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Padres coming after you this week, Ron. Tatis is still going to be pissed off Jose Ruiz just retired him.

The musicians/quartet or quintet...

Boom. Boom. GS included. .231/3/15

Sox fans’ relationship with this franchise pretty much the exact, diametrically-opposed version of amicable.

Katz undoubtedly wants out after Gio is traded and will make more money after he leaves the Sox anyway…in NCAA for example, like the Twins’ coach leaving for LSU, or starting his own private academy in SoCal. Game story headline is Eloy picks up his 7th RBI. Lol. Two games clear of the Royals for the moment.

Who do they have to trade along with him to not send money to subsidize the remaining contract balance? Trading Colson Montgomery along with Yoan...might be one of the only things he could actually do to spark a true Sox fan revolt. At any rate, pennies on the dollar implies trading for less than than his "true" underlying value...so that means eating money or young talent by definition. How about them Cubbies Sat and Sun?

2005 Padres finished 82-80 then ended up under .500 after losses in playoffs.

https://sports.yahoo.com/on-a-mission-to-win-with-shohei-ohtani-the-angels-are-going-to-extreme-lengths-to-inject-new-talent-175410824.html

John Danks?

That money went to Hendriks Keuchel Lynn and Grandal...now Benintendi. Spent and then capped out due to abysmal rate of returns across the entire roster these last two years. Needed to go to Machado Harper or Wheeler. Never realistic JR was going into deficit spending year on year like the Padres have done with all their investments.

There's another good one with a kangaroo in foreground of dystopian Australian brush fires running unchecked...

Now Jay Cuda pulling up Mexican cartel dead bodies from kaotic.com to emphasize Sox ineptitude lol.

Orioles doing their best to stop Eddie Rodriguez in Grayson Rodriguez start. 1-1 tie Bottom 8th in Baltimore. Twins and Guardians winning...

Any young player in a Boston or Yankees' jersey looks better than reality...

Another false bill of goods sold to fans. Somewhere between 6-8 hits prevented by Rays' fielding. Congrats to TB on 13-0 at home and almost selling out that 25000 seat stadium. Sweep Sox ignominiously out of town. Crickets in Sox marketing and sales departments.

What are the current betting odds on the Sox winning their first series? Mid May? Looked like @ Cincy in the offseason but not so sure anymore. Might be the Twins. Nah.

Job creators. Nearly everyone can become a billionaire real estate baron...

Bringing Beckham into the booth and then being in process of losing Benetti and Stone just two more examples of where this organization is unavoidably headed the next 2-3 years. Like the Titanic cornering in the North Atlantic. Pete Fairbanks coming in for yet another save.

How many times has Gordon Beckham mentioned competitive or professional at bats? Or lack thereof. He and Viciedo had more than their share of non competitive ones back in the day.

Not a competitive throw from Sheets in the OF lol.

Tim Anderson and his JC basketball and baseball time the closest success story to tout there. Trayce Thompson years later with the Dodgers lol. Semien had that time at Cal and still didn't develop with the Sox. Beckham and Borchard were total busts. I really believe that Courtney Hawkins miss scared them off high schoolers for 5-7 years.

Follow where the money is being spent in the payroll and ROI-fWAR for those guys. Obviously Hendricks being out is crippling the pen...for one. Moncada and Benintendi. Lynn. Jimenez and Anderson, etc. Bloated payroll. Don't have a full roster. Rays are just putting on a showcase of top-flight MLB defense on turf.

Mark Grace and Olerud come to mind...John Mabry another.

Agreed... and lack of minor league developmental time/normal progression. Burger looks great on defense. Giolito saved the bullpen big time and just made a couple of mistakes against a team playing out of their minds and virtually unbeatable at home now.

Carlos Martinez Jr. had quite a solid run there after leaving Sox with a plethora of injuries. Rangel Ravelo even contributed lol. Jordan Walker now looks awesome. McEwing must be elated to return to Cardinals' Nation. Losing Luis Robert Jr. to the Sox and the Oscar Taveras tragedy has hardly derailed that franchise.