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I think it was mostly @chitownsportsfan just wanted to get ahead of making a game thread in case he got busy today.

"Come up with $6 million."

His version was making a play to get called up, which still isn't good. A minor leaguer asking to get out of the org is a whole other level. It'd genuinely be hysterical and pretty much destroy the "Tim Elko is a leader" talking point.

A minor leaguer trying to pull that would be wild. Teams would absolutely start looking at him like a diva.

Am I the only one that wants to see what Vargas' dog looks like?

I'll sign the Sosa-Vargas Compact if Vargas fans acknowledge Sosa's larger sample size of growth.

Elko fans on riot watch

Cuban connection resurgence led by top prospect Venezuelan infielder hitting Slappy white dude at second All that's missing is a masher at first base and suddenly we're checking all of the Sox stereotypes. Summon him.

sir

This team is going from incredibly pitiful to very, very weird.

Sosa just keeps getting them hits.

The Cuban connection runs on the power on the power of jilted friendship.

The injury is "we can't send you to AAA so go work on 'rehab' right now"

And thus Elko-mania ended.

I still need him to hit like .250 tho

would they be interested in one lightly battered Cam Booser?

Alright Getz, this is genuinely funny.

I don't think it's bad, but I do think it's still a big downgrade from the Sugar Kings. Right now of the new City Connects 2.0 I'd say Miami, DC, the Sox and Rockies are all downgrades. Dbacks and Boston leaked jerseys are equal. Giants and Dodgers are upgrades. Edit: We know the Sox are keeping Southside and the Red Sox are keeping the Marathons. Are any other teams holding onto their original City Connects? Sadly, the Nats retired the Cherry Blossoms.

Worst part is that there was plenty of room in the budget to sign both. Would have completely changed the direction of the franchise.

Kenny/Hahn: "Hey Jerry, Harper liked the presentation we did." JR: "How much is he asking?" "$330 million over 13 years, but that's gonna be cheap in a few years at the rate salaries are increasing." "No. Offer him $80 million over 5 years." "Jerry, please." "Ghost him." "Ok, but what about Machado?" "Sign his friends and family to make him take a discount."

Marlins unveiled their City Connect and it's also a massive downgrade / is taking a big nod from the Heat's Vice jerseys. Nike is out here committing baseball terrorism.

We just leaving out Tommy Edman and the fact that Kopech was a big part of the Dodgers' bullpen last year? I'll admit that Jeral Perez is doing some work right now and that could eventually tip the trade towards even, but right now, Dodgers are the runaway winners.

I put this in a minor league thread, but the only reason I can see them keeping him down right now is if they want to see if he keeps his BABIP up for a little longer. He's always had a high one since joining the Sox (hovering around .380-395) but he's rocking .453 this year. He's also bumped his walk rate a pretty sizable amount. His only blemish is his strikeout rate is still high, but whatever we're used to that. I can't think of any other on-field reason. Off-field is obviously Vaughn's (relatively cheap) contract.

Oh yeah, I pretty much 99% believe this is fake, but also 100% believe the Sox had a cool presentation.

Yeah, this just feels blah. Still wouldn't shock me if they did give the coolest presentation. After all, they did use the United Center. JR just didn't want to give out an actual competitive contract.