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Yolmer’s “consistent” bat?

I’m excited about this move, but would definitely take Wheeler at 5/$125M over this deal.

?...reliever, middle infielder, and DH are still possibilities. Give me McHugh / Harris, Holt, & Encarnacion and I’ll be a happy camper.

Even if he sucks come 2022?

Makes no sense. After ripping Fegan for putting Yoan on the HOF ballot and this shit, I think it’s finally time to put Old Yeller down once and for all.

Not really, they can easily skip starts and get him under 160 innings (25 x 6 = 150) if need be.

Lopez or Gonzalez. All depends on how Reynaldo is doing come late May.

Get McHugh for the bullpen and he can be the emergency 7th starter if needed.

Fucking awesome (terms dependent)!!

Lol...that was hilarious. Like I said in a previous post, it was an entertaining film but my god was it stupid.

Also, I hate they used Lando. Outside of one semi-important conversation, he literally just sits in a cockpit and chuckles a few times. What a total waste.

And don’t forget finally a General! Apparently it doesn’t take much to achieve the highest military rank in the Resistance!

The Sox start a series against the Twins on 5/21 and another 5/29. I think they call up Kopech sometime in that range. No idea what they do with Robert. Got to give him at least a week or two down there. Hopefully they can find a way to extend him. Same applies to Madrigal, although they may be less eager to lock him given his less traditional skillset.

Does anyone know how long Kopech has to stay down next year to earn us an extra year of control? I show he’s got 41 days of service time and believe that 172 days count as a year. With the season being 187 days long and starting for us on 3/26, I believe he’d have to be with Charlotte through 5/20. Does that sound right? Also, what’s nice is Charlotte’s season does not start until 4/9 and they only play about 39 games through 5/20. So if you want to assume Kopech gets eight starts down there at 4 innings per (32 innings), he could still make 22 starts for the Sox at 5 innings each (110). Or more likely, by skipping him once a month he could make 18 starts at 6 innings each (108) and be right at a 140 innings limit. IMO, that former scenario should be the plan. Losing out on 32 rusty Kopech innings will not be the end of the world for us world with Gio as a more than competent place holder. It also allows him pitch the rest of the way once called up and without having to tax the bullpen by committing to any overly short starts. Now just go get Ryu or Keuchel so this plan is actually possible.

That’s probably true, I’m off work the rest of the year so days are all the same to me for now.

Agreed. I’m all for a Keuchel signing if it’s three years or less at a reasonable AAV. 3/$55M would fine by me given how much financial flexibility we have and how little we have to spend it on.

It wasn’t a boring movie, but it’s a really dumb movie filled with numerous plot holes and contains some decisions that sort of break the previous movies. It also has a fairy unsatisfying conclusion, but that should have been expected when they didn’t have one creative voice in charge of the whole trilogy. Let me be clear, I don’t hate any of these movies (even the TLJ), but it really is amazing how much better Disney has handled Marvel. As for narrative risks, I’d say the entire prequel trilogy represents one. You could also argue for Rogue One.

Could be, but the fact he deleted the tweet is at least interesting. Anyways, my point is this has gotten almost no attention here while we speculate much more questionable tweets like the one about Lindor. Not suggesting this is legit, just a little surprised is all.

I’m shocked this WSD tweet isn’t getting more attention here.

Excellent deal. And while we may not need him next year if all goes well with Rodon, Dunning, & Lambert, it’s great having the flexibility.

First off, this isn’t entirely about service time. If Kopech is indeed capped off at say at 140 innings, we’re better off letting him do shorter starts down in AAA while he’s still getting the rust off. Him going three or four innings and then destroying our bullpen is not ideal, especially when he hasn’t pitched in like 18 months. Getting the extra year of service is just the cherry on top. As for them “lying” about it, saying they’re purposely manipulating service time would result in a grievance they would certainly lose. Is that what you really want?

I think that’s referring to us winning the division next year.

No, I’m asking why are these guys both seeing production drops in 2021 as 27 year olds vs your projections for 2020.

Definitely an underwhelming finish to the overall saga. The lack of creative direction for this sequel trilogy is ever apparent after how this all plays out.

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