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Eduardo Escobar was the best possible move all along…

Houston made it to five consecutive ALCS, after all…of course they’re a bad matchup, especially without home field advantage in your back pocket.

He's literally "big." More valuable than Yermin last April. Certainly. But he would have to hit like this for 2+ months and play above average 3B during that time...which might make him more valuable to the Sox depending on Moncada's health going forward.

This pretty much sounds like the Twins with Correa, Buxton and Polanco.

They're not going to eat millions of dollars in veteran contracts this early in the season...especially with Leury having three years guaranteed. He basically is on the books for nearly the same amount as Rodon's QO.

Kimbrel with 1-2-3 save over the putrid Reds...seems like 2021 first half against AL Central again.

Why didn't Suzuki start tonight?

Yes, this was recently in the news about the Giolito extension offer and likely why it was rejected. The same week they were in arbitration over $50k.

Think it's the perfect Boras Era contract...he finishes in Top Ten of Cy Young, he bolts for a bigger contract and more years or equally likely gets it from SFG. If he gets hurt or underperforms, they're not on the hook for a 4-6 year commitment that's crippling like Danks was for the Sox. Plus they have insurance on the contract that would pay roughly 60% back with a season or multi season injury.

Burger might force Moncada back to 2B if he keeps this up. Unlikely, but who knows.

97-98..."just" 5 k's through 5. Still only one hit and no walks through 47 pitches. Miller, Ramirez, Kwan and Rosario with some massive numbers on offense. But that was against the Reds and Royals. 99 99 98...7 k's, through 6 surrendering just a hit and a walk, biggest surprise is only 67 pitches.

Byron Buxton is still being evaluated. #MNTwins will have more in post. Right now it’s being called right knee soreness,” Dan Hayes, who covers the Twins for The Athletic, tweeted on Friday afternoon. Rodon dealing again in CLE. velocity at 96-97. One hit through 4, just 33 pitches. SFG up 1-0.

Except they still lost the game.

It’s not an underpay if Paddack sucks, yet becomes increasingly expensive. They feel they can improve his offspeed offerings. Time will tell, but Pagan is nothing special and isn’t close to the same level of effectiveness he maintained with TB. If you don’t have a trustworthy closer, things can fall apart quickly…and start to cascade over to the entire pen.

Why do we have to be optimistic for the M’s? Sympathy for Kelenic? Every projection system has them in the low 80’s for win because they won so many one and two run games last year. Rodriguez is going to be a star eventually, but they still have a ways to go. Fine, the Mariners are clearly going to make the playoffs this year just to prove that the White Sox can actually beat playoff teams, lol. Let’s see how we do with Tampa, Cleveland pitching and Minny first. Any thoughts last year at this point were PTSD related. It wasn’t until May 7th that the Sox gained the division lead.

Did you make sure to pull it to second base to make it easier to record the out? Leury would have 20-25 extra infield singles per year with as much as he puts the ball on the ground…I remember the Porta Potties and buying souvenirs from that shack/trailer.

Might have been better to prepare for his first three save opportunities…as he has about as much influence as the new Starbucks and Amazon union drives. Oh well, small starts can lead to big things later. “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” RFK, 1966, South Africa

Poppysox, your opinion?

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Toronto, NYY, Boston, TB and perhaps the Angels and Twins might have something to say about that…

It certainly does if you subtract Keuchel or Harrison/Leury/VV/Kelly, etc. It’s also possible our season ticket base didn’t expand like one would have projected after two consecutive playoff appearances. We shouldn’t be behind the woeful Orioles after three similar weekday starts, regardless of the weather for the last two…Baltimore is having one of the most disheartening decades in franchise history.

He can have his own separate dedicated thread when he surpasses 100 IP and is only 11-12 more starts away from locking in his 2023 option.

For all starters not named Giolito, Lynn, Kopech, Cease and Keuchel…the optimal goal would be a .500 record in these games, although .450-.475 is perhaps more likely. Team Record 1-2 Velasquez (0-1), 8 2/3 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 6 BB, 7 K’s=4.15 ERA Lambert (0-1), 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, BB, K=6.00 ERA Total…11 2/3 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 7 BB, 8 K’s. 4.63 ERA. 1.37 WHIP. About as good as could possibly be expected so far, right? (Looks pretty similar to what we're HOPING to get out of Keuchel, actually.)

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/kebryan-hayes-17648/cash-earnings/ Pirates ALMOST beat the Grandal deal, came up $3.5 million short. Quite interesting structure. $10 million, $10 million, $7 million X 4 years, $8 million X 2 years, and $6 million in 2030...