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Jose gets credit. I think he was doing a good job all season, especially given how all the added pressure fell on him, Tim and Goan with the rest of the crew down. Probably more so Jose because he was really the only slugger not named yas left. Jose is so nails.

And I might be wrong but he is hitting a ton better since he got Eloy back in lineup.

He is going back into the pen - they aren't sending him down the way he is pitching right now. Wright is first one going down and Lopez is on the roster before Foster at this point too.

Yeah - that was the least excited I have been almost ever for a homer.

Wow - really hope everything ends up as good as can be with Bassit. That was awful...as bad as I've seen.

AYO with another real solid game. You can never project greatness out of summer league, but you can sometimes see guys who just don't fit via it and at least first impression is AYO can definitely be the kind of guy who develops into a quality rotational player.

I will caveat - Kleber's basketball fit might be better (in sense that the Bulls really need defense - which Kleber is supposedly pretty good at).

He is a major step down from Lauri. Not saying he's a bad player but Lauri is significantly better. I would much prefer playing it tough and forcing Lauri to play for Bulls for one more year (and assume that he'll eventually get on board) or a path that gets an eventual FRP back while the team using more TPE's for any finishing touch moves.

Ayo having a stellar game today. Really playing well on both sides of the ball.

This - I figure they aren’t going to waste his knees catching a bunch of minor league games. When he is ready to catch - he will do it at the big league level and this is more just a stint to get his timing back. My guess is we see him during the next series.

Fields has it. Bears signed jason peters so they finally made a move to add some much needed depth at tackle given all the injury issues they have had. He is old and way past his prime, but should be a good vet move for whenever Jenkins can start practicing etc.

Nah - I like there plan very much.

Or you do exactly that to make sure you give the right impression. I don't know - but one thing i wondered is after what is going on with the Bulls (and Ball tampering) would the Sox just make sure to not rub anything in here with Rodon. That was always my hope (that they just wanted to make everything look right) but he did have those games where his velocity was down and he had thrown a ton of innings. Either way - good that the MRI was clean.

I think they should do it every 5 years or something.

Great post and I agree with everything you said.

It was a great trade for Cubs. Heuer has great arm and is going to put up quite a few low cost above average seasons out of the pen. Sox need Kimbrel to hit and they clearly paid a premium for limited innings. In terms of war traded - could see Sox getting 2-4 war from Kimbrel vs Cubs getting 15-20 war during periods of control. That is a great deal for a team in accumulation phase and both guys can help next year so if you want a quick retool it plays well.

This - get in and get in healthy with your rotation set. This is part of the challenge in a long season…I am so happy club built this lead up. It is so critical…much more so than home field IMO. End of the day once playoffs start the reality is they need to play well period.

Given the sizeable lead the club has - I don’t like their approach but I suppose I understand it.

His 3 looks real good - his handle/speed on penetration looked really loose/weak. Could have just been the highlight clip. That said - he looked pretty fluid when he got action off of screens/cuts so maybe more mental. I did read somewhere that he apparently grew, maybe as much as 2 inches since he was drafted. I just get worried - I remember Lauri looked quick and than next thing you knew whatever his off-season routine was he supposedly got ripped...but whatever he did got in the way of speed and now he's looked slow as crap for a while (and I think that is what really put the limiter vs. his initial upside as a rookie). In Williams case - not jumping to those conclusions as his midrange and 3 ball both looked tight and he is clearly extremely long.

Real bummer here unless this was a designed rest and everything else is show. Whatever it is - hope nothing serious and rodon is ready to crush it come October.

I hate to say it but he looked huge…but not in a good way. He looked slow but maybe that was just me watching the highlights. His 3 point stroke looked nice but saw very few moves of him beating his defender.

So was at the Padres Marlins game two nights ago and Zach Thompson has a sub 3 era for the Marlins. Name sounded familiar - yep - another Sox castaway pitching alright (in a long line of castaways). Don’t know whether it will hold up but he pitched solid against pads. Small sample size still (50 ish innings this year).

Man - keuchel got squeezed on that walk to sano…thought the team would pick him up after giving up that homer. Oh well…double digit lead and Robert is going to take some time to get back in swing of things but Abreu has protection now. I expect we aren’t just going to get Robert and Eloy and Grandal but also get mvp pito and Timmy back with the rest of the band coming together.

Nope - I am in San Diego tonight and saw him hit a bomb.

Man - sweet game. Eloy, Gio, Robert, Timmy. Winning is fun!!!