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This is exactly what I've said all along. Give me that 1.000 OPS again. If playing 1st base helps that I'll take the LH bat at GRT any time.

I know others have disagreed when I mention Harper playing 1st base because of his poor OF play and the future OF's we have in our system . I recently found this https://www.mlb.com/news/bryce-harper-could-play-first-base/c-300343118

Where did you find that Robert is faster than Engel ? According to statcast Engel is as fast as Billy Hamilton at a top speed of 30.1ft/second which is 4th in all of MLB.1st is 30.5 ft/sec so i is very difficult to be faster than Engel.

I didn't either but I googled it for the hell of it and voila. found it. Figured hey, Jetsons was made a long time ago when baseball actually was stlll America's pastime. Damn . I hope you're not as old as me.

With Waldo ?

Haha but would you have searched for Elroy playing baseball ?

Elroy Jetson ?

Gonna get some Big Maple on the Big Apple.

It's the most wonderful time of the year !

Impressive half. Good O, good D, takeaways, good run game , good wide receivers, impressive scrambling by MT, and no uprights hit.

There are many reasons people of all races get fired. Check out the reasons and if any of these employees thought that some of the reasons were because of discrimination or EEO related then they should act on it including her. If she thinks making it public will help that's her prerogative,

He's been pretty good the last few years and healthy. He's as good as anyone else to eat innings with a chance to be very productive. I'm sure the Sox will be checking on him and make an effort to acquire him just as they will on quite a few guys. Everyone we talk about acquiring has issues, Even the whales we hear about lack of hustle , bad influence, bad fielder ,inconsistent and on and on.

Are we going to have to go through this every time a free agent signs or a guy gets traded ? Yes our roster sucks and many many guys that sign with other teams or get traded might fit us . That doesn't mean Hahn is a sleep at the wheel . It just means there are 29 other teams that will be making moves We can't moan about everyone other teams get and we don't . It's a total meathead reaction.

This is how I feel . I love great defense but to have a great fielder and iffy bat isn't worth what Heyward got or is getting. Give me Harper with his walks his HR power at the Cell and let him loaf, play 1st base whatever. Anything to try to get him back to 1.000 OPS and keep him in the lineup. I want the whale and a studly lefty big bat that gets people on their feet, drops jaws and generates excitement . I want a whale bat hybrid.

He has blazing speed and appears to be a smart base runner. He also has a high motor and gives a ton of effort. These are all positive attributes and are part of his 5 tool package. Yes it sucks when these very same tools end up in injuries that stunt his progress. But there's only 1 way to play the game in some players minds and that kind of play probably shouldn't be discourage . Manny Machado might think differently since for the last 5 yearshe has been injury free, playing almost every game and content enough with that not to be Johnny Hustle. If he had any kind of injury history he might not be poised to make $300M +. It's tempting to wish the Sox could ask him to tone down the steals but it's not likely they will considering he just stole 2 more bases in today's game.

So Arizona end up with 4 picks ( 3 of them higher ) than the Sox 2nd pick for finishing with 3rd worst record in baseball. That kind of sucks. Any chance these things change in the next contract between players and owners ?

Maybe Longenhagen only saw him in the Fall Stars game . He didn't look so good in that game That game of course was right in the middle of that 14 game hit streak. Doubtful Longenhagen would base his opinion on just one game but why would he be even less confident ? Makes no sense. He was up around .370 then went 1 for 9. He's currently at .324 after going 1 for 4 and stealing 2nd and 3rd base in his game tonight.

Sox could even throw in one of the Jordan's , Stephens or Guerrero to even it up .

Isn't your last sentence just what I said ?

I think it has the chance of growing. He made 3 appearances . Perhaps hes make up to 10 appearances if we suck again all when we are hopelessly out of games. If he does well again, they might have to take him a little more seriously especially if his hitting tanks.

No but he still has a brother in the Nats system,Bryan Harper. He is a 28 year old pitcher who had TJ surgery . Maybe Sox could get him ala Eloy's brother and Jordan Danks.Give the Nats a better prospect than his brother and Bryce is in the bag .

Ha its settled he loves Chicago food.

Sorry long time girlfriend and born in Manhattan raised in Miami.