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That outfielder who came over from the Cards (always hurt) hailing from Hahn's suburban high school might actually be more deserving than Asche. Or AJ Reed, perhaps.

Well, Hendriks definitely brought his A game yesterday. We will soon see how consistent he is with that against less high profile teams and hitters.

ESPN apparently not "real fans" of the Sox. Classic case of "lazy analysis" that has them at anything lower than a B/B- with all the adversity TLR has already overcome to get to where he is today with this team.

Except his replacement is playing like he has a 1.5 fWAR ceiling at $5.5 million so not sure that we're much better off. More energy/enthusiasm?

The Mariners won way too many one run games last year. Winker and Suarez do help, but they really needed all their young outfielders to be major contributors in the first half in order to have a fighting chance. Finally, buying Cy Young award winners like Ray at peak value usually doesn’t work out well in the end unless those aforementioned winners are consistently great year after year after year…

Pretty much would have to send Sheets down...which isn't out of the realm of possibility at this point.

Well, combined with the near comeback the game before that even rattled Iglesias...and now going right into another big week with Cubs and then at Fenway, it was quite important. We can also thank Maddon for resting Ohtani and Rendon.

Maitan?

Not with Harrison and Leury on the roster and Moncada back this week.

Robert and Abreu's rates are probably down a bit, too. But almost as big as Grandal's decline is missing Moncada in the lineup for a month in terms of OBP/walks.

How many out there are willing to go on record that they believe so strongly in the White Sox still winning the division that they would bet let's say $50,000 on it? Seems about even odds with the Twins right now, would you agree?

They already have Kopech on the roster, they're not going to pay another $21+ million to add all the variability that comes along with Thor. Right now, they need to be just as concerned with getting to the playoffs as building a WS winning team. At best, they can afford one big add, but it's most certainly not going to be two...especially if revenues are down from somehow missing the playoffs. (Talent is much more likely to come via trades, which is a scary proposition with this current front office.)

Pretty sure Linebrink too. MacDougal. Did Emilio Bonifacio have a guaranteed deal? Paulino or Holland? Some other names that come to mind...

First runs Sandoval has given up all season.

No Ohtani or Rendon. Our Chuck was right.

This all sounds quite familiar so far in 2022…

People Are Strange/Light My Fire, Rainbow Trout, Bitter Lemon, Third Degree Burns

Maddon playing 4D chess. Genius move.

Abreu is Nelson Cruz in the 2021 Twins' example. Trading Vaughn is dumb, and Jimenez isn't even worth the $22.5 or whatever he is owed the next two seasons until he proves he can stay healthy and produce the entire secondly half...let alone worth his even more expensive 2 option years on the back end.

That’s actually positive “news.” By runs scored/allowed, we’re next to last in the AL (ahead of only KC) and 26th overall…with all of those remaining behind the Sox being rebuilding/surrendering NL teams in Washington, Cincy and Pittsburgh. Not exactly great company. Baltimore is right in front of the Sox, fwiw. Not to mention the Twins have Baltimore next (granted, they played the Red Sox tough). That said, nobody would be surprised if the Twins took that series after besting the Rays in Tampa.

https://zonecoverage.com/2021/mn-twins-news/how-the-twins-were-able-to-get-joe-ryan-in-the-nelson-cruz-trade/ Then you better turn those moves into legit major league ready prospects.

Twins jumped from 22 to 14. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-power-rankings-2022-week-4 https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds Also Twins odds to win the division at 61.2% vs 46.2% for White Sox, Indians at 16.5%.

They have a very strange way of doing business. Just like with Machado, they stare out into the abyss and can't stomach the risk of one more year and end up throwing a poison pill into the works. Preserving the status quo of having a seat at the FA table, but usually not closing the deal unless the deck is clearly stacked in their favor (such as extending homegrown players) or when there are just a few competitors and the big boys don't have a compelling need (Abreu in 2014, Robertson, Grandal, Hendriks). Robert stands out as one of the rarest of exceptions...

Probably not enough...injuries will be the convenient excuse.

Because he's short-arming it. Which is creating more deception at 92-95 and pairs up well with the change...and adds control. The problem is that he is no longer going to be that guy who blew up radar guns in the high 90s ever since Harvard Westlake with a more long arm delivery. The second/third problem is the stress that eventually puts on the body and the fact that the fastball and change velocity will continue to show a narrowing velocity gap over time.