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Clearly

Cesar doesn't have a buyout.

I am down with this approach and think it's the right move. Dominate the central in the first half then add whatever pieces at the deadline are needed to make a DEEP run.

Anybody thinking Lance Lynn is going to start taking physical fitness seriously in his age 35 season after signing the final contract of his career is fucking nuts.

I know Jose is going nowhere, and I love Jose. I just want him to accept less playing time and the DH role more often, moving forward.

It removes the logjam at 1B/DH and allows us to field proper major league caliber outfielders.

I dunno man, you don't give up 22 year old lefties with his stuff unless you get big time talent back.

Sure solve a lot of these problems by removing Jose Abreu from the mix...

Why is everyone so hot on dealing Crochet? He's got Carlos Rodon/Robbie Ray type stuff and still learning how to pitch.

Obviously he's better, I just don't see Conforto as being a realistic option for JR and the Sox.

Big Marte fan, don't want any part of what Castellanos will get and dealing with his glove entering his age 30 season. Also doesn't help your right handed problem.

And Conforto wasn't? By all means, list these excellent UFA RFs you speak of....

Totally agree, but + defense, left handed power hitting RFs don't exactly grow on trees. Joc might be their best option.

He's 24

Sure, ideally he has one more year in AA/AAA, but we all know JR isn't ponying up for a multi year RF like Conforto with Yoelkis and Colas potentially waiting in the wings. Hence get a guy like Joc that can play every day until Yoelkis is ready. It's not ideal, but barring a big payroll increase I'm not expecting big money spent on RF.

My potentially realistic offseason plan/2022 lineup... Arb: Marshall - No Goodwin - No Gio - Yes Engel - No Lopez - Yes Fry - Yes Cordero - Yes FA (internal): Kimbrel - Pick up option - trade for young arms Cesar - He Gawn Leury - re-sign team friendly deal, but better not start a fucking playoff game in the OF ever again Rodon - Declines QO Tepera - Sign Roster/FA (external): C - Yaz & sign a veteran backup with + defense --- Barnhart is my ideal choice, but if too much $ at C, Roberto Perez/Maldonato/Vogt/Chirinos/Avila are options, trade Collins for lotto ticket(s) 1B/DH - Jose/Sheets/Vaughn/Yaz - Sheets gets real playing time, Jose gets regular days off/is no longer allowed to call his own shots/held accountable when not performing. i.e. hitting 6-7 when slumping 2B - Sign Semien SS - TA7 3B - YoYo and pray the power returns LF/DH - Eloy/Vaughn/Sheets/Cespedes CF - Pantera RF - Sign Joc, platoon with Cespedes 1. Lynn 2. Giolito 3. Cease 4. Kopech 5. Keuchel/Crochet starts season in AAA to stretch out and eventually takes over for Keuchel to avoid tripping vesting option LR:Reylo MR: Cordero/Foster MR: Burr/Ruiz MR: Fry/FA LHP MR: Tepera SU: sign Corey Knebel SU: Bummer CL: Hendriks

He's the only one that did.

The fact that Tim didn't play baseball until he was 16-17 really comes out sometimes.

why do we do it to ourselves?

The coaching staff only scored 6 combined runs in 3 games? C'mon man, clearly outmatched.

The team they're playing has way better players.

This organization needs to stop treating Jose and Eloy like they're Ruth and Gehrig. Jose gets regular off days and lineup movement when slumping and Eloy doesn't get to own a mitt until he learns to lay off sliders low and away.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32381326/alds-game-4-houston-astros-chicago-white-sox-postponed-tuesday McCullers starting tomorrow officially

Damn really? I've tried that and it still tells me to connect to my home WiFi, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense cause ESPN and a bunch of other channels are working fine.

Going to be out of town Friday-Sunday myself, looks like you can watch MLB Network on your MLB app by clicking More, MLB Network, then logging in with your pay cable provider login details to confirm your package includes MLB network. All fine and well, except I have Comcast/Xfinity cable and the app doesn't support it. Looks like I'll either be signing up for a free trial of Youtube TV or stealing a buddies Youtube TV login credentials. My favorite part of this is I should just be able to login to watch live TV on the Xfinity app, but the majority of channels don't work unless connected to your home Wifi, like wtf is the point then?