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He was before my time but I actually remember his name. He actually wasn’t a bad player in his earlier years for Detroit. He was good earlier in his career but he was done by the time the Sox acquired him. But he was damn sure no where near as good as Lemon.

Also crazy that his teammate interjected about getting something for him. That would never happen nowadays. Back when it was only about winning. Bull didn’t care about Chet earning his living apparently.

@Lip Man 1, fucking absolute amazing stuff here and you basically answered my question with a copy and paste from your own archives. Please never disappear from this site cuz we will miss your historical advantages that none of us have. It’s still just absolutely amazing how Chet Lemon was a sabrmetrics superstar before anyone knew WTF that even meant! What a fvcking stud!

Even more ironic and hilarious, both Chet Lemon and Steve Kemp finished their careers with the exact same OPS — .797. Except Lemon was a stud defensive CF and Kemp played LF. Also… Career WAR Chet Lemon: 55.7 Steve Kemp: 19.5 Oops…

Awful. He hit 17 with the Sox and later hit 17+ in 6 seasons with the Tigers, with his single season high being 24 homers. Meanwhile, Steve Kemp topped off at 26 homers in one season and played left field? 😩 Analytics definitely weren’t a big thing back then because they would have said that along with his gold glove defense in CF (how did he never win one?), he was likely among the most valuable players in baseball, and he was still young at only 26. So brutal… He was basically a way better Mike Cameron.

Since this era of baseball was before my time, may I ask why in the holy fuckballs the Sox traded a 26-year old, .874 OPS, two time All-Star (at that point) center fielder for anyone, much less Steve Kemp?

I laughed…

Yeah, I am not sure I understand the strategy. I know these guys have to get MLB experience sooner or later but the Sox simply don’t have enough talent on the offensive side to get things jump started yet.

I don’t think they want to call up Montgomery yet and I would hope they don’t. I would also be surprised if Lopez gets claimed, even for the small remainder of his $4.3 million salary. Teams will wait to see if he is just DFA’ed and released if they have any interest. If a man is needed, I wouldn’t be surprised if Mandick is the next man up.

I assume he’s not being used as a starter to keep his innings down for the year?

How this guy is still getting playing time is beyond me. How much more do the Sox need to see from Sheets to realize he’s bad?

The BR bleachers were packed in the first half. After the first half blowout and a little drizzle in the second half, a lot of people left.

Your friends are intelligent fans and remind me of many posters here. 🫢

Do the Sox continue to do this to save Jerry some money? What is up with this? They have been doing it for the last few years.

Jimmie Maxson is the 6’4” WR and St. Rita transfer. Tyler Lofton is the big RB transfer from Marian Catholic. They both look legit so far. Unfortunately, they are both seniors so they will be one and done. #9 is LB Charlie Barkmeier and he is pretty good. CJ Gray is the QB and he is a junior. He has gotten so much better throwing the ball since he was a freshman. He used to mostly run but now he is gunning it around. Here is a video of the throw you are referring to: https://streamable.com/3q06o5 It was such a blowout that BR benched their starters after the first half and the refs invoked the 35-point rule and ran the fast clock in the second half, which was great. Here’s the recap… https://www.shawlocal.com/friday-night-drive/2024/08/31/brother-rice-football-cruises-past-phillips-50-0-in-season-opener/

Another one run game.

@greg775 is happy…

Brother Rice up 43-0 at halftime. This is a rout.

Except Getz acquired Lopez to be the starting 2B from the beginning, not a bench piece. Also, why would you be surprised if Lopez is DFA? His $4.3 million salary is a sunk cost already and Baldwin, Sosa, and Amaya should get most of the at bats in the infield over a guy the Sox are going to non-tender anyways.

DeLoach just turned 26. He is definitely an aging prospect for what the Sox need. It’s the same reason Fletcher was a bad acquisition — too damn old for a team that won’t be competitive for years. And it doesn’t really matter that Santos hasn’t pitched this year. That’s using hindsight. He had value last offseason. If we all knew the future, Getz probably keeps Cease and gets a better return for him than he did last year, because as of right now it looks like he got back a backend starter that may need TJ, a bust outfield prospect, and a decent pitching prospect. The idea to trade these guys was right, but Getz got back a questionable return as usual.

Exactly. Even if a starter has a good outing, the putrid lineup won’t score him any runs.

One more… 🤣