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Looks like Mena to A+

Extend that man!

Only the Sox can start an inning with a guy on 2nd, get 2 singles and a walk, and manage to score only 1 run.

So graveman and Kelly can neither pitch b2b games and they're relievers who we gave multi-year deals too lol

Will you just stop talking about other teams in the Sox game thread

Rick Hahn really sucks at his job

Yeah, unfortunately Yoan has two things going against him. He doesn’t play the game with passion (which who cares) and has undelivered on his potential despite offering much needed OBP and being a 4 win guy in the past. Can’t really defend him this year, although it’s painfully obvious he’s been hurt all year.

Yup, fat, unathletic Jake Burger is an embarrassment to Major League Baseball players with that career 122 wRC+ and 0.8 over 203 plate appearances. Meanwhile, that Kelenic kid continues to get regular updates in his own dedicated thread despite a career 69 wRC+ and -0.4 over 473 plate appearances. ?

Kelenic makes that play at third, despite being left handed. Absolute stud.

The Burger hate here is very odd

for anyone that missed it, mena is moving up to A+. Doubt anyone on this forum did, but just in case!

Sean Burke for Birmingham tonight

The game has ended go in peace. Thanks be to God !

Back to .500. Win tomorrow and never look back with 4 vs the O's this weekend. Offense is ALIVE

Please put AV at 1st tomorrow and DH Jose

Harrison may have been ass for the first 2 months, but he's been a huge reason why we've won the last 2 nights.

Burger going to hit into a 5-4-3 TP

If Zavala bats in extras I will fucking riot.

He even got Haseley's name put on the back of his jersey

do or die for this stupid, shit, poorly managed squad.

He said something like “you know you have Jake Burger on the bench” in a snarky manner when discussing options for the 9th

Yes you can. There is always a reason to blame Tony.

The management of this bullpen as an organization is embarrassing

We have really low standards

tapia? more like tilapia. a shit fish.

Kath homer.

Recency bias and errors at 3rd base are errors. Errors or lack of speed in the OF don't look as bad because a ball just out of reach in the OF is a double but not an error. So in the OF the lack of range hurts you but at 3rd you get actual errors on your record that effect your fielding percentage. This is why DRS and OAA is used. Fangraphs 2022 Burger 3B 281 innings -4 DRS ,-4 OAA Vaughn RF 130 inning -4 DRS , -1 OAA, 22 Putouts Vaughn LF 138.1 Innings -4 DRS, -6 OAA 27 Putouts Vaughn has been worth .9 fWAR Mendick .7 fWAR Burger .6 fWAR Vaughn Mendick and Burger have been the 4th, 5th and 6th most valuable members of the Sox position players. WAR is capable of going up or down . It appears Vaughn is better in RF but consider the ball probably finds him less in RF For anyone talking about sending Mendick or Burger down Mendick is 5th on the Sox in fWAR which has been racked up in a short period of time, most of it since TA was injured. As mentioned 5th and 6th most valuable position players for the Sox this season Burger was leading the team in HR for a short time until Abreu passed him. Vaughn's moved up his fWAR with his hitting lately . I'm pretty sure it was at .6 last week. Draw your own conclusions on the defensive data .

The confidence in his offspeed stuff is the highlight, imho

Having TA, Vaughn and Robert hitting 1-3 is badass. Hope TLR doesn't get cute and start mixing and matching.

I’ve spent all morning thinking of a good strategy for these next two games, and I think I have it: Win both and sweep these f*cks.

THIS WILL BE A FUN GAME for baseball nerds. Gausman has served up only 2 homers. The adjusted wind is blowing 31% out for HR's tonight. Cease is in same boat. Just two great pitchers, great bats all around -- and that's including the Sox now that they've decided to wake up. Something has to give today ... weather .... bats .... pitchers ... I'm just excited as a baseball nerd to watch all of it. Gausman has actually struggled of late, but his road splits and night game splits are very solid. Going to need to play a CLEAN game. can't have any errors or mistakes. wind and those bats will bite you if you don't take advantage of the small stuff ... clean defense, hitting cutoff men, sac hits, sac flys, understanding the situations. also very importan for cease to get ahead in the count. this is not a game i want to see sousa in... or any of our bullpen really. cease needs to be aggressive, no nibbling and get 6-7ip. I don't care if it's 4er, just needs to get late in game. opposite side sox bats need to be patient, same thing. lets get to their bullpen. the quicker gausman gets the hook the better for the sox. prediction -- whoever forces the bullpen to come in first wins. go go sox.

I still don't think the Sox get anywhere if Yoan and Grandal don't get back to being contributors on this team. Both are more important than Eloy at this point.

I believe they said Dylan chose them

AV in RF hurts less than Burger at 3rd IMO, not that either are good. Just seems like there is more opportunity to make mistakes for Burger. Eloy *should* only DH if and when he returns, but we know he'll still play LF and simultaneously be awful and an injury risk to himself and others.

If Crochet is willing to spend a couple of full seasons in the minors (say 23 and 24) its doable. Other than that, it just doesn't work mathematically.

I think we can narrow it down to first one wins

If you can dodge a wrench...

I kind of like that idea as a compromise. I love the history of the game, but actually really enjoy the shorter extra innings. another compromise i thought might make sense is starting the runner on 1b instead of 2b. But then again, the idea is to artificially shorten the game with this rule, so whats really the difference between starting on 1st base or 2nd base if the crowd against is likely "baseball purists" and will dislike it either way. Sorry, i didnt click the link - but the shift ends in 2022 right, or at least it's a modified shift? That could be huge for a guy like Yaz and his value.

It hopefully is going to be a lot of fun to see that whole Vera/Mena/Dalquist/Kelley/Thompson pack of starters move through the minors.

They're not going to have the patience to let him develop as a starter. They missed that chance when they rushed him to the big league bullpen.

Awesome for him. Interesting after the one inning appearance recently. Appears that was load management. Glad no injury issue. Hopefully, this is the start of a wave of promotions.

We have a pitching rotation and an injury rotation. One guy goes on, another comes off.

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Ehhh. He’s been really bad, but the Sox need Yoan and need him playing well if this team wants to turn this season around.