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He and Schlitter are online for handsome extensions in PCA/Anthony territory.

The Jon Garland school of pitching.

Have to worry about start sustainability with this Sox bullpen, though.

Great, bidet jokes are quickly replacing McGuire ones again. Hi???

https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2026/04/17/michael-soroka-reinvention-diamondbacks-pitching/89632803007/ SIMike Soroka Is Starring for the Team That Once Spun Him I...The once snakebitten pitcher was sent down to the minors in 2023 after a beating by the Diamondbacks. Now his comeback story is reaching new heights in Arizona.

Rolison and now Nikhazy, Cubs' Firemen of the Year lol.

Churn some more butter. Getz apparently paid by the transaction ... like a mutual find manager chasing the S&P like Wiley E. Coyote after the Road Runner.

If only we had inside access to those conversations with/between KW Getz Hahn and JR during the course of the 2023 season…especially that June July and then into August. what were the respective positions?

Probably got him confused with Seattle prospect.

https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/mlb-got-munetaka-murakami-s-market-completely-wrong-pat3 "Munetaka Murakami is the first player since at least 1900 with five or more home runs and 20+ walks in his first 22 career games," Langs wrote on X. "He’s just the ninth player in that span with 20+ walks in his first 22 [games] and one of two in the last 70 years (1995 Quilvio Veras)." There's a name from the past lol. Murakami looks like one of the better sluggers in all of baseball. He has a .918 OPS and .376 on-base percentage, despite a .209 batting average. That's pretty wild. It shows that he sees the zone well and and while he is prone to whiff, when he connects, it goes a long way. Plus, he's not swinging out of the strike zone.

fWAR has him much closer to a 6 projected number. Big difference. He's not $500 million, but $200-300 would be on the table with his marketing potential. Sox are #30 by far in revenues. Better figure out how to start taking advantage in the short term. Whether it's 2008 Quentin or RoY Kittle or Baines, there's just something special about his plate appearances as a fan. You tune in specifically for them. That's the definition of entertainment that maybe Colson and Teel don't have...it's simply unique and compelling. Genuinely likeable...you root for the guy to make it after 29 teams basically rejected him. True underdog story for a Sox player to break through and garner this much attention from the national and Japanese/intl.media. Not afraid of the big moments...seems to live for them, in fact. Ohtani is modern day Babe Ruth, but Mune sure is something to behold.

10. Arizona Diamondbacks (-)Very quietly, Mike Soroka off to 4-0, 2.60 ERA start.

sure we can wait for 54 games doesn't stop fangraphs from publishing daily playoff odds/projections

https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2026/04/rays-roots-still-shape-stephen-vogts-managing-style-guardians-takeaways.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1sxkqnp/highlight_schneemann_hits_a_2run_homerun_and_a/?rdt=35105 Here we go again with adults taking home run balls away from kids...this time he bullied a small girl.

conversely lose to Soriano 12-18 winning 2/5=40% 64.8-97.4

now 4th in mlb 1B fWAR @ 1.2 tied with Sal Stewart Cincy approximately 6.0 pace more or less

Trying to reunite him with Skenes?

Schriff might even be better to listen to than McKnight and Beckham paired together. Scary thought. Haven't minded him as much recently with all the Mune hyping around the franchise and 1-1/2-41 pick excitement. The Sox seem to love burning bridges when they fear they might be left/abandoned first...why is that ambition to be among the best such a negative thing in a broadcaster, GM or field manager?

Playing short handed...that has just NEVER happened in recent years, can't think of a time?

But do they eat more according to civilized rules of society at 35th and Shields or the 78? Maybe because Stone gets a s%*# ton of days off. Probably more than Benetti requested even. Adds to the rivalry. Can't be too partial to the Sox as the rival Tigers guy now (and a known lifelong Sox fan) or that would be dissected. Like Chris Rongey liking the Cardinals more than the Sox, for example.

Your overt reluctance in not embracing the game thread duties yesterday was a primary factor in the loss. Since we can't blame Getz or JR...someone has to be the scapegoat. Sorry!

Jacob Gonzalez now getting routinely mentioned as the next Sox band aid.

Tatis Abreu Alexei E.Escobar Robert Jr. with career fWAR numbers to equal or better most team's intl signings over a 15 year period.