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Send him down

This ump has been awful already

Billy Fucking Hamilton, folks.

This lineup is going to be so filthy when fully healthy. Good lord...

Finally, resting Jose at DH. Please do that more.

Some of us like to place faith in our players.

That doesn't sound bad. That means he should be back within a couple days. If you mean it's not good that we have 1 catcher, I agree.

You can make it up, because you are right now. When did I ever say Jose Abreu sucks? I should report you for lying and putting words in my mouth. Slander.

Gavin Sheets recent minor league stats actually look pretty damn comparable to his dad's stats in AA and AAA, at similar ages.

The team would be better long-term if Sheets played some 1st base so Jose could heal up. His tough guy routine has grown old. It's a long season. No reason to play in the field every single chance you can, especially while banged up.

You're stupid

There is zero chance this happens. Think of the Adam Eaton trade, except more expensive. He's on track for 6+ fWAR this year and has 4.5 years of control. It would take Crochet, Burger ++.

Abreu has said before that he will not DH. To his credit, he improved his 1st base defense big time. However, it may simply become a detriment to the team at some point. Vaughn is probably a better defensive 1st baseman at this point. He definitely has more range. I'd imagine Sheets is better to. At some point, they'll just have to tell Abreu to suck it up and be the DH.

Can anybody think of a comparable player - one that was just decent in the minors, but really turned it up once they got the the majors? Maybe AAA was truly his turning point, who knows. He made adjustments to his swing to get more loft on it.

Brian Goodwin up to a 148 OPS+. Where's the love for him?

I predict that Vaughn will rip this LHP's heart out and eat his soul

We don't know that though. He had a good April, sure. He was awful aside from that. Was he just unhealthy the entire time? Can he even stay healthy at this point? The stats show that he his horrendous. I guess we'll have to wait and see how good he is now that he is technically "healthy".

Eloy will never learn anything from Vaughn about playing the OF - because he will never play it again.

Eaton has been garbage this year. He had one average month then fell off. The Sox have found good OF production from Vaughn, Goodwin, Sheets and Hamilton. Robert is obviously penciled in as the CFer, and Engel as the 4th OF. Eloy will DH I would guess. Where does that leave Eaton? I see no reason to keep him on the roster as our OFers return to the lineup. Do you think they will DFA him despite his "veteran presence" and 7 mil salary? Does he have any use in your opinion?

Yes, Timmy has been horrible too. Speaking of conundrum, I wonder how the roster shakes out with Robert and Eloy returning. I'm assuming Eloy takes over at DH. You have to keep Vaughn in LF. Do we really keep Eaton's bum ass in RF? Will they just keep putting Sheets there (if he keeps hitting) and say F it to defense? Burger will go back down if I had to guess.

Is there any player that didnt crush the Twin's pitching? Jose the last 14 days: .188 BA, .638 OPS (with a whopping .281 SLG) Jose the previous month: .182 BA, .572 OPS Sorry, but he's been terrible as of late. The stats are cut and dry. No way around it. You are letting your agenda get in the way of the facts.

8K in 5 IP for Mena. Great outing.

This has been happening quite often lately. They just need to freaking sit him so he gets healthy. I don't give a damn how much he wants to play. He needs to get healthy.

It's such a bad trade. Frazier has a BABIP of .361 this year. His career BABIP is .312. His exit velocity and Hard Hit% are pretty much in line with his career averages. SLG% .468 vs xSLG% .391, BA .326 vs xBA. 294. He's due for some regression. I don't want the Sox to overlay for this guy.

This. I don't see how Eaton has a spot on this team, other than the facts that he is a veteran and makes 7m this year. There's so many better OFs on the team when healthy.