Jake

89mph exit velo on that out, please pause your Leasure hatred until he does something bad

Very surprised to see Leasure warming after a longer-than-usual outing for him last night. It was just last season that he basically wasn't allowed to pitch back to back nights, let alone after a multi-inning appearance.

Will it be Taylor in the 9th?

Eisert: I bet you can't hit this 89mph heater Hitters, usually: you're right, I can't for some reason

Man what has gotten into Aaron Civale?

Lenyn the machine

Really want Mead to get to MLB ASAP so Sox can get a better idea about how much they should plan around him being a starting-caliber player.

Drew Thorpe sighting. Feel like Sox have injured players traveling with the team much more than they used to

Sox win the Cease trade

Steven Wilson K strut lol

Surprised Grant Taylor isn't getting a second inning

Lenyn has smashed a pitch well outside the zone on a 3-1 count multiple times recently lol

Sox defense stealing outs from Angels baserunners to potentially save the game. Very different vibe from 2024

I think it's going to stand.

Woah!

If Taylor works out of this, I wonder how Sox will cover the 9th. Maybe Eisert or Gilbert if the matchups are there.

Can't give so many free baserunners and expect to be successful unless you're striking everybody else out

Not the guy I want protecting a Sox lead right now

Much as he did as a minor leaguer, Colson not showing much in the way of lefty/righty splits with the Sox

438 feet sheesh. Smith really didn't pitch well so still feel pretty good to have only given up 2 runs in 4+

Another fun stat for Lenyn: as of late, his contact rate on pitches outside the zone is about equal to the league average rate on pitches inside the zone For the season overall, Lenyn is one of three Sox in MLB's top 30 best chase contact rates (Chase Meidroth, Miguel Vargas)

Still far more aggressive than the average MLB'er, Lenyn has brought his chase rate down to a playable level since the early part of this season

Lenyn drawing a walk per usual

He's not a strong runner but I honestly find it plausible that he could do competently out there. He has good hands and his arm should be fine even if he's more of a short-armer in the infield. Of course not everyone feels comfortable navigating the walls and such. Not as many opportunities to do something stupid out there either.

It's not an ideal fit, but let's just have Lenyn try on an outfield glove to see how it goes