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1. Sign TLR so he can manage NL-style baseball 2. Sign Velazquez as a relief pitcher 3. Boom. RP in the OF.

I love Luis Robert.

Changing any point of the rebuild has such a wild butterfly effect it's all impossible. I once broke it down where basically the only trade you can really, truly undo and still pull off the Sale, Q, Eaton tear down the same way ... is the Shields trade, because Tatis was so young and it happened so much later on the timeline (basically being the straw that broke the camel's back).

Dan Johnson?! Dan Johnson. Convinced these dudes have kept the A's in Oakland over the years, despite the teams attempts at leaving.

I believe you, but where can I find fielding splits for seasons?

Part of Semien not doing SS drills might have been cause the Sox were using him as a second baseman since Anderson was the anointed shortstop. And Semien was not good under Ron Washington.

Montas was a fireballer in the Red Sox system, came over in the Peavy trade. Got developed by the Sox, made the majors. Turned into a Top 100. Traded to Dodgers, throws 16 innings in 2016 in theirs system. They're good, but 16 innings. Traded him to Oakland. Not good in 2017 or 2018. Good in 2019, busted for steroids. Bad in 2020. Great in 2021. The White Sox developed him as a prospect - a lot like Semien. Also like Semien, he was bad until 2019*. J.B. Wendelken and Bassitt didn't take time to adjust. The counter point is that the Sox did fuck all in that time period and it would have been great watching the four of them grow up with the current core (assuming the Sale, Quintana, and Eaton deals pan out the same without the Samardzija, Shields, and Frazier failures goading the rebuild). Edit: Semien put up his first good fWAR (3.9) in 2018. He exploded in 2019.

From a pure spectator standpoint, I'd love to see the division of the fandom if Kimbrel wasn't traded and reverted to his 2021 Cubs form. The hot takes at the deadline would be WILD. You'd have a shit ton of people demanding he be traded for max value, others screaming keep him for the Super Bullpen (idk how everyone else is doing in this scenario).

Kimbrel being a professional Merkin posting quotes is no reason to get angry. If Merkin didn't post the tweets, he'd be accused of a cover up.

But let me tell you about why him having a second half slump is why he needs some AAA seasoning or we should trade him for Frankie Montas.

SoxTalk: WE NEED A RIGHT FIELDER Micker and Yoelqui: BOMBS

Adolfo trade value!

Kimbrel. FOR. KELENIC. DO IT FOR HAROLD.

As someone who liked Pilkington, this is where you need to step back from the ledge my dude.

If they hit well, this board on what we should do (me included): If they strike out a ton:

Everytime NSC uses an exclamation point, I imagine him pointing his index finger upward and yelling in an infomercial-esque tone.

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Y'all went too negative for Ray Ray.

Oh man looks like they don't really have a use for Gavin Lux anymore and they shouldn't commit long term money to a closer.

Ah, fair. My apologies.

Caulfield, holy shit that was not the point of me quoting a month old tweet.

Well then do I have great news for you:

I mean, you could have said this about Bruce Levine when the Sox were on 670.

Great counter argument.

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