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Sure is refreshing seeing even a 680 OPS out of Gonzo, holding his own, giving us some value here and there. I'm used to just seeing guys come up and completely fail.

This starter for the Os has been awful lately. ERA around 7 his last few turns. Nice to finally be avoiding the TOR guys and hopefully can feast on him tonight. Not having Sam and Mune is a blow but hopefully Gonzo and others can continue to step up.

Prolly just banged up as @soxrwhite said. Gotta protect him from himself a bit. edit: apparently he went into the tunnel after the slide. Hopefully just a rest day.

Kelenic was waived. He hit 125 with 5 K in 10 PA for Texas. Might be time to learn Japanese. I have regrets in life but he was offered a 60 million dollar extension that he turned down before he fizzled. That has to eat him inside, man.

Interesting lineup. They seem to like Perez quite a bit as a waiver find. He's been OK I guess, nice to get Sam off his feet for a game.

We're one injury to teel to being down to lee and romo as the catchers. that's a downside risk we don't need. as bad as quero is, imagine lee hitting 150/180/250 over 30 games with Romo the starter.

I'd keep Quero. You never know with a young talented catcher how long it might take for the light to go on, especially after a big swing change and body transformation in his early 20s. We gave up on Flowers too early, hate to see the same with Quero and he goes on to put up 12 WAR somewhere else.

Tribe have been playing alright and the Twins are playing decent and the Sox are playing alright and the Tigers are playing alright. @CaliSoxFanViaSWside had a good post last night basically entire central other than Royals been .500 last two weeks. It would be nice to open up a little gap before the weekend, agreed.

Wasn't he one of the first guys that could pump 100 fairly regularly? That's what I remember of that era.

I'm oddly optimistic on Hicks. Sometimes it takes some lowered expectations and the right role for a bullpen guy to thrive. We'll see how it shakes out. Sounds crazy but it's 50/50 if I'd prefer Hicks or Seranthony in a close 7th inning assuming Taylor and Newcomb are not available or being saved for the 8th and 9th.

season high water of mark of 6 over .500 in reach tonight. Be nice to take this series and then try and win 2 of the remaining 4 for a positive trip.

A rare trade but one that might make sense especially if Roch is the guy.

Sending out 10 expected WAR at pre arb prices to get Chapman and Gray is stupid. We'd be on the hook for something like 30 million including the Gray buyout, and Chapman has a 15 million dollar option that I believe according to spotrac is guaranteed as long as he passes a physical at the end of the year. For taking on all that salary relative to the performance we should be giving up a couple lotto tickets and Adams, not including Carlson and Fauske.

Fedde has been pitching well enough to earn his spot for now. I think the decision will be between him and Kay eventually. They won't eat Kay's salary but I can see using him as an opener or swing man. His metrics are really bad despite whatever smoke and mirrors he's used to get a semi respectable ERA.

he will certainly be up with the big club by august. edit: already on the 40 man so yea.

Put the pressure on them late and they folded. Great pitching effort all night.

this ump is horrific.

very nice.

great 4 innings from Taylor after those struggles.

BOOM

fucking babip

trying to catch them sleeping on a crazy bounce, not the worst idea.

oh well we'll take it.

than he gets aced, that's what happens when you foul off the hanger.

Man colson just needs to learn to sit back a bit more.