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If this team is signing him thinking they are "challenging .500" they are off by about 15-20 games. There isn't any world we go 81-81 this year. 75 and 87 sure, but 81-81 simply is not happening with this pitching staff. It would take tremendous break outs from the young players and health just to get to 75, and we'd all be thrilled I'd imagine.

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Would have rather hired three more Pacific Rim scounts at 400k each then throw this money at a backup catcher. Really doesn't seem a great way to spend limited resources. But this is the Sox. Even when they make a few good moves the inevitable head scratcher is never too far down the road.

Headed out of Phoenix / Tempe today. A billion cubs fans down here. Didn't get to any games, it's been way too hot already, I'm a bit surprised they didn't cancel any yesterday, as it was pretty much 100+ from 11am to 6pm.

Is there an option to turn off the "thread preview" and just see the post topic? It it too busy for me and cluttered now.

It is really not that deep imo. The WBC eligibility rules are designed loose for a reason, and it is to get more talent spread around. Baseball is growing but it still has most the talent centered in the US Caribbean and Japan, so it is good to allow Italy to field a team and for Americans with Korean or Taiwan or whatever background to suite up for those nations.

We are all day to day, aren't we?

knock on wood we are quite healthy as a group, if this is the worst spring training setback, we good.

Oof, grade 2 sucks. Damnit. Well cya in May.

Probably a 2-3 week setback based on how it looked and his reaction. Not the worst thing in the world now we can get Edgar more ABs early.

I think you'd need Italy to beat Mexico like 10-0 or some s%*# for us not to advance. Super obscure rules here WBC dumb s%*#.

eh, I'd say it's around 15%.

So is the positional value. How are we even still debating these things in March 2026. If you cut Sosa every team other than maybe LA would claim him. If you cut Beni nobody would claim him even if the Sox agreed to pickup 1/3 of his remaining salary.

Position coaches rarely matter but the key thing is if guys like you and want to at least try and work with you, so Shomon seems like a good coach that way. We seem to have cleared out some dead wood in the org the last couple seasons at least.

That's at least partially why I'm such a big Matas fan. 1st generation Chicagoan and American.

This one I just don't see at all. His defense is good enough to carry his bat even at like 220/280/380. And he's not going to slash that all year long. I think something like 240/300/440 is much more likely, a regression but still a solid regular.

I get "bold' is doing a lot of work here but every one of those seems absolutely insane to me, like 1 in 100 seasons type stuff. The only one I could possibly see would be Murakami setting the K record. As for a bold prediction I'd say that Baldwin gets around 120 starts, hits around 20 HR and finishes around 2.5 WAR.

This guy is full of s%*#. A 12th round pick that was injured for most of 2019 (you know before Covid) and was awful when he did pitch, continued to be awful after receiving a vaccine that 99.99% of young people tolerate just fine and now 6 years later is claiming up to 20 million in lost wages? Bro was never making it above AA, he stunk and was already injury prone before Covid.

Must be just to get all the pitchers reps. Thought it was usually just 4 tho and then a coach would help out. Little spring curiosity maybe I'll ask someone if I get to a game.

5 catchers? OK.

Too bad for Taiwan. They can enjoy bragging rights over SK tho until next WBC.

I'm not surprised.

Dylan Covey now that is a blast from the recent past.

Only thing that matters in the union is seniority, which works in other fields but not in MLB. I'm not sure what a good starting point would be, but the union should have a goal of knocking down the arb clock while also raising the 26 man roster min salary. What concessions they'd have to give up tho I don't know.

Felt nice about the future Sox until I saw that putrid Nick Shitlicker Swisher tribute on the OF wall.