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2 best pitchers are the Rule 5 picks (albeit 1 indirectly). 2 more this December, please. Vasil should be in the rotation next year, but until then, closer works.

Robert had the best stretch he's had in 2 seasons, the 6 weeks right before the deadline. Hard to see the offers getting better. Now I do think that a lot of GMs see Getz as a punching bag and consider anything less than a rip-off as a loss for them. Getz needs to up his game.

Yankees hit random solo shots. Sox hit random doubles then stranded them. One day...

Just as soon as they become successful major leaguers. So far, the slate is Crochet (and he's really a Hahn/Haber selection) and hopefully Montgomery.

Montgomery, holding my breath he sticks. Earlier this year Taylor and Schultz. Even Cannon and Burke looked like they'd be back of the rotation starters. Some of the apparent busts I guess are bullpen possibilities (Dalquist, Kelley, Palette, et al). There have been a lot of teases. Hoping it all comes together.

Well Bannister was hired by Getz, so I don't expect a change. But Katz wasn't...I wouldn't be surprised to see him go. Shirley wasn't hired by Getz either; never hear any rumblings but using 80% of the draft on Jared Kelley has kept me antsy about him.

The deterioration of Taylor is alarming. When does Shirley get some scrutiny?

5 runs allowed on 2 hits. That's just swell.

I'd like the farm and front-office prioritized re spending. I don't think that the major league payroll has been the real problem. A poor farm system for most of the last 55 years (maybe before, but 55 is all I know) has been the problem.

I agree on all counts. Re Gonzalez, he was a first round draft choice 2 years ago and he's in AAA. If that's all you knew, it would be pretty exciting. Well, Montgomery's AAA experience was, as they say, "sub-optimal." Who knows. Maybe give up some OF work.

It was not a good return for Houser, despite Houser pitching so poorly since. But they weren't going to get much anyway; but to trade him for essentially an org guy from a team that Getz has been cozy with really annoys me. They could bring Elko up. Even if Mead hits well, it's not very good because of his lack of power and really high K rate (alarmingly high for someone with so little power). It's time for Taylor to hit the bricks too. Sox aren't learning anything from him. Alexander is a placeholder; he and most of the 2nd string pen are soft tossers. The Sox have enough fodder on the 26 man roster that they really could bring up several players for a look-see in September even without expanded rosters.

Mead's lack power seems to be his best feature. He strikes out, he doesn't walk and he doesn't defend well. Did anyone ffrom the Sox actually scout this player? Another Getz trade on the other teams terms...maybe those 19th round pitchers will turn into something.

Sox played pretty well coming out of the bread. But then they blew a big lead when on the verge of sweeping the Angels. They then lost 6 in a row and 14/17. They had a horrible loss on Tuesday; will they let it linger and play like mental midgets the over the next 2 weeks again?

Vasil is the best reliever. They use him tonight in a lost cause, and don't use him last night when there was a game to be saved.

Civale is another one who needs to hit the bricks. Getz should have moved him at the deadline. That he was so tepid at the deadline, is the Getz philosophy/operations that really gives me pause about Getz.

Taylor has been terrible. He throws hard, but that's it. No angle, no command. I never quite understood why the regime that moved Crochet out of the pen would move Taylor into the pen; but I guess this is why. At this point, send him down. It's amazing how all 3 of what were though were TOR pitching prospects have really turned to squat (I guess Schultz is getting it back together). I still haven't found anything that Mead does well. Among his talents is that he strikes out a lot..a power hitter's K rate...but he has no power at all.

Is the bridge team the same Arizona team that has been playing for like the last 6 weeks?

Sox haven't had 4 since, when, 2023? Long past time for that to change.

I go back and forth on this, but I would probably pick up the option if for no other reason than it's one less thing that Getz needs to deal with; if they don't pick up the option, then he's got to find a CF because we have no internal options. And next July, the priority should be to move Tauchman (should not be difficult if he's hitting) and Benintendi (he'll have to include $, but Beni really needs to go). In fact, he might try to move those 2 in December. Of course we need young OF regardless, but you don't want to be forced/pressured into an unfavorable trade due to necessity.

Montgomery needs to get the OBP up, but he can whack it We know Charlotte is terror on pitchers, but it doesn't seem that we learn much about hitters there either - Montgomery couldn't hit a lick there, Raze that stadium or relocate the Knights.

Won a game. Right on!

Can't even beat the flailing Twins. ...who dumped their vets at the deadline like Getz should have done.

Those were veterans who had a short stop-over with the Sox. Eddy has a list in one of his posts of a bunch of players who had their best years with the Sox...many of those were stopover vets. I doubt that the Sox either made or broke those guys. But something was going on: a relatively young core rapidly deteriorating at the same time. Others (Madrigal and Vaughn) never developing. Something happened...something was going on. The consistently barren farm (you can't blame the developers without blaming the drafters) exacerbated things....they had no replacements. Vaughn always looked like a hitter...that he's finally hitting isn't a huge surprise. But the Sox really should find out what, if anything, happened. Getz had stumbled here and there but thing were getting better. Then came the deadline and his affirmative decision to essentially stand pat despite the condition of this team. It's hard to get past that.

In one game earlier this week, the Brewers didn't swing at a single 2-0 count. Let the other guy make the mistakes.

Gee, a 1-0 loss. That's something new and different. Perez pitched a nice game...that would have been meaningful a month ago. Irrelevant today.