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That's one of the worst lineups he could possibly construct. Holy. Sheet.

good lord you're on one today. All Sox fans want the Org to stop with the "friends and family" shit and at times hire from outside the family. If improving the org requires poaching talent and trailblazers from frankly BETTER clubs than DO IT. There's no shame in admitting others are doing it better and following their lead.

just make this the game thread.

who does he replace? Covey or Manny or Nova?

"certified pre owned"

lol, that would be so petty and hilarious.

how in the world would a tweet have anything to do with it?

lol why does homeboy have that tweet pinned?

sounds like a mediocre blues cover band.

True but in this case there are Cubs rumors and Cubs obviously need a closer.

https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=16478&position=OF 7 fWAR in 380 career games. Will Nick Madrigal have more at 380?

My takeway from that is that framing starts with a quiet lower body setup for the catcher. I don't think that's something you could ever teach Omar as he's just not athletic enough. Kudos to Flowers for improving so much.

He's like a 2.5 WAR corner OF, there are worse things to get from a 4th overall pick. That said, no way he should be on the Sox' rader. We need pitching prospects, not starting corner OF.

Who do the Cubs got that we want?

Well I'm not sure the epistemological conditions needed to conclude the Sox can develop good defensive catchers so I'll concede.

That extra year of control is worth a lot. Waiting to trade him you risk 1) injury, 2) performance dip and for sure 3) less trade value due to less control for acquiring club If you chase two rabbits you'll lose them both. Learned that in Civ 4. Just trade him while he's at peak value. The Sox can find a closer when they are good.

Good point about the splits on Palka and Collins. I can't go back to Palka in RF. For now it looks like it's either Collins or Palka for Yonder.

so what's your point then? take a stand buddy!

There's what, like 24 starts a week at C/DH/1B/RF? 5 starts go to James at C. One goes to Collins at C, two more go to Collins at DH. Jose gets 5 at 1B, 1 at DH and Palka gets 3DH and 1 RF. Cordell/Tilson get the remaining 5 starts in RF. Collins would be the odd man out most nights but I'd still prefer him getting 15 PA a week and a big league catching start to time in AAA. Don't think he has anything left to develop down there.

Yup, it would be pretty ideal. Palka should be up as well for Yonder obviously.

There should be an agreement in the next CBA that if a guy gets popped for PEDs the team has an option to void his contract. Sox were put in a tough spot with Castillo although I still think he's a decent platoon catcher. His splits in 30 or whatever games this year don't really indicate much. He has a .214 BABIP and while some of that can be put down to soft contact not all of it. Regress him 70 points to a modest 284 and he's about right in line with his career average 99 wRC+.

It would help if he was used exclusively against lefties but that won't happen whenever he's back.

The most amazing development this season is that for the first time in recent memory the Sox have a good 25 man roster without major position player holes. Leury and Yolmer and Cordell and Tilson aren't world beaters but they aren't --2 WAR craters either. Could have used a few more of these guys from 2008-2016. Whoever is doing the scouting is doing a better job finding 1 WAR types for basically free.

Narvaez has been one of the best catchers in baseball through 1/3 of the season and Colome one of the best closers. If teams think the price is nothing they are mistaken. I'd say if they trade him early (before July) he should get a top 100 guy, back end sure but could get a top 100 guy. Might have to toss in a little filler, maybe some cash.

How many of the staff from 2010-2015 are even still around at any level? How much stock do we put in his improvement given he had his best seasons overall, not just defensively, in another org? It's far from a proven fact the Sox can develop catchers defense. Maybe their scouting has improved as they have found Narvaez and now McCann.