Sarava

I think this team could be on the verge of exploding, into possibly a 90+ win team at least. Sign a TOR starter. Fill all holes, and stop depending on subpar players like Engel, Sanchez, Goins, Cordell, Tillman, Covey, Santiago, Alonso, etc. It's going to feel weird hopefully not having bad placeholders in our lineups or starting rotation. Being competitive not only every game with whoever our starting pitcher is, but every inning with our lineup. Not having 2 or 3 AAA quality players in the lineup every night will be huge. The potential is massive. It will be a shame if the Sox go the cheap route again this winter They could be on the verge of greatness if Jerry is willing to spend some money.

Hilarious that 7 of the 9 worst positions are the Royals, Tigers or Sox. Must be nice being a Twins fan this year.

What the hell is Abreu doing

How did he not swing there

Come on Eloy!

How big is that run that Leury should of scored on now

Ump is squeezing Hand bigtime here

Ooh that looked like strike three

This would be a good time for his 2nd hit of the season

Leury scores if he just runs to home.

I would part with Vaughn for the right young and controllable piece (SP, RF or SS as preferred positions). I wouldn't use the word disposable though. You have to give to get.

This team really could explode next year with the right off-season moves. Several players look primed to go nuts.

It was a tough on the move throw, but as usual Anderson's accuracy on tough throws is horrible.

Yeah he looks tired now.

Eloy!!!

Hmm, looked safe to me

10 in a row for Cease. I love it. He's going to be awesome someday.

Didn't you just freak out about Moncada a couple days ago...both here and on HF? lol

Cease is killing it so far

I would bet Madigral would be an improvement. But we'll never know one way or another most likely. I do know the Sox need to address these defensive deficiencies. You can't just cross your fingers and hope that these errors will go away eventually.

Tim led MLB shortstops in errors in 2017 (the next worse guy had 8 less errors), was tied for 2nd worst in 2018, and leads right now in 2019 (Polanco is 2nd with 5 less errors). We can safely say he leads MLB in errors at shortstop over the last 3 years by a country mile and isn't showing any signs of improvement. Yes he has great range and makes some really nice plays. But the errors are just too much. I don't know how anyone can argue otherwise at this point.

Maybe look in to trade options, and I think they might need to do that even if they just try to fill RF conventionally. Do they want to consider Nick Madigral at short? I know they initially said he would play both positions. The 'yeah right' part of me says sign Anthony Rendon, move Moncada back to 2nd and Madigral plays short. But I'll awake from that dream heh. But there's a lot of ways to skin the cat.

If the Sox signed Castellanos to play RF, they'd have 3 positions locked up with one of the worst defenders in baseball (SS, RF and LF). As crazy as it sounds, that's why I suggested Tim Anderson. Kill two birds with one stone. He's very athletic and has a strong arm, and probably would be a good right fielder. And then hopefully you can upgrade the defense at SS.

I'll throw a curve here. Since he;'s been pretty bad this year at short...how about Tim Anderson? Then the Sox can hunt down a shortstop. Having one of the worst defensive shortstops in baseball isn't a good way to move towards being a World Series contender.

You're over-reacting. He's had a few injuries, and all guys have slumps. He's taken huge steps forward this year and we should be nothing but happy about that.