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How is this team good every year?

Eloy (and/or Luis) back anytime between the ASG and August 15 would be a nice W.

Ahhhh....i totally misread that as two thoughts. "This is probably his last" "and hurrah (hurray) for Sox" I am not a huge Leury guy by any means, but its good thing he's been around. The less he plays the better, but its good to have a guy like that around. Its not like we have anything behind him that would be more exciting. This is probably his last season is a Sox uni, though. But there is no way he doesn't survive the season, barring injury.

His last what?

Haha, Leury is a as safe as safe can be

It’s a joke that he’s not playing right now.

Soxtalk game thread in 2 acts (see post 3 previous to this one).

Like it or not, this is going to Mendick's job for the next few weeks. Several people were clamoring for him a month or two ago instead of Madrigal. I guess they'll get their wish.

Yes. Yes he thinks they should give up. And he's going to tell us all why, and then backtrack in a few days and tell us that he was just upset and that is his way of coping. Rinse. Repeat. Rinse. Repeat.

Can we get Madrigal added to the banner, and then subsequently shaded out?

You're a clown dude.

So if they go the rest and rehab route, is it even possible to return in Aug/Sep? Would assume so, otherwise they'd just do the surgery.

I would suspect that if a starter goes down anytime after about July 15th, we have a pretty good guy to step in and take that spot. I am not all that concerned about adding SP depth atm.

Ketel Marte is a really good player, but he's not a top 10 player in the game. C'mon. He's had a nice 21 to date, but let's not get carried away with a 100 PA sample. He was amazing in 2019...no doubt about it. I also don't think the sox have what it takes to get Marte without subtracting from the active roster (which I don't see them doing) and have said as much in this thread today.

Fair. The forearm tightness is concerning. Had not heard about that until last night. Generally speaking, I don't think teams would be overly concerned about the early performance a 19 YO that profiles very well first taste of professional baseball. But yeah, if he's on the road to TJS, that would certainly hamper value some I would imagine. Realistically, Kelley/Dalquist/Thompson are our best bullets. Which isn't great. But I don't see Hahn substracting from the young core at the MLB level.

Speaking of Foster. Probably time for some AAA reps for him.

Schoop kills us. Wouldn't hate that if the return is (rightfully) close to nothing. But that isn't a move you need to make June 10th.

We certainly don't know that for sure at this point. I remain hopeful we'll see Eloy and Robert in August/September, but far from a guarantee. I think its a pretty good scenerio if Madrigal is on a similar timeline. Grade 2 hammy strain (same injury Engel had), would put him on about that timeline. But yeah - I agree. Too much. I'd love to trade for Ketel, and since he's not a rental, I'd be willing to part with Kelley. But I am not subtracting from the MLB team.

Man, Crochet, Dalquist/Thompson, Burger and one of Sanchez/Adolfo/Rutherford/Sheets/Gonzalez seems like a super strong return. But I don't doubt that would be the ask at this juncture.

I'd do Kelley, Sanchez, Vera and Dbacks can pick one of the 40 man OF in Adolfo/Rutherford/Gonzalez for Ketel Marte. Sucks to lose Kelley, but Marte signed thru 22 and has options for 23-24 and can play all over the diamond. Fills in for Madrigal while he's out, eventually shifts to the OF later this year and next. I doubt the Dbacks would take that trade tho.

I’d be surprised. He’s been terrible and hasn’t even been playing everyday. Looks like he’s been playing some 1B and DH too.

Hamstring is sure better than achillies. Hope its a just a matter of a couple weeks rather than a few months. Fingers crossed. This team can only sustain so many injuries to significant players. Such a dagger.

That ain’t good.

Had not heard that. How hurt?

If only this team could stay healthy. What a dagger after already taking and surviving 2 kill shots.