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Might not have to the way that this inning is going...

If Kopech had given up that bomb instead...Grifol would also have gotten blamed, but it's whatever at this point.

Shades of Torii Hunter, lol. Blanco Lew Ford Hocking Jacque Jones Aaron Hicks etc.

WOW. We've seen this show before. Although last time pretty sure it was a walk off...? Second deck to LF?

Wilson getting a closing opportunity...Kopech gets a misleading "hold"

Are you figuring in all the supplemental payments?

DUE UP: Buxton/Castro/Santana/Farmer/Vasquez OR PH Jeffers Margot Martin Miranda on bench

So the whole point of Kopech's usage is to now prove he's a multi-inning reliever? Instead of sharing opportunities with Wilson?

He was definitely due.

Vaughn Benintendi Maldonado vying for least favorite player...

Wilson? Why did they waste him last night?

When Robbie Grossman is a defensive replacement for Sheets... Ofc he doesn't get the job done.

Maldonado could have stopped it? Of course...knew it wasn't going to be easy.

Buxton is always a pain in the ass for the Sox...not quite Naylor-esque or even Salvy, but close. Wow, just noticed Guardians 17-6 with a sub $100 million payroll...

That would make for some more embarrassing news when the MVP of the game is incapacitated...

Looks like Jimenez hasn't been pulled at least.

Twins aren't the same without Lewis and Correa in that lineup...

Yay, trade value, I guess...after Crochet arguably the second best remaining asset (not counting Robert, obviously). Wilson would have to be up there as well, perhaps Kopech 4th for those "XYZ pitching guru can fix him" teams like the Braves or Brewers.

Fine, he should honestly never play any OF position...period. See his defensive numbers for mostly LF play. He's worse than Pollock and arguably worse than Vaughn/Sheets. He's strictly a DH at this point in his career. He made me pine for Jurickson Profar in LF. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/tommy-pham/2967/stats?position=OF

Pham should NEVER play CF.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/caitlin-clark-sign-28-million-212155232.html $28 million, 8 year deal with Nike about to be signed...blows the Ice Cube 3 on 3 baller league $5 million offer out of the water. Joins Ionescu, Breanna Stewart and Ellena Delle Donne as the only WNBA players (obviously, all four are white, in a majority African-American sports league) to get own signature/exclusive shoe deals. Per the Wall Street Journal, Clark was in high demand by sportswear giants. Under Armour and Adidas talked about a contract with the NCAA's all-time leading scorer — with Clark very involved in the discussions — but ultimately their offers fell short. Under Armour had reportedly offered Clark $16 million over four years, while Adidas proposed $6 million over four years. Puma was also briefly involved but dropped out after learning Clark was seeking at least $3 million per year in any deal. Nike's original offer to Clark was reportedly worth $3.5 million a year and did not include a signature shoe. It instead pitched Clark to become the female face of the Kobe Bryant line, which relaunched last summer. Eventually Nike added a signature shoe as part of an updated proposal. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/caitlin-clark-sign-28-million-212155232.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/brewers-starting-pitching-depth-takes-172957262.html Brewers still trucking along even with DL Hall (shocker, I know) out now...amazing how resilient (and deep) that front office and overall organization has been, now without the leadership of David Stearns going into its second year.

How did you make that cool to the 8th power thingie? Harold's been noticeably quiet, except in the 2024 draft thread...I guess it's easier to "dream on" pretty much any amateur players (especially on the offensive side) before they get permanently screwed up by this organization.

Paul Sullivan, April 12th.....Sox record at 2-10 https://sports.yahoo.com/column-deja-vu-again-manager-110000063.html Reinsdorf seemingly has a soft spot for Grifol, who readily has accepted having former manager Tony La Russa around as an adviser, bowing to the owner’s wishes. When Grifol was asked in September about the possibility of turning the team around quickly, he said he expected Reinsdorf to make the effort in the offseason to try to win immediately. Then he issued a caveat. “Nobody wants to hear the talk anymore,” Grifol said. “Everybody just wants to see us win. I’m not going to sit here and promise anything because nobody wants to hear it. “They’ve heard it for a long, long time. It’s about us winning baseball games. Until April, a couple weeks into April, a couple of weeks into the season, that’s when everybody should have an opinion and make a decision whether they like what we put on the field or not.” Here we are, a couple of weeks into April, and yes, everyone seemingly has an opinion about if they like what the Sox have put on the field. Most of those opinions, however, are unprintable. Even for rebuilds, the talent level is sparse. Making matters worse, fans have grown increasingly tired of Grifol’s platitudes, such as the remark he made in Cleveland on Tuesday that “the ball hasn’t bounced our way.” He seems to think Sox fans are going to buy into this line of thinking when anyone can see the team was not constructed to win in 2024. Perhaps Grifol has spent too much time listening to new team broadcaster John Schriffen, who said last week that every team needs a Bryan Shaw, a 36-year-old reliever currently sporting a 9.00 ERA. Sox fans beg to differ.

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