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QUOTE (1dog @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 04:28 AM) Agree! Was he towing an anchor there or something though? Lol He was tagging

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 04:23 AM) this is when you PR for Jose. Right f***ing now. That's the leverage index. Never take out Abreu

Abreu is so much more agile now, it's crazy to compare him to how he was in April.

Wow PK, way to go! Ventura got that one right. Hawk with the weird reaction on that.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 04:20 AM) There was a lot of bad luck in the ERA, he was striking out 26% (over 10 per 9) and walking 5%. And righties were hardly destroying him, they were hitting him a bit more than lefties (40 points higher BABIP) after he'd put up reverse splits in 2012 and 2013. JOSE! 8 homers in 52 innings vs righties, and 0 in 21 vs lefties

is Dunn not on the team? Two situations where you have to use him.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 04:19 AM) Beckham is so overmatched. Does he need glasses? He needs an aluminum bat

Nice to see the two core guys in the lineup, Eaton and Abreu, being awesome

Letting Beckham bat there was just insane. He can't hit righties, and Fien is much better against righties. Again, not good by the coaching staff tonight.

Should be using Dunn here for Beckham, as you're not going to use Dunn in the 9th against Perkins.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 04:13 AM) He's a starter. He was doing well as a starter. We decided to make him a reliever. It was dumb and we're paying for it 4.54 in AAA with a .302 batting average against isn't doing "well", in my opinion. They had to try and make him a LOOGY, as righties were destroying him.

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 04:12 AM) Some money on the bullpen players who wont be released before or during the season would be nice Hahn. Hopefully he does better than he did this year, as Downs was a complete flop and Belisario has been awful also. The Sox did spend some money on their pen this year, sadly.

Jorge Soler having a monster year. If he stays healthy, he might end up being a top 20 prospect.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 03:09 AM) Why is Surkamp being used in hugh leverage situations? More like why is he in the majors. There has to be some lefty reliever in the system that can get other lefties out.

This bullpen is absolutely awful. Surkamp isn't even close to throwing a strike with his offspeed pitch. He belongs in the Paulino group for absolutely ridiculous expectations on here coming into the season.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 03:45 AM) Walk Suzuki Not the best of games for the coaching staff

Abreu is so awesome

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 02:02 AM) Johnson walked 3 guys in the 4th. Just shut him down already. Of late, he's been starting strong and then just hitting the wall. Maybe try him as a reliever to gain some confidence?

Ugh, PK goes down without swinging

Matt Davidson swinging the invisible bat again.

I can't remember the last time Sale looked this bad.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 02:25 AM) He is to busy giving interviews saying the whole team is staying as is. It's more Ventura has to go out there to give his bench/replay coach time to watch the video.

Wow, nice break there!

He barely touched 2nd, if at all, on Alexei's grounder as well

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 02:22 AM) That's real close in terms of having control of it in his glove. Ugh, should have been reviewed, as he was safe