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Crazy to me this man has survived this long on the 40 man, but i wish him well. Hope he rakes down in Charlotte:

Yermin is back!

Well, Reylo is not stretched out. And he's also been a fairly improtant piece in the pen. But yeah, he'd probably be a little better than Dallas. Look, I don't disagree that the Sox SP depth is dire. Its truly awful after the top 4. I am not defending it. But aside from ReyLo and Banks who have been important pen pieces 25 games in, and Cueto who has been equally as bad as Keuchel (but in AAA!!), we are not exactly flush with options. I too would have been grabbing guys off waivers and trying them out over the past few weeks, but Sox for whatever reason want to get what they can out of their $18M man. They probably think Dallas is a better option.

Chick, take a look at Sox SP in AAA and AA and lemme know who is a better option? I'll wait. Only real option is Kelly's arrival pushes one of Banks/ReyLo into the rotation. But those guys have been fairly important in the pen to this point. There is absolutely no one at AAA that is assured to be better than Dallas. Again, May 15th is the decision date on Cueto so I suspect he'll get a shot if his next start or 2 in AAA go better, but I don't think he'll be any good in the majors, nor do I think they'll cut Keuchel for him just yet.

Unfortunately, he is serious. Cueto is legitimately the only option in the organization that could be better than Keuchel. He hasn't exactly been good in AAA. Cueto has a May 15 opt out date, so the decision is coming soon. But I am not convinced Cueto will be a better option at this point. Keuchel has been awful, but defense has certainly been awful as well during his starts. While I wouldn't be mad at all if Sox cut him loose (he's also kind of dbag), I do think keeping him in the org until Lance is back is the right decision. You also have to consider that Kopech is going to need rest at some point. With how terribly thin the Sox SP situation is, keeping Keuchel around to eat some starts whenever that rest period comes is probably necessary. Sure Sox could go out an acquire a better SP during the summer, but I think Keuchel is here to stay until at least August. Math and common sense says there no realistic chance he's getting to 160+ innings though, as noted below. There is a 0% chance Keuchel will get the 161 inning he needs. ZERO. Its a non factor at this point. He would have to take every turn through the rotation the rest of the way while averaging 5 innings a start to get there. Simply isn't happening.

Yep. He looked legitimately terrified yesterday. Feel for the guy. He will come around eventually but gotta stop throwing him in big spots right now.

Joe Ryan is a stud. He's their ace, but similarly to Kopech, he is going to have real inning restrictions. He's thrown 120 innings or so since 2020. I suspect he'll tire and also require a good deal of rest as the season wears on. Not great when you don't have 3 other really good SP like the Sox do. You don't see the Rays get fleeced like that very often, but woof. For 230 poor Nelson Cruz PAs.

It is pretty easy, but the Twins pitching is starting to falter. I anticipate that continuing to get worse. But yes, Sox absolutely need to get thru May no worse than a couple games within .500, ideally above.

There are better options. But as you said, they would require some roster movement. Amazingly, Crochet and even Yermin is still on the 10 day. So they theoretically have some flexibility they haven't used, tho I am guessing they've been saving Crochet's spot for Cueto.

Didn't realize you could only retroact a max of three days. Shitty.

Doubling on a 14 against the 10.

Ehhh. Its the right move if he wasn't going to play much this weekend. He would be eligible to return Tuesday. Should be getting Moncada back which is nice.

What bat tho? There aren't any bats worth bringing up and actually playing, other than Moncada and he wasn't ready. Sounds like AV may hit the IL Fri tho, so Yoan should be back.

TLR said rest; didnt want to play 6 in a row after an injury. Dumb, but....honestly, having gotten thru it with a W, I'll take it considering the weather.

Cubs are looking pretty dang spicy this year, eh Jerry?

I admittedly just love Yaz, but I agree. He's going to start barreling the ball and making more contact. He didn't forget to hit over the winter. Dude was a hit machine after his surgery last year when healthy. The club needs Yaz to be playing well; he adds so many things we suck balls at.

Send the idea to @SnarkBuehrle on twitter. She'll spin something up. Some of my favorite hoodies came from her. The Jimmy Muscles one from a couple years back is elite, as is the TA pasta one.

Right. And my guess is Burger is hurting today. Sucky lineup, but that's what we're dealing until AV and Yoan are in it.

Boooo. Yaz isn't going to hit .280, but he'll definitely come around.

Honest question as someone who played hockey likely ~250-300 days a year from ages 5-20: what kind of hockey are you playing that you're still skating 5-6 times a week at age 42? Men's league? Coaching? Both? Because I still dabble with some men's leagues here and there and let's not pretend like the vast majority of men's leagues are anything but gliding around the ice at about 70% with little to no defense or contact. Not exactly equivalent to playing a professional sport everyday. Unless you're playing in a league full of former pros that still get after it 5-6 times a week (seems unlikely, especially at 42), have a hard time drawing any parallels here.

SP have to go 5 to qualify for a win. Just the rules. One of many reasons W/L is sort of a useless metric for SP. of course Kopech deserves the W over Lopez.

Big Kopech guy but I agree that was a bad look. Don’t mind some fire, but punching the bat rack with your pitching hand while up 3-0 is just dumb and kind of selfish.

That giants lineup. Woooooofff!!!!!!

Ehhh. Kimbrel had to go.

The Madrigal trade was and remains a complete disaster. Sox could have smoothed it over with a acquiring a better 2B, but they didn’t. It was a very bad move.