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16oz modella and a nachos for 10 bucks is a pretty damn good deal. That's the sort of thing that would def entice me to go to a game on a random Tuesday if I lived in Chicago. Good on the Sox for finally doing something nice for the fans. And, if they do it right and market it well the gate receipts will offset any revenue loss.

I tore both of mine about 6 years ago at the same time. Opinions varied, including among my surgeons, but usually it's thought that micro tears in the tendon from tendonitus are a contributing cause. I had "jumper's knee" in both my tendons for basically my entire life and I played three sports in HS, college in baseball and then an absolute shitload of tennis and basketball in my 20s before they ripped in my early 30s playing tennis coming to a jump stop at the net. You put the wrong force on them and they will snap, especially if weakened. He has a long rehab ahead of him. I was lucky enough to get a great surgeon and I really took command of my own rehab but I had to give up basketball for life. Still play tennis pretty well. The Yankee kid that made his debut tore his on the electrical box at the Cell. And there have been a couple full tears in the NFL as well. Guys have a really hard time coming back from it. It's worse than an ACL.

I want to be optimistic but our bench is looking -3 WAR bad. Not even replacement level across the board. So we get some positive regression from Moncada and some health from TA and Eloy and you basically just erase that if Billy has to play 50 games.

Sounds about right as a Sox utility guy then. Maybe we can bring back Yolmer.

I would limit all these guys' pitches. Cease only has so many bullets left in that surgically repaired elbow. If he can get ready for the season and build stamina doing his side work as much as possible -- great. I know he needs to throw some live bullets but I really hope we have a holistic approach to injury prevention this year and that goes for the position players as well. Track their use, track their stress hormones and shut them down and rest before injury occurs.

Yea, it's a tautology. The Yankees spend the most money, so they care about winning the most. They care about winning the most, so they spend the most money. Well f*** the cheap ass Sox but you went there because of the money, the winning angle just came up after that money was satisfied. I guarantee if the Athletics had offered him 30 million more he'd be in the Bay Area.

Says the dude with Scott Boras as his agent. It was obviously about money. Well the Yankees can enjoy getting 300 innings for their 160 or whatever million.

Has the weather gotten any better?

We just need to take things one day at a time and keep an even keel. It's a marathon not a sprint. The content will come but we can't force it or overthink it. When you're forcing things you're tight, and when you're tight you're not gonna have fun and this game is all about having fun. It's a kid's game really.

He posted a very laughable picture on his IG last month that looked photoshopped to all hell. I'm not sure if he's even with the Giants in spring training.

I love the WBC, been some great games already. Too bad the Cubans are struggling tho.

I forgot he existed.

spring training stats for a vet pitcher are worthless. I don't care if he didn't record an out as long as he got his work in and came out feeling healthy. most times a guy like cease is just working on anything but getting a guy out. which obviously is a 180 from a real game.

The La Roche thing, and Sale breaking his foot doing some redneck ass s%*# out of the back of his truck were some trying moments as fans during Springs prior. I guess the Clevinger s%*# hardly even qualifies as a distraction compared to some other years.

Eaton was productive his first stint and netted us a helluva haul but god rooting for him was a pain. He was great with the fans when I saw him in spring training in 2014, but he also is a total redass in all the stereotypical ways of a "scrappy" white guy. Of course a guy like that would support Drake LaRoche hanging around the clubhouse.

One of those things is not like the other. Come on Lip! Although I suppose maybe you're just referencing the recent Eaton stint here and not his first.

Didn't know you had an account here Stone Pony.

These guys are gonna play, we've got too many injury prone guys not to pencil in Moncada for 30 missed games, eloy at least that many, tim around the same and so on and on and on. So whoever makes it after camp breaks might not even really matter at times during the season. Might be better to let Jake get regular AB in AAA until the inevitable Moncada DL stint. Who knows, honestly the bottom of the roster looks like absolute dog s%*# to me but I'm willing to give it a shot on whatever we come out of spring with. Hope springs eternal.

ZIPS has him projected at a 80 wRC+. I'd go ahead and bet 100 bucks on the under there. Part of the problem with his value is that while he can cover the positions he is now old enough to where he's negative run value at pretty much all of them. His versatility was worth something when he was 28 (plus 4.4 runs according to FG so almost half a WAR right there). Not so much as he approaches 32 and has lost a step. ZIPS thinks he's basically a negative run or two defensively.

Exactly. OK can cover 7 positions and can hit to a 80 wRC+ -- valuable backup. 39? Not even roster-able. I don't care if he's Brooks Robinson at 7 positions.

He's in his age 31 season now. Coming off the worst year of his career, with a ZIPS expectation of replacement level. Leury is the classic example of a guy whose talent was marginal even in his athletic prime at 25-29 and while a useful player then thanks to his ability to cover 7 positions -- is now replacement level. True talent level changes. The Sox never seem to get those changes correct, even with hindsight! Like it's one thing to miss on a guy like Pollock, but a guy like Leury you've scouted his entire career, you know him. To not just move on from him after that horrible 2022 is ridiculous. But Chicago probably thinks he's a good clubhouse guy and will just bounce back with his usual 1 WAR season. Time goes on. Players age, get worse. Move on.

I say it every spring: the only thing you can really take away is do the vets look healthy and do the youngsters not fall on their face. Colas has done fine so far from what I can see, granted it's a limited sample, so that's good. The vets look healthy, all the pitchers that came into camp healthy are still healthy, so that's good. The stolen bases stuff and other in game stuff, including wins and losses, eh, means nothing imo relative to the regular season. Just stay healthy and hope your young guys show they are at least capable of holding their own against guys also competing for big league roster spots.

Surprised people are taking anything out of this. Feels like people are overanalyzing spring.

Gotta love the Sox' main TV dude reporting on a game you can only see via his own hand held camera. JFC what a poverty franchise. Throw a fucking camera up behind home plate and just do a free stream.