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Great.

What a shit player. Amazing how many bums have been on this team in the past 10 years.

Me too unfortunately.

Also helps when you offer him a deal that makes him the highest paid baseball player at the time.

I don't think anyone does with the August waiver deadline eliminated this year.

#HugWatch ??? I kid... sorta.

Could be a good learning experience for him. He's surviving so far without his best stuff. Happens to the best of them.

Sucks that he barely was even given a chance to get consistent AB's.

Sox now have 4 LHP in the bullpen. Seems like overkill if you ask me.

Fraud? He had the Pederson deal. Not his fault (unless you ask Hahn) it fell through.

Interesting to say the least. I’m not thrilled about moving both those guys, but those are some interesting names.

I could totally see that, I just think some guys really needed to show more than they have so far this season. I really wish we would have seen more out of Gonzalez and Rutherford in the first half. Adolfo, Burger, and Lambert being hurt lowers them considerably for me. I can't think of a guy who failed to have a single AB for over 2 years actually turn around and become a legitimate contributor. Not trying to Burger bash - I actually really like the guy - I'm just not sure how he can really be considered anywhere higher than 15 at the moment.

Robert Kopech Cease Vaughn Madrigal Dunning Walker Stiever Dalquist Collins Little different than the OP.

I'm sure he can to some degree, but it might be easier for him to better communicate his thoughts speaking Spanish. Ichiro used to do it all the time.

I honestly look at this more as possible leverage against Abreu signing an extension, rather than Abreu being marked as trade bait. I'd be shocked if Abreu is moved. Jimenez and Moncada have already praised him this year for helping them. Matt Skole is literally the next legitimate, pure 1B in line if Abreu goes down. I would think that Alonso was supposed to be that guy, but we all know how that ended up. Probably signals the Sox also realize Palka and Collins are not long term solutions at 1B. Low-risk, high reward type of move. Regardless, I'd expect nothing to really come of it.

Wow, absolutely crazy. Really sad to hear about that.

I was just going to say something similar. It almost seems like you could say he’s being showcased for playoff contenders that he can go multiple innings. With the way playoff teams used their relievers last year, Colome has had success. Probably not the case, but you never know.

Collins absolutely should be getting regular AB's. You can easily work Abreu, Palka, and Collins into the same lineup without risking losing the DH later in the game. So stupid.

This could be nothing, but Santiago just tweeted this:

Just because it’s old doesn’t make it still true. Let’s say he was terrible back then and made some improvements. Based on the way they’ve worded it, I’d still expect him to be below average. It’s not like the Sox have been aggressive with him either, and that tells me they realize he most likely isn’t anything more than an organizational bat. He is 26 and just now made it to Triple-A.

From what I read, he's always had a strong arm, but struggles with everything else. Per BA after the 2016 season when he was still with the Orioles:

About damn time. Get Palka back up here too. Garcia, CF Moncada, 3B Jimenez, LF Abreu, 1B McCann, C Collins, DH Anderson, SS Palka, RF Sanchez, 2B I want to see that lineup with Castillo, Cordell, and Jay on the bench.

Just pay attention to Charlotte’s lineup tonight and we should be able to figure out who is coming up. Mendick, Escobar, and Goins play pretty much everyday.

Deservedly so. Rocking a solid 41% K% this year.