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JFC. It's like everything that can go wrong is going wrong for this final week.

Very interesting move. If he can come in an immediately make an impact like Foster and Heuer have then this bullpen should be very legit, especially if Bummer can return. I know we generally view him as a starter for the long term, but he could be the Sox version of Hader and give them long, shutdown relief.

The comment towards Mazara was someone said Mazara is due tonight, and Stone replied that he's been due for weeks now. I can't find the actual tweet, but that's pretty much what was said.

No, I haven't watched a single game. How did you know? I'll gladly die on the hill that Grandal is a better catcher. I like both of them, but gun to my head, I'm taking Grandal 10/10 times over McCann. Track record speaks for itself. If you don't want to agree or see that logic, that's your prerogative.

Based on what? Tuesday night? Grandal beats McCann in every advanced fielding metric on Fangraphs over the lengths of both of their careers. I'm not going to suddenly one game, let alone 43 games, in a crazy pandemic season suddenly change my opinion on years of data.

This exactly. I love having both of them, but Grandal is the a superior player to McCann in every way.

I also get the feeling he isn't going to be "the guy" at the back end of the bullpen like a lot of us hoped he would be. I feel like it would be much more likely to see Heuer closing games out down the road. One thing that sticks out to me with Burdi is that even pre-TJ he seemed susceptible to the long ball. That K/9 is pretty elite - I think he just needs to learn how to attack hitters better.

Not only that. Do we honestly see JR willing to put up with Bauer's attitude and antics? I don't. So combine that with the price tag, and Bauer is a pipe dream IMO.

1. Giolito 2. Keuchel 3. (FA - Stroman) 4. Dunning 5. Cease

Pretty sure he has a bad back injury last season. But he's been terrible in Triple-A, a non-prospect for me.

Totally agree. Bradley would have been really nice. I totally expected them to go get another arm for the pen, especially from the left side. If Bummer doesn't come back (which seems likely), this team is rolling into the playoffs with Jace Fry and Ross Detwiler as your LHP options out of the pen. YIKES. Other options in case either of them goes down with an injury? Jacob Lindgren, Bennet Sousa, or Kodi Medeiros. Any you still have Gonzalez who might be bouncing between starting or relief work. I highly doubt we see them call-up Crochett.

We could have used him yesterday with the gatorade bucket waiting for Robert!

IDK, we don't even know if that's what is ailing him. I literally don't know anything more than what you can find online. You'd need a doctor for that answer. I would assume eventually it slowly goes away (hopefully)?

Just google post-covid symptoms and check out the CDC or Mayo Clinic. Fatigue is a quite common lingering side effect, even in young adults and can last for several months. Link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351

Because people can’t experience different symptoms? Plenty of cases with healthy individuals struggling post-virus With fatigue and cognitive function.

Certainly seems like the Sox are standing pat.

Hahn has to have something up his sleeve. Don’t mortgage the future, but there still has to be some type of improvement he can make that helps now and in the future.

If the Sox have a deal, I would think MIL makes the most sense. IDK if I believe the Woodruff rumors, but I bet it’s one of their starters and a pen arm.

I didn’t think you could on Twitter. I believe you can on Instagram.

I'm not saying he isn't talented. What I'm saying is I could totally see why the Sox would trade him for someone who can help the team this year and all of next year. IMO, Kopech has become a piece for 2022-onward and is more in the realm of the Stiever, Thompson, Dalquist, Crochett, and Kelley group. That doesn't mean he doesn't have any future value, but I do think it might make him more expendable for the FO, especially because there are quite a few questions surrounding him at the moment.

Should is the key word there. And even if he looks ready to go, he's going to be on some sort of limit. They aren't going to throw him out there with a normal workload expectation. I don't think you can count on Kopech for 2021, and I'm that's coming from a big fan of his.

I think it's more likely the Sox have too many guys passing him and can't really wait on him to arrive. Kopech is going to need to be eased into starting after such a long layoff. I think we'd be lucky to see him next year. That might be more beneficial for a retooling or rebuilding team than the Sox who need more absolute certainties.

Well, we have a name "confirmed." Guess we'll see how this plays out if it's true or not.

Looks like Preller is human after all. What a terrible deal for the Padres IMO. How does this put you over the top exactly?

If you like no-hit baseball by your team's pitcher, yes.