Sleepy Harold

Typing is tough for some people I guess.

yeah it seems that more often than not there's at least 1 typo per tweet.

Water is wet too Jon.

Yeah Scioscia seems like one of the last of the "old school" managers in the game right now. Not entirely sure that he'd be the right fit here anyways. If it were up to me, which it isn't, I'd pass.

Vivid Seats is another secondary site that you can use.

One common argument that I've seen for calling them up now is that if the Sox waited until April '19 (to have control until 2025) that it would leave a bad taste in their mouths and they would walk once free agency hit after 2025. The "call them up now crowd" say promoting them now puts the org in good graces with the players (which I could buy, it makes sense to a point). There's a lot that could happen between now and then that could have them fall out of favor with the Sox brass (not saying it will happen, just playing devil's advocate for this exercise). What I find interesting is that nothing guarantees that if they're called up now, that they would be more willing to sign extensions with the club after/prior to the end of 2024 when they'd be able to walk, rather than guaranteeing yourself (from the club's perspective) the extra year of contract control and trying your hand at an extension. Sure, they may in fact do so, but they could also both walk a year early, and then what? I don't think anyone can say for certain that an extension would be more likely to happen because they were called up now unless you're Eloy or Kopech. Personally I thought that they would already both be up by now (I had predicted July to some friends before the season began), but since they aren't, I'd rather have the one extra year of control while they're still in their primes, rather than risk losing them a year earlier. It's not necessarily me siding with management on this either, I'd say it's more of me being selfish and wanting to have these players play on the Sox for as long as possible (if they truly develop into the impact players we think they will be). I'd love to see them both up here and playing, because of course it would make the team more watchable and exciting, but I've been very patient thus far, what's a little more time when you think of the bigger picture? Just my 2 cents, enjoyed reading the convo, it was very entertaining!

Feel like this may be a trend with the affiliates tonight.

Yeah, that's a good arm out there.

Not sure if they'll get into games today (I hope they do), but this happened.

Maybe he's referring to his time with the Dbacks as well...it just seems that where he goes there's always some sort of drama that follows.

Great article Brian, and I like to quote a saying that Barry Rozner loves to say regarding the situation, that 7 is more than 6. While it may be tough to take, if they do indeed hold them down until next April, it's the "right play" that the rules do allow, however flawed they may actually be. I wouldn't be disappointed if they get called up this year, but I 100% understand what they'd be doing if they didn't.

It may very well be lol

It happened, stacked IF with no place to play everyone.

still rumored to get 1 more piece back as well, nice deal for TB

¿Maybe it'll actually happen?

I'll still believe it when I see it, but maybe they're actually serious this time (rays trading archer).

Wow, didn't see that one coming.

Well that was a fun 12 hours.