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I trust Eloy's judgment on this about as much as I trust his judgment on how to stay injury free.

“When you’re trailing by two, you can’t be picked off. I don’t know why you’re running there in the first place.” -Darrin Jackson, befuddled once again by late inning decisions.

I’ll just skip this one if that’s the lineup. Just ridiculous

Adam Eaton: AVG .197, OBP .298, .347 SLG, OPS .645 Last 30 games: AVG .173, OBP .295 SLG .309, OPS .604 Yermin Mercedes since being called out by Larussa: AVG .173, OBP .253, SLG .222, OPS .473 Yes he has been that bad Andrew Vaughn's last 30 games: AVG .193, OBP .247, SLG .386, OPS .633 .511 OPS against right handers, mashes lefties Leury Garcia AVG .244, OBP .307, SLG .308, OPS .615 been pretty damn good over the last few weeks however Somehow we have been winning with these 4 falling on their faces, thank you starting pitching but this wont last. Eaton needs to be on the bench when we get some reinforcements in the outfield, Mercedes needs to make adjustments or go to AAA, Vaughn needs more time, and Garcia is a good backup but thats his limitation. We all know this though, but the numbers are just puke worthy from these guys. Its a miracle we are where we are.

The Indians are smoked guys. We need to focus on getting healthy and eliminating errors. No Eloy, no Luis, no Yo, no Nick, huge piece in the pen gone in Kopech and we battled most of the night against the best team record wise in baseball. and we played farrrrrr from our best ball. Relax and regroup!

I remember when people had a huge throbbing time piece for Yermin. Too streaky of a player.

If Mendick hits .260/.330 with decent power isn't that more valuable than Nick "Slappy McSlapperson" Madrigal? With Madrigal out for the year It will be interesting. I'd imagine we will be debating all winter.

Benetti asks Stone some really fucking stupid questions. For the billionth time. Just. Call. The. Fucking. Game.

not even competitive, TB fucking owns the Sox Chess vs Checkers

They've been targeting both to come back in August.

Why then you'd have to shift the metal casts for all the other names before printing the final edition. You, sir, have obviously never manned a modern letterpress

So people not being available means Leury needs to bat third with when other players in the lineup could bat third? I get that this is a schtick from you, but it's really getting out of hand and your showing your cards too much. No one would actually argue it's OK for Leury Garcia to bat third in this lineup.

You all realize that Leury is putting up a .730 OPS over his last 30 days with a .276 avg & .375 OBP all while being a pretty solid defender over multiple positions. He also has .5 WAR thus far - which given how bad his April was - is pretty impressive. He is pretty much back to being exactly who he has been most of his career with the Sox (which is a pretty darn serviceable utility guy who ends up getting quite a bit of ab's due to his versatility). IN this case - probably more than anyone would like given how many injuries happened.

Why would his time be up he's our #3 hitter now

This little teaser was released within the last few days and the "glitch" at the end reminds me very much of Spiderverse https://twitter.com/sonypicturesarg/status/1404423123676504067?s=10 it appears the above tweet was deleted but I got sneaky with it and recorded my screen lol IMG_1393.MP4

I said Field of Dreams, not Children of the Corn damnit!!

Abreu death knell thread, meet Leury death knell thread.

The Sox window 2021-2024 IMO as the core becomes more expensive or is leaving in 2024. There isnt a single minor leaguer at this point that I wouldn't be okay trading if it made sense for the big league club. None of the minor leaguers are, at this point, top 100 guys. Jose Rodriguez is probably the best Sox prospect at this point (beyond the Cubans and maybe Kelley), and he isnt untouchable. The Sox have two Cy young candidates entering free-agency next year, making this year a good year to push some more chips in. Until we see the Sox play some more quality competition, I think we wont fully understand what their needs are until they play teams that are better than DET, BAL, KC, etc.. If they run through Tampa Bay and the Astros, then maybe you're right and there is no reason to mortgage any part of the future. But I worry that at some point, theyre going to need another impact bat and another impact arm in the pen as insurance for a Crotchet injury or having to use Kopech as an opener due to injuries. After the deadline the Sox have a run of 3 @ CHC, 3 @MIN, 3 v NYY, 3 v OAK, 3 @TB, 4 @ TOR, and 3 v CHC. I'd rather be over-prepared for the test than under prepared.The Sox are by far the best team in the AL Central and personally, I think they'll run away with it. I'm more worried about an ALCS against NYY where they made some big moves at the deadline. That gives them time to fully assess what they need and how badly they need it. Winning a World Series is incredibly difficult and may require some sacrifice in the long term. I always go back to my Cubs, but there isnt a Cub fan out there that regrets Gleyber for Chapman. The Cubs had a glaring need at the deadline and made a deal that put them over the edge. Quintana for Cease + Eloy or even Wade Davis for Soler were different. Those trades were anticipatory and ended up backfiring. The Dunning for Lynn trade was largely panned here as paying too much for a rental, but look at how its panning out. The Sox realized in 2020 that they needed top of the rotation pitching to win in the playoffs, and they struck gold. Anything the Sox can do to win in 2021-2024 should be on the table. If the Sox arent going to trade Kade Mclure or Jake frickin Burger to make them even stronger for the playoffs, then they should just trade Rodon and Lynn for a king's ransom and get back a couple of high school juniors like the Cubs did for Yu. Hahn has done a great job of turning Eaton, Quintana, Sale, and years of good draft picks into Giolito, Moncada, Kopech, Lynn, Vaughn, Eloy, Cease, Rodon, TA, Madrigal, etc. Give him the keys to put them over the top. Just my opinion

Slicing towards the LF corner, AV did his best but it was a tough play. A faster LF might have gotten there but it wasn’t like AV misread the play. And as others have said it took a tough decision on how long to stay with Rodon off the table.

No fuckin shit. Nobody is excited about the devastating injuries this year that are the main factor for his playing time.

Need a W tomorrow

The Rays are really good. We need a splash at the deadline.

He sucks! it's really that simple now.

Eloy can’t come back soon enough. The Yermin magic is longggggg gone.

Yermin isn’t even close. His bullshit approach makes him so easy to pitch to. Good thing he’s too stubborn to make adjustments.

we arent going to beat decent to good teams with a AAA lineup.

DAMN DANIEL

Greydawg1, is that you?

You are definitely on a roll.

The Sox won't win if there isn't embarrassing posting.

It’s 2021. That’s what people do. Joy and happiness not allowed

BULLYING WORKS

Garcia has to be slotted 3rd because if you move Abreu/Mercedes up, 9 thru 3 (and 4 thru 1) spell “MAGA” - an acronym Tony is trying to distance himself from.

I hope resuming “baseball activities” only means activities involving a bat, not a glove.

How is this team good every year?

I'll never understand why some fans don't see that winning at a *greater rate than your competitors* against bad teams, or against middling teams, is as good an indicator of your team quality as any.

I like watching the Sox beat up on inferior teams like the Tigers, but I would love to see the Sox turn in three solid showings against a quality team like the Rays. Don’t need to win them all, though that would be preferable; just play smart and keep ‘em close.

I checked BP, and man, they seem to be sticking hard to their preseason projections. Sox only 49.5% to win the division, and Twins still at 7.5%.

So are you

I’m looking forward to spidey 3 if all the “rumors” are true.

No to DHing Collins. He is as worse of a hitter than Mercedes is. I would DH Lamb over Collins if they were to go that route.

I disagree, maybe a reliable set up man but I think the Sox can beat these guys at full strength...problem is, will the Sox ever come close to being at full strength

“Boom! Fuck you! Mother fucker! Bull shit.” - Lance Lynn

Eaton = Terrible

Hahn was pretty optimistic about his getting back to the 2nd phase of his recovery where he will actually be resuming baseball activity. Even when he does that, he has a decent amount of time before he will put on a Sox jersey. He has workouts to go through and then an extended rehab is also going to be in order.

Good post and very much along the same lines as I posted a few posts back. I'd say the opinions on Dunning for Lynn trade was about split 50/50. There will always be a very vocal group who love prospects so much that any trade of any prospect for one year of a player will be criticized. The negative opinions are always the loudest in any area. Game threads would all be under 5 pages if all the negative and post game comments after wins were taken out. I'm pretty sure I posted a lot about the trade since I was probably the 1st one to suggest that trade before the trade deadline in 2020. I really wanted Lynn for 2 post seasons instead of 1. The Rangers put a higher price on him I'm guessing that the Sox decided not to pay and year one of contending in 2020 was out the window. It was always in my mind that if you make the playoffs it's a contending year. Right now only the present counts and his team will surely have good enough hitting once Eloy and Robert come back. Between Engel, Goodwin, Eaton and Vaughn I'm good with the OF although 1 player who could play defense and offense would be nice. A switch hitting power bat like Escobar would be really nice for 2nd base but once again pitching will be the key so I'm just going to keep sounding like a broken record. Load up on relief pitching . Find a couple of good veteran arms who have been through the grind like Hendrix . Guys who appear to have rubber arms who pitch well and often. If the Sox keep pitching Rodon and Kopech at their current rates neither will be around to pitch in the World Series which is a partial reason why Kopech is taking a while to come back from his injury. Rodon pitched 42 combined innings in the last 2 years and he's already got 67 this year. Any guesses on when his arm will conk out ? 100 ? 125 ? 150 ? Kopech pitched 0 innings the last 2 years . He's at 31 now and some people here are expecting him to take Rodon's spot in the rotation at some point in the 2nd half. I don't have a clue how many innings Crochet can pitch. All I know about him is he hasn't thrown a single pitch 100 MPH when last year every other pitch was at 100. If he's dialed it back to prevent injury I'm all for it since he's been effective. The Sox just said last week they are going to try Crochet now for over 1 inning at a time. That decision in itself can be a separate thread of opinions when you weigh if he can become a future starting pitcher vs. winning a World Series vs. keeping him healthy.

I don’t think it’s going to take the whole farm to acquire both Escobar and Marte.

Not sure that's true. Fastball is by far the most common pitch on a strikeout which suggests secondary pitches set up the fast ball more often than not. Of course it varies from pitcher to pitcher