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Lol Ricky

WS had to resort a position player pitching today. Yikes

He is scheduled to pitch Saturday.

Three. But one will be made up already today. Sox will have played 28 games after today, so still a couple behind the true OP question.

Frare pitching right now down in AAA, so not going to be him for the 26th man. The only other 40 man options are Hamilton and Vieira. Vieira just optioned earlier today, but maybe he's hanging around for the nightcap. Hamilton probably needs more tuning in AAA after his short ST and rough start. Other 40 man options Stephens, Medeiros and and Cease have all pitched very recently, so not going to be them.

Yah, I don't see it. Maybe they bring Cease up for 1 start and send him back, but they're not cutting Nova yet and they need to give Banuelos at last a few more chances to start. I don't think they bring Cease up until he'll be up for good. So that likely either means cutting Nova, trading Rodon (doubt that happens), Banuelos gets shelled a few starts in a row or someone gets hurt.

Ricky already said a bullpen day on Sunday is possible.

Totally agree with the bolded.

Kind of bizzare to chose Vieira over Ruiz. Vieira hasn't even pitched in a game since being recalled on Sunday am. In any event, Sox have 9 relievers on the roster right now and will likely have 10 for the 2nd game tonight. One will have to go back to Charlotte tomorrow, and another one when Giolito comes off the IL soon.

Lol, there is a large difference between controlling a player for 6 seasons, and controlling a player for 1.5 seasons of non-competing baseball. Stroman is a fine SP, but he's not worth giving up 3 top 10-15 types prospects for, as you proposed, IMO.

Nice. Since they optioned Viera, we should still have another guy coming up for the night game. Probably someone on the 40 man though. Frare maybe.

6 years is 4x 1.5 years.

Because he likely has more value as a 3B than a corner OF....and he's pretty young to be giving up on him as a 3B. Perhaps he's so awful it makes sense, but I hadn't heard that.

Noticed Bush is in RF the last couple days. Are the Sox giving up on him as a 3B already?

Maybe. Just seems like he gets a least 2 days off per week.

Lol, wildly different scenarios. If he is hitting .400 in AA come June 15th, then we'll talk about rushing him to the big leagues.

Why does Collins get so many off days? Its insane.

Who are the guesses for 26th man? I am going to go with Evan Marshall. Yet to give up a run in AAA. Open spot on the 40 man. Hasn't pitched since the 27th, so is fresh. Ruiz goes down to AAA tomorrow and Marshall stays.

That.......is a meaningful difference.

That's fair. If he terrorizes the Southern League for the next 60 days, you cross that bridge then.

That seems like a ton for a pitcher that isn't really that good, and is paid appropriately. 2 years $18-20M left on his deal. I am not giving up that much. I am also not a huge Stroman guy. He's a fine mid to back rotation pitcher with some swagger but he's not that good either.

A shit load. And he isn't going anywhere. I am not suggesting he get 1,000 at bats. He spend the rest of this season and the first month or so of next season, he'd maybe get another 450 at bats or so IF (a big if) he stays healthy. He'd still be well shy of 1,000 at bats. Obviously that is not a cut off, and Robert is probably the best CF option in the organization, but rushing him to the big leagues just seems so short sighted. Just let him excel his way up the minor league system. WTF is the rush?

2-0 today and I wasn't too far off.

Tim Anderson had 1,372 minor league at bats. Yoan Moncada, while definitely rushed by the Red Sox, and probably brought up half a season too early by the White Sox, had 1,020 minor league bats. Luis Robert has 345 minor league at bats. If he plays the rest of the season in minors and the first month next season (and stays healthy), he'll still be well behind TA and Yoan.

I dont have a cutoff. If he's raking and staying healthy through June, I am ok challenging him. But I don't think rushing Robert to the big leagues to satisfy impatient fans is a good strategy. The guy has played very little baseball over the past 3 years. He just needs to stay healthy and get his reps.