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I agree and here's how you solve it: 1K fine into the kangeroo court for anybody that slides head first in spring games. At the end of spring if Robert has to buy 10K in drinks and steaks at the finest steakhouse in Scottsdale I think he'll reconsider his slides.

as noted, I'm all for playing hard. In games that count.

I'm all for hustle but do we really need our 3 WAR projected CF legging out a triple in the 2nd spring training game with a head first slide? No, we don't.

it's february :-)

It's pretty fucking awesome having McCann as the backup catcher.

Moncada is clearly happy in Chicago and that's necessary to get a deal done but not sufficient. That's where JR comes in with his check book. Moncada is the best young Sox position player since...Robin? (Robin's 92 season at age 24 looks ALOT like Moncada's age 23 season.) This isn't a time to pinch pennies. Pay the man what he's worth.

they'd be giving up leverage even hinting at a deal in the works. So nobody will talk about it. At all.

his agent certainly told him not to talk about ANYTHING contract related in public and to simply answer "that's what my agent is for". not much to take from that quote imo.

vaughn's swing is like a cyborg's. I'm fairly convinced that if vaughn was 6-4" he'd be a top 15 prospect. and in baseball height doesn't really matter despite perception.

took him long enough but he finally look like a pro athlete. dude had twigs for limbs even into last year.

Yea unless he gets a big league offer I doubt he refuses an assignment in Charlotte. We'll see. He's been really bad outside his initial success before "the Book" was out on him.

i see this chick in a lot of reaction vids and everytime I see her I want to just pinch her lips and see if the filler starts coming out.

Only means anything if they accomplish great things on the field but I agree. The video with Jose and Eloy certainly touched on the leadership and culture emerging in the clubhouse.

I have no idea at all what the parameters of this deal would even be. I'd assume Moncada wants to be getting a new deal when he's 28-30. So I'd think the best Chicago could do would be a 6 year extension or so. That would extend his control out two more years no? If it happens hell yea but this deal is going to be much harder to negotiate than the Robert, Eloy and previous extensions.

If he could actually hit 260-270 he wouldn't be a horrible 5th OF to stash in Charlotte. Not sure he can.

EE has been one of the best hitters in the AL three years running. He's going to (rightfully) get a long leash if he's struggling into June. That said, Yermin is an asset and I'd be bummed if they don't realize it at some point and they just lose him for nothing or add him into a trade as an afterthought.

They tried to "unjuice" the balls. Little did they know Yermin comin'.

'preciate the play by play guys.

Was pnoles b****ing about it? That dude is the pied piper of the new generation of zoomer Sox fans.

Yea get ready for it. Soxtalk was smart to do the upgrade last year.

I don't think there is any correlation at all between a good spring and the regular season. In fact there might be a negative correlation. It's been proven a million fucking times that other than health, spring games do not predict anything. Only thing I'm looking for is the pitchers to be throwing on their schedules, without setbacks, getting their innings and stamina built, and then the position players staying healthy and getting their bodies ready for 162 game grind. Maybe on top of that you look to see some young guys not looked overmatched, although even with that you never know if they are working on something or the guy they are facing is working on something and so even that must come with a huge grain of salt.

furthermore there is a SCHEDULE that every player is on for their workouts. Some guys will need to get in there, get their 2 PAs, and then go do their lifts or data session or trainer session or whatever. yikes. Some folks are really ignorant and looking silly this morning. The games are FAKE guys. They don't count. The only thing that matters is being ready opening day.

didn't count, but yea, it happened. can't play the games that count before the ones that don't. we got that going for us.

lol, hey we hope. dude's arm is made of balsa wood and 3M tape blue tape tho.