KipWellsFan

Over their last 5 games the OBP of these two is a combined .368. So they're fine.

Small point... Eloy and Luis Robert are not countrymen. Eloy is Dominican, and Robert is Cuban.

I agree that all players across the league should knock it off with admiring their hits. In the age of analytics where we try to get every advantage possible, players are giving away the obvious advantage of getting to first base and making the turn as soon as possible. Do I think every player should run 100% right out of the batters box on every play? No. But the admiring seems to be a bit of a plague across the league and on our team. It seems quite often that guys admire it and it goes off the wall, or barely makes it out. All that aside, Tim Anderson is obviously a leader on this team, and a key to our success. Also, he is super smooth in the infield this year.

Fair enough

Wow, this is an even hotter take than I expected to see. You've outdone yourself soxtalk.

I logged on just to see the hilarious hot takes here after that game. I'm not disappointed.

Yeah, I totally disagreed with letting Kopech take his first ever MLB at-bat if we were just going to pull him if he walked one guy. I feel like the odds of scoring insurance runs by pinch-hitting there outweigh the benefit of him maybe pitching a clean 8th. But it's just one regular season game. I'm not losing my mind over it. There is some benefit to getting Kopech a taste of hitting, and maybe he comes back and gets 3 outs quickly.

This is a treasonous post

I think we misinterpreted that Brian Goodwin tweet a while back re: Adam Eaton, so maybe we shouldn't rush to judgement on this one. However, it is a bit suspect.

I'm still out here re-watching replays of the Abreu homerun. A majestic moonshot.... Abreu circles the bases workman-like as Yoan, Tim and the Chicago fans go nuts. Good times.

That wasn't a meaningless inning. It wasn't exactly a blowout, and the Astros are basically the best offence in the league. They can score 3 or 4 runs pretty quick. I don't hate using your studs to make sure a W goes on the board there. Especially considering the potential crisis of confidence in not being able to beat the best teams. I assume Kopech is still available today as well in relief. But that's just my two cents... Now I just hope Reynaldo turns out to be a better decision than just a bullpen game where Burr or whomever starts.

Just get everyone their first and second shot as soon as humanly possible. Or more people will die. This isn't complicated.

I love Jason and Steve and this will make them that much better.

Gotta get Moncada with the left handed bat in there before all the big boppers if he's going to continue getting on base 40% of the time with little power. Also, I am just going to assume you are Seby Zavala in real life from now on.

He's been taking a beating behind the plate, so I'm okay with a day of rest. Need I remind you of how screwed we are if we lose him too? EDIT: I assumed your post was sarcastic. But now I realize you might actually agree with the day of rest.

Those are lyrics from the song Wasted from Plies according to my google search.

This seems inappropriate, no??? Or am I missing something?

Yoan gets a bit of a bad rap re: health. For example, he has consistently played more games than Tim Anderson, but no one is doubting Tim. That being said, Yoan does tend to look injured more often (e.g. grimacing, limping), so that doesn't help his cause. Makes you appreciate the ridiculous level of toughness from José Abreu even more.

Ummm, if he "sucks" a team isn't going to pick up much of his salary, which would kind of defeat the purpose of trading him. Presumably we want to keep a mediocre starter and pay him, rather than trade a mediocre starter and still pay him. And again, if it is so obvious to GMs that "he sucks" we won't get much talent in return. I also don't accept your theory that he stinks or wouldn't have playoff value. He was 5th in Cy Young voting last year, and I'm willing to give him a bit more leeway this year before writing him off. He got bad luck in the most recent start that you reference with Billy Hamilton's botched play, and bad ball/strike calls on Ryan Burr with Keuchel's inherited runners. I don't think there is a ton separating Giolito, Cease, and Keuchel at the moment. They will probably all have ups and downs.

We have no regulars with an OPS over 800. The Pirates have three. Hopefully the starting pitching can stay strong for our team and a couple of guys pick it up on the offense.

It is a little odd how little work Foster is getting. But his ERA is under 2 since the beginning of May.

I don't mind Escobar as depth, or a platoon bat while we deal with so many injuries, but I'm not actually convinced he is much of an upgrade over Mendick. I think he has 5 seasons with a sub .300 OBP, and he is working on a sixth. His big power seasons almost seem like an outlier. Not sure about his defence.

Living in Canada these games are blacked out on MLB TV. A real Bummer.

Okay fine

Can we just not with the TLR reference in the subject... does everything positive/negative about this guy gotta be the focus of Soxtalk? I realize this was probably done with tongue in cheek. But c'mon! Bad mojo for the game thread!