SoCalChiSox

Its unlikely we will see Hendriks in a "non save situation"...

I agree that he would be vastly inferior to Engel in the field but he needs experience in the field because he is gonna have to hold down that spot until Jose retires, even if he sort of sucks at it, since Eloy's bat is too important to risk ever putting him in the field again.

Poppysox, did Nellie Fox have an error every other game? Asking for a friend.

Old school thinking leads to old school results.

I'm not sure they can beat anyone without both TA and Eloy with the bullpen being far less than advertised.

I wasn't aware that Minnesota was 1-3. I thought they were 2-1 but maybe I'm wrong on that.

Sure there is. Its called the budget.

No excuse tonight. We should have won all three games so far. So much for the supposed best bullpen in baseball. Get it done and it shouldn't even be particularly close.

Why do I get the feeling that the failure to add some extra runs there will end up killing us later

Straight up Savagery!

Collins isn't gonna see much time at DH at this rate. Yermin is just savaging.

And an OBP north of 360.

Why would Zack have to miss 3 days? Because they are gonna pitch lefties or because he will backup Grandal?

Good point. I'm not sure i trust Carlos to stay in shape after he gets paid. Boras prolly got on him this offseason to get serious since he is gonna be a FA. If he gets a long term deal, he has no incentive to stay that way at least not until the point he gets to be a FA again. And I doubt the Sox will seriously pay more than one pitcher and they would go with Gio over Rodon any day, although they may be priced out of Gio even if they make a real effort.

Can't they still use the QO on him if he has a great year?

Robert prolly should bat 5th this year if thats the case.

He already said Eloy might be a month ahead of the original timetable, ie 4-5 months rather than 5-6, so its not that.

Yeah I just now saw that too. Maybe Lynn?

Gio would be a much bigger deal than Vaughn.

Actually that was more like someone like La Stella.

Hopefully this is leaked to create leverage for a trade so that we can legitimately address LF i.e. not Cespedes or Puig.

If Collins can be a legit power LH bat with good OBP that will be huge. Particularly since pretty soon there will be an automated strike zone and Grandal's contract is starting to look like a bit of an albatross. Collins has had a great spring and hopefully Narron can help develop him.

If we weren't so cheap we could have had him in the last signing period and he could have been in the minors this year and possibly up next year so we wouldn't have to pretend Eloy was an actual OFer any longer than this season.

Why would we want a position versatile left handed righty killer who would only cost on average 7m a year for the three years of our first championship window when instead we can have no depth at all for free?

This is pretty good. I dont think Vaughn will stay that low for long. But even the bottom third will be tough on pitchers and they can get pretty good OBP from 789. In fact, it may be the best OBP at 789 of anyone in the league.