Bob Sacamano

You're against all stats you eye test-nic

This. Aroldis was out there every game in the post season. A lot of them for multiple innings and had only the 2 bad outings (or couple mistakes).

That lineup...wow

Last year, they started out 31-31 and won over 100 games. Still early really. Plenty of time to heat up and run away with the division.

Greg and WBWSF are hysterical. You think they could put together a .500 team when rebuilding when they couldn't put together a .500 team when going for it? LMFAO

Ah fuck meant complete game. And lol that's awesome.

Yeah Swihart sucks. Granted, I guess maybe they valued his position "flexibility" over Hanley. When you have 4 starting OFs and Moreland hitting the ball the way he is, there isn't much room for Hanley. Edit: granted, they do have Nunez and Holt on the bench and they can both play infield and outfield so who knows. I also see Pedroia getting time at DH when an OF has a day off (inserting Martinez into an OF spot and Holt/Nunez playing 2B).

I mean it depends. If he's throwing straight 90 mph fastballs over the plate he'd just give up more hits.

Shocked no one here has mentioned signing him when he is released. Not that I think they should but there's always that guy....

I'm believing this to be the case honestly.

Right and guys just maturing and getting stronger in their early/mid 20s.

I don't think he will get sent down but I could see a brief phantom DL stint to get a little extra rest and get a little extra side work with Coop.

I mean Danks got drilled in the head by a line drive and stayed in and tossed a complete game so I assume he will be fine here.

I don't think a minor call-up is going to hurt his development.

You kinda have to "overpay" a star player if you're a team coming off a 60ish-win season. If their plan is to offer the same money as a team coming off a good/great year, the Sox have zero chance.

When a player is suspended for that long, do they lose their 40-man roster spot? If so, it would be easy to add the guy on waivers then without having to call up any of the youngsters who aren't ready too soon as the Sox would just dfa this guy when Smith is ready to come up.

So if Leury's injury yesterday makes him miss time, does he possibly see a quick promotion?

Yeah the guy is awful but he'd play what, 2-3 games?

The guy Oakland dfa'd the other day is right-handed. He'd be a quick fix, band-aid for sure until Smith is ready.

Yeah he's mentioned in this thread. He's only caught 2 innings this season and the Red Sox want a good prospect for him. Pass.

As unbelievable as it sounds, that's what I saw earlier.

MLBTR speculated Dustin Garneau as a quick fix as he was dfa'd by Oakland yesterday.

We can only hope.

Yeah in regards to Heyward, he took less guaranteed money but his earning potential was higher with the Cubs because as you said, the opt-outs.

Yeah they'll definitely have to blow away whichever team comes in second for him. That's for sure. It's going to be similar to the Cano signing. A team like the Sox is going to have to outspend the others significantly.