Jack Parkman

LOL. LaMarre owes Giolito dinner for that one.

QFT. Those will all be credited to Giolito, but they weren't his fault.

Dammit. Giolito screwed by defense for a 2nd start in a row.

That was fucking bullshit. WTF is Smith supposed to do with that?? That was a Moncada special. And this ump needs glasses.

Lester at 71 pitches through 3+ innings. Looks to be a short night for him.

Defensive metrics are meh at best. They think Engel sucks in CF. The eye test still wins when it comes to defense. For some reason people think Moncada isn't that great of a 2B but I beg to differ. I think he could be every bit as good at it as Anderson is at SS.

QFT.

Quit picking on me. He's a decent player, just not my cup of tea. In other news, Giolito is missing bats again.

They're the AL dark horse. If not the Astros or Red Sox, it will be them. I don't see the Yankees or A's beating any of those three. Houston-Cleveland is going to be a hell of a ALDS series.

There's no argument there. That is why losing Kopech hurts so badly.

His ERA was so bad over the 1st 2 months of the season that the fact he got it under 6 is a minor miracle. I thought that given how horrible Giolito started out that if he got it to around 5.50 by the end of the season that was a major win. EDIT: Much better in the 2nd inning.

I've never seen a team be on his breaking stuff like the Cubs were in that 1st inning. He gave up the hit and HR on a curveball(albeit it was a hanger) and a changeup. Usually when he got hit hard it was off his fastball. What happened to the guy that shut down the Red Sox 3 weeks ago? I want to continue to believe in this guy figuring it out eventually but he's making it really hard.

There really isn't much else to focus on from a position player standpoint other than Palka. Anderson is what he is.

Engel seems to have at least 20 lives. The Sox keep bringing up guys that could take his spot but they keep failing miserably. It shouldn't be this hard to find a replacement for Adam Engel.

Debatable on all 3, we haven't seen Jimenez at the MLB level yet. Anderson is ok but could be upgraded, and Narvaez is a crappy defensive catcher.