December 15, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, turnin' two said: Benen-ten-di I'm guessing. Nope it’s a Star Wars character who blasts home runs with a light saber.
December 15, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, hi8is said: Nope it’s a Star Wars character who blasts home runs with a light saber. I wish!
December 15, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, hi8is said: Nope it’s a Star Wars character who blasts home runs with a light saber. Does he hit left handed?
December 15, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, ChiSox59 said: I don't think we're too far off. I mostly agree with all of this. I certainly prefer Benintendi and Conforto as well. But after those 2, there is a big drop off. I think Gallo is the best of the rest. I could see an arugement for Brantley, but I really do want to see the Sox play better defense in 2023. I don't think Gallo will come here and put up a 4 WAR season. But I think he could provide 2-2.5 WAR, play solid LF defense, walk a bit and provide some lineup balance. I too would prefer they Sox have aimed higher and signed Nimmo, but alas... Gallo would also likely provide Eloy the opportunity to play LF against LHP, shifting someone like Burger (if he's on the roster) or Yaz to DH. Yaz, as poor as he was in 22, did still hit LHP well. As much as I'd like Eloy's day in LF to be over, I think he'll get some reps out there. Yes, Brantley to me makes Eloy logging a lot of time in LF until he gets hurt, almost a lock. As a hitter, yes, but I'm with you, the team needs to upgrade defense.
December 15, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, hi8is said: Nope it’s a Star Wars character who blasts home runs with a light saber. He’s the love child of Ben Kenobi and R2D2
December 15, 20223 yr Just now, Pal said: Sure. Only reason I would question this rumor. Surprised they are spending any money before dropping some payroll. Yuck. Jerry fucking sucks.
December 15, 20223 yr 28 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said: If Hendriks is moved, could they use that cash slot for Benintendi? Sure. Only reason I would question this rumor. Surprised they are spending any money before dropping some payroll.
December 15, 20223 yr I'm not opposed to trading Hendricks, when he's basically a ticking time bomb with his elbow. Good teams figure out bullpens as they go.
December 15, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, Pal said: Sure. Only reason I would question this rumor. Surprised they are spending any money before dropping some payroll. They should easily be able to move Hendriks if that’s the route they go though.
December 15, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said: I'm not opposed to trading Hendricks, when he's basically a ticking time bomb with his elbow. Good teams figure out bullpens as they go. Or is it the teams who figure out their bullpen are good?
December 15, 20223 yr 16 minutes ago, Pal said: Sure. Only reason I would question this rumor. Surprised they are spending any money before dropping some payroll. Perhaps his market is robust enough that they are confident in moving Hendriks. High OBP LH bat in 10D would be great at the top of the order.
December 15, 20223 yr No way it is Benintendi. The Yankees want him back. Maybe we help him get a little more $$$ from the Yankees if we were serious about signing him though.
December 15, 20223 yr 41 minutes ago, hi8is said: Nope it’s a Star Wars character who blasts home runs with a light saber. What's actually ironic is there is a Star Trek character named Tendi.
December 15, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: Who is 10D? I forget what I was looking into but a few years ago I was on the Red Sox boards and I couldn’t figure out what all the 10Ds were for and then I was like “oh yea who the f would wanna type his name more than once” ?
December 15, 20223 yr If you can remember “Ben in ten”, it’s a really easy name to spell and pronounce. Just sayin’.
December 15, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, JoshPR said: Would anybody be mad at signing benentendi? Not mad. A bit concerned about the long term plan as they already are looking at being worse after 2023 once they lose a couple of starting pitchers, if they have the same spending limitations next year then it will be even harder than this year. But otherwise, at least they filled the OF hole.
December 15, 20223 yr Just now, flavum said: If you can remember “Ben in ten”, it’s a really easy name to spell and pronounce. Just sayin’. Yeah, I've never found it to be difficult. But feels like 25% of this board spelled Engel as Engle for the past 5+ years so Benintendi is a big step up in difficulty.
December 15, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, JoshPR said: Would anybody be mad at signing benentendi? I would be more shocked than anything.
December 15, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, ChiSox59 said: Yeah, I've never found it to be difficult. But feels like 25% of this board spelled Engel as Engle for the past 5+ years so Benintendi is a big step up in difficulty. Makes me miss the Burly days.
December 15, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: Not mad. A bit concerned about the long term plan as they already are looking at being worse after 2023 once they lose a couple of starting pitchers, if they have the same spending limitations next year then it will be even harder than this year. But otherwise, at least they filled the OF hole. The Sox have like $75M coming off the payroll in 2024. They should have plenty of money to spend in 2024, even if $175M is the threshold.
December 15, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: The Sox have like $75M coming off the payroll in 2024. They should have plenty of money to spend in 2024, even if $175M is the threshold. Yeah, but they still don't have replacements for most of those guys. They have 2 starting pitchers under contract, they could easily blow that $75 million on rebuilding their rotation before even worrying about the bullpen or position players. At the very least, I'm allowed to be nervous that they win 84 games this year with Benintendi and then have like 3 versions of cueto crewing their rotation next year.
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