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I think you have to trade him if there is a huge offer near the deadline only because I don't believe they would extend him for what his current projection is going to require. You need to weigh the options here, because if you don't trade him in season you run the risk of missing the window to do it in the offseason if there is a lengthy work stoppage at the end of the season. They already know weather or not they will do what it takes to sign him to an extension, and I think if the answer is no were not willing to do it then you have to cash out on him. I would just be pretty stunned if they signed anyone to a $200+ million dollar deal at any point over the next 2 years. And if you're not going to do that, then you might as well do what's best for the future of the franchise.

It should be Meidroth there, he at least gets on base.

Murakami, Vargas, and Montgomery all on heaters right now and we have Benintendi setting the table for them. Just braindead decision making here.

I mean really, either way is weird. Ultimately though, if they’re winning that’s what we all want anyways so whatever.

Yeah but typically I do that with my friends who are fans of other teams though.. very weird to be doing it of a team were all fans of to be perfectly honest.

All this does is bait someone to inevitably post a "See, these guys are garbage" thread when they go on another skid, and the cycle continues.

Yeah, remember last year I believe there were two different threads started that almost immediately derailed the momentum the team had almost as if it really did jinx them. Either way, I still think this teams sucks but I will happily enjoy them playing a stretch of good baseball. We're all fans of the team, totally weird flex but whatever.

"Hey buddy, your favorite team finally isn't embarrassing themselves anymore for the last few games. I bet you feel really stupid huh" - yeah, you really got me there lol

McGuire just couldn’t beat it

This team is dogshit but I don't think they come close to being as bad as 2024. And I think they are pretty bad.

Yeah wtf is this s%*#, why is he in the 6th inning against the bottom of the order?

He has to make it clear JR is in charge, because as of right now he is, but you all are kidding yourself if you think someone makes a billion dollar investment into something and has no input what so ever.

If they go through this season with everyone regressing and lose 100 games again, I would like to think that firing Getz comes to the table. Especially if you have Ishbia in JR's ear.

Man, number 42 for the Sox is a bum

The home runs are nice, but there better be a lot of them if he's going to hit .170 and strike out over 30% I don't think you could trade him right now for value if you tried.

You'd be hard pressed to name any hitter on this team right now that isn't struggling. They are dead last in Avg, OBP, SLG, and OPS and pretty easily last in all.

I appreciate this post, it really highlights how Vargas is just as bad as Sosa is.

Its either they refuse to eat the contract or they think he's some kind of glue guy veteran they need to keep around.

Are you sure? He hit 20 home runs last year, Soxtalk says this criteria makes you our best offensive weapon.

This is the only point I would agree on, Benintendi should have been exiled before Sosa.

Sosa hasn't proven it in 1,100 plate appearances. Meidroth put up 1.3 war in his rookie year, he has definitely earned the right to continue to be given an opportunity. Sosa is a mediocre bat who can't play defense, its been 1,155 plate appearances, you know what you got there.

Just so were on the same page here, Meidroth was more valuable than Sosa last season per fWAR and bWAR, and remains more valuable so far this year through the same metrics. Sosa can't even get on the field for this team, and was just traded away for essentially nothing in a move that is obviously "we were going to DFA this guy but might as well get SOMETHING" That should tell you enough about Lenyn Sosa's value.

One of the best trades Getz has ever made

Boy this offense is bad, expected way better than they have shown so far. Hopefully Teel and a call up injects some life into them.

I mean, there's more to the story there. You're never swinging at pitch 4 with a chance to have 1,2 and no one out in a game your losing by 1 in the 8th inning. Pitch 5, just based off the image, is another take. And then pitch 6, I guess you can make the case for it being too close to take in a full count. Pitch 5 & 6 were just really good pitches in this at bat location wise.