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Sometimes? I feel like he makes winning decisions less off than losing decisions. Honestly. Its rare there is an entire game that goes by that the lineup and in game decisions point towards a manager trying to put his team in the best position to win.

Sounds like 3-6 weeks. Which is fantastic fucking news, if its true. Not quite ready to move on with WSD being the most credible source of that to this point.

Cannot wait for Tony's comments on Luis not playing. "Just needed another day. He was in a plane yesterday; didn't like his mattress last night. Just not quite ready yet..was a planned offday. Good thing we got 9 other guys ready to go out there and fight."

Seems like a no brainer sacrifice to make!!

Didn't even notice no Robert. Fuckina.

Better than Leury. Is Leury dinged up? He hasn't played since Thursday. And fuckin' Yoan. C'mon man.

They still are not moving Moncada.

Not quite Hahn but this is encouraging.

Yeah, until I hear Hahn say its a grade 1 strain and he's week to week, I am still VERY concerned.

Exactly. Just give him a three game tryout at 2B; can send him right back after Toronto if need be. What do you have to lose? Nothing obviously. But would imagine he (or anyone else) would have been mentioned in one of the press releases the last 24 hours. So the Sox yet again put themselves at a competitive disadvantage for literally no reason whatsoever. EDIT: Some talk on Twitter that a pitcher that started within 3 days cannot be replaced. Not sure if that is legit, but would at least make some sense.

Sox made the TA for Robert move, but still no word on adding another player to replace Cease/Graveman on the roster (just Crick recalled yesterday). Not using the rules to their advantage here would be a real head scratcher. They can literally call up anyone they want in the org and they don't have to be added to the 40 man if not on it, and they don't have to use an option if they are. Just calling up an arm to eat innings in a blowout makes 100x more sense than not using it. Add another thing to the list of puzzling decisions the past 18 months.

TA added to 10 day IL; no real update tho.

I personally think Tony's mugshot and pictures in the back of the cop car would be ideal, but Leury will have to do for now. Even tho he's kind of needed atm haha.

Fangraphs still has sox as 47.7% favorite to win division (64.4% to make playoffs), slightly over Twins at 45.7% to win division. I doubt that takes TA's situation into account though.

Fantastic work on the new banner!

Have there really been no rumblings from within on how serious this injury is? I am braced for a September return, but fuckina hearing a 3-5 week timeframe would be such a morale boost personally, and hopefully for the boys as well. Just praying for some good news.

In other news, the Twins are starting to falter and can hardly field a team right now, and they go to Toronto after us. Word is “multiple” prominent twins won’t be making that trip. Schedule starts to get tough for the Twinkies after this Detroit series - could definitely see this being their high water mark. So for anyone searching for a positive, that’s all I got.

This. I suppose Engel would be OK against LHP.

Are you suggesting we lead off Danny Mendick?

Not a single person person is calling him a savior. People are saying we should use the free roster spot youre for some bizarre reason saying they don’t need, to give him a shot for the series. That’s it. We’ve had awful production out of 2B all season and Leury is probably our main SS now. There’s no harm in giving Yolbert some at bats.

Guys that have to go on restricted list because they cannot get into Canada can be (but don’t have to be) replaced by guys not on 40 man just for that series. Options also do not count. Just provides teams a little more flexibility for roster moves that each of them need to make to field a full team in Canada.

lol no it doesn’t. In fact it says quite the opposite. We know Mendick and Harrison suck and Leury is best used a utility man that doesn’t play everyday. Yolbert may not be an improvement on the options already on the roster, but it certainly wouldn’t take much for him to be. Harrison and Leury have been awful. in any event, there is no good reason to not bring 26 guys to Toronto. Even just a mop up man to save the bullpen in a blowout if need be.

Burr is hurt. And I’d much rather see Yolbert than any of those three.

I understand they’re not technically playing a man short. They would still be dumb to not use the rules to their advantage and get an extra body up. Perfect excuse to see Yolbert for a series without even having to add him to 40 man. I would be astonished if they didn’t use the extra spot; would make no sense.

I’m terrified to find out the answer to that.