save. Robert the hitting star 2/2 triple, HR 4 rbi. Kids also did well . Jimenez, Madrigal,Walker and Collins all had a hit. Rivera, Booker L., Gonzalez all played. Bernardo Flores with the win 2.1 IP 2 K no hits no runs no walks. Nova 2.2 IP 1 H, I R, no K's or BB's. Madrigal and Collins each had an error.

Luis Robert for the uninitiated.

Or perhaps it's spring training and now might be the time to test yourself and the competition with the blessing of management ?

Yes he does. Who does ? Yes ! Continuance of the Abbott and Costello theme.

1B; Who 2B: What 3B: I don't know LF: Why CF: Because Pitcher: Tomorrow C : Today SS: I don't give a darn. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml Thanks to Abbott and Costello if you don't know wtf I'm doing.

I think if I had posted Harper would get $330M but only an AAV of $25M I would have got 10 laughing emojis.

I bet you really clicked with that salesman too... until you told him you only had 10K. But I'm sure you can make a deal that will fill you with confidence about your chances to own one of those beauties.

I added a link to the 90 players who received $90M+ contracts .That still leaves players out who have received contracts between $68M and $89M. Might be another 25 of them. I just can't find it anywhere. https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/league-info/highest-paid-players/

Read and comprehend.

The only way to exert that pressure is by not showing up. If you do show up wear a bag over your head. SIgns probably would be confiscated no matter how politely negative they are and I don't trust Sox fans to be politely negative at all . Attendance under 1M might do the trick but if Eloy shows he is the real deal that might not be possible.

More research shows 90 players who have received contracts of at least $90M still not close to Abreu's $68M. https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/league-info/highest-paid-players/

Umm not one person has voted its Kenny's fault alone.

Reinsdorf of course. If there is one thing that has remained consistent it's that the Sox don't offer enough to get big name free agents. It was the same whether it was Williams or Hahn as the GM. I was trying to find out just how many +$70M contracts have been signed in baseball history but I gave up when I couldn't find an up to date list. I did find that 57 of the top 100 contracts of all time were baseball players and the lowest one from that group was Ken Griffey Jr. at $116.5M, and he's been retired for 10 years. I'll just guesstimate that there have been at least 100 contracts in the history of baseball that exceeded Abreu's Sox record of $68M. Might be 200 for all I know. If anyone has a way to find out be my guest. It's just a shame that guys who have been retired for 10 years had bigger contracts than any Sox player ever has. Kevin Brown got the 1st $100M contract in baseball history in 1998 . 20 years ago !

How many people on this board do you think care about Iowa basketball ? Trust me I held off saying this until I saw it at least 10 times recently in your avalanche of posts since the bungled signing of Machado. Yes and let's bring social issues like racism and anti-semitism into it as well by all means . Honestly just stick to the topic at hand and you will be fine.

It's all BS. I don't need to read another article to know they are full of shit. . They think their offer to Machado was better. After all according to Rosenthal all the incentives and vested options would make the contract worth $350M. SO which is it Hahn?KW/JR ? Can you afford $350M ? Or do you really know the chances of reaching those options and incentives was just a bullshit way to offer less and make it seem like more which anyone with half a brain could see through ? Apply the same thing to Harper. How could be be out of your range when you offered $350M to Machado ?

Hah ! I tried for years to get Avi some love. Little did I know that all it would take is business as usual for the Sox signing free agents and for him to be gone for him to get it. Holy moly 6 likes !