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They will adjust to Trayce but the real question is will he adjust to them. That AB on Monday in the 9th inning showed me that the kid atleast has a clue. Avi needs some serious f***ing work but I wouldn't necessarily give up on him. They should try him at 3B.

The circle jerk has come back to the beginning.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Sep 9, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) Stop trying to pull outside pitches. He was going oppo with some authority earlier.

Carlos will be fine. He's young and it's his first season. His defense is gg caliber.

Yeah I'd cut him draft pick be damned. Samardzija is detrimental to the team at this point. A cancer.

Give Saladino ABs sure; but at the two hole? And Robin should be brought back because?

Why bet lines when you can just do money line and clean up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) I have no idea how the line is that small anyway. Did Green Bay get hit by a comet, and no one told me? Most of the lines as of now are extremely modest.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 9, 2015 -> 10:13 AM) Coming off a nice win which improved my 2015 game thread record to something like 2-9, the Sox look to score 5+ runs in order to have the slightest chance of winning with Samardzija on the mound. Samardzija should start pitching better now. He's going to be a free agent after all.

Alright guys. Week 1 of the NFL coming up. Let's build a 50K parlay winner. Who do you have this weekend and why? Let's throw some College Football in there too. Let's do this!

It won't be long before all of his posts just disappear because people ignore him.

Why did Robin use 3 relievers in one inning?

His fb is a straight. He has given up two HRs to LHB in that spot this year. The last was to Boston's Shaw.

Trayce crushes RHP and LHP. Start him now.

Rodon was dealing that inning. Seeing Sale, Q, and Rodon is awesome! Great pitching.

Home runs are fun.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Sep 8, 2015 -> 11:18 AM) I'll start with this caveat. I think that this off-season may be full of a bunch of moves. I don't see us staying put like we did a few years back with Dunn, AJ, Peavy, etc. and hoping for different results. So a lot of this is hypothetical -- the first domino will have to fall first to see the direction we're headed. However my thoughts ... Alexei since ASB? .301./.342/.473 -- 7 HR, 27RBI, 11 2B, 7 SB. His range is starting to fall off a bit, but I do think he has value on this team. Even at a $10mm option. Replacing 20-25 SB, 30 2B, a good arm, and a smart, reliable player is not that easy. Check out this stat of starting 3B since Crede for the Sox -- it reads like the Bears starting QB since Favre/Rodgers graphic they always show: Gordon Beckham Wilson Betemit Emilio Bonaficio Eduardo Escobar Josh Fields Leury Garcia Conor Gillaspie Orlando Hudson Jeff Keppinger Brent Lillibridge Jose Lopez Dallas McPherson Brent Morel Jayson Nix Mike Ott Ray Olmedo Tyler Saladino Marcus Semien Mark Teahen Dayan Viciedo Omar Vizquel Kevin Youkilis Also look at the 3B free agents ... nothing much prettier than the above. (Chris Davis/Uribe is about it) So with that being said ... (and I'd still love some kind of blockbuster trade where we trade pitching for Arenado, though I know that is dreaming) why not explore Alexei as a stop-gap at 3B? Declining range, still very strong arm, is better IMO than any in house option and most FA. Get to keep the speed he brings to the team, the consistency of him starting 150-160 games, the doubles, etc. This also allows the Sox to move Sanchez to SS, bring up the speed and bat of Micah (though the D comes with it). I do think he has an MLB bat though. It improves the overall team in my opinion. Also gives them a full year to determine who their starting 2B should be moving forward (Sanchez or Micah) when Anderson is finally up. I do think you have to bring in another Power Bat though to offset a weak infield/sunk coast of LaRoche. Ideally Cespedes, shift Garcia to DH. But don't think Uncle Jerry is opening the pocket book on this mess of a team. I think I can get behind this.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 7, 2015 -> 09:35 PM) Holy s***. Narcos on Netflix is amazing. Yes it was. Netflix is grabbing a lot of the good series.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 7, 2015 -> 03:51 PM) Earlier this season, he didn't throw a slider, and he wasn't anywhere near as good as he was in the middle of the season. Chris Sale needs to throw a slider to be effective. It's obvious. Or develop another pitch.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 7, 2015 -> 03:28 PM) Would you trade Cleveland Melky, Duke and a minor leaguer for Francona? No.

Sox look done.

Cubs finally punching the Cardinals in the mouth.

That's why you have Sanchez in.

Is Johnson even up yet?