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Oops. Trusted/misread the wrong source. Further research indicates it is being held on the last day of the Winter Meetings Dec. 7th. My apologies.

Rule 5 is November 15. Lotta guys about to get released.

Shouldn’t Colas play right and Conforto play left?

Wow. The only OF defense as bad as ours is in the WS. The big difference? Their bad fielding outfielders hit the damn ball out of the Monday to Friday ballpark.

He didn’t. He left Nashville for Elmhurst. Big difference.

They had no idea they couldn’t stay on the field when they signed them. The only one who really missed significant time in the minors was Robert. The rest of them were relatively healthy.

Huh? Katz was the asst. pitching coach for a very successful Giants staff. That's exactly the profile of somebody you'd hire as your pitching coach. I'll grant that he's the guy who fixed Giolito during an offseason after having been his HS pitching coach, but I have a hard time seeing how that can be counted against him.

This inning is a perfect example of why the Sox don’t score more runs. Lead off double, long fly out, medium fly out… no advance. Corpseball 2.0

Holy ****! We know the Sox are the dumbest org in sports, but this is a new low. I would say the odds of TLR wanting to prove the doubters wrong and go out on a high note are about 50/50. If he were looking out for his health, he wouldn’t have taken the job in the first place.

Traditionally, the Sox have not been willing to pay top dollar for 16 year olds nor have they been willing to engage in the sort of dirty tricks/exploitation for which the DR in particular has become famous.

I know I'm just adding to the problem, but does this really require its own thread?

Colas looks as ready as you can be. The fact that he and Robert are close friends should help him acclimate to the team. Unlike Sosa, he seems to start hot at every new level. Hopefully that continues in the majors.

Jacksonville put up a snowman in the second inning off Parke. Nice to see Stiever back on the hill.

That might be worse. See what he did in Arizona.

He checks all of Shirley's boxes: He's from Indiana and... the rest is meaningless.

Most depressing thread ever. $9 mil for Joe Kelly?! There are no easy fixes. They really don’t have the payroll flex to get an impact bat, and we’ve all seen how bad they are at shopping in the middle of the market. I would keep Eloy, pray for a healthy Robert, make Colas the RF, trade Pollock while eating money. Moncada seems to be immovable. I want to blow this up, so I am willing to trade Vaughn, TA, Hendricks, Giolito, Lynn. Obviously, guys like Sheets, Burger, etc won’t get you much, but I am open for business. I think this is a 2 to 3 year project to get this team back on track.

A few things: No way they're signing Carlos although surrendering a 1st rd pick to sign a guy they refused to give a QO to would be vintage Sox. Oscar Colas gets a full year at AAA in his 24 year-old season? Um, no. Personally, I'm not so sure they keep Mendick. He turns 29 in like a week. But otherwise, I agree with most of it. Well thought out.

Wow. This list is a who's who of "who do I not care about following in the Fall league?"

Strong disagreement here. Leadership matters. Especially when you have to grind through a tough slog. I think that applies in any team-oriented job.

Colas HR was a moonshot. Over the scoreboard.

Colas and Veras also homered.

The way things are going, Eloy still has a chance to lead the team in HRs.

Banning the shift is ridiculous. It's going to look like the era of all those illegal defense calls in the NBA. If Tampa wants to stick 7 guys in right field, that's their right.

HR Cespedes.