Aroldis Chapman Is Coming To The Sox, Dammit

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty ImagesI’d like to be focusing on Juan Soto this week. You’ve heard that he’s allegedly making up his mind in the next few days. But then the Red Sox go and sign Aroldis Chapman of all people and deliver a sucker punch to fans. Now I’m taking a couple of stagger steps, putting my hands on my knees, and trying to catch my breath while managing—barely—to not throw up.

I didn’t have this on my bingo card, not even a little.

I’m not the only one who was stunned. There was general uproar from Red Sox Nation. Our interoffice comments here at OTM included:

Musings on the fact that Connor Wong (a poor framer and blocker) isn’t up to the task of catching Chapman’s…