southsider2k5

100% accurate.

A move like this isn't going to stop you from getting bullpen help, or anything else.

Typically the reason you wouldn't claim a guy is if you don't want to pay his original contract, but in a case like this, I can't imagine he is making enough that it would have mattered. I get the feeling by not claiming him, the Sox are happier with what they have.

Correct, which means they did not.

Probably, yes. They will just press release one day that all 20 guys are signed.

Honestly, I don't think this is that crazy. #1 the Sox do seem to be letting Eloy play LF for some dumb reason. They had previously said he would be mostly a DH, but maybe that has changed? #2, He will be cheap to acquire, especially if the team pays his $$$ #3, Nelson Cruz is a really, really good hitter, no matter what you think of how he got to be that way #4, the Sox seem to really believe in having an actual DH, and seem to have too many DHs at many points in recent years. #5, The Twins don't care about who they trade him too, as he will be a FA in three months. They care about return. They obviously aren't going to offer QO, so something is better than nothing. #6, Eloy in LF, Vaughn in RF, and Cruz at DH is a defensive nightmare, but probably the best offensive line up in baseball. Combine that with our starting pitching, and that is tough to beat four times in the post season. #7, by trading for Cruz, you prevent him from going to a team you will face in October, and we all know what Cruz does to us.

SOMETHING in the organization set Yermin off. Obviously he doesn't specify what it was exactly, but it is there in his statement. It could be Tony, or it could be upper management telling him to work on something. Whatever it is he took is EXTREMELY personally. I just think in 2021, reading that statement, the guy is obviously in pain. I mean this shouldn't be General Patton in GI hospital slapping a troop suffering from what was then known as "shell shock" and was culturally thought of as just not being tough enough to handle war. Today we actually understand Post Traumatic Stress Disorder will mess up even the toughest of troops. Obviously none of us know what is going on in Yermin's head, but whatever it is, is real enough for him to be screaming for help. Just because YOU don't see it, doesn't mean that it isn't real to him. Again hopefully whatever the kid is going through gets fixed. Even if he doesn't go back to baseball, hopefully he gets fixed whatever is ailing him. He's got a whole life left to live.

Good for Tony.

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Wow, the kid sounds depressed by his statement. Hopefully he is OK in mental health terms. I am happy to have the 40 man roster spot back in baseball terms, as we now have slots for both Eloy and Robert

So you don't want this thread hidden anymore?

Sure, but this guy doesn't seem very good and there are tons of guys like him for cheaper.

@VAfan you can't post entire articles. It needs to be a blurb and a link or it will be deleted.

It strikes me as weird that Yimi Garcia would get a higher return than Eduardo Escobar.

Luis Gonzalez also hit the IL in Charlotte.

Una cerveza por favor.

I think the tweet on its own wouldn't have been so bad, but the scrubbing of everything Sox related made it very attention getting.

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