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3 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

McCann was so bad last year that it made complete sense to move him to the bench for 2/3 of the games in 2020. You’d think we were the Dodgers or something with no holes elsewhere.

Positional-strength wise, that was one of our top spots.   Repeatable, there was certainly doubt there.   But it was pretty obvious they needed at least one more veteran starting pitcher (certainly more reliable than Gio Gonzalez, something along the lines of Maeda/Odorizzi would have been perfect to really solidify things along with Dallas.)

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Just now, caulfield12 said:

Positional-strength wise, that was one of our top spots.   Repeatable, there was certainly doubt there.   But it was pretty obvious they needed at least one more veteran starting pitcher (certainly more reliable than Giolito, something along the lines of Maeda/Odorizzi would have been perfect to really solidify things along with Dallas.)

Sox need at least two reliable veteran starters to pair with Giolito if they want to contend. Cease, Kopech, Rodon, and Lopez were all huge wild cards coming into this season. At best, you get decent production from two of those in the 4/5 slots but even that was a huge if. 

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Whatever happened to that slider Rodon threw at NC State?    I recall a time when it was even cool to follow his college starts, along with Trea Turner at-bats.

Guess it went the same way as Francisco Liriano's...just way too much torque on the elbow to get away throwing that for more than 3-5 seasons in top form.

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2 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Sox need at least two reliable veteran starters to pair with Giolito if they want to contend. Cease, Kopech, Rodon, and Lopez were all huge wild cards coming into this season. At best, you get decent production from two of those in the 4/5 slots but even that was a huge if. 

Are you sure you don't mean Keuchal?

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3 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Dude if you're going to wear the mask at the plate cover your nose it doesn't work if you don't.

This is derived from the "you lose 85-90% of your body heat from your throat, so somehow conserving that seems like it MIGHT potentially have health benefits" school of thinking.

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2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Whatever happened to that slider Rodon threw at NC State?    I recall a time when it was even cool to follow his college starts, along with Trea Turner at-bats.

Guess it went the same way as Francisco Liriano's...just way too much torque on the elbow to get away throwing that for more than 3-5 seasons in top form.

shoulder surgery and TJ surgery?

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1 minute ago, Balta1701 said:

A lot of his cells have been attacked by some sort of protein-surrounded RNA creature that we can't comment about.

Got it. Makes sense with his injury history to which he was referring.

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