WestEddy

what do you mean dissected? Burke, Martin, Fedde and Kay all look fine. Venable said only the first time through was going be a ramping up period. I know you love to call everything Sox related a failure before it even gets started. The rotation will probably be Schultz, McDougal, Hagen Smith and 2 others by August. That was the plan. Paez was quickly jettisoned, and they have replacements. Shane Smith needs work, and they have a half dozen prospects at AAA to step in for him, not 38-year-old AAAA dudes. Really, you could certainly pretend that 4 positional starters getting injured 2 weeks in was bad planning. The rotation looks fine, and working as planned. That's called a good job of roster building.

Sure, but again, they're just trying to get to the point where the starters are getting stretched out and regularly going 5+ innings. Schweitzer, Davitt, those guys are fungible.

No he isn't. Murphy is.

It's almost like a few starters are injured, or something.

Very nice throw by Murray.

Brains are so broken, they think Reinsdorf is a God-like presence, guiding each and every individual player into constant failure. And really, Nardi, the vomiting of invective is all your fault, because you "accept losing", whatever that means. I'm not sure, but I think urinating oneself laughing over a possible career ending injury is how one doesn't "accept losing", and is the more noble path of action.

Weird that people who are angry about a baseball team show their anger by taking a victory lap and gloating over the incompetence of a player collision. And then those of us whose reaction is "Hmm, that wouldn't have been my first reaction" are the real villains because we're not gloating, also. I'm just curious at what point is the organization is supposed to teach outfield fundamentals to a second baseman? And should the player retire for a year or two to take classes on all of the "fundamentals" before they step back on the field? The people laughing and high-fiving each other over a serious injury seem to know the answers to this question, but they're not telling us.

Schweitzer was fresher. I think they're going to bounce a few guys around if starters can't start eating innings.

Maybe we should be complaining about how the Rangers, Mets and Rays teach fundamentals to the players they trade to us. I am aghast!!

Sure. I think I'm in the camp of "just trade him and let's move on". Truman Pauley's going to be a beast. Schriffen's call for that has to be "You, my good hitting friend, have been served up one Hyannis Port strikeout. Now be a good sport and take a seat to give your teammate a go of it!!"

They actually do. Bergolla was playing shortstop. It's only a bone bruise. Antonacci stayed in. Looks like the same type of play that happened to Ozzie in ... 1992?

No, I didn't. He also did nothing to stay healthy. Again, I wish him well, and I wish him success. Lots of it. But other than that, he can f*** off. LOl.

An Italian who's all talk and no action is really just a Sardignian.

Nope. I wish Robert all the luck in the world. Win the triple crown. But couldn't stay healthy. Dudes go to Driveline to hone their skills. They seek out trainers to figure out their own issues above and beyond what the team does. Management Agencies also help out with this. Didn't see any of that with him.

And to not play in front of empty stadiums he did nothing to fill.

Looks like a frozen rope single in the box score.

Really, it's the 4th. I'll blame you. Martin, Fedde, Burke and now Kay have gone 5+.

3rd, actually.

I wonder if it's the yips. He always walked about 4 per 9 IP, but something happened, and now he can't throw strikes.

Oh, come, now. They have an actual infield to plan on. They had an outfield plan, but 3 of their main options are injured. The 2024 team finished with on player who had more than 50 PA and an OPS+ above 100. Tommy Pham.

They're 12 games into the season. I think they'd call that a small sample size.

Thee 2026 team is not the 2024 team.

Then I really don't understand your comment. I probably said they're in a better place before we got the news on Baldwin, and Hays and Pereira went down. They're starting two AAA OFs right now, and the mainstays are slumping. If you're saying that Teel will be worse than Quero and McGuire, Antonacci will be a glorified Dru Baker, and McDougal/Schultz will get clobbered over 2 innings every start, that makes absolutely no sense. As usual.