Dick Allen

I figured Ron should be happy since Yermin and Sheets are studs, LaRussa is the greatest manager maybe who ever lived, and Abreu is a pox on the organization that obviously doesn't have enough to acquire a rental reliever.

No. They are screwed. Hahn should back up the truck, get rid of that overrated Abreu and rebuild around a couple of studs, Yermin and Sheets. With LaRussa at the helm, it shouldn't take long.

94 +65=159

Why does Leury sit vs. LHP? He is historically a better hitter right handed.

You never really know what you can get if you are willing to take on money. But lets be real, they sometimes talk a big game about near miss blow you away trades, but they never happen, and this will be no different. I am with you. Escobar helps with power, and a reliable reliever or 2 would really help. Get the injured guys back, and the team is stacked.

I would really doubt the Sox are in on Marte. If they are actually looking for another OF, which I find hard to believe, it's got to be a big bat LH hitter who they just can't say no to. Other than that, they are going to use their capital on relief and 2B, and maybe a catcher.

Exactly. Any Sox fan paying attention to the deadline could have tweeted the same thing. The other dead giveaway the guy is fake is his insistence of trying to say Jeff Passan has verified him.

He's getting older. He's not a star, and KC wants a return like he is a star.

Vaughn can play 3B in a pinch for a couple of innings. But the team does need another infielder soon, so they pretty much have told you one is coming.

Optioning Burger was the correct move. The guy needs to play.

They probably, like most minimum wage paying jobs, have a shortage of workers, and the ones they have are probably rookies , without much idea what they are doing.

That one is easy....Lamb will go if the choice is Lamb, Goodwin or Hamilton. At the very least, they now can feel fairly comfortable Sheets can give them about what Lamb gives them is someone gets hurt.

Jon Morosi has as much false info as Not Cishek, although the Dodgers and Padres probably discuss every decent player.

If they didn't trade him for Joc Pederson, he can't be available. But trading him would be so shortsided.

Not Rick Hahn. So it really doesn't matter.

Angelina Jolie from 1994, wasn't that the Billy Bob days? One thing is for sure, I don't know anyone personally on this board, but you have to be at least as good looking as Billy Bob. Maybe not the checking account........

The Sox play Oakland in a couple of weeks. Is it possible he was scouting them and not getting ready to trade Madrigal to Seattle so he can rehab with them for the stretch? Or is Not Steve Cishek perhaps NOT a real insider?

All said, big win unless it doesn't count becaus Zavala and Lynn drove in the runs.

Kopech should have been double switched. Hamilton or Engel should have been in CF and the 7th inning wouldn't have been very stressful.

Sheets plays so deep.

Due to no minor league season last year, any not up to the minute prospect ranking could be really out of date.

And there really is no reason for anyone in the lineup to not hit at least .450 with 80 homers, or ever commit an error.

If anything but a WS win will lead you down a dark hole, there isn’t a team in existence that will let you lead a happy life. They all fall short most of the time. Enjoy what you can enjoy. Be happy this team is basically a playoff lock, and hope they are healthy and hot at the right time. Even in 2005, they needed a couple of breaks. El Duque was probably 100 to 1 to do what he did. Tony Graffinino was probably 100-1 to let a ball roll between his legs the game before, with Iguchi home ring next, or the Sox 2005 season could have easily ended in the ALDS making Chris Berman very happy. The Braves won their division 15 years in a row, but fell short of the ultimate goal 14 times. Still, an amazing accomplishment.

Just telling him he might be better off spending time on something he may actually enjoy.

So did I, which makes seasons like this even more enjoyable. If winning the WS is the only thing that can make you happy, and even if that is done, it has to be done a certain way, baseball isn’t for you. Lots of great teams had great seasons but ultimately came up short. It is easy to say the Sox won’t win, chances are you will be right, that shouldn’t take away enjoying a team that wins most of the time.