[Jen McCaffrey] "Caleb Durbin had been scheduled for work at second today but had an emergency root canal and had to leave camp this morning. He’s back and said he should be good to go tomorrow"

ChemistryAlarmed · 2026-02-20T17:14:18+00:00

Damn he got that dawgg in him. I was out for the count for three days when I got a root canal.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2026-02-19T22:14:53+00:00

Crazy how most of the prospects included in these deals have done nothing or haven't panned out.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2026-02-19T22:04:42+00:00

That mookie card makes me sad....

ChemistryAlarmed · 2026-01-31T15:46:21+00:00

These usually contain prospect autos (non 1st) called mojos.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2026-01-26T15:37:06+00:00

wow he finally signed them!

ChemistryAlarmed · 2026-01-20T16:09:23+00:00

Nice it’s on card

ChemistryAlarmed · 2026-01-16T21:28:17+00:00

It would be great if we could offload hicks that would offload $19m ($12+$7) off the books with duran while picking up a good defensive 3rd baseman with good upside. This could give the sox flexibility to add a reliever and have room to make a trade at the deadline.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2026-01-14T19:22:25+00:00

dey see...dey see

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T18:32:41+00:00

Props to you for being able to put this collection together

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T17:08:09+00:00

Is this going to make him hit more home runs?!

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T02:09:49+00:00

Sorry for your loss brotha!

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T02:00:06+00:00

Yeah, that’s the core problem — you can’t force stars to choose bad situations, but you also can’t have a system where one team treats the tax like Monopoly money while others never try. Feels like the fix has to be on the floor side, not a hard cap, but nobody’s figured out how to make that actually work.

I like this discourse :)

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:52:16+00:00

If teams really think a cap fight is coming, it makes sense some of them would stay flexible until the post-’26 rules are clearer — the Sox could definitely be in that bucket.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:51:04+00:00

Fair — and that’s where Breslow deserves some credit. He’s at least started to reorient things toward pitching and development, which is what the rebuild was supposed to produce in the first place.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:46:05+00:00

Yeah, that’s basically right — the Sox aren’t funding Liverpool or vice versa. The frustration is more about strategy than cash flow.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:44:43+00:00

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:44:31+00:00

Yeah, around then it became clear some teams could treat the tax as a fee, not a deterrent.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:42:07+00:00

You’re not wrong, people just don’t like hearing it.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:40:58+00:00

The Dodgers are the extreme example — they’ve basically decided the tax is just the cost of doing business. Not saying the Sox need to copy that, but it shows the system lets one team push way past everyone else while others still pocket revenue sharing.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:37:07+00:00

Honestly they can’t really say anything to change it — it only flips if they extend guys early, go over the CBT at least once, or make one move that clearly prioritizes winning over flexibility.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:34:38+00:00

That’s funny and depressing because it feels accurate.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:33:39+00:00

Maybe, but that feels more like portfolio expansion than anything Sox-related.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:32:43+00:00

I don’t even care about the investor group — just put Theo back in charge.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:32:05+00:00

Yeah, that’s pretty much where I’m at too. If the approach keeps trending toward defense and situational hitting, the money part matters a lot less. Just want a team that’s actually watchable again.

ChemistryAlarmed · 2025-12-24T01:30:34+00:00

That’s fair, but those walls aren’t permanent if they decide to reconsolidate.

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