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*vaguely gestures at Dayton Moore*

I want Vera to succeed so badly, but it's getting hard to care at this point.

The good ol' "do or die" promotion.

I found who we trade Yoan for

Is that why the announcement included him wearing sunglasses, so we can't see the shock in his eyes when good players pass on the Sox in free agency?

Jerry seeing the Mets, Padres and Rangers all implode this year:

We already have. Unless he succeeds, in which case we will be enraged if he is ever traded due to a positional logjam and everyone will pretend they were never against him as a draft pick.

160, because the other teams genuinely can't believe the Sox are serious and don't show up until 15 minutes after game time and the Sox are declared victors.

First thought: This really feels like them limiting his innings + help him get his groove back Second thought: The 2024 rotation Cease (because he destroyed his value), Touki, Schlotens, Kopech-Crochet alternating starts and it's called "innovative," Davis Martin — now pitching with his left hand, Tanner Banks regularly pitching a bullpen day, Oscar Colas stretched out as a pitcher. Then Mena and Nastrini get called up and Pedro says they'll get playing time when they're ready, just not yet. Inexplicably, they play right field.

It's funny imagining him suddenly doing fielding drills with the team like Drake was.

I want to know what we think is more destructive: The 2015-2016 roster or this one? This one is no doubt worse on the field, but those All In teams...oof. They had a heavy, heavy cost.

Jimmy Rollins had a massive impact on the team by setting off the chain of events that led to the Drake LaRoche saga. Which means...whose kid does Elvis purge from the team?

Hmm. Stopgap at short, or do we get real fun and see something like Popeye/Sosa up the middle until Colson's ready?

If it makes you feel better, my "this will never come back to haunt me, surely" posts are "Fernando Tatis is just a flyer and will never amount to anything" and buckets of copium like "mayhaps James Shields is good for Giolito's development" articles that Merkin was cranking out. Like, goddamn, why did they need to include anything for James Shields.

Bold putting failed prospects Gonzalez and Eder in the top six. Also holy s%*#, didn't know Schultz had a shoulder impingement. I learned I had one in college one day when I tried to get a laptop out my bag and all of the sudden couldn't lift it. Before that spooks anyone: I fixed it with physical therapy. I'm assuming a freak athlete like Schultz will be fine as long (fingers crossed) the Sox rehab it properly.

God fucking damn Oscar got every seam.

Bruh. And the opposite of this:

I've only had minor back injuries and they fucking sucked.

They should have gotten more than Eder, yes. That much we should all agree on. Reclamation? Not really, because Tommy John isn't a death sentence anymore and people do indeed recover from foot injuries over time. Look no farther than ... Jake Burger. But being hyper reactionary, well, that's what leads people to super hot takes like ? eDeR iS tOaST ? Famously, just like how Chris Sale was toast after his foot fracture in early 2015.

Your quote and the link is right there. But don't worry, we can write off Eder's Tommy John and foot fracture.

Boy, you sure are quick to write off Eder since you once called Burger a "wasted first round pick." But don't worry - you're not the only one in that thread calling him a bust. @Lip Man 1 joins you, plenty of @Harold's Leg Lift ragging on the guy. @greg775 repeatedly asks what the hell were the Sox thinking by drafting him. Burger was truly the worst pick ever, until he wasn't. Really, the only person adamant that the pick was good/solid was @Y2Jimmy0.

Touche. I will say, any time someone argues against KC bbq (especially St. Louisans), my counterpoint is that whenever I'm in KC, I can just plug "bbq" into a GPS, go to the nearest place, be it famou or not, and be satisfied.

Amazing how I'm more excited to watch Nastrini than the MLB club.

Pretty bold that Chappy is gonna be a top 15 prospect, but I'll accept it. In all seriousness: Burke is one of the more exciting guys on this list I can see a Hackenburg vs. Lee battle in Spring Training, with Lee getting the advantage due to his big power Did Burrowes mostly fall due to new acquisitions / what should we be expecting from a 19-year-old LatAm signing? Likewise, Veras holding steady after new acquisitions is pretty dope Carela for Middleton just seems like a good parting gift from Hahn Interest in seeing where Tatum ends up.