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Folty is unfortunately having trouble hitting 90 right now so he honestly would not be a much better option than what we have. That guy NEEDS his fastball to be in the mid to upper 90’s or else he’s toast

I mean I’d claim and hope he gets back to normal but it doesn’t look good
 
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CDJ said:
Folty is unfortunately having trouble hitting 90 right now so he honestly would not be a much better option than what we have. That guy NEEDS his fastball to be in the mid to upper 90’s or else he’s toast

I mean I’d claim and hope he gets back to normal but it doesn’t look good
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Agree but over Covey and others in a heartbeat
 
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Folty has been terrible but if he gets his yips worked out could go back to being a serviceable player. Has one arbitration year left before hitting UFA too, so limited risk/limited reward. I'd rather roll the dice on him than on Matt Hall I guess.
 
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I think you'll see the Sox have to make a trade soon for at least a #3. They can't let this continue nightly.
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They absolutely can, they aren’t trying to contend right now. No need. Just keep picking up stuff from the trash heap, throw it at the wall, and hope something sticks. If it doesn’t work oh well Kumar Rocker
 
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They absolutely can, they aren’t trying to contend right now. No need. Just keep picking up stuff from the trash heap, throw it at the wall, and hope something sticks. If it doesn’t work oh well Kumar Rocker
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not sure the bullpen can sustain this level of production for this starting staff. They'll need to find innings somewhere
 
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KrejciMVP said:
I think you'll see the Sox have to make a trade soon for at least a #3. They can't let this continue nightly.
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I think they're going to just bite the bullet and throw as much shit to the wall to see what sticks rather than making any trades. I think this season was going to be a write off anyways.
 
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LSCII said:
I think they're going to just bite the bullet and throw as much shit to the wall to see what sticks rather than making any trades. I think this season was going to be a write off anyways.
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it's unbelievable how bad the staff is, here I am watching Michael Wacha last night and saying he could be compete for the #1 in boston. I didnt think it was possible for a big market team to have a strategy like this. Our 4 and 5 starters look like they will TBA all year.
 
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KrejciMVP said:
it's unbelievable how bad the staff is, here I am watching Michael Wacha last night and saying he could be compete for the #1 in boston. I didnt think it was possible for a big market team to have a strategy like this. Our 4 and 5 starters look like they will TBA all year.
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To be fair, they went into spring training with Sale, ERod, and Eovaldi as their top 3. While it isn't top tier, that's not a bad rotation. #4 starter was always going to be an issue, and frankly most teams run through about three to four guys as their #5 anyways, so no issue there.

They couldn't have predicted that Sale, who was by all accounts healthy after the offseason, getting TJ, a pandemic freezing the roster,and then ERod getting COVID.

Not trying to paint it with rose colored glasses on, becuase the staff is complete dogshit, but it's not like it was intentionally going to be this bad when they started ST in Feb.
 
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JRull86 said:
To be fair, they went into spring training with Sale, ERod, and Eovaldi as their top 3. While it isn't top tier, that's not a bad rotation. #4 starter was always going to be an issue, and frankly most teams run through about three to four guys as their #5 anyways, so no issue there.

They couldn't have predicted that Sale, who was by all accounts healthy after the offseason, getting TJ, a pandemic freezing the roster,and then ERod getting COVID.

Not trying to paint it with rose colored glasses on, becuase the staff is complete dogshit, but it's not like it was intentionally going to be this bad when they started ST in Feb.
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If they expected Sale to be involved in anything other than fully blowing out his elbow and going from probably needing Tommy John Surgery to absolutely needing it, that's on the team and flat out stupid. Yeah, I get he got a PRP injection last fal but he hadn't started throwing until this spring and once he did, it was right back to where it was the year before. You can't count on that ever. Them delaying the TJ surgery for him and hoping to manage their way through this was absolutely the wrong move.
 
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If they expected Sale to be involved in anything other than fully blowing out his elbow and going from probably needing Tommy John Surgery to absolutely needing it, that's on the team and flat out stupid. Yeah, I get he got a PRP injection last fal but he hadn't started throwing until this spring and once he did, it was right back to where it was the year before. You can't count on that ever. Them delaying the TJ surgery for him and hoping to manage their way through this was absolutely the wrong move.
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In hindsight yes it was, but it's also up to the player and doctor's to come to that conclusion, even if the team pushed for it last season. By all accounts, Sale and Dr Andrews said he was healthy after a 6 months of rest and rehab.
 
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In hindsight yes it was, but it's also up to the player and doctor's to come to that conclusion, even if the team pushed for it last season. By all accounts, Sale and Dr Andrews said he was healthy after a 6 months of rest and rehab.
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I get the reluctance by the player, but that's what players do. The team needed to assume he wasn't going to be able to go and then find a replacement, since it was obvious how it was going to end.
 
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KrejciMVP said:
I think you'll see the Sox have to make a trade soon for at least a #3. They can't let this continue nightly.
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If we start 2-10 out the gate, the season is already a lost cause. And at this pace we may not even finish the season(thanks Florida), so I'm not spending any futures in a trade.
 
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I'd say finish the season but tank so we can get the number 1 draft choice for 2021. We need some high picks in the next few years in order to contend in the future.
 
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I'd say finish the season but tank so we can get the number 1 draft choice for 2021. We need some high picks in the next few years in order to contend in the future.
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amazing what a 200 million payroll gets you now

sure they could tank but the top 8 make it in and I’d try to grind it out
 
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They absolutely can, they aren’t trying to contend right now. No need. Just keep picking up stuff from the trash heap, throw it at the wall, and hope something sticks. If it doesn’t work oh well Kumar Rocker
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Draft Kumar

Sign Harold Baines

Install a White Castle in the concourse

Profit
 
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