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If it were up to me, he wouldn't make the team after this. Never realized how straight that FB is either.

WTF kind of something is going on in this inning. Holy Hell guys, get it together.

I think he was put in the right situations to succeed. Hendriks, Bummer, Graveman, and eventually Kelly will all be head of him. I'm not too worried if he's the guy pitching in the 5th or 6th.

Is Newcomb really in danger of getting cut? I've always liked him.

Yeah, I’d agree. They’d have to empty the farm to get him and I don’t know if that would be worth it.

I figured something was up. I tried going to FutureSox last night and was redirected to SoxMachine.

There's our defensive backup. Just need to make sure he keeps the masturbation to a minimum.

Sox are at least trying, but getting burned by having a crap farm system.

Maybe Tony can pull some connections here.

Fingers crossed. They still need a backup plan in Charlotte.

I don't think anyone on the FA market is even an option, they need someone whose stretched out and ready to go, not someone who will need 3 weeks and be ready by mid-May.

Man... They HAVE to trade for Manaea. I cannot believe this team did not address SP depth at all. They didn't even bother signing anyone for Charlotte this offseason.

Thank God we have Vince Velasquez as a depth!

It's amazing what this move does from a depth perspective for the Sox. Granted, I'm sure a lot of us would have preferred better players when talking about Garcia, Harrison, Engel, etc, but this team is definitely better than it was a few days ago.

All depends what they could get along with Hosmer. They're in the position to be able to do that. They have Frank Schwindel at 1B.

I would too.

He's represented by Boras. That isn't happening.

Trading Vaughn for Manaea makes this offseason ever weirder. That's an all-in move, and definitely does not fit with the rest of the offseason. If I were the Sox I'd probably try to build something around Jose Rodriguez + Kelley/Thompson/Dalquist. Anything beyond that isn't worth it for a rental for me. I'm not moving Kath, Montgomery, Vera unless we are talking legit ace.

And a history of injuries. Sox need a reliable arm.

Don’t open with free soda, that’s your ace in the hole.

Very happy with this. This has some really good potential if Pollock can stay healthy. The way TLR rotates guys in and out, he should stay relatively fresh all year.

Black Sox were the only team officially caught. I’m sure if the truth got out we’d all have very different opinions of the early days of baseball.

Really? Hmm

Exactly. So stupid to trade what little assets you have when all you need to do is spend money.