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How about one of those magical seasons where almost everybody plays to the peak of their abilities and the Sox can run away with the division? It's opening day, a fan can dream.

the hot hand...out of spring training? That doesn't exist. Start the best players.

I think Moncada is going to slash 280/360/480 and will play 130 games for 5 fWAR.

Lineup predictions for tmr?

What about pass out drunk? -- Harry Carey

Kath is still around camp?

Is this just a cash grab?

Hope springs eternal. I'm excited for the season and seeing some of the youngsters, even if expectations are low. I'd prefer to have low expectations for Sox home grown rookies than any sort of expectations for aging vets we signed off the scrap heap. The Clevinger signing is water under the bridge at this point and it's time to put the offseason behind us and get started.

Shocked they admitted the mistake.

Nice. Admitting is the first step.

Late spring training every player is ready to ship north and we got some guys here that put their life savings on the Sox today it appears. Bummer for them.

Start the real season you cowards.

I forgive Bud Selig for all his sins and deliver him to heaven.

WOW

this is a crazy game.

Last I saw him was early 90s in Boston.

looked like he was working on keeping his weight back, but yea, not much bat speed.

Bro, if we're gonna go back to 2017 on this board, I want my pre pandemic body and brain back as well.

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.