fathom

it will end up being Crochet in the 8th

This is some effort by everyone tonight.

Yep, their throwing error from 3rd base yesterday was the worst throw I've seen all year.

Couple of interesting upcoming probables, as Sox will face Sale next Sunday but will miss Ohtani in a few weeks (if match-ups stay true)

I loved him last year but was frustrated this year by him throwing his sinker up in the zone and his slider hanging nearly every time. Something that I hated the Sox doing was trying to make him a two inning reliever. His velocity never seemed to recover.

it's the curse of last year's relievers. Very surprised how awful they've been this year (besides Heuer who's apparently fantastic again)

didn't the postseason illustrate the whole Central sucked? Anyways, I'm not going to argue Keuchel was bad last year. He was fantastic, but showed signs of slowing down after the injury.

better get Sheets more experience out there before it "matters". With that said, I think we both know it would be Goodwin instead.

I still strongly believe they should just leave Robert in the 2 spot

Lynn and Giolito out make it near impossible

11 games without an extra base hit. Maybe he's hit the "rookie wall"

I may be completely wrong, but in that Astros book that came out, didn't they mention him as someone that would talk to their new pitchers about what they could do to "improve"? If I am wrong, I apologize.

Keuchel gave up 3 or more runs once last year in 11 starts. He's done it 15 times in 27 starts this year.

From everything they've said (and done), they have no desire to go all out to get the highest spot possible

Kelly, don't you have to host Quick Pitch tonight?

Last two starts are as bad as you can look against crappy teams. The Royals looked beyond bad against Cleveland.

yep, with the 3 main guys the Sox have out right now (Timmy, Lynn, Giolito), the next 10 days or so might not be pretty.

both are assholes

5.28 ERA now. He was at 4.25 at the ASB.

started before that with the back injury

I miss the Pirates

Even though it should have been caught by Vaughn, Robert's effort on the triple in the 2nd was comical.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Tell him beards aren't allowed in clubhouse and hope he pulls a LaRoche

can they just pull the starters now to avoid injury?

Great veteran leadership by Keuchel out there