2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Tony LaRussa saying it will happen doesn't mean it's anything other than insane. 

They've been playing Vaughn in left for a year now. I hope they'd know if he is competent out there or not. I still think they bring in an outside guy to soften the blow. 

13 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Hahn shot that down 

Yeah and pretty much without hesitation.

Just now, SonofaRoache said:

They've been playing Vaughn in left for a year now. I hope they'd know if he is competent out there or not. I still think they bring in an outside guy to soften the blow. 

To be fair, they also thought Eloy was competent out there...  But I'm sure Vaughn will at least be better than Eloy out there.  Let's hope he is a baseball player and not just someone who can hit the ball.

2 minutes ago, SonofaRoache said:

They've been playing Vaughn in left for a year now. I hope they'd know if he is competent out there or not. I still think they bring in an outside guy to soften the blow. 

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I’d be calling the Orioles about Anthony Santander, stat.

35 minutes ago, GREEDY said:

The same fans that think the  Sox put Eloy at risk by playing him in the field also want to try Andrew Vaughn in LF.  

Playing LF isn’t inherently risky unless you are Eloy Jimenez though.

Talked to my buddy who's a surgeon - kinda confirmed what I was guessing - Eloy will be basically nothing this year. He can recover in 5 months, but a power hitter having to regain strength is going to take a while. Said it will be a full year before a full, full recovery. Which makes sense - the man isn't going to be able to touch weights, going to have to rebuild strength, conditioning, go through PT, build up, etc. Can't really see that happening too quickly. Maybe being young time will be on his side and he can contribute something, but I think if we get him back he'll be Eloy Lite for the year. 

I'd definitely pay close attention to who gets cut on other teams. Could find someone more interesting than some of the guys who are stated to make the team at least.

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2 minutes ago, hi8is said:

I’d be calling the Orioles about Anthony Santander, stat.

Oooh that's a good call. 

2 minutes ago, hi8is said:

I’d be calling the Orioles about Anthony Santander, stat.

He was another of my choices when the off season started.

Just now, manbearpuig said:

I'd definitely pay close attention to who gets cut on other team. Could find someone more interesting than some of the guys who are stated to make the team at least.

Ya, there's going to be a few guys without options that get cut. There will be options out there. They won't be Eloy, but there will be options. 

4 years of control for Santander. Idk what it would take but don't think Orioles would just give him away.

Jay Bruce

1 minute ago, manbearpuig said:

4 years of control for Santander. Idk what it would take but don't think Orioles would just give him away.

Yea I’d be very curious because dude has breakout potential written on him.

2 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Jay Bruce

Gross

18 minutes ago, Tony said:

Um, I think it's you not really grasping things. 

 

Collins at DH then I assume. 

I get the sense this is all trade posturing. 

I’d think going after a player on a team with an excess of players would be the way to go rather than paying for a building piece from a rebuilding team

Sox luck already going bad

13 minutes ago, SonofaRoache said:

They've been playing Vaughn in left for a year now. I hope they'd know if he is competent out there or not. I still think they bring in an outside guy to soften the blow. 

I mean, run through the list. In 3 years of college, Vaughn actually pitched 10 innings, but never once played the OF. The team has said they've put him to work in the OF for backup roles, but even when they resigned Abreu they didn't give him long stints there. They were looking at him as a DH this season, and even Engel getting hurt didn't make them suddenly start working him out there as a backup. He has 0 innings in the OF in spring training. They've literally told you the answer to this question. 

They may hope that they can "Get away with it anyway", but everyone who has worked with Vaughn has said "naw he's a 1b just deal with it". 

I think they need to do a trade (or sign puig). Vaughn can play left once a week maybe but definitely not every day. 

And I wouldn't want leury or Engel play almost every day especially since we don't know how much Eaton has left in him. 

 

 

14 minutes ago, BrianAnderson said:

Talked to my buddy who's a surgeon - kinda confirmed what I was guessing - Eloy will be basically nothing this year. He can recover in 5 months, but a power hitter having to regain strength is going to take a while. Said it will be a full year before a full, full recovery. Which makes sense - the man isn't going to be able to touch weights, going to have to rebuild strength, conditioning, go through PT, build up, etc. Can't really see that happening too quickly. Maybe being young time will be on his side and he can contribute something, but I think if we get him back he'll be Eloy Lite for the year. 

I would disagree to an extent. The lower extremities and trunk are major part of hitting and he'll continue to work on those. The left pec is not really involved in hitting for a right handed hitter because that shoulder really does extension. So while he won't be perfect, he has a chance to be a major contributer by September. 

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1 minute ago, Dominikk85 said:

I think they need to do a trade (or sign puig). Vaughn can play left once a week maybe but definitely not every day. 

And I wouldn't want leury or Engel play almost every day especially since we don't know how much Eaton has left in him. 

 

 

Puig is under investigation for domestic abuse. NO THANK YOU.

How’s a guy with ruptured pec going to retain strength in his shoulder?

Even last season Eloy took forever to find his rhytm, counting on him to have any production next season is wishful thinking.