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@Delude96 @Hunter_Noll Paez is 22. Watson is 28. Red sox aren't messing with guys development.

@Hunter_Noll Redsox have done the same crap with Watson. Guy has been awful.

Unless I'm missing something, Jedixson Paez seemingly making the White Sox Opening Day roster is SHOCKING. He wasn't bad this Spring (one miserable outing makes it look worse than it was), but wasn't great. He hasn't pitched above High-A and only threw 19 1/3 innings last year.

@triplef02 @ChrisCotillo Song's not on the 40 man. That may play a role in the decision if they think they see something in Watson.

@ChrisCotillo Song and it’s not close.

Red Sox have 5 locks for 8 bullpen spots: Chapman, Whitlock, Slaten, Weissert, Coulombe. Would say Kelly and Moran are still likely, so that's 7, barring a surprise. Leaves one spot left for the group of Watson, Samaniego, Keller, Guerrero, Song and Martinez.

@RipkenT @EdHand89 Makes no sense to put him in the pen. He'll get way more innings to work on his secondaries in Woo.

@EdHand89 Tolle is going to be a big part of Boston's future rotations. They have enough depth at SP this season, so I wouldn't mind seeing Tolle in the bullpen this season and move him back to SP next year.

Red Sox win their Grapefruit League opener 7-2. Here are some observations/thoughts I wrote down throughout the game. -Payton Tolle's breaking stuff needs more work, as expected. Cutter looked like his best non-fastball currently. Funny enough, the homer he gave up was off a fastball. There's going to be people who are mad when he starts the season in Triple-A, but it's 100% where he needs to be for now. -Ryan Watson looks good; could see him being a solid middle relief option. Definitely seems like a Breslow type. -Andruw Monasterio is currently my prediction to take Romy's spot on the roster. Solid RH bat. Think people are going to like him quickly. -Seth Martinez and Vinny Nottoli are depth incarnate. -I do not care about anyone's defense in February. -Braidan Ward is the sort of high-energy utility player Swiss Army knife that makes for an awesome bench player. Was the return in the Brennan Bernardino trade. Great piece to have tucked away in Worcester. Real, real high on him. -Not crazy about Brendan Rodgers so far. Might be in part because he's wearing number 5. Don't usually care about jersey number, but Nomar he is not. -I don't think Wong will get DFA'd (catching depth doesn't exactly grow on trees), but I wouldn't be shocked to see Matt Thaiss get some run as the backup catcher. -I'll be a little surprised if Mickey Gasper is still in the organization on Opening Day, completely shocked if he's still on the 40-man roster. -Nick Sogard is such an incredibly useful professional baseball player who deserves far more respect than he's given. Great at-bat for him today where he didn't realize the Sox were out of challenges and tried to challenge, went down 0-2, then worked the count to 2-2 and ripped a single to right. Dude just never gets rattled. A consummate professional. -Kristian Campbell's body language looks totally different than the last time we saw him, even in Worcester. Way more confident. That's more important than anything that could show up in the box score, especially this early. -Cooper Adams was the most impressive pitcher in the game today. Struck out the side in the seventh. Lived at 96 MPH. Nasty sinker. Threw a couple of breaking pitches in there too. Not on many prospect lists (Sox Prospects has him at #57), but if he is going to come out pitching like that, people are going to take notice. One to keep an eye on. -Mikey Romero has become underrated, and I'm not really sure why he isn't talked about more given his pedigree. Maybe it's because he doesn't play shortstop anymore. Maybe it's because of the injuries that cursed him early in his career. Regardless, he looks like a solid player.

@Bergeron_MLB How did Romy even end up in this scenario? Things don't sound great with his shoulder. I wouldn't bet on him platooning with anyone at this point.

Which scenario is better? Scenario A: Trade Duran for prospects Yoshida / Romy DH platoon Mayer / Monasterio infield platoon at whatever position Scenario B: Trade Yoshida with a prospect Duran DH (platoon unlikely) Mayer / Romy infield platoon at whatever position

🚨Holy shit. Someone made a new ad for Trump’s ballroom and it’s absolutely perfect. Trump would hate if this went viral…

This press release is quite something. Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards, who represents western North Carolina, outlines the many "outrageous rumors" that have spread through conservative circles in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

@SoxProspects What happened to Dick Mountain starting in Woo?

Today's projected Red Sox affiliate starters- 8/23 Forum thread- forum.soxprospects.com/thread/7607/ga…

A statement from @IAFFPresident on President @JoeBiden's announcement

@jaketodonnell Brannon Brooks??

Good news that Nazzan Zanetello is not on the Salem IL to start the year.

@IanCundall Perfect.Something to do while snowed in!

Have to push back what I was alluding to here for 24 hours, so it will come out Tuesday now instead.

One of the great myths of our time is that Republican presidents are better at managing the economy: Bush: +2.6M jobs Clinton: +22.9M Bush: +1.4M Obama: +11.6M Trump: -2.7M Biden: +14.9M Republican Presidents (16 years): +1.3M Democratic Presidents (19 years): +49.4M

@PintsandPanels Love Fox Farm!

@SawxSouth My local grocery store sells them at checkout. Of course remembering to get them while there is another thing.

I’m at the post office. Standing in line to use the vending machine to buy stamps. Been here 20 minutes. To use the machine. Not mail something at the counter. To use the machine. Think it’s time I become a Stamps.com customer.

LIV Golfers On Saudi Course Forced To Putt Around Woman Being Beheaded bit.ly/3T3qGzj

@QuinnRileyRSD Ryan Sherriff??

So cool! 🎶 🎥 IG: amhband twitter.com/buitengebieden…

brilliant

@PintsandPanels If only one could find one.

The US netted more jobs this month alone than the entirety of Donald Trump’s presidency.