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Thanks, I didn’t realize that either ?

Thanks, didn’t realize he cracked the 50 IP mark.

What changed for Sosa to crack it?

House market was definitely crazy and we had to jump fast. So far I’ve enjoyed my time, but missing out on Sox games in the summer is real tough. Hopefully winters away from Chicago will help make up for that.

Jordan Stephens on the mound.

Lol...my perceived high ground? I’ve made plenty of dumb claims on this site, but I do try avoid speaking with absolute certainty and I definitely try learning from my mistakes. Don’t catch feelings because I’m saying history may be repeating itself here. And yes, I did in fact move to Nashville, but never planned on leaving this board (maybe my initial post on the subject misstated my intentions). Being away from Chicago makes this board an even bigger necessity in my life.

And I already said sure, but last night was not a real baseball broadcast and you using it as proof somehow of how bad Bennetti / Stone are is ridiculous.

You are comparing a publicity stunt with an actual baseball broadcast, how can you not tell the difference?

Lol...Stone could fill an entire broadcast with self-absorbed nonsense too if he wanted to, but that would be completely unenjoyable and you’d obviously be complaining.

Because right now we have no other OFs (one once Robert is ready) and his value would be greater being a slightly below average LF than being a DH. What I don’t get is your desire to forgo that possibility and immediately settle with him at DH. What does that accomplish? This “he will get injured” narrative is ridiculous. He’s been an OF his entire professional baseball career and I don’t recall any of his minor league injuries being related to doing dumb shit in the OF. People are overreacting to a couple stupid / dangerous plays.

These are direct quotes from you: How did I mischaracterize your post? You made it very clear that Moncada couldn’t be “the answer” (and neither could Timmy) and legit asked if he could bring back a 55 FV prospect. You jumped to conclusions way too early then and I feel you are doing the same here with Eloy. The kid is 22 years old in his first major league season...let’s all give him some time before we officially panic and declare him a DH.

Sure, but a one game publicity stunt involving a delusional, self-absorbed, burned-out hippy doesn’t have anything to do with that.

The biggest concern with Abreu IMO is he’s suddenly not very good against RHP. That might be a SSS issue / bad luck or the start of a downward trend, but if real and brought back you know Renteria will still bat him third or fourth against every RHP. And that would suck, especially if they continue to roll him out at 1B most days. I truly believe Jose can still provide some value over next couple years, but I really worry we won’t use him effectively.

Remember when you wanted to trade Moncada for a 55 FV prospect but weren’t sure that was doable. Maybe you should give Eloy some more time before jumping ship. He was arguably a top three offensive prospect coming into this season, that will still work even if he has to move to DH at some point.

It’s really one of the worst takes I’ve seen in Soxtalk history and dude should change his handle to “Cheese&Whine” because that’s all he does.

Let me just say I’m not a fan of going over 110 pitches with Giolito in a meaningless game in a meaningless season. If he does, Ricky should be fired on the spot. Unfortunately Hahn doesn’t actually watch any of our games so that won’t be a possibility.

Exactly, I don’t know why this is so tough to understand.

Demanding a 22 year old be moved to DH in his major league season is though.

This is a gamethread, no room for patience, only hot takes.

I just put on the game and holy fuck is this unbearable. Like I totally get the PR stunt factor, but why not pull this shit during a Nova or Detwiler start instead? Giolito is must watch TV as is...

I bet he gets close to 3/$60M with no draft compensation attached now.

Exactly. IMO, August 1st was the drop dead date and even that was debatable if it made sense. And while Hahn was most definitely spinning in that recent podcast, both Madrigal & Robert have played a ton more baseball this year than ever have and fatigue is probably going to sink in soon. Not sure this is the optimal time to expose them to major league pitching.

100% agree on Collins. The Sox need to see if he can fill a legit role next year or if he’s going to more of a depth piece.

I believe he’s very analytical and heavy into Trackman data. We definitely need a more modern thinking pitching coach when Cooper calls it quits IMO.

I wouldn’t break up the Jerschele & Zaleski pairing.