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Interesting...if I’m mets I feel like I’d want a top position player. It’s a strong offer though.

I have gotten that they generally expect to follow their regimens for health and development. They'll let them seek outside help, but not block sox own coaching.

Trevor Bauer is a whole different type. He feels (and isn't wrong) that he is self-made as a pitcher. He has a way he works. Sale was just competitive/stubborn about opportunities. But if Coop left Bauer alone i'm sure it'd be fine.

Any upgrades we get I'd want to be substantial, too hard of a year to gauge market correctly for marginal updates.

That's what I was hoping. I was confused by the person stating their testing represented 13% of the national testing assuming that meant they were including it in those numbers. I'd hope IL keeps testing to their public/private venture and at least separate out U of I.

We could just re-sign Clevinger.

I'm not sure we know yet since that dashboard only has data loaded to the 24th and that's when classes started in earnest.

and I'm guessing that means the Illinois testing numbers are mainly just reflecting massive testing in champaign. At least will/st louis metro snapped back. I was hoing for scale that there would be enough local hospitals/clinics that had equipment that could be used (my local doc office has blood/urine testing on site) that there could be partnerships created. Especially could be helpful to the local GPs who have been hurt during covid. But yeah, again, the ability of the USG to help in scale, even if clunky, is a massive missing piece and it's just hard to follow this stuff at this point because the individual actors have taken this about as far as they can go, but when a good idea comes about it doesn't have the resource to push it out nationally so what's the point in getting excited about a breakthrough?

Right I think every 3 days. We are finally capable of entering a stage of mass, rapid testing. Between what U of I has done, Yale/NBA and now Abbott, we have multiple ways to rapid saliva test cheaply on existing technology. This is once again where I'll state that a functioning federal government could actually get us to a point of using this much faster. At the bare minimum, though much cheaper ($5-%10/test compared to $100) it is still costly on businesses/gov'ts already hit hard. That funding relief needs to happen. And, maybe not having a CDC advise that testing isn't necessary if you've come into contact with a COVID-19 pos person right before we are able to test more reliably. And there is so much more to help all of the individual actors get the knowledge and resources they need to have it so American's can be reliably tested through their work/school/place of worship that likely will not happen, and when some of those actors don't do as good of a job, people will blame them rather than the absence of a fed government. Incredibly frustrating.

Definitely a big change in board sentiment is now people gleeful that another team was duped into thinking Quintana was good when during the 2016/17 offseason and season it was mostly rage posting at the Astros to pound sand if they didn’t think Quintana was the ace he was! Quintana was a great pitcher for us, It sucks to me that he is now a punch line. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has a career renassaince and finds his effectiveness once again.

Definitely a big change in board sentiment is now people gleeful that another team was duped into thinking Quintana was good when during the 2016/17 offseason and season it was mostly rage posting at the Astros to pound sand if they didn’t think Quintana was the ace he was! Quintana was a great pitcher for us, It sucks to me that he is now a punch line. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has a career renassaince and finds his effectiveness once again.

Last night when things got intense they were a true asset and added even more enjoyment to the game.

Uh, ha, honestly not sure how to respond to this question. In august?

Low point was definitely the STL double header. Went from valley to peak very quickly.

Fewer things more satisfying than kicking the crap out of clearly inferior teams. Nice to be on the opposing end of it (the right side). I remember 2 years ago going to see sox v dodgers, them coming up to the plate with everyone hitting like .900 OPS and them just beating the absolute snot out of the sox. Now that's us.

I actually believe in Cherington, but it will take time.

absolutely. Orioles got crapped on last year but they had a number of guys surprise. This team has none of that, and unlike the tigers, no respectable vets keeping it somewhat afloat.

He has that kind of movement that does nothing to confuse hitters. You could tell Robert was drooling getting those lateral moving 2 seamers.

Hell yeah EE!!!

That was sick. i love recreating stuff like that and then asking people how high I got off the ground, only to be told I did not leave the ground

He doesn’t have the greatest arm but you could get by

There is zero chance Cinci doesn't try to sneak in. I'd bet on them acquiring more than selling.

Anyone know how U of I is faring so far?

Wow I don't feel that at all. Sox have 2 great pitchers right now, and a number of guys with talent that aren't proven or consistent. A 3rd consistent, good pitcher would do wonders. For one, gets Lopez to either force his way into rotation through production or allow us to keep him as an opener/ bullpen piece.

ha actually yes this. With 3 EE homers.