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No idea. I don't think they'll be able to compete for the high free agents. But until we find out if they are going to be on a pretty rigid budget it's all up in the air.

It's ok. Can't downgrade there in 2021. Eloy is pretty bad.

Well screw the Astros. Rooting for the A's

This team just loves bad defensive outfielders. Lets have the worst defensive outfield in baseball.

James McCann sounds like a guy that knows he's 100 percent gone

Not yet. Should I be?

Next decade? Glad we aren't getting ahead of ourselves.... How about we make the playoffs in a full 2021 season(maybe) and advanced further?

Nothing's guaranteed. Rick needs a good offseason and keep improving or we'll be left out next year. Cleveland and Minnesota are going to hang with us for years. I don't like the "We'll be back" or the "We're going to be here for the foreseeable future". Maybe or maybe not. It's up to Rick Hahn.

I'm feeling alot better today thank you. Just took the full 10-14 days. Doctor thinks I may have chronic issues after. But we'll see.

Rick Hahn needs to pull his head out and fix this rotation. Figure out what your doing with Cease,Kopech and Lopez. Some need to stay or go. Can't give these guys time to figure it out now.

Not his fault. I'm going through covid right now. Shit is absolutely horrible.

Not even I am saying this shit lol

Nice!

Soooooo Rick Hahn shouldn't be making trades? It's too bad we didn't get to see Cease against the Yankees right Balta?

How long have you been on Soxtalk lol

Doesn't matter. A few of the mods wanted Cease to be trotted out there against the Yankees anyway. Would have been entertaining.

Your welcome

Lance Lynn,Kevin Gausman, Mike Clevinger to start.....

What do you think is going to happen next year? Think they are going to spend 100 million in free agency? We're coming back with a very very familiar team next year.

Nothing was out there...that's just plain wrong. Want to retract that now?

I'm not one to shy away from giving people their medicine. If we miss the playoffs next year I'm still going to do it. This team hasn't been to the playoffs in a fucking decade and it was just "oh well if we lose atleast we didn't trade away the #97 prospect in baseball". I hate this. I want to win.

They'll give Mazara and extension and roll with the guys we have. It's going to be fun in a full season of this. But hey we can afford to blow these games/seasons. We should have 5 world series by 2026!

This is what everyone in the trade deadline thread who didn't want to trade prospects wanted to see. You wanted to see these guys go out and struggle. All of that because you take the playoffs for granted. We may not go back next year.

That's like half the people on this board mods included. Atleast we didn't trade Stiever for Lynn. He sure wouldn't have helped.

No it wasn't. Getting knocked out of the first round is not a good season. This roster has some major holes.