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It's refreshing to see we finally have a group B worth a damn.

Mercedes is Uribe on roids. Boy can he smoke it.

Vaughn looks so good with the bat. Less than one year removed from aluminum bat and this guy shows like he belongs up here.

Mercedes reminds me of more disciplined Juan Uribe up there. He doesn't get cheated on his hacks.

All jokes aside, keep in mind what Eloy looks like out there in roller blades. It's not tall timber.

If Mercedes is fitted for a Corner OF glove, how bad can it be defensively? When taking into account the 2 statues already there.

I wish ALL ST games were on TV or stream.

Or Not Steve Cishek is James Fox?

This is exactly how you would avoid the Cubs fiasco they have going on right now with their core.

I caution folks that as this team starts getting good again, there will a lot more attention and fans coming out for this. And with that, a lot of extra dumbness.

No kidding. Fegan: "so worth monitoring if he can round into form" I think he's already there, 3 walks.

I love baseball. Just hearing all those sounds again.

It sort of defines what being a Sox fan is for some.

$10 million savings (per your statement) for paying $15 million up front, you don't find 40% savings that big a deal? Even if the savings were $5 million, that's 25%. Still a sold deal.

Right, but not at $16 million for those 5 years.

I just laugh sometimes at Sox Nation. When they take care of their of their own: "This is so unnecessary." Then on the other side : "Why did they stop spending money and are not looking for patchwork fillers?"

There are two OFs on the roster who can hit Lefties pretty well, Garcia and Engel. And they both play a better defensive OF than Puig can dream of.

If b****ing and moaning for not spending money on bench pieces is where we are at, things are looking very good for the Sox this season.

Reading this thread, starting to sense Sox Fan pants pissing if they don't land Puig.

For those believing Puig will be a rosy team player while spending 3 nights of the week on the bench, I have swamp land in FL to sell you.

The AJ game. ALCS

I was holding my breathe when I saw this thread title. Thank God.

Yoan is not 6' 2". Met him at the Season Ticket event and he's slightly shorter than me. I'm 6' even.

I think the Sox have done the Mazara hype more than the fans. Which convinces me he is their guy. I'm fine with this.

This would be the third Wild Card expansion, the Sox would have benefited 0 times from the first two. That's how pathetic we've been. Now that it looks like we might finally be good and heading for sustained success, I don't want more playoff teams.