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Adam Eaton 8: Melky Cabrera 3: iamshack, LetTheBallFly, smalls2598 Jose Abreu 1: shysocks, ChiSox59 Adam LaRoche 2: lord chas, SAVVY18 Aviasil Garcia 4: BigHurt3515,TheTruth05 Alexei Ramirez 4: Condor13,calisoxfanviaswside Connor Gillaspie 6: glangon Tyler Flowers 5: Jose Abreu, lasttriptotulsa, CarlosMartinez Micah Johnson 8: Bench 8:

Adam Eaton 8: Melky Cabrera 3: Jose Abreu, lord chas Jose Abreu 1: Steve9347, SAVVY18 Adam LaRoche 2: Bigsoxhurt35, BigEdWalsh Aviasil Garcia 4: Condor13, LetTheBallFly, lasttriptotulsa Alexei Ramirez 4: glangon Connor Gillespie 6: BigHurt3515, ChiSox59 Tyler Flowers 5: hi8is, Blackout Friday Micah Johnson 8: calisoxfanviaswside Bench 8:

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 4, 2015 -> 10:59 AM) well that is the point i was heading to, wasn't Rodon sent down to continue to work on his pitches??? wouldn't that be the same as rushing him, before he is fully develop?? i know i am grasping at straw, but who else is there? Beck, Danish, who?? It will be Rodon. If they need another, Erik Johnson.

As others have said, the Sox have to just run Danks out there. It is not crazy to think it is possible that he could pitch 190 innings, be around .500 with an era in the 4s. It probably won't happen, but with $31M due to him over the next two, they'll try to make it work. What hurts is the Sox have a legit MLB starter in the minors, but Rodon will get his time. Injuries happen, and there is still Noesi. It will probably sort itself out, and in the meantime Johnny will take the ball every 5th day. I'm rooting for him.

I thought Tuiasosopo wasn't w the organization anymore.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 2, 2015 -> 11:40 AM) https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/583669195511967744 Read into this meaning Drabek is #7 in the pen? Yep, at this point the 25 man is pretty clear. Eaton Cabrera Abreu LaRoache Garcia Gillaspie Ramirez Flowers Johnson Samardzija Quintana Danks Noesi Robertson Putnam Duke Albers Guerra Drabek Jennings Soto Sanchez Shuck Bonifacio Beckham

Conor has played alot of 1B this spring. Sort of bizarre.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 11m11 minutes ago Rodon: 'Whatever they need to see so I can be in position to pitch for them, so be it. If I have to wear my underwear inside out I'll do it' They need you to pitch in AAA for 15-30 days, Carlos. That's it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 27, 2015 -> 02:35 PM) Conor had a good year last year, at least a good first few months, but 3B has to be an upgrade priority for Hahn IMO. Too bad they couldn't expand the deal with Oakland to add Donaldson. He would be worth giving up a couple of decent prospects. Meh. I actually like a Gillaspie / Bonafacio platoon. I realize that it is more likely to be Beckham, but really the SOX could do much worse. Connor has been very solid against RHP. I honestly wish the SOX would have employed more platoons over the years...they've generally avoided them.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 24, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) Im thinking ahead....Viciedo at .241 with just one ribbie, no homers and mid 600s OPS this spring for Toronto. If he gets cut again, looking at our likely Charlotte OF, I have a feeling Hahn asks him back as insurance policy. Theres no list that im aware of....but has to be Thompson Mitchell Engel Beltre and possibly Shuck if we pick up another player in the final two weeks. Thats why Leury or even Viciedo should be options. Id rather give dh at bats to Dayan than Wilkins or Black as well. I approve of this.

Courtney Hawkins tho....

I like it a lot!!

Nothing that anyone on here didn't know, but it is nice to see a guy like Jonah Keri write it. Thanks for sharing.

Eaton (10): Bonifacio (7): Abreu (3): ToucemAllJoe, Ramirez (6): Avi (5): Condor13, Beltre (9): Soto (6): ChiSox59 Beckham (7): Hawkins (5): Bench (10): shysocks,

Could cut the tension with a butter knife.

Sounds fun, I'd play. I have played in another message board contest like this (not for baseball, but for CBB) and it fizzled out when the guy running it got tired of tabulating scores after each game (and we're talking 30-35 games, not 162). I am in if the Condor is committed to keeping up with it, but for your sake I hope you have a fairly detailed and automated spreadsheet that does the lionshare of the work..otherwise this could become more of a fruitless job than a fun little hobby.

QUOTE (Hawkfan @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 12:42 PM) Can someone explain the benefits for the sox to wait? I know a lot of teams do wait for financial reasons but what are the benefits? If he breaks camp with the Sox and remains on the roster for 6 years, giving him 6.0 years of service time, he's a FA at that time. Keep him in the minors for as little as two weeks, his clock would be slightly less than 6.0 years, meaning the Sox control him for one more season. A lot can happen between now and then, but currently the Sox have options at the back of the rotation, that's why he'll make a few starts in the minors.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 08:41 AM) http://m.mlb.com/news/article/111653210/wh...e-major-leagues Discuss. Thanks, Craig Grebeck Yep, but the SOX will wait until May.

Hmmm can't get the feed to work for some reason.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 06:02 PM) How did Ynoa's stuff look? Has Hawkins always had that slight bat wiggle/waggle timing mechanism in his swing? Ynoas stuff looked pretty electric. He got hit fairly hard, but reminded me a bit of a healthy looking Alexei Ogando.

Where is the discussion on yesterdays game with the Dodgers????

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 11:25 AM) I want to represent all DVR users and propose that talking about lives games outside of the game thread is frowned upon. +1!! Won't be watching until tonight on MLBN.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 10:43 AM) Random question, but are there any Chromecast users that use the MLB.TV app? Am I going to be able to get every Sox game with that and an antenna? Or will I get blacked out of a few? I don't use Chromecast, but I do use Apple TV and MLB.TV, and it works great. My guess is it would be the same with Chromecast. In the past, the only games that have been blacked out are nationally televised games on FOX or ESPN. A couple years ago all Saturday afternoon games were blacked out on MLB.TV, but honestly I don't recall that happening much if at all last year, so they may have fixed it. EDIT: Also what Lasttriptotulsa said..I live in MN, so no problem for me there.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 09:10 AM) No way do they start Sale on the home opener as they will sell that out anyways. I am sure they would like to start him that weekend though so they can get more fans to the second or third games. Doubt this has any bearing on the decision.

Impressive for Conor to quit dipping. The dude CONSTANTLY had a monster dip in, can't imagine how hard that would be to quit when you're that hooked. The weight gain makes sense. Chewing and eating are both oral fixations, and well when you quit chewing...