Tony

It's not....but things are going to get a lot tougher and a lot more expensive if he doesn't.

Let's look at some things: 1. The Sox went out and acquired Ceasar Hernandez for basically nothing. VERY early but so far the results have been promising. And we've talked ad nauseam about how 2B is the easiest position to fill on the diamond. 2. Those "10 innings" could be some of the highest leverage innings in the playoffs. Having the 2021's best RP as your setup man creates a very large advantage for you in those playoffs 3. What should have been the return for Nick Madrigal? And how are they acquiring Kimbrell or another high leverage bullpen arm? What assets are they using?

Bingo. Not every trade is cut and dry, winner or loser. If the Sox win a title and Nicky is a 4 WAR, cheap, top of the order hitter for the Cubs over the next 4-5 seasons.......everyone involved is happy. During the window the Sox are in, you need to take calculated risks and hope they work out. The chances are actually low that they do. The odds don't favor the Sox winning a World Series this year or next (the odds are always against you winning a World Series) but you Hahn's job is now to put this core in a position to try their best to bring home some hardware over the next few years. That's all you can ask for.

Way too small of a sample size to draw conclusions on why the walks are up... But it's not too early to be very happy with the way Hernandez has come in and played since the trade. If this is the Ceasar the Sox are getting for the next 1.5 years, he'll out-produce Nicky in his sleep.

Clubhouse seems to be off the charts right now. They've really put together an amazing group of guys, and Abreu really does seem to serve as player/coach at this point.

That's the thought.

I really like Cesar thus far…

In the thread Jack was posting in, I made the comment people just don’t understand what it means to add guys like Eloy/Robert/Grandal back to this lineup, which means you take out guys like Burger/Leury/Hamilton/Zavala, etc. Not saying it’s going to last…they’ll still go cold at some point…but come on.

Just a few quick comments I could find from about two weeks ago hahaha

Fucking Eloy, man.

Amazing how quickly the Twins turned to absolute shit

That was like 900 ft

Come on TLR, you couldn't give us Vaughn-Robert-Goodwin with Eloy at DH at least? We gotta have Leury and Goodwin as flanks to Robert?!?! ?

I would assume it's #SeeRed

If they hit on Williams.....Bulls got a shot.

That has been mostly my approach as well, along with a few tech stocks I enjoy using myself like Roku, Take-Two, Peloton, etc. All have done pretty well for me too, but who knows what the future holds. I also realized I had too much in my savings (humblebrag?!?) and it's doing jack shit sitting there, so just put a decent amount into the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and just let it ride for years. I feel pretty safe doing that....

I think it's Sheets as well. I don't see them getting rid of Lamb so Sheets seems like the move until September....And you're right about Sheets, there were some warts but he came up with some big hits, seems like a good kid.

If they win it all in the next three years, won't matter. But if they fall short......it will be easy to think what could have been. Now obviously we all know other signings may not have happened if Wheeler signed instead of Keuchel, but playing the "Everything else stays the same but you flip Wheeler for Keuchel" game.....it hurts. Also shows you the Sox were pretty dead on in their scouting, they wanted Wheeler from the jump and in this case actually did offer the most money to try and sign him...

This tweet makes me think two things. 1. The Sox staff really has been awesome this year, and maybe their best pitcher in Lynn isn't on the list 2. I can't fathom how sick this team would have been in Wheeler takes the Sox offer, and they never sign Keuchel...

Fun weekend….after this Minnesota series…things are going to get interesting. Can’t wait to see how they respond when LouBo and Grandal get back…

He's worn it a few too many times this season. No excuse, he needs to be WAY better.

Andrew Vaughn is awesome and so great to see his development over the course of this season.