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"The Dodgers signed Pollock to a four-year, $55 million contract that included a player option for 2023. Pollock's deal also had an opt-out clause after the 2021 season, but he fell 11 plate appearances short of being able to exercise it. Over three seasons with the Dodgers, Pollock hit..." 11 PA's and we wouldn't have Pollock now. Or he would be another team's problem in FA. Dodgers got stuck with him but found a taker/sucker.

Well, Eaton and Quentin were originally Dbacks and the only two NL guys who really succeeded in Chicago...why not another? He's more like Alex Cintron right now.

And the Dodgers of course with Kimbrel. If he was a stock picker, you would just execute the opposite of whatever his advice was...

Ummm...I never believed that crap. It was always wishful thinking. Nor was I elated when Pollock was announced...because he is definitely not a RFer. Pollock is absolutely killing the Sox right now.

Would be nice if Engel could accidentally run into one. Or Leury could take second when he had a free double.

Well, we are in second place all alone for now, so there's that. Burger with the wheels. Well, never thought he would get a single big league hit so that's all a huge bonus. Playing with house money.

Well we almost had Bellinger or Lux. LoL. Except the Dodgers don't make the playoffs nine years in a row with moves like that.

Well, I have been a fan since 1971 Johnny Rodgers game when I was 2...and my dad went to school there. Plus most of the Stoops brothers went to my alma mater and I even have a Marcus Dupree jersey from 1982-83 and Roy Williams from 1999. And spent every summer vacation until late 1980s/early 90s in Norman.

Shocking. Well, he will get hot eventually...there's no other alternative the way this team has been put together.

Burger will be back down soon. Sheets is going to get at least another month or so since there are no other options...

It's 523 am and I'm jumping back and forth into the thread...Boomered?

They need Pollock in LF and Engel in RF so we have a chance defensively in low scoring games.

Maybe the White Sox will give $200+ million to Bogaerts... Nah, that's not happening. It's also not like he has been the picture of perfect health throughout his career either.

Cease wreaking havoc with the slider.

It's a bit too early to declare Vaughn's season over just yet, lol.

That was strike 3.

Just not sure how we can possibly match up with the Yankees, Blue Jays or Astros this year. Moncada will obviously help, as long as he can stay on the field. But Pollock and those bottom 4-5 guys is abysmal. Such a big difference without the threat of Vaughn in there.

He was a very good pitcher last year and has solid stuff, just walking far too many.

McGuire has actually hit Pivetta well in SSS but of course is not in the lineup. Btw, congrats to the Reds exploding for 7 runs just now, should get win #4 against the lowly Pirates.

Twins 0 for their last 17 with RISP. A's are terrible offensively, totally reliant on pitching. 0-0 with Sonny Gray pulled after 7 k's in the 5th returning after a long layoff. Bieber bombed out of the stadium by the Blue Jays powerhouse.

I’m preemptively claiming “Asches to ashes, dust to dust” for Sunday’s Keuchel start against Wacha and yet still hoping for the reverse jinx to be in play.

Why are apologizing to Hahn, lol? Does he apologize for Pollock, Keuchel, Harrison, McGuire, Leury, Sheets, etc.? Not giving Rodon a QO? The closest it will ever come to that is his rare admission basically calling himself an idiot about the Tatis deal. Once. But his truest impulse is to call us “lazy analysts” for pointing out Jimenez is injury prone and TLR making his “not real fans” assertions when someone questions him.

https://franchisesports.co.uk/baseball-announcers-commentators-ranked/ 6th on this list…and still prefer him for basketball because he has less time to be corny as the action dictates pace of announcing. He needs to start being a bit less deferential to partners if he wants to be a great one. Less like a junior partner and more confident that he’s the one they are tuning in to listen to.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/36071/nick-pivetta Looks like we will get McGuire and Grandal again today. Career .681 ops for active Sox hitters against Pivetta.

There’s a new Simon show, “We Own This City,” out now. Just watched first episode. Depends if you like Jon Bernthal.