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Well he just got shifted to the 60 day, so we’re still 5 weeks from that. But ya, Sox are kinda stuck with Maldonado for now. Doesn’t mean they need to play him 5x a week.

I can't say I agree about nothing to do in Minneapolis but walk through the skyway (I just happen to work in dtown MPLS), but it definitely is nice when Sox are in town because its fairly easy to run into players in the skyway.

Let's fu*k around and find some wins in Minneapolis this week. The Twins are sucking right now as well, so may as well kick them a bit while they're down. We all know the more likely scenario is a 4 game sweep turns the Twins season around, but hey - I'd love to not see that happen. I will be in attendance tonight and just gave Crochet knucks in the skyway, so hey, go Sox.

Remillard was the right choice. Easy dude to root for though. He'll almost certainly clear, but will now have the option to elect free agency. In my opinion, he'd be a little crazy to as his easiest path back to the big is easily the Sox and will continue to play a key role for Charlotte. But the grass is always greener...we'll see.

What’s the rush to AAA tho?

The Sox have paid $11-12M of Benis $75M to this point. There is no chance they have waive him yet, nor should they frankly.

as expected

Yeppp. Meathead take

Clevinger is on the 40 man. Pham, Pillar and Grossman can’t all be on the 26 man along with Fletcher and Benintendi, so one has to go. Justin Anderson and Remillard should be easy DFAs (tho likely needed in Charlotte) and can still put Davis Martin on the MLB 60 day. So there are some options without even getting into guys like Leone and Flexen and guys playing their way that direction in Soroka and Sosa.

In other news, gotta imagine we see Mendick tomorrow for Sosa. Dudes on fire for Charlotte.

These guys are literally all playing for their careers. I don’t think anyone is just “going through the motions”. They just aren’t any good.

3-18 here we come.

I don’t think Eloy should bat 2nd, but he’s the best hitter on this current team by a country mile. He should absolutely play everyday he is able. I would bat him 3rd and just leave him there until Robert is back.

It’s a SSS, but Menas era is so far is pretty misleading. Nearing a 1.4 whip and walking a batter in 65% of your innings pitched terribly sustainable for success. Mena may become a serviceable back end SP, but I think it was a fine gamble and do think Fletcher will be solid piece for the Sox.

I mean, more like $9.0M, if we’re accurate. Not that it really changes much.

Revisit in July 2025.

It doesn’t even look like Benintendi tries in the OF. Just brutal

I just don’t see how a guy goes from a solid 1.5 to 2 war player to just absolutely awful so quickly in what should be his prime years. It’s not like he’s 33-35. He can’t possibly be this bad.

He just slipped and fell.

Cannons stuff is very intriguing.

Honestly I’m fine with it. Going into the season I wasn’t, but at this point what the hell. Same goes for Eloy out there. Frankly nothing to lose at this point.

On the other hand, we have the chance to double our win total tomorrow! ☠️

Assuming cousin goes unclaimed on waivers, I wonder if he is able to be assigned back to the minors. It was obvious that his contract required him to be added to the 40 man this past off-season, but one would think it had similar language if this scenario were to have played out.

Well, now that he's here, hopefully he comes in and whips some of these fools into shape, rakes and then we trade him for someone interesting to plug in for a 2 month tryout in August/September.

Yah. He’s not good. Feel bad for him. It’s a tough spot.