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Lucas almost gave up an extra base by pouting after that WP instead of paying attention and helping out his catcher find the ball.

For Moncada it is that transition from the glove to the bare hand when he tries to rush it that gives him problems. He almost did it again there.

Eloy is going to be a lot like Magglio Ordonez in that when he is going to right and right center on a regular basis, he is going to be at his best.

Today was a good day to take Timmy at 6:1 to hit a homer.

GREAT job by Gio to get out of that. HUGE.

It makes sense, but I can't see it being something the Sox are willing to offer for how limited of playing time they can offer. If they are going to spend money this off season I think it will be either/or SP or RF, and they will just roll with internal options at back up catcher and DH if they don't bring back EE.

That missed out will hurt.

Face value to who? I am sure they told Dunning their plans either before he got called up that he would be here for one start, or that when he went down, he would be back in 10 days. Who else matters?

I see no way that James gets a 4 year deal yet.

1 and an option.

He has to be thinking if he signs a 2 or 3 year deal that he will want to be starting during that deal so he has chance at a better deal at 32 or 33. The Sox aren't going to be able to offer him more than 100 games a season tops, because Grandal will be here that entire deal. The Sox aren't about to start their back up catcher at DH 80-100 times a year.

Too bad that Mendick didn't get under that at all.

Maybe if they axe EE after this season, but I don't see the incentive for McCann to sign a similar deal here when he could be #1 somewhere else and NOT hurt his future career earnings.

As of today, I would guess something more like 2-3 years at $10 mil per.

In a heartbeat. He won't make THAT much next year.

They do the same on regular TV. It is horrible.

Free agency after this season.

s As a pending free agent, he has very little trade value, especially in a season like this. You ride him out and let him go after this season.

One of my favorite things about baseball is when the guy Soxtalk is crapping on has a big game.

That was QUICK.

The kid is recovering from TJS and is still getting into condition. He is going to go to Schaumburg, throw a sim game in 5 days, then most likely be back in another 5 days to start again. The only thing that might derail that is if ReyLo is ready to go in that slot.

Man would it be nice to sweep this series. The easiest way to make the playoffs would be to beat the Twins and Indians head to head. Short of that, every extra game you can pick up against the Detroit and KC's of the world still count. .500 will put this team into the playoffs, but if they can play themselves into the top 2 positions, that is even better.

Yeah, if the stories about who the Sox are chasing from Cuba are already true, the odds are the Jan 2021 allocation is already used up. There is always a process to get eligible anyway, so IF the Sox have a chance, it would have to be in July 21 time period ( or Jan of 22 if it gets moved again). No idea if anyone else has dollars left in the upcoming period or not.

Eh. The Dunning part doesn't bother me at all. He isn't going to start for a 10 days, which allows you to utilize the roster spot for someone else until the spot comes up again. He will be back, I would bet on it.

That was exactly what Hahn said. They didn't want him up until the felt comfortable letting him go at 100% at the major league level.