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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 02:19 AM) Even 2007 had the entertainment of Fields, Owens, Andy Gonzalez and Wasserman. This is just beyond terrible. Well, at least Bassit's still fighting, there's that. A lot of the positives are being erased for me until/unless Avisail Garcia really impresses. Of course, excuses about the injury will be provided, with SOME validity, but there's far from even 50/50 certainty right now he's a 5/6 hole power bat or run producer at this point in his career. At 7-9, okay...it is what it is. But that's not what the acquisition was billed to be. You also have to remember how great Montas looked in the minors this year.

No shock this team is struggling to score without Viciedo and Flowers in the lineup, as they've been nearly the only source of power the last 3 weeks. It will be interesting to see if there's actually more than 4-5 thousand at the game tomorrow.

Eaton is horrible at trying to steal

Is this the best LF-CF defensive combo in Sox history?

Really nice walk/SB for Avi

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 12:43 AM) Wilkins has his k rate back up to 50%. Looks like he's never seen an offspeed pitch

I have a feeling Wilkins is going to be a force in Japan in a few years.

QUOTE (Señor Ding-Dong @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 12:39 AM) Yeah, I don't know what to make of his power outage. That double he hit in the first inning would have been gone a few months ago. He's getting no loft on the ball. I believe Stone said he's barely hit anything out of the infield for an out over the last few weeks. It seems he's not able to pull anything with authority of late.

Avi has got to learn how to hit the inside fastball. He's not even close to being good at getting his hands in to get the barrel on the ball.

Bassitt looked awesome in that inning.

The September call-ups have been awful. Goes to show you how bad the talent in the high minors is/was for the Sox

Hopefully this is the game that gets Semien moved to 2nd

Most mental and physical errors I have ever seen in a Sox game. Absolutely unacceptable

Anyone know the biggest decline in power before/after ASB in MLB history?

It's amazing how Semien is unable to draw a walk at this level, as opposed to his success in walking in AAA. Also, Sanchez might want to swing the bat tonight.

This is one of the worst defensive efforts I've ever seen. 4 errors, as well as a few other bad plays.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 01:31 AM) Have a day Marcus... There's a decent chance Semien is traded this offseason, IMO.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 02:07 AM) Semien come on. I still believe he should only be playing 2nd base.

QUOTE (1dog @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 01:49 AM) Someone remind me why Viciedo is playing. He is not under contract for next year and will not be offered one, right? I can't understand why Sierra isn't getting more ABs. It is surprising they're not giving Sierra a chance to prove his worth for next year. Either they have no intention of bringing him back, or he's still injured.

http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-stark/post/...aroldis-chapman My favorite stat in this is the 20 swings, with 19 of them being misses off of Chapman's change-up

If I had to guess based on his swing, it appears Abreu has a bad back.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 01:37 AM) He is hurt and has been hurt for weeks. What's the injury?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 01:36 AM) Why? He has had two breaks already during the season. Get him his ABs while you can. He's getting tons of at bats. He doesn't need to be playing every game, especially with how hard he plays.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 01:29 AM) Eaton down from .311 to .300 They need to give him some days off down the stretch.

Abreu looked hurt at the plate. His swing seemed incredibly slow in that AB.