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cinco = sink-o It was a pun

Just did it.

Keuchel vs Gray, 11:35 am Today is the day that the (tied for) first place Sox cinco the Reds

Cease gets 3 hits off pitchers and then Leury goes and GIDP against a position player.

Ruiz working his way out of the "last resort" role.

This is probably Cease's last inning, but they have to let him hit in the 7th, don't they?

When Cease singled in the 5th, his OPS went down from 2.500 to 2.333

Both have a 0.0 WAR so not really better.

I was looking up Cease's batting stats just for the hell of it and apparently, in 31 career starts, he's managed to never start in an NL park.

Vaughn in LF, Garcia in CF, Madrigal batting 2nd

I don't know why, but they tend to wait until they need the roster spot before moving someone to the 60 day.

Have they had him throw with the blurred vision to see if it has improved his control?

Mendick up for Robert

DH tomorrow means another 7 inning game for Cease, good for him.

My first ever game thread Cease vs Hoffman May the 4th be with the Sox today.

As bad as things seem, at least we aren't at the point where Reynaldo Lopez is in the starting rotation.

I think TLR being in charge makes it more likely that the Sox make a win-now trade. This team is set up nicely for the next 3-4 years, but TLR is very unlikely to be here that long and is probably putting a lot of pressure on JR to take on salary to make that deal.

The Cubs wouldn't want much of value if they could get enough salary relief.

Probably wouldn't take much in return as far as prospects go if the Sox would be willing to take on a healthy chunk of that salary. Just need TLR to tell JR he absolutely has to have him.

Out of Bryant, Pederson and Heyward, who could play CF the best?

Would not trade Crochet for anyone that isn't controllable through at least 2023. Remember how bad the 2005 offense sucked and they still won 99 games. This pitching staff has the potential to be nearly as good. If Engel and Eloy come back and are reasonably productive this team still has a chance. Now, if you can get a rental CF for Ruiz or Burdi and Lambert or Johnson, then do it, but I don't see that happening.

I don't disagree, but just to be clear, Robert was injured a couple steps before he got to the base.

Vaughn should be starting in LF every day now. Leury and Hamilton are your CF combo until Engel is back. Gonzalez should not be playing more than once a week.

Should Lamb have been in the lineup? No, but Anderson, Moncada and Abreu combined to go 0-10 with 1 BB and 6 K, so it's not all on the lineup decisions. The big guys are coming up empty too often.

There once was a girl from Nantucket who wound up in the wrong poem