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I did make most of it up on Sunday.

I don't see this at all. Winning the World Series is literally why you play baseball. You don't play to win trades. You play to hoist the trophy. Sure who won trades is a nice distraction, but I have yet to meet anyone who becomes a fan of a team because they win trades.

I saw a twitter post that he was taking grounders today in Schaumburg.

I am just going to say it. If we really decide that Mazara isn't a fit this season, I would rather run Adam Engel out there most days and hope his changes hold up, but know we get gold glove D in RF, versus bringing in Castellanos, especially if he costs us even a decent prospect, let alone a good one.

The same people who talk about us not getting any respect are the same ones who are hypercritical of every single move.

Winning the World Series is literally why they play the game of baseball, so the winning of the world series really is the best justification for something working.

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FG is 96.6%, Sox are now 6th best odds. They have actually passed Cleveland, even though the Sox are a half game behind them. Bref is at 93.7%, and 7th best odds overall.

This. We can't have another historically bad OF on defense out there right now.

17 names. Impressive.

As the line up stand now, they are going to be extremely streaky. The one reason I am looking forward to Madrigal is his game won't be as prone to slumps as the guys who are more boom or bust. This is going to be an extremely variable output. You can see them getting no hit one day, and 7 homers the next. The talent is absolutely there though, and hopefully they keep building the minors so that the waves keep coming and refreshing as guys leave and/or fall off. With the mass of pitching they are assembling, especially at the lower levels, that could be for making the 20's the Sox decade. Having just finished up with the Cubs, the one thing that stands out is they dealt their next wave to try to extend their window. How good would guys like Eloy and Gleybar look now pushing their window open a couple of more years?

Clevelands ownership has started shutting the door on this team longer term, with the trades they have made so far. It is great for the Sox, but awful for the team. It won't be very long before they are in full rebuild mode. If they fall out this year, they could be a surprise seller this winter.

Long lasting fatigue is a very real thing with covid.

I mean it can't have anything to do with not being the only legitimate threat in the line up anymore, right?

If Abreu really has as much to do with the recruiting and extending of our Latin kids as has been whispered about, not to mention taking these kids under his wing and showing them a high level work ethic, he is worth every single penny of that deal he got.