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FWIW, just 5 minutes ago I read Fegan article in which he said Kjerstad strikes out too much.

That idea is probably worthy of its own thread. Trading draft picks not allowed, presumably because MLB is afraid the smart, rich teams would take advantage of all the others.

Someone fill me in, please. The owners want a very limited draft this year because, 1. Revenues are down. 2. Minors are closed, so no place to play these kids. 3. MLB was unable to scout school kids because of the virus. 4. They wanted to do this all along. Thanks.

He was a dandy. Also the subject of two really dumb trades, especially the first one to Baltimore.

Did MLB teams apply for Stimulus Package loans to keep these folks employed?

Which player has gained the most weight since the shutdown?

For openers, Aparicio is in the Hall.

You obviously never saw Aparicio play. Not even close, and I saw them both.

They should move the Coaching Boxes back and make the Coaches stay in them.

I never really understood the wisdom in trading away the International Draft Money, unless it was just to prevent them from wasting it themselves. I know that Sox also saved half a mill on the Beef Wellington trade, but there have been other International money deals that were less obvious.

I liked this rule change. There was no reason for catchers to be sitting ducks for some no neck base runner trying to impress. I'll never forget when Sox catcher Jamie ??? got tattooed by Torii Hunter. Still one of the dirtiest plays I ever saw. Wonder if somebody here has that on video.

John, can you list a few of them, please? I'm not disagreeing with you, I just want to see them.

Hoarders are usually Cub fans.

Every Red Sox fan that I talked to right after the trade loved it. Bob Ryan of the Globe was on ESPN, and he said he liked it, partly because they kept their best prospect (in Ryan's opinion) in Devers. A year from now we can all evaluate the trade, but it looks good for our side.

Avi > Mazara

I keep thinking that McCann will outperform Grandal......

Tell me more. I saw his 2019 stats, too. I'm interested. And, why wouldn't it be with WSox? Where do you think he will start the season?

I used to say the same thing about Hawkins a few years ago, but this Burger nonsense is worse.

Are you telling us that you prefer Tapia to McCann? Not close. McCann much better.

Way too low on Ben Bailey and Tyler Johnson.

When he first came up, his fastball was straight as can be. Any better now?

No. This is Baseball, not Sumo Wrestling.

When Law went from ESPN to The Athletic, was that a step up or a step down?

Yesterday I'm at the brand new Spring Training facility of the Braves, and it is spectacular, and I am walking around the park well before game time. While looking down into the Braves' bullpen, there is a Coach feeding balls into a pitching machine throwing not to a hitter, but to young catchers who are obviously working on their framing technique. Never saw the drill done that way before.

If Grandal is hitting Lead Off, he won't be the on base machine that he was hitting in the bottom third of a National League lineup.