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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.

We need to up our graphic design game.

I think people will be surprised what it looks like when you've got a more mobile 1B. Jose did great with the balls he could get to, problem is by the time he got good with his footwork and hands his legs were pretty much gone. Vaughn already has the footwork to play a passable 3B, he'll be solid at 1B regardless of how tall he is, there's much more to it than just range on bad throws to the bag.

We need to maximize the amount of PA that Sheets gets against RHP, and Vaughn and Burger get against LHP. If Grifol can figure that out, it will go a long way towards squeezing out a couple extra wins and getting that 88-92 that we'll likely need to take the division.

Benefit of the WBC years is most the regulars getting their hacks in early in spring. Wish I was down there, it's fucking miserable here.

Historic cold and storms right now. Better safe than sorry for the regulars. It is certainly easier to tweak something this early in camp combined with the cooler temps. Smart move from the manager.

Robbie is so good on college hoops.

You've been Caulfield'ed.

Apparently Kelenic (and I didn't believe this for a second) had never been properly coached in the offseason. That is the gist of what he was saying, including about his new swing approach. Honestly my impression from the video is that Kelenic is a headcase and will be at best a platoon OF over the course of his career.

The Taipei Water Moccasins.

A listened to an interview with Kelenic on local sports radio the other day and he said one of the things that he struggled with was that you don't necessarily want to be looking inside out as a starting point for your swing. He said he had to learn the difference between that and "keeping your hands inside the ball" which doesn't necessarily mean the same thing.