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Thanks Lip, January is the toughest non baseball month for me. These posts help keep me from the looney bin. 😋

I'm sorry he hasn't worked out. Truth be told, he could've played like Babe Ruth and we wouldn't have been .500 the last three years.

never underestimate the power of booze.

From what i've seen online, you can't leave the heteros out of that conversation either.

If Robert is surrounded by players taking walks and working counts, he might stop swinging at everything himself. Of course, that is a really big if. Self awareness and change can be almost impossible sometimes.

Merry Christmas to all Soxtalk members. Brighter days are coming.

would be great if Sox play .500 after the all star break.

It's hard to run in sandals, but I'm okay with it.

Does this guy have a pulse? I'm not interested enough to find out if he's a good defensive OF. He hits LH and does a little of everything at the plate. If somebody wants to look up his splits, I'd look at the findings to see if he kills righties. if nobody looks it up, I'll survive.

That sounds exactly like something JR would do.

Thanks for the info. I was going to Key West in March, but that Iowa game is too much to resist.

his heart is the wrong color.

3 grinders for Quero sounds about right. All 2nd basemen.

I know in MLB $900,000 is close to the minimum. But it's still an overpay for Derek Hill. Billy Hamilton didn't die without me noticing did he?

I'd trade Vargas at any time. He has a very long swing. Decent defense at 3B isn't going to change that. I'm not saying he's a bum. He may have a season or two where he out peforms. I just can't see him being a core piece on a good team.

Sosa is a worse 2b than Jorge Orta was. I still liked Orta a lot anyway. If JO had a good glove, he'd be mentioned with Willie Randolph and Toby Harrah. I'd have to drink more Sox kool aid to list him with Bobby Grich plus Lou Whitaker. There isn't enough kool aid in the world for Joe Morgan

Quero is 2 years younger than Teel. He's gonna hit. I'd be more concerned about his back than anything else.

thanks for all the info this year Doc.

dump him. nothing personal. spend the money on anything else.

Say whatever you want about AVaughn, we got way more from the Brewers than they did from us.

Teel looks like a guy who'll have 55-60 extra base hits a year. As a catcher he's Ted Simmons. As a first baseman he's Will Clark. He has good hands where ever you play him.

how does a guy miss the whole year and I can't find out what the problem is.

Quite likely BMont is in Chicago next May. Antonacci might be right behind him. The Sox could hit 70+ wins next year. I wonder what happens with Schultz. If it was the knee holding him back, 2027 could be a breakout year for the big league club.

Sometimes, changing stuff makes things worse. IMO this is one of those times. Messing with league changes won't help baseball.

Not sure I agree. Taylor Schultz or Hagen Smith could be top 100 if one of them puts it together.