Jose Abreu

Obviously I think he'll know the roster by the time there are games, but it seemed weird to me that the only player he named in an hour was Tim Anderson

Yes. I think at least one of Lynn, Wainwright (FA), and Yadier Molina (FA) will be on the team next year

One more thing I'll add since I just listened to his conference. TLR mentioned that he places a premium on putting the ball in play, hates striking out, and thinks you still need to "play for one run" (bunt) at times. How do we think he would line up the 2020 Sox? I'd guess: 1. Madrigal 2. Anderson 3. Abreu 4. Moncada 5. Jimenez 6. Encarnacion/McCann (DH) 7. Grandal 8. Robert 9. Mazara/Engel (I would hate this but it seems to match his philosophy better)

Based on his press conference, you just get the idea that he doesn't even know the team that well. I don't mean knowing them personally, I mean literally knowing who is on the roster. Hopefully he gets in contact with them all over the coming days

What if we were supportive of the Abreu deal and dislike the La Russa hiring? I get your point but one is way worse than the other, IMO

Very random but good depth signing

Well if we don’t hire TLR, I’d recommend you learn to like him

Stroman likes a LOT of tweets, you have to scroll a lot. They’re all there

I don’t know what you’re looking at, it’s all there for me

Not true, 7 players knelt including Anderson, Abreu, Jimenez, Robert, and Fry

I think the disconnect here is that TLR has literally said that any player who kneels during the anthem will get sent into the clubhouse. That's a lot different from a simple disagreement because it would lead to an unnecessary and avoidable fiasco

I came across a list of the rest of the managerial candidates. Some interesting names here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people

I wanted Hinch but yeah, pretending like La Russa is some beacon of morality is laughable. I don't see why they couldn't have looked at other candidates more extensively

I clarified in the post directly above yours

Don't forget Jace Fry!

I wouldn't say his defense was bad, but I think it definitely was overrated coming up, and you saw why this year. I don't think he has the range for the gold glove ceiling many think he has, but he can/should be average defensively. I've always maintained that Luis Robert is (was) the Sox prospect for which the term "gold glove defense" should be thrown around as often as it was for Madrigal... hopefully he wins it next week.

If he were actually a good defender or baserunner then I'd like him, and no, I'm not just basing this off the 2020 season

A full offseason (or longer, assuming another shortened season) of an anti-analytics crusade because of that Snell decision (which even analytics people don't support) is gonna be super annoying

They tweeted one minute apart. It's fate

From February 2020

Yup- and for the record I was more referring to the last couple of things when I brought this up. His original comments on it are from 2016, but he doubled down on them this year

The only dynamic I'm worried about is La Russa/Anderson

Given the heightened importance of contracts this year, that seems like a huge overpay for a deal with minimal surplus value. That said, I don't see Cohen cutting salary anyway