Bob Sacamano

Let's see Collins go yabo now.

Based on what, struggling in Triple-A?

Collins in the lineup hitting 9th as the DH, Palka in RF hitting 7th, and Yolmer at 2B hitting 8th. Play Mendick!

Screw that. Let Collins bat against lefties.

Makes sense not to call up Mercedes since Collins is up. Between regular at bats between C, 1B and DH with McCann, Collins and Abreu, there is no room for regular at bats for him.

Muncy hit the IL opening up a spot for a potential young impact player.

I'm going with no. He has had a bad roster since he took over.

Exactly.

If it was done for a year only, not really. Can still get him into the OF a couple times a week and he can still work on fielding on the side in practice. But yeah, they should probably play Eloy in LF next year.

Forced? Give me a break.

I like the idea of Gennett. Had two good years last 2 years and starting this year off with an injury didn't help him. The problem is, he hasn't played OF in 2017 and that was only for 15 games. In his career, he has only seen 16 games in the OF. Something tells me he wouldn't be much defensively.

Whoa buddy. I don't think you know who you're talking to. You're talking to the guy who would definitely get the Sox GM job if all he could do is talk to Jerry after writing countless letters. He's kind of a big deal.

Take some velo off in favor of more accuracy.

It would have to be quite a bit of free agent years if the number is $180 mill.

So true. I don't think I've ever seen a positive post from him.

That looks like it was posted March 1 so probably filled by now haha

He's not bad , but he's not great. He's still a producing MLB quality hitter. If we plugged his numbers into the DH spot, he would be our best DH in how many years?

No I'd say its rational.

My only other issue is signing Grandal to DH. If you're signing someone strictly to DH, you can probably just go with someone else who is cheaper. Or just go with Collins and grab a defensive first backup catcher for the bench and carry 3 catchers (your bench/roster overall is one guy short with teams expanding to 26).

I wouldn't say "awful." He would be a big upgrade at the DH spot compared to the mess we've had lately.

I'm not sure I see Betances getting that contract, mainly because he hasn't even taken the mound this year (majors or minors). But I'd definitely want him.

Beat me to it. It's going to be interesting next year when guys who are about to be free agents a month later are released at the end of August/early September to make room for more call-ups.

Yeah hopefully he can improve enough behind the plate to be a primary catcher. That would help insert a lefty bat in the lineup And would help unclog some of the corner infield depth (if Collins had to move to 1B/DH most of the time). Have a feeling him and McCann are going to spend a lot of time together in the offseason.

Wow. This makes me feel sick. Condolences out to him and his family.

Yep. Dude went 1-45 in his time in the majors this year and plays bad d. Definitely brutal.