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Yeah I said that exact thing earlier. He’s got 2 weeks to figure it out.

See here they go out of their way to move Pollock to LF. Eloy isn’t getting LF back.

Yep

What In the duck

Atta boy Seby. Easy guy to root for

Good thing we didn’t dump this Moncada bum

Man, It sure is wild how much his approach changes

Hope someone makes a thread about this tomorrow so I don’t forget to listen

Credit where credit is due: Harrison has elevated himself to a point where he’s nowhere near the Sox biggest concern atm.

Yeah; it’s fair especially with McGuire sitting last night too. Result didn’t make it any better!

Seby has been decent with the bat, and def prefers lefties.

Nice job by Johnny battling back after the three homers

I thought he was a bust?

AV sure cooled off in a hurry

J HAY!

PROMOTE NESLONY

Welp

Imagine having those 2 dudes and having the same record as us.

Right handed hitters are hitting like .180 against him.

Can’t you just covid IL guys and get them off early too if they’re sick but never teat positive? Makes it even more strange. Especially with an open 40 man spot (Mendick), even tho it’s eventually going to Eloy.

Agreed, was mostly kidding.

His bat.

Shrug; I am well aware of how options work. Sox can send Sosa back and forth between the minors and majors for 2.5 more seasons. Their hands are not tied until 2025. If he's still looking at getting optioned in 2025 after 2.5 seasons in AAA, he isn't worth all the hand wringing. I get the potential downside risk, but its fairly remote. If he was better prospect heading into 22, he'd have been added to the 40 man last December. Like I said, calling him up for 5 days was a curious decision. To me it reeks of the a lack of communication between the FO and TLR. But this downside risk you laid out isn't really all that likely to come to fruition. I too would have just opted for a waiver wire pick, or Dee Gordon as you've pointed out, but I just don't think this is something worth skewering the organization over. There is plenty of other things to do that about.

That's fair. Sox deserve plenty of criticism for a myriad of decisions. I just don't think this one is at the top of the list of things to b**** about. Sticking with a lifeless corpse as the captain of the Titanic, and not acquiring a legitimate LHH or two this offseason rendering our OF corners into a men's softball team, however, deserve TONS of criticism.

Yeah, I mean it seems to me like this situation is a bit blown out of proportion. The Sox left Sosa unprotected last offseason; if there was Rule 5 draft, anyone could have had him. Obviously he's blown up this season and become a much better prospect, but he would have had to have been added to 40 man this coming December anyway. Calling him up and not playing him is/was stupid, but he ended up playing in 4/5 games he was here and looked mostly overmatched. If the plan was indeed just a short term plug until Moncada's return, they probably should have just grabbed someone off the waiver wire they were willing to DFA in a few days. Most of Sosa's PT was because Harrison got hurt AFTER Sosa got called up; so it seems like they either didn't intend to play him much; or TLR and the FO disagreed. But is it really worth getting your panties in a bunch? Sox gave the kid some reps and let him taste the big leagues. It was a tiny sample, but he didn't do much. He is the right person to get demoted - accepting that Leury isn't going anywhere - based on the current roster. It is bad process. But its really not that big of a deal. If Sosa cannot become a major league quality player by 2025 when he's out of options, he's probably not really worth getting too worked up about anyway.