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Just coming back from a hamstring injured and it being cold and rainy, I doubt he starts all 3.

Unfortunately, he looks to be the type who is just wound tight be it genetically or workout based.

Sorry. Traveling. Didn't see the end of the game.

Correct.

This isn't the job of the athletic training staff. This is more the strength and conditioning people who create and run the conditioning/ injury prevention programs. The athletic training group treat the injuries once they occur.

Last year was a hip flexor. They are more anterior in the hip. If this is truly "groin l" they are more the medial area lime the abductor longus or gracilis.

Very tight (musculofacial) players.

I'm sure this early in the season they will be very conservative.

A tiny tear.

Muscle strains do linger more than ligaments sprains

Shift screwed them against Reyes. Sorry Ramierez

Let's hope because the rest of it is not pretty.

What is with TA? Did he forget how to throw a ball?

Looking back this is inaccurate. He did start 3 out if the 4 but in 2 of those it was in place if Hernandez at 2B. With as bad as hernandez was playing I don't blame the Sox for playing him over Hernandez. I think Garcia lead the team in RBI on the playoffs.

I can't remember, we're there injuries in the playoffs.

Thomas also only DHd the year you are referencing. The rest is a combination of both physical and mental rest. April 21st is early but when players are struggling sometimes they need that break. Mental health issues aren't on a timeline. It's more episodic. (If that's a word.)

So everyone should expect to produce and play like Frank Thomas? There us a reason he is a HOF. He did things that normals players couldn't.

To each his own. And as I said in another post, my comments are about who is playing not where. The lineups are weird. I'll stick with my experience and base it in that.

I agree. That's why I said the lineups are weird. I'm referring to who is playing not necessarily where.

Because at the end if the season they don't care about Garcias performance. It's the star players that need to be ready at the end if the season and playoffs. Besides it's the mental break even more than physical.

I was talking in general not necessarily for this game. Players need mental breaks. I understand the need, however these lineups are weird. Makes me think that there are minor injuries we don't know about.

How does your philosophy any to bench players? If they get stale and don't have any consistency, will they ever perform well?

True. I was referring to the current situation not a rebuilding situation. Those are totally different roles. We'll see how all of his weird lineups change the look of the team at the end of the season and playoffs. If the team is ready at the end of the year and plays well in the post season, I'll live with it because with this team that is all that matters. Right now it is looking really weird.

I think the outfield is more that Vaughn played 2 games yesterday and Jimenez is still too sore to play.

A good manager is supposed to put his team in the best position to make the post season. Individual Hames are not the focus in a 162 game season, especially a condensed one with a shortened Spring training. That being said these are some odd lineups.