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Sox full season affiliates stay intact,

Adam Engel was just in the Score. Wow, what a good guy. Sounds like he’s ok with Eaton signing and he said he called Jon Jay to ask about La Russa...Jay raved about Tony.

Cheslor Cuthbert signed with the Reds, so his Sox career may be over with 1 game and 1 AB. Topps actually put him in the 2020 set in a Sox uniform.

And yet, people in baseball as a whole have never been nicer and more decent in the history of the game. It’s just that there is 24 hour sports radio and Twitter and social media. If Adam Eaton has ever truly crossed the line, I’m unaware. If the worst thing he ever did was say something stupid about LaRoche’s kid, then I’m way over that.

Heard the Eaton interview with Carmen and Jurko. Said Hahn called day 1, ready to do whatever “Skip” wants him to do. Can confirm he ended the interview in a jerky way, but whatever.

Hendriks. No c in his name. Mmkay?

Hank Aaron Award winner too! Congrats!

Just win, baby!

Petriello doesn’t like it? Now I really do. Long season next year. If he sucks, it’s a platoon with Engel. If that doesn’t work, mid season trade. We gave a good offense, and the pitching staff is getting better too.

If he had never played for the Sox but put up the same numbers elsewhere, more people would like this move. I think it’s pretty good. Stop lunging for first base running down the line.

So tired of the Hall putting in elderly or dead people when they had the opportunity to do it when guys are alive and able to enjoy it with their family and friends for many years. These 16-person committees are a fucking joke, as we’ve seen. Overall, the writers usually got players in that deserve it...but the pool of players that belong has expanded over the last couple decades. It’s time for the Hall to overhaul the process and put more guys in sooner. Get a better panel of experts, decide who belongs and who doesn’t, and then close that era forever. Minnie Minoso should have been in decades ago, and they still vote on him every few years. Same with Kaat and John, and others. It’s stupid. Either yes or no, but just end it.

No. 35 in 2022 and the CBA expiring in a year (plus the obvious), play out 2021, and then go from there.

Enjoyed the Garfien podcast with Goose Gossage. Dick Allen was before my time, but you can’t deny he was one of the best players 1964-1974 in mostly a pitching era. Definitely a Hall of Fame quality player.

Good deal for the 2021 team if Lynn starts an ALCS game. With expanded postseason, just making it there is less of a thing. It’s now get there, and advance to the LCS. The Sox have a better shot at this now, so I’m good with it. Giolito, Lynn, Keuchel, Cease, plus another acquisition - and Kopech, Lopez, etc is a good place to be going into spring training.

So worth nothing.

There are virtual meetings and presentations next week. MLB Network will have extra programming and NBCSC will have a daily 30 min show at night. And the Rule 5 is still next Thursday.

Agreed. It’s cool when the occasional rando comes up with a scoop the day before something happens and it comes true. But these guys that tweet all day every day that don’t put their own names on it should be ignored.

It really has to be resolved before the position player free agent and trade market can get going full steam. I mean, we’re probably headed to radical realignment by the end of this decade anyway. Just end it and go full DH.

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Cairo and Crochet look alike.

Once again, “apart” and “ a part” are two different things. Welcome to the Sox!

Hopefully after the legal stuff is finalized, they can make a statement that there will be zero tolerance with Tony and drinking and driving- as in: his days with ANY alcohol in his system and behind the wheel are over.

Howie was 0-15 at the Cell. Ha.

Good for Jake Burger. If there's one player that needs a proper minor league season to happen next year, it's him. Hopefully he can play a few months in AA, and show we he can do.