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Sac bunt and then suicide squeeze. Try again in the 11th.

Game was over as soon as it went to extras. Sox have not been good at Manfred ball for a while.

I agree. Not sure what else Peoples' needs to prove down there.

Acuna leading off is not a recipe for success.

Defense did him no favors either. If that passed ball doesnt happen then that ball to Vargas is prob a game ending DP.

Short answer....no.

Going to driveline seems to have really screwed him up. He wanted to add power and instead he lost his ability to hit period.

Ant just put it on there and didnt tell him. Left it on after he hit the HR.

I mean yes, McDougal and Thorpe are better then McCarthy? McDougal has Vasquez type stuff.

They have depth. Its just injured. McDougal, Adams, and Thorpe.

Peoples has been very good in AAA. Not sure why he’s not up with the big club.

Whenever I wonder where Braden will play when they bring him up, Kelenic goes and has a game like tonight. I see why he’s intriguing as a player but the negatives always make an appearance in costly ways.

He’s been compared to Troy Tulowitzki. If the Sox take him and that’s who he ends up to be, I wouldn’t really care if Emerson turned into Trout. I’d still be totally fine with the decision. This is a 1-1 pick, you can not afford to miss.

Shouldn’t be. They had an off day Monday.

One thing that’s nice about this team is that even when they aren’t getting hits, or aren’t scoring runs, or even is losing, is that this offense really hasn’t looked completely overmatched. That happened far too often in years past. I think that’s one reason why this team is so refreshing to watch.

I agree. He seems like a guy who knows this might be his last chance to stick at the MLB level. Tries to do way too much and it probably doesn’t help that the team is ok with guys being really aggressive.

Is Vargas using the torpedo bat now too? I can’t tell if it is or not.

Then he visited the Doctor.

It was Pasquintino at the plate so I assume he was playing deep. It was a duck snort. Should he have made the play? Probably but it wasn’t easy by any stretch.

He needs to get on the juice and have his hat size grow then too.

He belongs at the major league level.

I feel like Noah’s entire gameplan against righties is just throw everything inside. This might be fine but he struggles to consistently get it over there and there’s 8 righties in the lineup tonight. It’s just a bit confusing at times.

Oh I dont disagree. I’m just saying I think that could be lack of focus at times leads to that. I have no idea if it’s that or maybe he isn’t as good as we think. I’ve seen the guy that looks like the best pitcher in baseball and I’ve seen a guy that can’t throw a strike. Just trying to figure out why such the wide variance. Maybe the not starting thing bothers him. Who knows.

I’ve kind of wondered if his is more of a focus thing. I think sometimes he knows his stuff is so good that he just kind of seems lackadaisical a bit, but when you watch that at bat against Witt you see him locked in. It’s like when he knows there’s no room for error he just looks more locked in from the start of the at bat as opposed to I know my stuff is better then you so I’m just probably going to get you out.

Bummer didn't generally have guys drop transfers and pop ups. He got squibbed to death.