fathom

Just saw the Sox lineup. Having the two worst hitters in the lineup against a LHP batting in front of Abreu is crazy.

Another awful offensive effort. Viciedo is the only one who looks dangerous at the plate this week. Some majors changes have got to be made soon. I'd love to see Avi replace ADA, Semien replace Beckham and Wilkins for Dunn.

Abreu with quite the HR drought. Doesn't help the team seems to try and do everything they can to make sure he's up with no one on.

Adams now with a 48/2 strikeout to walk ratio

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 9, 2014 -> 04:19 AM) De Aza needs to take one for the team and play CF so Sierra can play instead of Garcia Agreed, and if Eaton goes on the DL, then call up Taylor.

Should have known the outcome with Nieto playing.

Seen this from Quintana far too often.

This team is in full tank mode, it appears

And Q melts down, of course. Conor is playing himself into a question mark for next year.

Hawk is more annoyed at Leury than we are. With Eaton likely out for a few games, I really hope they give someone else a shot in CF.

Tank!

Leury is such a joke at the plate.

Eaton already left injured. The team needs to start being way more cautious with him when he's banged up. Oh well, more at bats for Leury.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 02:33 PM) I think the plan is already starting to crack, which is why they have started bringing guys up this quickly, instead of being mindful of contract situations. I would say it's the exact opposite of that, as the window might have been pushed up due to the incredible progress of their top minor league guys. Also, I'm sure they are thrilled that Lester didn't extend with the Red Sox.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 05:07 AM) I'm talking about next year. You do know that absolutely none of the guys we have in the pen now should be around next year? That we need an entirely new group? Even Petricka is kinda garbage (he just looks nice because he's surrounded by a dumpster). Also, there is a precedent on the roster right now for starting a big league career in the pen. I don't really like it either to be honest, I'd rather see Rodon start off the bat. But! I'd also like to win in 2015 and I think with a decent pen they can. That's more important than being accomodating to Rodon. I'll take Putnam and Petricka back next year, and Webb should be in AAA to start the season. Competing in 2015 is a long shot in my opinion, and I hope Hahn doesn't try to fix every hole in one offseason.

11 homers allowed in last 4 games

Haha, pathetic.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 06:02 AM) I think with Cleto, there is always a reasonable doubt whether or not he meant to hit somebody Screw that, first time all year he hit his spot

I think Hawkins is rated too high at 3, as Montas would be higher on my list and Danish might also. Looking over Hawkins' splits, and one shocking stat is how bad he has been against LHP this year: 193/294/303 Another thing that concerns me a bit about Hawkins is that for as much power as he has, it hasn't resulted in a significant amount of home runs. He's going to need to get his HR total into the high 20s/low 30s for me to get optimistic about that tool playing up. Also, the fact that the scouting experts that saw Hawkins had generally nothing positive to say about his in-game ability makes me lower on him than most.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 05:58 AM) This indeed is a problem. But right now the bullpen is giving up an unimaginable amount of runs. Even if a bad starter gives up 5 in 5 innings and the Sox offense matches it's a foregone conclusion that the opponent is going to hit double digits runs. It's impossible to win anything with a pen this bad. You can at least try to make up for a couple bad starters. Then they should claim someone off of waivers. To me, Rodon's development as a starter is a million times more important than possibly winning a meaningless game in September.

Once again, Beckham is hesitant on what could be a double play ball.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 05:47 AM) The Sox might be realising they have to overhaul the entire bullpen in one offseason, and since spending big money on a closer is out of the question they may have to Rodon it for a year. Then everyone that makes decisions in the organization should be fired.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 05:46 AM) He got all the money he could, now it is the Sox turn to set policy. I would not use him at all this year. I'm not a fan at all of having these guys who have started their entire career change up their routine just to throw 15 pitches in an inning for the entire game.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 04:42 AM) Are you suggesting he do that in the Majors? I would keep him in the minors the rest of the year, as he threw a ton of pitches for NC St. Given the fact this team isn't playing for anything the rest of the way, I'm just not a fan of rushing him up.

Conor's defense has gone to hell the last few weeks.