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What a way to start the new year.

One big league homer…off Mike Clevinger.

I don’t know why Braden Montgomery is in Secaucus, NJ, but he’ll be on MLB Network in a little while. I’m sure it’ll be on the Sox site later.

Probably already mentioned, but the two Red Sox series are back to back weekends in April.

I’d like to see Meidroth up just to see what he can do. Teel and Gonzalez at AAA but not for long. Montgomery- maybe W-S to start and flies through to AAA by the end?

RIP Rocky Colavito His Hall of Fame chances are better now that he’s gone.

MLBN not even live at 7p on Tuesday. They really scaled back this year. They know it’s not what it used to be.

2025 Draft- 1. Nationals 2. Angels 3. Mariners

They used to end it on Thursday morning with the Rule 5, but now that’s tomorrow afternoon. I think anything could happen Wednesday late, but probably not. They may officially end with minor league hiring events, but MLB Network doesn’t have programming there on Thursday.

Crochet to the Reds tonight. Robert to the Phillies tomorrow. No. Same stuff we’ve read in quotes. It’s all GM speak until things actually happen.

That’s what…

121 losses is going to be tough to top, but I can’t imagine a scenario where the Sox don’t have the worst record again.

Hopefully Manfred made the comment just to see the reaction. I’m happy baseball fans know it’s dumb and this will just go away. I’m no Manfred fan, but some of the recent changes- pitch timer and defensive alignment have been helpful for the pace of the game. The runner on second base in extra innings is dumb, and should start in the 12th inning if must be, but I can live with it. This golden at bat idea is garbage.

Mentioned it before, but who gets in is mostly a result of who is on the committee- and then it’s basically fixed on who gets 12 or more to get in. Based on the committee this year… I’ll say Dick Allen and John Donaldson get in. Announcement on Sunday night.

There have been plenty of big at bats that have been decided by lesser known names forever. It’s been a great part of baseball being different than any other game. This is just a dumb idea that is only going to put star offensive players in a position to fail more often.