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Not once. Haven't done it. It's impossible.

Sox have yet to win even one game when allowing 5+ runs.

Hard to bunt from the dugout

Yeah, I don't get that either.

Going to need to shed three pitchers. One when Bummer is back, one on June 1, and one when Lynn is back. Sousa, Foster and Banks all have options, but Foster has been pitching well and losing both Sousa and Banks leaves Bummer as the only lefty. I think one of Cueto, Velasquez or Keuchel is gone when Lynn is back. No need to carry 8 starters.

I still live with my parents so I got nothing for you but wanted to say congratulations!

Rally Engel!

So this made me think to ask this question: How much of playing time at the minors is dictated by the major league club and how much is the minor league manager's discretion?

I told my mom this, her response: That sounds like a rule a fucking man wrote.

Sox will lose 2 or 3 games in this series, then next week, Cole and Judge will go on the IL and the Yankees will come crashing back to earth after it's too late for the Sox to benefit.

I'm doing the opposite. I'm not getting riled up about being only 3 behind the Twins because of how hard it will be to overcome Houston or New York.

I wouldn't trade prospects for rentals if a top 2 seed is not realistic. Save them for offseason trades instead.

My point is that a lead on the Twins isn't relevant. Treat the gap to the Astros/Yankees like it's the gap to the division lead.

Rally Engel!

Sox are currently: 28th in OBP, 24th in SLG, 30th in BB%, 25th in ISO, 24th in WRC+ But hey, 3rd lowest K%. If we change the rules to make strikeouts worth 2 outs instead of 1, Menechino is a genius and the best hitting coach in MLB.

We can look at the AL Central standings and see that the Sox are only 3 GB of Minnesota and think this team is still better than 50/50 to win the AL Central. Doesn't matter. Here are the real standings the Sox should care about: Yankees +3.5 Astros --- Sox -5.5 Sox are 5.5 games out of the 2nd seed. That's where they need to get to have a realistic chance of advancing even as far as the ALCS. Winning the division and getting the 3rd seed lands you in the Wild Card round against TOR, TB or LA, and if you survive that you get a DS rematch with Houston, again without home field advantage. It's a death sentence. Cease/Giolito/Kopech/Lynn/Cueto might end up as the best rotation in the AL. Kelly and Graveman might get back on track and make the bullpen lethal. But if the offense doesn't get it together and get it together quickly, the chance to catch the Astros could be gone by the end of June. The Sox have four players with a WRC+ over 100, and one of those is Mendick, and I wouldn't bother trading prospects for rentals if catching Houston isn't realistic.

Pitching staff in 17 IP gave up 2 R, 17 H, 5 BB, 24 And it's only good enough for a split.

Sox bring up some random guy to start, he goes 5 and gives up only one run, and he's going to get an L because of this lineup. And I'm not even blaming Tony for resting TA and Jose, the rest of the hitters need to step up.

He was a free agent and thus not the property of the Sox to trade, so what they could have gotten was nothing.

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