Chick Mercedes

This season wil be remembered for the offseason. What a waste

That’s now how it works on the SS

Adam Engel must be depressed. Plays worse players ahead of him just because they are lefty

The Sox are smart. Winning the series before Kuechel takes the mound. This should always be done before Gas Can starts.

the Mercedes movie will be great. And the Burger movie, equally great.

Support for Mercedes threads up in here my man.

There aren’t baseball reasons Kuechel is still out there. Only financial reasons. We know in our hearts that if Kuechel was making 1.8 million instead of 18 million, he’d have been gone long ago.

Im not advocating to fuck with how the rest of the team is constructed other than maybe Lopez. As far as that’s concerned they should flip roles at a minimum, or just give Kuechel mop up duty innings or long relief after the real starter is getting shelled. Im advocating getting the baseball out of this guys hands. I don’t care who we out out there as long as it isn’t him. Keep trying people out. Point is, try.

Sorry, got a little hot there for a second. Its just frustrating to be giving up, like giving up is an option. There are moves that can at least be tried. Kuechel has to be shut down while there is an open ended audition of candidates. If this was supposed to be some mid pack team, then whatever. Even then. But whatever. If the Sox gave us these excuses in the situation they are in, why should anyone accept it let alone defend it.

Reynaldo Lopez for one is an easy one. if it’s as you say in the minors, you fucking find a guy who’s been driving a truck or washing cars to throw batting practice every fifth day. How about trading for a stiff on another team that can break an 8.40. They do exist, trust me. Basically you don’t sit around as a major league organization that portends to be a world series contender and roll this garbage out anymore because you say you don’t have anything at AAA. This is ridiculous.

People are arguing that nobody can be better than a pitcher with an 8.40 ERA.

Hopefully someone with less than an ERA of 8.40 steps in ffs. Can’t tell if serious. At this point the Sox get more for the money by paying Gas Can Kuechel to not pitch.

Sure, but unless we get some unexpected help from unlikely sources, our win totals matching last season are questionable without the big first half magic of last season. Guys like Mercedes floated the team for awhile, Rodon and Legend, even Goodwin with big hits. Nobody is stepping up yet. I’m hoping Robert and AJ can make up for some of the Mercedes magic. They gotta start picking this up. Can we expect the Sox to have a big final stretch as opposed to the dud last season too. So I’m a little concerned if they don’t have the big first half considering last year’s home stretch.

Right?

The way he dropped Leury from the top of the lineup so suddenly and comprehensively, It confirms more and more Tony got a talkin to. Or, he just woke himself up.

Engel in the 2 hole. What is it with Tony’s number 2 hole?

Lawrence Holmes says Vaughn is 3rd in baseball for hard hit balls. Something like that.

He hasn’t had enough time off I guess. Tony LaRussa’s strategy this season is to pretend there are no problems. Everyone relax. These guys don’t need to feel any sense of urgency. Which is ludicrous.

My recollection is different. His velocity was down even before he started the compact delivery. Was getting hit, and went more compact to be more deceptive. Not sure his velocity didn’t actually slightly improve after the change

Mercedes, Rodon, Lynn, and people like king bat flip dude fueled this team early last year. They gone, Lynn is coming back, but he let down on his way out, and is of that age. Possibly overrated teams better not be fooling themselves. The way teams stay good is to be aggressive, proactive, not make mistakes, and this organization did not get the memo.

While they do have a significant portion of blame, this team has been the definition of mediocre now for what will amount to more than half a season. And they had a problem with playing hard recently. The roster has issues that should be seriously looked at. Its been a long time since they were good.

nm, Greinke

Yes he will. Or doing a different job ffs.

Of course, Leury will be in for Burger tomorrow. TLR really must stop jerking people in and out, up and down the lineup so people can gain a level of comfort and preparedness.

7 Ls in a row can make a manager come to Jesus. But really they need to stop trying to “win now” with the crappiest veterans on the team and try to develop prospects like Burger that can help