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Ronny Hernandez DSL, C, RH 17 yo hits his 5th HR. Impressive season so far.

Godwin Bennett, 19, RF ,RH with his 9th HR. Still K's a lot but overall his stats look like they've been trending up. .400 OBP .591 Slg. .991 OPS.

Imagine the Sox giving Sosa the AB's the Dodgers gave Outman when they brought him up and Sosa doing what Outman did 6/13 ,2 doubles , 2 walks and a HR then the Dodgers turn right around and send him back down. If the Sox did that after a call up like that everyone would be pissed off.

I was really hoping that the Sox could've picked up Outman in the Kimbrel deal. I'm sure I mentioned him somewhere in some post trying to figure out who was available who was LH with power and could play the OF. But of course Hahn went with the 34 yr old.

Man I love that LH DH 1st baseman the Phils brought up a little over a month ago, Darick Hall. He has really stepped up. Just a couple years ago he was in the minors ,AA hitting HR's , taking walks and not much else. Then he plays in a Mexican league doesn't do so hot there but the Phils stuck him in AAA anyway and more of the same HR's and walks. But this year he starting doing much better in AAA hitting like he did in 2018 in A+. Phillies called him up and he's still hitting like he did in AAA this year in 27 games with the Phils. With him ,Hoskins and Schwarber hitting bombs they don't miss Harper as much as they could have. Gotta love a couple of other LH savages too PJ Melendez with KC and Michael Harris with Atl.

Somebody has to have a long serious talk with him and tell him to be truthful if his oblique is bothering him. If he says he's fine .Go over each of his last 20 or so AB's and ask him what he's thinking on each pitch and someone with a good understanding of hitting has to tell him where his thinking is wrong and tell him to swing like he means it. Use pitch data you have before that . See how they are pitching him . Lots of changeups , curves , sliders ? How many fastballs is he seeing ? Give him a better understanding of himself and his swing . Concentrate of his LH AB's because thats the majority of his AB's. Also if the Sox are upset with him in any way because of his personal life tell him if he can't help the team and get his act together he'll be back in the minors until he does and that he's hurting the team and letting his team mates down. He must be dedicated to baseball and work hard and want to be much better. He owes it to himself and his family to be the best he can be.

The Asche is back !

If I had to guess ( and I do ),it's still lingering doubts or pain because of the oblique injury. In the field he doesn't have to do a lot of twisting. Every swing puts a lot of stress on your core when you're body is acting like a cork screw .

Winners thread created today at least !

Vaughn HR. Gio pitched decent. 4 guys with 3 or more hits . 15 hits total. A walk in the park. 8-2

Nice slide Leury !

Took 2 2 outs hits and a walk to score Eloy but he finally came around.

I was about to chastise Luis for swinging at pitches out of the zone with 1st base open but then pitcher decides to go in the zone and Robert made him pay on 0-2.

Mistake by Howard getting that pitch in the zone.

Ok one batter off lol .I felt a double.

Time for a Seby double

You're like 3 pitches ahead of my ummm feed.

That's what I wanted !!

More runs please. Howard isn't on his game , more extra base hits . Let's go !

Less flexibility from bulking up in the off season !

Even during the rebuild years The Rangers didn't win season series from the Sox like they have already accomplished this year.

1 for -17 now w/ RISP in the series

Sox 38-13 when they score 1st.