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Completely irrelevant.

I would prefer to see Mendick, keep Leury in CF and let Rondon/Sanchez share SS. But outside of Mendick, there isn't anyone on the AAA roster that should be up here before Palka. I get not being a huge fan of Palka, but you take it to another level.

There is a zero percent chance that Quintana's $10.5M option is not picked up unless he gets injured and will miss most of next season or gets hit by a bus. ZERO PERCENT chance. And what a blowhard like Kaplan thinks about Quintana is completely irrelevant. I am all for the Sox resigning Quintana after 2020, though.

Please take the Cubs talk to a Cubs board. K, thx.

Y2Jimmy saying on twitter he thinks it going to be Detwiler. I suppose he only pitched 2 innings on Monday, so maybe he's ready for a start without restrictions. I would prefer Kubat, but whatever. Sox aren't exactly flush with options, and I expect Santiago and Covey to be 4 and 5 by middle of next week, so probably a 1 start then DFA for Detwiler.

This. Still think Leury in CF and Jay in RF is best, but if Palka is coming up, clearly Leury is playing SS most days, Jay in CF or RF, and Palka/Cordell sharing RF.

Someone's gotta know who is pitching tonight by now.........Santiago made a post on twitter with a Sox shirt on, but he threw 5 innings on Tuesday. Would be very surprised if was him, unless they only plan to let him go 2-3 innings and then have another pen day.

He would (will) play against all RHP, which is ~75-80% of the time.

Ryan Goins has over 1500 mlb plate appearances. He’s well into his 30s. He’s had his chance and he’s been awful. There is zero benefit to giving him or Escobar or any other journeyman player that isn’t a pitcher a chance.

Read the post dude.

I’m not saying abandon him as a catcher completely. But McCann is the far superior catcher and Collins bat could be used at DH frequently now that Alonso is out of the way. Let him catch 1-2 days a week and DH against RHP. I suspect that is what we’ll see moving forward.

He’s played there occasionally the last few weeks.

Prepare to be surprised. Collins is never going to be an everyday catcher.

That’s what Collins is for. They aren’t bringing Palka up to take Collins DH at bats against RHP. If Palka comes up, it’s as the RF and occasional DH until Tim comes back.

Merkin guessing Detwiler on twitter, saying he only threw 50 pitches or so on Monday. Also mentioned Kubat and Nicolino as options.

Mendick has played SS more than any other position in the minors. He's played all SS, 2B and 3B about this same this season, with a little LF sprinkled in (including getting the start in LF tonight). Can't speak to his defense at SS specifically, but think he's known to be a solid defender.

Alex Call is not a prospect. But yah, Alonso sucks. I figured he wasn't the least of our worries heading into the season, but he was in fact dreadful and should have been cut a few weeks ago. But he is now.

I am sure Cordell or even Leury could play 1B too. Cordell played alot of IF before coming over to the Sox.

Gross, but at this point I am fine with it. I'd really prefer they just keep Leury in CF and Jay in RF most days. But I guess we'll see what they do soon enough.

Goins, Escobar and Mendick all in Charlotte line up tonight. No Palka.

Palka not in lineup tonight, so maybe he is coming up.

To answer my own question, he's played 30 innings in LF this season.

Mendick in LF tonight. Is that a first?

Goins and Escobar in the lineup in Charlotte. As in Mendick....in LF.

He will still see regular at bats when Welington comes back. Catillo will just play against LHP. It works well.