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Open the diamond club you cowards! @Quin Wanted to post some Mariners s%*#.

Not sure if I love this or hate this. If they can get robert to stop sliding head first so much great. Otherwise boy, bit late to be teaching the pros about sliding, amirite?

He should be given every chance to stick at SS, I just hope they are smart enough to make his development the priority, not squeezing out a win or two this year playing him out of position.

While I certainly don't lean right I've seen similar bloat in Seattle. Non profits are like crack to fairly wealthy big cities. They promise all the benefits of good governance with none of the oversight and budget constraints. Of course if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and like any bureaucracy if they actually solved the problems, they'd be downsized. City's waste money on s%*# constantly. There's an argument wasting it on sports arenas is a better bet than some new agency.

A lot of moving parts, we'll see if they have Moncada and Colson and DeJong together on the MLB roster at any point this year. I can see Moncada out via trade and Colson to 3B.

The logic was "someone has to play, they might as well be cheap". That's a simplification but it applies to most of their moves.

Dovetails with my post on the fWAR over unders. Let's hope he's motivated and healthy and puts together a bounce back year so he can get off this s%*# team and bring us back something.

I liked him but never really loved him if that makes sense. That said, he's the type of player and person that you hope comes around more often than not on your favorite teams.

That's interesting. Time to read more about the Chicago stockyards. Maybe we have a curse we can break or something.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

I'm sure a lot of these games will have a backstop cam if nothing else available somewhere, maybe even some live streaming from the Fegan types. Anyways, even in a contending year ST is boring by the 2nd week. Let the real games start.

Right, that's another option. Just letting him walk and paying 5 million for the privilege is the dumbest and worst case scenario. Get some value out of him if he's playing well.

If Getz isn't really the same as the old boss that's the sort of dumb, stupid, short sighted pound foolish penny smart decision you do not make. Pickup the damn option and then find a trade partner, or you know, negotiate an extension. You can't let guys walk for nothing coming off 3-4 WAR years. Every player is an injury risk, Moncada would be entering his statistical prime years and if the Sox aren't interested, a contending team certainly would be.

I woke up feeling dangerous (maybe danger Russ even) so I'm going to go OVER on Paul Dejong and his .7 fWAR. He's playing for his MLB future and he'll "bounce back" into a barely average regular at SS. He'll play 145 games, be solid with the glove, and slash 240/290/380. There's really nothing in his profile that suggests he'll bounce back with that increased slugging, but I'm going to be danger russ and assume he'll have some extra motivation to avoid another one year deal and even possible get traded off this s%*# bag team.

3-4 WAR would get it done, then the Sox would easily be able to trade him if that 2025 Sox team isn't anywhere near contention, and they probably won't be.

yea FG pretty muted on our D overall given how it's supposedly a big strength now. that maldonado defensive number is hilarious. over half a win under defensively at catcher as a guy that is a vet leader.

Yea I was thinking under on Eloy as well. He's not gonna get 600 PA, and if he's the DH for all of them, he won't hit enough to get that value.

can you stay on topic for one post? and yes, if he balls out you 100% use it as leverage.

I've gotta go with Cease on the UNDER. There isn't a chance in hell he makes 174IP on the SS, and maybe he doesn't even make 150 in all of MLB who knows. Going with Yoan OVER. Contract year and all that. @ptatcis a trusted source on injury imo, and if he think Yoan will gut out a few more games, who am I to say otherwise. And if he does have a good year the Sox can pick up his option and still have a good asset. So here's hoping!

Here's the FG projected stats: You take the over, you take the under, it's a simple bet.

If that happens I will have to try and not get banned for excessive swearing and downright vitriol. And yet, there is a chance, that it happens. Management: we're gonna move on from Sheets, he doesn't fit our new defense as a necessity ethos and he can't hit for s%*# either. Also Management: We're gonna replace him with TWTW.

I can see the headline now: "Sheets, Once a Camp Afterthought, Pushing for Playing Time". This is already becoming a minor irritant with my interest this season. By the 4th week of spring, he needs to be cut and replaced with the sloppy seconds from some other, better team that has an actual roster and 40 man crunch.

Trade him to SD for one of their in park taco stand brands.

If I'm Sheets' agent I might just request a DFA. He can go make more money in Japan or something.

He has negative value despite being on a league min deal. Impressive the Sox have managed to keep around so many of those guys on the 40 man under Hahn. Let's hope Getz is more proactive.