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Good thing the Sox didn’t give up on him like half the board did! ??

Hohum 2-4 with a double and rbi tonight. .964 OPS

Something tells me this won’t be the last time Chick will need to be reminded.

Donaldson is a douche and we don’t need our ace getting in parking lot brawls or any of our remaining good players injured by retaliatory inside fastballs. Everyone needs to move TF on, and that is precisely what the Sox will do. Make it hurt with another W and a 13.5 game lead.

Too bad about Bummer. Great news about MK.

THis will be appointment viewing.

I like Evan Marshall. But the 2021 version of him isn't really something the pen will miss. Hopefully this isn't a long term injury and we can see him back out there in a few weeks.

He's not really in there for the bat . Unfortunately, in his career he's been a slightly less bad swinging the bat left handed as opposed to right. In any event, Billy's role should be exactly that of last night. Entering game in 7th or 8th inning for pinch running or defensive purposes, and HOPEFULLY, getting very few at bats.

Well when you’ve graduated the kind of elite talent we have the past couple seasons, this was always bound to happen. Thankfully our core is mostly locked up and controlled long term. Sox remain in an excellent position moving forward despite the currently weak farm. Now we just need to avoid injuries to core multiple core players.

If this year has shown us anything, it’s that these things sort themselves out.

Burger just got named to the ASG Futures games. Not that that means much, but people are taking notice. I am not moving Moncada off 3B for him, and there are definitely trades I'd move Burger in. But I sure as shit am not moving him at this point for a guy like Escobar or some other stop gap measure. As part of a deal for a legit releiver with control? A Trevor Story type stop gap? A guy we can plug into RF next yeaar without hesitiation? Sure. But there are also plenty of at bats to go around on the mlb club right now. Yermin is likely dead so Burger can DH, he can cover 3B when Yoan stubs his toe leaving the club, and can maybe even cover 2B a time or two a week. While he hasn't done it in AAA, I bet Burger could grab an OF glove and be every bit as serviceable as Sheets looked last night. I'd get him up here.

Guys - the Sox aren't moving Moncada off 3B for Jake Burger. Stop talking about it.

For sure. I was just referring to needle moving trades. Rogers could maybe get a decent return. The rest of the stuff has very little trade value. I guess Cruz could maybe get a decent prospect.

Outside of Berrios, they don't exactly have a ton of super exciting assets nearing FA. I guess Polanco and Kepler would have some value due to their contracts, but they've both been trash this year and are controlled for awhile. Doubt Twins would move them when their value is at its lowest. Sano? Borderline worthless at this point. Maeda? He's been terrible, they're not going to sell low. I guess they could get what they can for Buxton right now which I am sure would be a pretty penny, but that would be awfully surprising. The Twins are really caught in between right now, and its a thing of beauty.

Dumb. Good way to get TA hurt. Trust me, I'd like to see Donaldson take a 99 MPH fastball somewhere it hurts a few days. But there is just no upside for the Sox. We're in 1st place and already dinged up to no end. We don't need to get into a bean ball contest with a team 12.5 GB and nothing to lose. The last thing we need is TA, Jose, Grandal etc. getting one to the hands.

He should write him a note like he did Rocco when Yermin swung 3-0.

So Burger had a night tonight. 4-4 with a Homer and 2 walks. Up to .317 on the season.

He’s paid what he’s worth. That generally the way FA works.

Yeah, I didn't mean literally immediate following ASG. I would guess a week to 10 days sounds about right. I think he'll be doing a lot of DHing so I don't think they'll wait much longer than that.

Yep. Remains rather remarkable the Sox are where they are, last 10 days or so be damned. Just need to play .500 or so ball until the ASG and buy another couple weeks of Robert/Eloy recovery.

We got some serious reinforcements coming boys.

Back following the ASG would be just tremendous.

Makes sense. Chick will be happy! Guy sucks anyway.

To be fair, Moncada is always tweaked somewhere. But yeah, I guess. Would rather give Abreu a breather - Moncada just sat out for a few days not too long ago. BUt if he needs another day, he needs another day.

But why? He has a day off yesterday.