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I'm not sure what the latest is with Eloy, but he needs to learn the difference between being hurt and being injured. Torn tendons and muscles are injuries. "Leg tightness" is hurt. I want to be careful with him, but the FO called this during the rehab. For now, it's best to shut him down until after the break. Do not IL him. We have enough DH's and 1B's to limp through (see what I did there) the Twins series. Having him roam that left field was going to be ugly anyway.

If it came from Nightingale, my bet is it came from JR. He's anticipating all the "most underachieving team" stories that get written during the 4 day All Star break. He's laying it at the player's feet. I'm too lazy to find it, but there was a blurb in the Sun Times a week or so ago alluding to TLR "not imposing his will" in the clubhouse because he was concerned about the rap he came in with re: letting the kids play, blah blah blah. I think you'll see TLR talk during the ASB how he "tried to let the players regulate the clubhouse and not over control things". He'll go on to say that hasn't worked out, so "he'll be stepping in and controlling things". JR in his comatose sense believes the leak gives TLR cover for the horrible lethargy of the last 18 months. They're throwing the players under the bus and having the HOFBP ride in on his white horse to save the day. This FO is pathetically out of touch and refuses to take responsibility for the mess of the last 2 years.

The killer for me is it makes no difference what the results are this year. Jerry is bringing this stiff and his cronies back next season. The thud you're hearing is our championship window slamming shut. You don't leave a failed GM in place to guide your rebuild. You don't hire a dinosaur that is completely out of touch with 21st century baseball to run your team. And you sure as hell don't double down on all of it by being an absentee owner who's actions (or inactions) tell his customers he cares more about $12 beers than winning for this city. Two years ago we could have hired any manager or Executive we wanted. EVERYONE wanted to jump on the bandwagon. In two years you won't be able to get the Skipper of the SS Minnow to run this farce. I'm out.

I swear it felt like today when they got Eloy back the team had a brief players only meeting and said "f$#% Menechino, go up there and pull the ball and drive it with power." We hit 3 homers today, all to the pull side. Robert's was mashed. I can't remember the last time Vaughn pulled the ball with authority. Maybe something is shifting?

I'm looking forward to Eloy coming back. His development has been severely stunted by the COVID season, the "lost year" with the pec injury, and now essentially half this season. A kid his age needs reps and he hasn't had them. Will be ever be a gold glove outfielder? Hell no. But he could be serviceable given more work. His bat needs 600 PA's each of the next 2 years to see what he can be. I know we (rightly) want to wrap him in bubble wrap, but the kid has to play...... and that means LF with the glut of DH's we have on this roster.

They said he threw an 18 pitch "sim game". The reports were that the "ball came out of his hand well". Liam clearly wants to be out there tomorrow to begin the big stretch of games v. Minnesota and Cleveland. He'll tell the trainer whatever he needs to hear to get cleared. The guy is gamer. I hope he's truly healthy.

But he's our lefty savior, just ask the HOFBP.

He could get pulled over for his 3rd DUI and stay employed. He could say he supports the regimes in Cuba and Venezuela and stay employed. He could make the most racist comment since Jimmy the Greek and stay employed. He's not going anywhere folks.

We have 4 games v. Cleveland and 7 games v. Minnesota before the ASG. We'll be buried by 10-12 games and should be sellers not buyers. But with this FO.........

Someone yelled "pinch hit you f'ing idiot" at the HOFBP. It took him 15 minutes to wake up and sent Zavala up to hit in the 7th. Unbelievable.

Won a gold glove in center field.

Fun watching excellent D. Unfortunately it's always the other team.

3 words......Frank F'ing Menechino We lead the free world in opposite field hits, are in the 25th percentile in ground ball rate, launch angle and pitches per AB. That's philosophy and approach and being taught. God help us.

Don't fret the record. TLR will be back if we lose 90 games too. It is a given so we may as well win anyway.

So the Sox are behind Cleveland and Minny in both the standings, organizational effectiveness, and farm systems. They are (soon to be) only marginally ahead of Detroit and KC in the standings and who have FAR superior farm systems and are already in rebuild mode. In other words..... we're screwed.

We could lose 100 games and JR will not fire TLR and TLR will NOT resign. He's back in 2023. This just sucks.

The most depressing part (unlike real major league organizations) is there is ZERO chance TLR doesn't manage here again next year. He's got the "injuries to key players card" in his wallet and he'll play it after the season and JR will buy it. We can't suck enough for him to get fired or have the pride to quit. We're doomed with this guy.

For the love of God somebody on this coaching staff needs to show a heartbeat and get run tonight. Horrible strike zone, BS balk call, total lethargy from the HOFBP permeating the team. SHOW SOME F'ING LIFE!!!

When you have 3 automatic outs at the bottom of your lineup, that's what happens.

What's up with Liam? Was this a "load management" deal or does he have an issue?

Lopez getting the start tonight? Not talking about Nicki, I mean ReLo.

Getting their act together is the key. They've proven they can lose to many of those bad teams already this season.

There are sooooo many things wrong with this team, but including tonight they are hitting .088 (3 for 34) with the bases loaded. Think about that for a minute. If that doesn't speak to how inept we've been with the bats I don't know what does.

Worse

With our luck it's a tear and he's gone 2-3 months.