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I am not saying he has covid. I am saying it is very possible he has tested positive for covid since Hahn said he was dealing with non-covid virus 48 hours ago. Its also possible he just wasn't feeling well enough to work out on Tuesday and team didn't want him around all the guys, so he is coming to Houston seperately. But if all was well, chances are we wouldn't be hearing all this stuff.

What he said was 48 hours ago. Its fairly evident things have changed since then. Hahn also said he'd be at practice Tuesday, and there is no sign that he was.

Did he test positive? Can’t imagine there are any hoops to jump through - Short of feeling well enough to take the field - if he didn’t test positive.

Lol dude definitely just reads this board and makes shit up.

Are people asking about it?

Sounds like a good way to get disqualified from the playoffs.

Right. Big fan of Rabbit, so no bad mouthing here whatsoever. But he clearly been told Abreu isn't currently with the team. He's insinuated that, and avoided the direct question. So yeah. Not great.

Yeah, I mean only thing that is going to stop him is if that "non-COVID illness" turned into a positive test. In which case, Sox have no choice.

I was wondering where that dark cloud has been.

But have you specifically been told Abreu isn't in with the team at the moment? Sounds like you're insinuating as such. Perhaps Jose was still under the weather last couple days and they just wanted to keep him separate, and will fly him down when he's ready (hopefully sometime today). No Pito would be such a dagger.

Tweet from Fegan on Monday at 1:15pmCT: "Jose Abreu was under the weather with a "non-COVID illness" beginning on Saturday, said Hahn. He expects him to be full-go tomorrow at the team workout" Obviously things could have changed since Monday, but that was the last comment from the team on it.

Have you heard that Abreu isn't traveling with the team?

You think the Sox have to sweep the first 2 in Houston to win the series? Me thinks not. If the Sox win 1 of the first 2 games in Houston, they're in pretty good shape. I do agree, however, that the first 2 games are definitely key, and if the Sox fall down 0-2, they're in a world of trouble.

So both FS1 and MLBN will be carrying the Friday game? Or just on HULU?

I have Comcast as well, it I get the same error when trying to stream MLB network. Says I have to be on home wifi. I have a 6 hour drive I gotta make Fri. Was planning to get up early and get drive out of way before the game. But going to small town that won’t have sports bar and potentially not being able to find an easy stream like I would on other channels. Fuck it - I’ll make the drive after the game. Terrible situation - but not a chance I am missing even a pitch of this game.

How about what TA did Friday night when he pretty much willed the team back to victory? Literally zero concern for anything TA related. He’s gonna ball out. My concerns are OF defense, Cesar being a black hole, and Lynn/Rodon health.

I quite literally have not heard of a single one of those people making picks.

If there is a guy who I want going 2x in the series, its Gio. Lynn's knee still is not right.

I love Yaz. Dude is just a ball player in every respect. So pumped the Sox got him and have felt that way since he was a Dodger.

I am one of those people that can definitely figure these types of things out and currently WFH anyway, but this is kind of a bad take. Work day day game playoff baseball is absolutely trash for the fans. My personally issue with Friday is I have a six hour drive I have to make at some point Friday. After game, wife gonna wanna kill me. Leave beforehand and I’m gonna miss first few innings. Neither ideal.

Woof. Pretty terrible schedule for me right there.

What does DK have listed for Friday?

Yaz probably most valuable guy on the team right now outside of Robert with what he brings to the table from his position. Awful list.

I agree its a solid top 4 and that the A version of Rodon is long gone. BUt just on a match-up by match-up basis, at worst you're looking at this. Giolito = McCullers Lynn >>>>> Garcia Cease >>>> Urquidy Rodon = Valdez/Odorizzi (being generous to Houston here with Rodon's questionable health, though Kopech as a piggyback certainly needs to be considered too)

He should, and will, get Cy Young votes.