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It was the right call imo. He was awful in his short time and never should have broke camp with the club to begin with. That said, he should definitely be back in chicago now that they got the year of control back. cya Frazier. That dude was awful.

Benintendi has been better than Suzuki.

I mean…that’s a bit much. Very well may be a lost season for TA at this point. But it’s unlikely he never finds his stroke again.

Call me crazy, but it might be time to remove Tim from the top of the order. Just a hunch.

Of course not. Suggesting Giolito and Rodon are anything resembling comparable situations is silly.

My guess is he’ll rejoin the team on Tuesday in Chicago

He is playing tonight so he’s not seriously hurt. Seby looked shook up after running into Burger yesterday. Maybe he’s a bit dizzy today. We already knew Perez was in town so this could be a short term move. Sox an OF short with Haseley going so wouldn’t be surprised at all to see Colas soon, tho he is in Charlottes lineup tonight.

Mmmmmhmmm

If hockey worked in Vegas (and it has...swimmingly)...baseball will work just fine assuming they do the stadium right. Knowing Vegas, they'll do the stadium right. I think Vegas will be an incredible spot for an MLB team.

I bet ya $100 that IF the Sox don't trade Giolito, they'll offer him the QO. Deal?

Yeah, I have been thinking about this myself. I too think Giolito is too valuable not to trade. But certainly don't think Hahn will pull the trigger until the very last minute unless Sox fall back into 8+ GB range. Giolito, as it sits right now, is likely the top FA SP after Ohtani and perhaps Yamamoto. His value should be a prospect in the 50-100 range. If you could flip him for a major league ready SP that you can just plug right into the rotation effectively turning 12 Gio starts into 6.5 seasons of a SP, that'd pretty tough to not pull the trigger on. Names like Gavin Stone, Emmet Sheehan (LA), Quinn Priester (PIT), Andrew Abbott (CIN), and AJ Smith-Shawver (ATL) are all major league ready or close and could make varies degrees of sense.

Can mods at least fix the thread to spell the dude's name right? Remy deserves to play everyday right now. Stick him at 2B until that batting average falls below .280. s%*#, give Burger a day off. He's been awful for awhile now.

Yeah. Honestly, Scholtens has been good and Touki has been very interesting. Both those dudes might be making regular starts for the Sox in a month. I am cool with it - I'd rather them pitch in Oakland then at home against Toronto. But I definitely hear you - this is a series that (if you want the Sox to make things interesting) they kind of need to sweep, or worst case 2/3.

I don't think there is any chance the Sox sell if they're within 5 games of the division. Not saying I agree with that logic, but this isn't a FO that has been keen on admitting failure.

So likely Banks to Scholtens tonight I would assume, and then Touki on Sunday? Thankfully an off day on Monday because the pen could be fried after this weekend. Hopefully Sox can win a laugher or two in Oakland.

TBD vs. Medina. Sox are somehow just 4.5 GB. Guardians at Cubs and Twins at Orioles this weekend.

Yeah...I have to imagine that is imminent. Everyone has seen enough of the Sheets/Frazier platoon.

Well as well win this one too.

I am as down as the next guy on this club and I 100% believe the right move is to sell all expiring assets (and Graveman and Kelly). However, winning the AL Central is definitely not "over". Win the next 2, they're 4.5 GB with like 80 to play. Even if they lose the next two, 6.5 GB with 80 some to play. Still not "over". The Twins are awful. Cleveland is awful. The Sox could catch those teams. Will they? Unlikely, and even if they do, does a 80 win division title and a first round exit do anything to actually move this org in the right direction? Nah, I don't think so. So I guess it depends on one's definition of over. The door remains open, but only because the other teams in this division are close to, if not equally as inept as this Sox club. It also remains at least worth noting that the August and September schedule are so soft that even if the Sox do move Giolito and pen pieces, losing 95+ is pretty unlikely.

Anybody else think of Birria tacos everytime they see Barria's name? Maybe the Sox will win and get back to 5 GB. Most likely, Barria will make minced meat tacos of the Sox lineup.

The unwillingness to bat him 9 until he figures it out is insane.

Its pretty simple really. He was on the only healthy IF on the 40 man. That's all there is to it.

Lucas has a far better health and performance track record that Rodon did at that time. Not sure its really a great comp. I think the Sox trade Gio in late July if they're more than 5 GB. Not sure they will be, tho. This division blows.

Just out of curiosity, when the did the Sox release a memo stating they had no interest in retaining Giolito? I must have missed it because I keep seeing people say this. FWIW, I don't think there is any chance to Sox resign Lucas - and frankly, not really sure they should, but they've never publicly stated anything about his FA pursuits to my knowledge. The Sox need to trade Lucas. They can probably get some desperate team to give up a close to the majors back-end top 100 SP prospect. That is exactly what they need with just Cease and Kopech currently penciled into 2024 rotation.

If TA were a FA, he would 100% beat 1/$14M. That is all that matters. He's also hurt. And has always been much better than this. Don't get me wrong, TA has been dreadful. I would just IL him for a couple weeks myself and see if he comes back refreshed. But picking up that option really isn't even a decision.