brijames1957

I mean of course this team is performing better this season then any of us expected so I guess we shouldn't be too upset. But when they are in first place the last week in July and the AL is so down this year you just don't want to see them blow the chance of making the playoffs.

Losing these first 2, with your best starting pitchers, with the Yanks, Rays, and Red Sox coming next is not good. I feel like the team is hitting a wall right now.

Every time my inner Sox voice starts saying just maybe this team is for real this year you have a game like this and the doubts creep back. Days your arguably best pitcher goes and your up 5-0 in the 6th you have to win those.

Jammed him. Nice pitch.

Vasil is hilarious.

The team I'm most worried about in the Central right now is the fing Tigers. They have a very easy schedule the rest of the way which includes their next 9 games being KC for 3, Baltimore for 3, and the A's for 3. That combined with the Sox having during the same time Houston for 3, Yankees for 4, Rays for 3, and Red Sox for 3. If the Sox have any kind of losing streak in this next 13 game stretch the Tigers could possibly make up a lot of ground quickly.

Great win! It is huge because the Sox are about to start the toughest stretch of the season. They have Houston for 3, Yankees for 4, Rays for 3, Red Sox for 3, Clev for 3.

Taylor, fing great job. Who gets the 9th?

It is easy to doubt Chase partly because he just doesn't look the part. But if he is going to hit .285 and make most of the plays you have to at 2nd I mean I'm ok with that.

Great pitch by Taylor to end the inning. Give him the 8th and Newcomb the 9th. Or Seranthony. Kidding.

Sox have a lot of guys slumping at the plate right now. Have to find a way to win games like this because they will break out here soon.

He was struggling early on, he couldn't be trusted. But since he came back and made a change in his delivery he has been lights out. The guy has always had great stuff he just hadn't been able to control and locate.

You almost had to move him because where was he going to play? The real question is was the return worth it?

If they can get a quality #3 starter for Schultz straight up or packaged with a no name I would do it tonight.

I would too but who is it you package him with? Your not getting any kind of quality starter for Shultz and some no name.

I didn't say he needed to learn something. Maybe there is something he has to change with his delivery or whatever but he can't have any more starts pitching like this. Maybe you package him with someone to get another starter. I haven't been impressed with him since he came up so it wouldn't upset me at all.

You can't let Schultz have any more starts. Send him down and see if he can figure anything out. It's clear as can be if the Sox are going to stay contending for a playoff spot this year they need another starter. Who you put in a package to get that I don't know. I'm in the camp of not mortgaging the future this year to contend.

Jackie Brown, one of my favorite films. Now the question is you ever have someone as hot as Pam Grier walk in to the office?

What exactly is going on with Colson and his back? Is this something that is going to get worse every year? A back issue of any kind is not good. Do we know exactly what the issue is?

You all are acting like Teel was tearing it up since he has come back. He was barely hitting a lick, .190. I would love to see the Sox go out and get a Catcher before the deadline as long as they don't give up too much.

Can the Sox add pieces this year that will make them a World Series contender or just help them possibly make the playoffs? The answer to that determines how much value you give up to get that piece or pieces. This team is maybe a year away more likely 2, from being a serious WS contender. Until that time comes you can't be giving away any of your top prospects and I will be very disappointed if they do.

The Sox have to stay away from any long, meaning more than 3 game, losing streaks the rest of the way. Right now in the AL you have 12 teams fighting for 6 playoff spots . Only 3 teams are out of the race. You have one bad streak and you could be out of the mix. The AL Central teams all play each other a lot the rest of the way. If they don't win the Division the Sox only chance, with a lot of other teams, will be the 3rd WC as the AL East will take the other 2.

Roch will be in the bigs way faster than a lot of people think. He is a 3 year college player who has all the tools to be a future all star SS. The only way he isn't up by the end of next season at the latest is if he doesn't hit at all in the minors, he is that talented.

Roch is this teams future SS. The guy has all the tools to be an All Star. I won't be surprised if he doesn't move through the minors very quickly.

I used to do it when I was stressed. It is a very therapeutic.