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Yes but when Lamb's the alternative then you might as well play Vaughn. Give him a day off after Engel is back in the lineup.

Lamb had some useful moments before he got hurt, but he's really a waste of a roster spot at this point. Bring up another bullpen arm and go with a 3 man bench.

Yeah neither of those hits were on particularly bad pitches, nor were they crushed. Sometimes the ball just goes to a spot where you can't get it.

Going to be a long night for Dylan if he can't get either breaking ball over for a strike.

That called strike 3 to Moncada in the 4th was such bullshit.

I haven't seen any updates but they didn't put him on the IL today so that's some good news.

I knew 12 years ago that J. Fields would eventually be a huge star for Chicago.

It makes sense if they're sticking with the 1919 theme.

Everything I remember reading had Vaughn penciled in as opening day DH until the injuries forced him to LF. I agree that Rodon is #1 because despite the talent, it was very unlikely that he would be this good for this long. I would put Mercedes a close 2nd though because that first month was key with all the injuries and getting off to a good start made a huge difference even after Mercedes himself stopped making a difference.

My guess is because it was his first time catching and they are being cautious.

My guess is they play the Dodgers. Dodgers play their road series at St. Louis right before, and the Cubs play in Milwaukee right before.

Florida in August? You should have picked a more humid month to go.

Right, but your magic number to clinch the division is the highest of the numbers needed to eliminate each of the opponents, so it's 37. Mathematically, the Sox could win 35 more games and still not win the division.

How do you get 35? EDIT: I see how you got 35, so just look at the loss column for a minute and then come back when you realize it's actually 37.

Cleveland has 58 losses. Thus they could end up with a maximum of 104 wins. Sox have 68 wins, so they need 37 more to get 105.

Sox magic # is 37.

I thought this to at the time, but I looked up the rule and it says that the runner is to be called out if leaving the baseline interferes with the throw to 1st. It doesn't say anything about avoiding a tag. It also says one foot in and one foot out is considered to be within the baseline.

So just last night really.

MLB had the Sox and Yankees playing at Minnesota and KC before traveling to Iowa, which made the trip as easy as possible. If they want to have NL teams next play there next year, they can have them play in St. Louis and Milwaukee the series before to make for a similar trip.

Liam Hendriks couldn't become the first ML pitcher to win a game in Iowa if he didn't blow the lead.

Leury/Zavala/TA due up

How many runs does Judge cost them in RF?

I'm only half kidding when I say I'm worried they'll give him a QO.

At this point why do the Yankees even swing? Every pitch they take is called a ball.

The 0-1 pitch on the steal was a strike and so was the 2-2. Such a load of bullshit!