southsider2k5

This is you not attacking people, right?

You literally just Uncle Tom'd someone earlier today. You want to question everyone else, but catch feelings when the sentiment is returned, though.

When Ray tells us we are allowed to since apparently Soxtalk has to vet their information through him first.

Illinois is going to get curb stomped if they dont' figure out how to team rebound.

You're new here, right?

No.

Full no trade

Good question

April 1 isn't for a couple of weeks, but I appreciate the effort. B+

Is that show still on? I loved that show.

Honestly, I wish Rick Hahn would put Sox fans out of their misery and say this off season is over. RIP off the bandaid, finish the crying, and let's play ball.

I mean it isn't like Hahn is watching Michigan right now...

Hey Siri, definitely "irony".

Not an ND fan, but cool to see the local kid Blake Wesley doing well. Great kid.

Vaughn played 13 games at 1B with LF being his primary spot last year, so yes, there are plenty of starts there. I didn't think I would need to say this, but Eloy isn't going to start 162 games this year. There are PLENTY of games for Vaughn out there. Eloy starting 5 of 6 days a week out there isn't going to hurt him at all.

Let's start with Andrew Vaughn playing 13 games at 1B last year. So no, it isn't a "given". You also have Eloy Jimenez in LF, so again, that isn't a "given". DH is wide open, and so are at the 1 in 5-ish times a week the Sox face a lefty starter.

Now Tony could well throw all of this out of the window, that is the truth, but it is something that is really easy to achieve. Especially in a compressed schedule like we are going to see this year, strategic days off make a ton of sense.

1 start a week at each of those positions is 4 starts a week when there are typically 6 games a week. Get him 2 DH starts, and a 1B/LF/RF start a week, and that is five starts a week. Slot him in around lefties and opportunistic righties, and you have a pretty easy path to 400 to 500 ABs. There is nothing wrong with getting guys like Abreu and Eloy some days off too. Conforto can rest against lefties easily. We currently don't have a real DH. Again, if you follow teams like the Dodgers, Rays or Yankees, they do this all of the time.

There are ABs to be had in 1B/LF/RF/DH to get him 4 to 5 starts a week while keeping the other guys fresh. Top teams do this all of the time with their benches.