SoxBlanco

Maybe we can try winning the first game of a series tonight. We’ve lost the first game in five of the last seven series, and yet we haven’t lost any of those seven series. Even more ridiculous is the fact that we’ve lost the first two games in THREE of those series.

It’s truly remarkable that the Sox haven’t lost a series since the July 4-6 series against Minnesota, considering they seem to lose the first game of every series they play in (and they’ve lost the first TWO games multiple times).

We’ll get some BIG energy if there’s two on and two outs this inning.

This matchup reminds me of the Sox (Sale) vs the Braves in 2016 and Houston (Verlander) vs the Tigers in 2019. The latter was possibly the biggest betting favorite ever. The former was also a huge betting favorite for the Sox. Both Sale and Verlander got beat.

June 23

Lucas gave up the same amount of earned runs in the first inning that Cease has given up in his last 58 innings.

Who’s in CF when Engel is in RF?

If we go 1-2 against Oakland, it’ll be the most disappointing series of the season so far (and that’s saying a lot). Oakland is so bad this year, and we’ll have Cueto, Lynn, and Cease.

I actually enjoy the Benetti/Hummel combo.

The next 19 games will probably let us know if this team will make a playoff push. People kept calling the Baltimore series an easy series, but the next 19 are all against teams that are worse than Baltimore (Texas is the best team with a record of 43-51). So make a prediction on how the Sox fare over these 19 games. Feel free to add where you think that puts us in the division on August 15. For reference, this is who the Sox will play: @ Colorado (2) Oakland (3) Kansas City (3) @ Texas (4) @ Kansas City (4) Detroit (3)

The post you quoted was from over a year ago, but it fits this year pretty well right now.

Gotcha. Thanks. Would be great if something clicked for him like it did with Cease this year.

Also, would Happ basically replace Sheets on the roster and become the every day RF? Could he then become the every day second baseman next year?

How about Thompson? I haven’t really followed him this year. Is he closer to the “fun arms” group or the “Dalquists”?

73% of stats are made up.

Could have been worse, I guess. At least we didn’t lose 28-5.

The chances of Engel and a middle infielder going down in the same game AND the game being close AND we end up losing that game because of poor defense in one of those spots are close zero.

If Engel and let’s say Anderson happen to go down in the same game, then Leury goes to SS and Pollock goes to CF. Not the end of the world for a couple innings.

I was sort of expecting this given the lack of updates, but now that it’s official, I feel like we should be pretty concerned about it.

“Why do all of our hitters swing at the first pitch?!?! How about we work the count a little for once??? Oh yeah, and why can’t we get some left handed power in our lineup??? Also, by the way, we need to get rid of Moncada and Grandal. Those guys are bums.”

Cease should just try to give up zero runs. Then the lineup won’t matter much. We’ll find a way to scrape across a run.

Impossible to disagree with Kelly being an F right now, but I do think that grade will go up by the end of the year. Can you imagine if Kelly and Bummer return to from? The bullpen would be insane.

TLR is a genius. If he doesn’t start Leury over Engel, then Leury is the guy inserted in the 3 hole and Engel doesn’t hit in that spot. I can’t believe we have been underestimating his mastermind abilities this whole year.