Richie

No kidding. Breaking ball was looking very nice. Touched 94 on the fastball as well. We'll see if it continues, but so far - so good.

I'd be satisfied with him just avoiding a blow-up outing tonight.

Yeah... over the past year (since coming off of the DL last May) he's been on a historical run. The power he's shown is stuff we haven't seen since the steroid era. .300 BA 45 HR's 104 RBI's in just 117 games last year. OPS steadily over .1000 since that time last year too. He's 100% hitting like a hall of famer right now. Shame for him that his career got going a bit late.

Lol... .417 with RISP

This is a sticky situation. Bad feeling about this JD AB. Dude's a monster.

We really let Porcello off of the hook with one run... but I suppose that's to be expected with this bottom of the lineup.

Good job Timmy. Makes Navarez look even dumber too.

God Navarez... just go away

In his 2 AB's Palka has registered 113 and 112 off of the bat. On grounders. Wow.

Ugh... Navarez. Eh well. Can we take 2 of 3 from another first place team? Hopefully Rey-Lo picks up from where he left off from his last outing.

This simply doesn't hold true, man.

I'm excited for Rodon and Lopez on B2B days following Covey's great outing. If Rodon picks up where he left off. Suddenly this rotation is formidable. 5-6 innings of good pitching from Rodon would be a great sight. I'm sure he'll be limited in his pitch count.

Boston/Sale were -310 favorites One of the biggest upsets of the seasons probably.

Orbital fracture... 60 day DL

Smith would be a very ideal 2nd catcher, IMO. Serviceable at the plate, solid defensively (except not great throwing), calls a good game, pitchers seem to like him...

Outside of a bullpen and Shields meltdown. This team has been playing respectably. Good stuff Jace

I don't see how we can justify not keeping him in there.

Later Swihart... Dylan Covey is our ace!

That two seamer to JBJ... nice

It's astonishing to me that Covey actually continues to do this. The name "Dylan Covey" made me cringe up until a couple weeks ago.

Cangi gave me batting lessons as a kid. lol

On top of those two, you also have Alfredo's 3 games. Who was basically the fat chick you blacked out drunk, woke up next to and have no idea how you wound up in bed with her. The story you keep to yourself and take to the grave with ya. lol. Disaster.

Game 1 yesterday still irks me. lol

The way Shields is pitching. I might even be willing to bet on him bolstering those numbers a bit more over the next month.

In fairness, we beat the sh*t out of Sale last year. Especially Abreu.