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Dallas Keuchel engaged to Kelly Nash. Good for him!

The one thing we know about baseball in 2021 is that teams will deploy pitching is various ways this season. There will be 6-man rotations for some. There will be tandem starts, openers, etc. If the Sox started the season with a regular 5-man and planned on The Big 3 getting 33 starts and 215 innings, sign me up if they think they can do it and be ready for October. I tend to think they'll space out some things and get it down to 30-31 starts and 180-190 innings.

They could use both if the wanted to. First 40 games, 7 starts for Giolito, Keuchel, Lynn, Cease; 6 starts for Rodon and Lopez. Game 41-43 would be Giolito, Keuchel, and Lynn in Minnesota, and then you make a decision to get it down to a 5-man.

Madrigal turns 24 today. Konerko is 45. Damn.

No, seriously. I’m not watching spring training games. I’ll watch highlights. See ya April 1!

Deal. I won’t watch.

Sorry, not buying it. They have at least 33 pitchers there. Playing 7-inning games is dealing with COVID, and that’s fine. I’m just against pulling a team off the field before three outs are recorded. If these guys are so fragile, then don’t play games, don’t have fans, and don’t broadcast them.

I don’t care about the gambling aspect, but there should be enough pitchers there to play an uninterrupted 7-inning game the first week of games. I saw highlights of a game where the inning ended after 22 pitches and the same pitcher went out the next inning. The fans that are there deserve to see an honest effort even if it doesn’t matter.

Agreed. If they need to shorten the games to seven innings the first week of games, fine, but play real baseball for seven innings.

Potash with a great response.

Madrigal is ok, but they planned this late start for games. March 8-11 is the target for his first game.

Was mostly going for a laugh, but I’ll take it. It really is tough to read.

Raise your hand if you’ve had enough of the calligraphy bullshit. I just want to see the full names of the players, mmkay?

MLB Network- 3/1 1am (2/28 game) 3/1 3pm 3/2 5am (3/1 game) 3/3 5am (3/2 game)

It’s a puzzle to distribute 1460 innings. Kopech and Crochet can both get 100 innings out of the pen/spot starting and be fresh for October too.

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Saturday, March 20 is correct. The Nationals/MASN will not be doing any spring training games. Wonder if MLB Network will be showing fewer games this year. I noticed they have a game to show on Sunday, but they haven’t announced a broadcast schedule yet.

Is Jimmy Cordero still suspended for 3 games for hitting Willson Contreras, or did that get lowered?

How about 6 years of service time or free agency after your age 27 season, whichever comes first. That way you bring him up at a younger age, and the player gets to hit the market knowing good years are coming Age 28 to 32. Or something like this. They need to get creative to pay guys what they're worth while they're producing,

They probably don’t want gawkers.

Kinda bizarre people talking about his prospects of coming back while he’s in surgery. Anyway, hope he’s ok and can still walk when he comes out of this.

It would be so great if he has a major league career. Hopefully he’s wanted by other teams because it means he’s healthy and good.

This may be its own topic, but should Giolito, Keuchel, and Lynn prepare for 33 starts and 215 innings, and let everyone else fill in the gaps? We know Lynn wants the ball. I’ve heard Giolito say he wants to make all of starts and go 200 innings because he threw throughout the shutdown. Personally, I’d probably think 31 starts and around 190 innings is good, but if the Big 3 wants to sack up like it’s a regular season, I’d be all for it.

Thanks for the heads up. Just listened. Good interview. Going to be a fun, interesting season and I think he'll do a great job.