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Bo Jackson was a shadow of his former self after the hip replacement surgery. More for his veteran presence, club house chemistry and Auburn connection with the Big Hurt.

I think a lot of the "hate" back and forth with the vets/Olympians was finally healed over the weekend. Griner/Taurasi reaching out to Clark before the game, and Diana showered her with all kinds of praise afterwards. It's not over completely, but that acceptance is so big for the entire league (and fan factions) to move on to "what's next?" Then last year's champions the LV Aces the next opponent, where you have Kate Martin (former Iowa teammate, best friend) and A'ja Wilson waiting. The best player in the NBA and the rising star whose play the last 2-3 weeks is making even doubters start to get back on board the bandwagon. I also think the grumbling about Clark making the All-Star Game is going to be much much quieter than it would have been less than a month ago. Part of that is simply the fact her team is growing up by the week and again occupies the #8 playoff spot as of today (just ahead of Chicago), last year the Fever were 13-27. 8-12 sounds "bad," but they were 1-8 to start out, or 1-9, something like that...and they played Seattle a really tight game, as well as Connecticut, earlier in the season. That was their first victory over a team with a .500+ record, in fact. Now the only "revenge" tour aspect left for Clark is Olympic Head Coach Cheryl Reeve...and every match-up with Angel Reese, whether we are getting tired of it or not, all three games have been nailbiters.

If not a basketball, go with a right-handed glove and force him into becoming a lefty reliever at least. Just compare how many $90 million contracts there are in the NBA vs. MLB, and how immense the odds of even making it in basketball are stacked, especially with how international the sport has become...it's almost like the LPGA. Then if you're not 6'4" or taller with a long wingspan and/or 35" plus vertical, there's yet another barrier that's almost impossible to overcome.

They can get away with losing one of Robert AND Crochet, but definitely not both...if they want to be closer to competitive next year. Personally, I think that ship has already sailed...and rushing the latest so-called generational Top 3 NCAA "proven power hitter" up to the big leagues too quickly isn't something we should be rooting for again.

Wouldn't cost any more money...would have to think Maldonado would definitely take that "trade" from active playing days to managing, and "jumping the line" without having to pay his dues in the minors. He owes a "refund" to the fans anyway for his performance. Can't imagine he could make it any worse than the chaos and dysfunction of the last 2 1/2 seasons.

Crochet already over 100 IP on the season.

Vaughn trade value rising...but how far? Worth it?

"This is a quality piece of business for the Bulls, who are locking up a 22-year-old two-way wing, who can play both forward spots, provide quality defense and is sporting a career efficiency of 41% from downtown. Williams hasn't grown much as an all-around player since getting drafted fourth overall in 2020, to the point where you could almost pencil him in for about 10 points and four rebounds before the beginning of each season." yahoo sports

Bummer-esque.

Maldonado still sucks. Weird inning.

An extension would be all about risk motivation from the acquiring bigger market teams...they (Sox) were never going to pitch him like Rodon in 2021, knowing he was out the door. Unless they were insane. Getz has to do everything possible to maximize the return on Crochet and Robert. Anything else is management malpractice.

99 fb high early. Blew away Tovar with all heat.

Sure. But is it 50 60 or 75 cents on the open market in terms of of instant position player impact? At a premium spot in the OF? Those guys don't exactly grow on trees anymore.

His contact information has negative f and b WaR attached.

It’s quite possible that a team acquiring Crochet may have to offer a contract extension for him to lift those innings restrictions in the second half because of the potential of an injury risk. Seem to remember getting pounced on ... for thinking the same exact way other front offices might be thinking with wanting an extension baked in to mitigate rather than add to the risk.

(Montgomery Quero Ramos Ja. Gonzalez) Wolkow Ro.Hernandez Wilfred Veras Baldwin Elko Zavala With the normal Sox bust rate, we would be quite successful with just TWO 2-3 fWAR/bWAR starters from this above list. Three would be absolutely outstanding….considering the falloff after the top tier. That gives you Lee/Quero, 2/3rd’s of the left side and middle infield spots, Vaughn/Sheets…and the need for 3-4 more impact hitters from almost the entire outfield and DH since we know Benintendi isn't going anywhere at this rate. Likely a plus defensive SS, even those guys under 30 are going to cost $75-125 million. So THREE absolute young studs…the equivalent of Robert Moncada Jimenez in 2019. Or two $150-250 million caliber FAs if the hitting talent doesn't come through via trade. At least one as the anchor/linchpin. Lots of room for skepticism…watching Sosa Colas Fletcher DeLoach, etc.

Here’s a sobering fact: only one pitcher has had Tommy John surgery and made the baseball HOF... "That one pitcher was John Smoltz. No one else has made it including the man for which the procedure was named after. Chris Sale was certainly on a Hall of Fame track and now he almost assuredly won’t come close to making it. We know that the median TJ pitcher only pitches 130 innings the rest of his career post surgery. And Sale is older than the median." Justin Verlander will be the second. Crochet all the way up to 94.3 IP as of today...having averaged 94.4 pitches over 91 85 102 91 and 103 his last five starts. Sox should start limiting him to 5 IP to preserve him as much as possible and also due to increasing heat/summer humidity wearing him down. Still would keep him on regular schedule and knock pitch counts down to a much more teasonable 65-80ish range.

And haven’t even really had a consistent/identifiable approach at that spot since Greg Walker.

Bulls have their own Benintendi deal. Impressive! Not!

Including the suddenly forgotten Ramos...

Congrats to former Sox PHP Bailey Horn for recording his first career MLB strikeout with Boston. We hardly knew ye.

https://www.si.com/mlb/padres/san-diego-padres-news/padres-fernando-tatis-jr-could-need-months-to-recover-report-01j18p57ts5e The curse continues with anyone connected to Sox…this writer shouldn’t be suggesting a stress reaction in the leg will have a player out for months, but who knows? Ptac?

Cannon not yet really considered a core prospect....needs to put up similar results the next three months.

PCA is this decade's Brian Anderson.

Ten errors on DeJong. You expected a BIT better than a 20+ error pace for the entire season when that's his calling card.