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Once Mayers got the call on the 2-1 pitch Goodwin didnt have a chance.

Eloy says rally ? What rally ?

That was Grand

1 run is insurmountable ?

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Wo oh oh it's magic ya know

I thought it was a goner.

As soon as Moncada hit that I said OOOO!

Los Angeles Angels selected the contract of RHP Janson Junk from Rocket City Trash Pandas. July 31, 2021. So he's Junk from the Trash. Truth is stranger than fiction.

Ohtani may break out of his slump if DK does anything but stay low and away against him. If he gets anything inside or out over the plate it's going 425+ .

I'm thinking we see guys like Tim and others get days off for the next 9-10 games. For the last 8 or 9 games we see a very close approximation of the playoff lineups.

Hopefully he picks it up a bit down the stretch. Sox aren't in any hurry to decide if they will pick up the option next year. Whoever plays 2nd base next year may just be a placeholder for Romy Gonzalez, Yolbert Sanchez or Popeye Rodriquez. Sanchez has been tearing up AA since his promotion from WS while Popeye tore up WS before he was promoted to Birmingham. Romy was doing well at Birmingham before he was promoted to Charlotte and was also tearing it up in a small sample before he was promoted here. Whichever one can show an affinity for defense and also draw some walks of those 3 eventually wins out. But they all have had great seasons .

Yea many of us wanted him and thought it was practically guaranteed we'd get him. It was disappointing he went to the Brewers instead. He's been playing great, way better than he was in Az. Some didn't like his on base skills but it's been .353 with the Brewers while only playing 3B and 1B. He's at 27 HR's on the season, 5 with the Brew Crew along with 6 doubles and 2 triples. Since Sept. started he's been on fire.

Aren't the Sox now doing a 6 man rotation ?

Thanks for playing. I think you might be a bit optimistic on your HR totals. There are only 18 games left in the season. I'd love if Robert hit 5 more, Eloy 4 and Sheets and Moncada 2 apiece in the time remaining. Eloy in the last 20 games has hit 3 HR's. But in his 1st 10 games returning from injury he hit 5. 8 in 151 AB's Yoan has hit 3 in his last 26 games. Since the start of August 2 in a 116 AB's but he does draw many walks. Robert in the 28 games since he returned has hit 7. 7 in 116 AB's Sheets has hit 3 in his last 10 games . Officially 3 HR's in last 27 AB's. 9 in 118 AB's for the season. I'll go a bit more conservative and say this is how it finishes. They all finish with 11 .

When Eloy got off the IL and started hitting bombs everyone thought he would pass Moncada easily but he has slowed down since. Here's the race: Moncada 11 Sheets 9 Eloy 8 Robert 8 Does Moncada retain the lead ? Whats the order of finish between Sheets , Eloy and Robert ?

I'll take 5 scoreless from the pen any time. I don't care how bad they look when they don't give up runs. Gio gave up 3 in 4 innings looking good, K'ing 8.

Reading the game thread after a game is so much better than during the game. Mike Wright got more insults than accolades for Sheets. I don't know what it takes for people to understand he's just an arm taking up space saving our actual bullets for games that mean something.

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I just relax and accept whatever decisions the team makes. That being said your post makes a lot of sense. Of course I also might have reasons to question Rodon as the starter of the opening game. Since he's been rested a lot in the 2nd half I'm not real sure he would be allowed to go more than 5 and possibly 6 innings. Ideally you would want a strong start and not use too much of the BP in the first game. That would suggest using Gio or Lynn in the 1st game. However there's also the fact Lynn hasn't fared well against Houston . I think TLR is more the type to say Lynn has earned the right to pitch the opener unless there is still a question regarding his health. Then there is Giolito who dominated the A's last year in the playoffs which has to count for something. He may be one of those guys who ends up having a stellar post season career.

Kopech has pitched enough innings this year to get 150+ innings next year if what Cease and Burnes and possibly others have done from 2020 to 2021. The only thing I would question about what I just said was that Cease and Burnes did that while also pitching previously to 2020 while Kopech missed 2 years .

I was just about to post that and apologize to you. So Vaughn is now on the 10 day IL so Romy sticks around a little longer.