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Not really. Don’t assume the Sox are all that interested in giving up top prospects for a rental. Enough dominos are falling to question that seriously.

The Sox aren’t thirsty, they like their team fwiw. At least, like it enough to do any deals on their terms. If I had to guess, they are concentrating on a reliever mostly

True. A lot of things smell weird about all this. First of all the source.

That kind of activity could indicate Scherzer to the Dodgers is a real situation.

Not sure what the demand for Tepera is. But 2 years of arbitration left on a lottery ticket with some experience could he worth considering for the Cubs if the offers are garbage.

https://mobile.twitter.com/mikemayer22/status/1420480590420324353 i dont know how to embed it, but The Athletic says Story to the Mets may happen

Hostile! People who care what others post always have something to do. If I may help, don’t portend evil all the time. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

That’s how badass the Sox are. So worried about the Indians they are bringing guys up from the minors to showcase.

Good deal.

It wasn’t his chief concern. His main concern was the return on what you give up being worth the upside. And also, prioritized the reliever as the biggest need that HAD to be filled. I also would not downplay the chemistry concern. This team on paper could have lost a heck of a lot more without it. These guys like playing with each other. Heck some people worried about disrupting what Vaughn had going with Eloy. Its not like, something that should preclude improving. But you weigh it when you are asked to overpay for the possible improvement/short term benefits.

Hahn could have beaten the Padres offer if he really wanted to. So we know the Sox are probably not desperate to do this.

If the price is too high, it is understandable, and probably not the thing the team teally needs. Which is a guy to do what Lopez has been doing.

It simply fits in with the character of this team, next man up. That’s another thing Ozzie said. Bringing in outsiders could disrupt the chemistry. Sure wouldn’t live to stand pat, but Ill understand.

Right? You don’t want to depend on it though. Ozzie was saying this morning his preference is to get the reliever and leave second base alone if the price is too high, because while the guys there aren’t that good, this team around them is good enough already. Gotta agree with the Oz.

Me and Hahn are sympatico. We aren’t that thirsty. Stay strong rh.

Yep. Passed balls and inaccurate throws.

He might regress. But then again for a rookie it’s hard to groove into a comfortable head space when you are not playing your natural position on a regular basis. He’s still developing, so otoh he might hold his own if he had more consistency as far as natural positional usage. Vaughn is more talented, but he showed improvement as he settled in to left field and he knew he was playing left when he rolled out of bed every day. Now I wonder if he will keep that arc of improvement going if Eloy forces him to move around more. But that’s another story.

Everything else has been mostly said about the power position characteristics. I’ll only toss in that ideally you want a lefty at first base because the glove hand is in the hole to increase range. And you want a big target there. Gavin Sheets was almost created in a lab to play first base.

Eminem made an appearance in this thread. That can’t be whats up…..

If I didn’t know any better, Id say Tony is doing this outfield on purpose to show everyone how bad it can get if we were to try it in meaningful games ?

So Eloy in LF? Alllrighty then. anyway, I was encouraged with his at bats in game 1. He didn’t strike out more than once. Its a process.

Jose. In that he is an infielder supposed to have a lot of skills but not necessarily elite skills.

We do have something in common then! Woot

A quick first impression of his description is that he is a bit like a Rodriguez level talent but more of a utility man. Then again I was barely familiar with Rodriguez other than a few brief google searches recently