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TWTW.

does anybody know where he ranks in the BA update? He's probably what, 2nd now behind Wander?

I was worried about Yoan. If only all our players could have a "slump" that lasted about 30 PA.

don't we all.

he's bad coming in. We haven't had a CF that can make plays going back and in since Cameron. Leury stinks on balls in front of him as well. I think it takes a natural talent to have the confidence to charge in knowing it might be a 3B or HR if you miss it and it goes to the wall in dead center.

engel's "elite defense" is one of the more moronic Sox Talk tropes. He has a noodle arm and consistently gets bad jumps. He's fast, cool, maybe he should have tried track.

every drive by it? Ever drive by the tacoma dome? They have an uncanny resemblance.

He's old and he moves like a guy that's 50.

Jose's OPS is going to fall below 800 this series and it's going to be painful trying to deal him for anything.

I believe Jeff Passan said on radio out there that in his opinion the majority of players are now micro dosing T. If BALCO was making stuff 15-20 year ago that was pretty much undectable lord only knows what they have got now. Something that allows an athlete to maintain mass in season and feel "fresh" while out of their system in 48 hours? That would pretty much be undetectable without constantly, weekly testing and even a random test would be unlikely to catch it. I'd guess that most of these guys are dosing the night prior to an off day and then do a gym day with plenty lighter weights and higher reps to maintain mass without the soreness and fatigue that comes with training, especially in season.

I got a soft stool for him.

career wRC+ of 56. You just shake your head at how paper thin the Sox system still is in many ways. He's literally below replacement and we don't even have a better AAAA CF. I'll say this the viewing season is pretty much over for me until TA and Eloy are back and perhaps Robert is brought up. I have ZERO interest in watching Reed, Engel, Yolmer and Cordell go 1-20 on a good night.

Yea it's in my blood. I don't GAF about any other club other than the Sox. If you're raised from age 5 or whatever on Sox baseball you can't just quit it.

I often say it. At least we aren't Mariners fans.

I'm with you there. I'm more concerned about the story that indicated Rickie gave them additional "chill time" after the A's series (and how they responded like a wet noodle in KC) but as for the losing streak itself it doesn't bother me as the team's depth has been devastated by injuries and this is the quality of club they have right now in this stage of the rebuild.

Sadly the last time they tried to "flip that switch" it resulted in Shark and a bunch of losing. Let's fucking hope the MLB scouting has improved. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that Yonder and Jay were brought in as Manny concierges and not purely for on-field reasons. Which, is absolutely mind blowing and beyond dumpster fire level of a fail but whatever we covered the insanity of the "Friends and Family" plan pretty well this off season that ground is well sowed.

Yes, having the color guy arguing with fans on twitter what could possibly go wrong.

Finally a voice of reason. Who even knows what the other side of the CBA will look like. With Eloy it made sense for various reasons for both sides. That's not at all the case here with Robert.

Domingo Santana has cooled quite a bit which helps Jose's value. They need to deal him and if he really wants he can return at a discount in the offseason.

well...no.

humble request wasn't sure where to ask: can the mods merge more threads? It's out of hand and leads to parallel discussions.

He's a FA at the of the year. He can thank Curtis Flood for the chance to put his money where his mouth is. Although he's talkin' out both sides of his mouth at the moment. He sounds like a guy going through a bad breakup honestly. He can't decide if he loves the bish or she's holding him back.

Part of me hopes Robert puts up a 10 WAR season just so I can read all the salty tears of butthurt Cardinals fans for all time on Twitter. What a fucking beast. Jesus. He might make Eloy play 2nd fiddle in that OF in Chicago.

Not sure what was cryptic about it I gotta duck out of this thread before I get a timeout @SS2K style.