gogosox1959

Collins as lefty batter and apparently he wants Zavala to catch Kuechel (more off-speed - harder to catch)

quality starts: Lynn-10; Giolito-9; Rodon-9; Keuchel-7; Cease-5

Likely that NL will have DH next season.

I only get the sox games, (live in NJ). Would love to see the twin's announcers call of the home run.

I think Yermin stays down and Savala sticks. Catcher is the position that is hardest for outsiders to actually judge and it's pretty clear that they don't think that Yermin is a big league catcher. When TLA talked about Savala's call up, he talked game planning and preparation with the pitchers. They way it was worded, I took that as an insight as to why they don't believe in Mercedes. More than any other position, catcher is the position where offensive contribution comes second.

Sox performance today gains them .5 in standings as Cleveland just lost to Houston

RF= Engel/Sheets; LF=Vaughn; CF=Robert; DH=Eloy

Sheets is 6'5" - right size for 1st base. They say that Vaughn is 6'0", but he looks shorter.

TLA has said that he manages for Sept-Oct. That means everyone plays a lot before then so that they are all ready for the push. The best players play far less than they could early on. So far is season it has been working - it just can't work everyday.

Imagine that question being asked in April.

Abreu is a very proud man. I believe that he won't want to hang around once his performance drops below a certain level. He won't embarrass himself.

Long time lurker. I usually read all of the non-game threads. Was 12 years old for the 59 go go sox. Not all the games are of equal importance the way the division has shaken out. Beating the Astros matter. Potentially losing a game to the Twins has no importance.