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Giolio, Gio Gonzalez, and Grandal all with minor injuries. Expected to miss the first week of spring games but not much more. Not sure about GG but I believe the other two participated in normal team work outs. At Soxfest there was mention of Burger reporting to AZ in a few weeks but nothing more specific that I can recall. No one seems to be saying much about where he's at in rehab or timetable etc.

I would love to see the 2020 Houston Astros stripped of all playoff eligibility. Feels like the only way to hold the players involved accountable to me.

Question for those more plugged into prospect development than I: Who after Dunning has the best shot to make to Chicago next as a starting pitcher? Feels like there is a bit of a gap/falloff.

Helping Chris Sale unload his truck. And helping Carlos Boozer with his luggage.

Adam Eaton wore #1 for the Sox not that long ago. Seems like an odd edict unless it was very recent.

Yoan is 6'2" and does look short next to those two?.

He wasn't particularly good there, but it does look like they are going to roll with him.

I absolutely hate the two Wild Card format, so I'm open to tweaks. But top seeds picking their opponent seems completely silly. Play out the season, battle it out down the stretch, and let records decide the seeds. No need to create faux drama to attract the disinterested.

Puig is a career .255 hitter with a .762 OPS in 422 games against LH pitching. Better vs LHP than Mazara yes, but worse .BA than Leury. Not exactly lighting the world on fire. His 2019 stats vs LH look to be a bit skewed by a hot month of September.

I was trying to think of similar players to what he projects to be with the same reasoning in mind. I don't foresee Madrigal being so expensive in FA that he would be impossible to extend in the next 5 years if he forces his way onto the opening day roster.

Adding Joc means 2 RF on the same side of the platoon. And who sits for the other? And whose roster spot does Joc take? Because Mazara sure isn't a defensive bench piece. I agree with the premise that you can never have too many good players, but there are only so many roster spots.

He doesn't fit. And I've been banging that drum all winter. Grandal supposedly vouched for Puig with the FO too, and yet he remains unsigned. Puig the name =|= Puig the player. Teams seem to have recognized this, even if posters here can't.

The timing of the Mazara trade left a lot of us puzzled and provoked a lot of doubt in the FO based on their history in FA. Had it come after other acquisitions I think the perceptions would have been much different. I myself was ready to excoriate them after making no other moves at the winter meetings, but I have warmed up to the deal quite a lot. Would I prefer Joc to Mazara, yes, but that ship has sailed. And the Sox aren't going to dump a guy they've been talking up all winter, invited to Soxfest, etc, just days before pitchers and catchers report. It's not how they operate. Let's give the kid a chance to prove his late season adjustments weren't a fluke before tossing him to the curb for the next bright shiny name to pop up in trade rumors.