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Philly is such a better fit than the Dodgers farm IMO. I've seen conflicting reports on Miller sticking at SS. Pretty sure BA has him moving to 3B.

Agreed. I'd be very happy with that. Keep amassing talent and figure out the rest later. This team is years away from being competitive.

Yes, but with a payroll at $227M, they don't have much room to work with moving forward. If I was them, I'd cash in now in a sellers market on a pitcher who has an inconsistent track record and clear $18M off the books. Then let Hendricks and his $16.5M walk in the offseason and they have a decent chunk of change to work with to actually address some their team needs.

Sucks for us, that put Taillon on the block.

He's also loaded up and made developing pitching a priority. He knows Jerry is never going to hand out a big contract for a top of the line pitcher. They've signed hitters in the past. Hitters are also safer on the FA market. It's still far from great, but at least there is a different direction.

Well, that's good because Rushing isn't gonna be a catch if he ever makes it to the majors. He's pretty atrocious back there.

Awesome! Wasn't expecting this so soon. He better play everyday.

Certainly seems like a precursor to a trade of DeJong, but with the way this team operates Sosa will be sent down to "work on some things" and Senzel will be starting alongside DeJong for a few more weeks.

Could also give the Sox the opportunity to get a bigger package with them because of their bad years. 'Buy-low' so to speak.

Bazzana would be amazing.

Eh, it helps the Sox though if the Cubs play themselves out of being sellers. Especially now that Belly is out.

You can possibly think that. Jerry is in the same company as the Oakland A's when it comes to handing out a $100M contract. He's never going to spend to create a winner, because he doesn't care about winning. He dangles the carrot to create illusions.

Very odd. Must be a workload issue? I would have thought Wilson had some trade value.

He wasn't very good in his 8 Triple-A starts. Just let a kid pitch over another washed up vet.

They certainly seem to have the pitching side of things figured out. Lots a great performances and development going on in the lower levels.

Anyone who intentionally walks a batter in a 0-2 count does not know baseball, period.

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Give em Sheets.

Which is terrifying. He won’t go over $100M. He won’t go more than 4 yrs for pitchers. Throw in no extensions for young players… they aren’t signing anyone or anything significant ever again.

Even if he was cheap, I don't think he has any desire to take a team friendly deal and stay in this organization. I certainly wouldn't in his shoes.

Sox only paid him league minimum with ATL covering the remander. I get what you mean, but it could have been a lot worse. This guy will never play in another MLB game again.

The call is fine... he just needs to stop getting excited for EVERY. SINGLE. THING. that happens on the field. How he can't figure out the difference between a pop-out from a HR yet blows my mind. I'm hoping he's a one-and-done with the new network deal. Massively under-qualified individual compared to some of the other talent out there.

More likely the 20th anniversary of the 2005 team as the centerpiece for Soxfest.

Was thinking the same thing. Colson not working out would be quite the setback IMO.

Probably why Schriffin was hired. Jerry wanted a guy to scream and get excited over everything to combat the suck on the broadcasts when he watched.