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Ah, the problem there is DeGrom has actually thrown over 200 IP at the major league level 3 times. I can't make the leap that you can just project Burnes out to that level without knowing if he can handle that kind of workload.

The Mets aren't selling DeGrom unless the return is insanely good.

Overachieving white QB? It checks out.

Great, let's get Bengazi on this. Get the President on the stand for a full day and let's here what he knew and when.

And here I am campaigning for the Sox to bring in more starting pitching to fill innings.

As active as he is going after teams to get them involved, it feels like he must have way less than that on the table.

I mean right now the Brewers may well be the favorite in the NL Central. I can't see them taking a step back this year unless they are under a mandate to cut salary, and even then a Burnes trade doesn't do anything for that.

Considering Bauer is still campaigning directly to teams, I don't think the dollars are anywhere NEAR what he wants.

Burnes hasn't pitched more than 100 innings in any single season since his A+/AA season in 2017. If they want you to back up the truck for that, you walk away. It scares me to be talking about dealing a lot of good prospects for a guy who has NEVER made it to 100 innings as a major league pitcher.

Do people think Burnes can go an entire season's worth of innings? He hasn't even hit 100 innings since 2017 in the minors. What is his story?

Did Rick Hahn get a job with Boston?

And if we don't appease the President, it will happen again.

I would not bet on Cespedes being able to help the Sox this year. Sure it is possible, but the guy hasn't played competitive baseball since he was 21 in the CanAm leagues where he got 19 ABs, where he looked awful and overmatched. My complete guess is that he slots into A ball somewhere, maybe High A to start with, but the Sox won't know exactly what they have until they get him to camp and seeing real competition in Spring Training.

That is also a great way of saying we want to control him for a 7th year that won't get you taken in front of an arbitrator for service time manipulation.

I guess you could say he had a bad Day.

You can't treat last season like Andrew Vaughn did nothing. The typical movement would have seen Vaughn go from High A to AAA by the end of the year. His normal spot this year would be either breaking camp after signing an extension or coming up in a month without one. He did go to the Covid camp and did get a ton of experience against high end talent and pitching. That also can't be ignored. The Sox know better than anyone if he is ready or not. They will tip their hand over the course of the next month or so with one simple action. Do they sign a DH or not. if not, they think Vaughn is ready.