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Venable is the first Sox manager I've liked since early Guillen. Is he a tactical ace? Not really, but he can lead a clubhouse and that is the most important thing. Team could have folded but finishing strong is important with so many young guys getting regular playing time.

got a cookie popped it up, tyvm.

not getting a great feeling here. seen a lot of pitches.

I have no idea how eisert gets RHB out.

Nice play by Colson. Made it look routine.

perfect duck snort!

Ah, good PH Will. Come on Teel.

Big AB for Lee.

eh, looks like he's done. f***.

Might as well let him come out, hasn't been hardly any stress on his 86 pitches.

Smith finishing strong is quite encouraging. Keep it going.

Colson had adjusted to the adjustments. Very nice indeed.

Feels like this is the first weekday early game in months.

He won't be protected and wont get drafted either he's probably headed overseas or maybe he enjoys living in the US on his AAA salary for a few years. Seems like a fine guy just can't hit enough.

7-9 now to avoid 100 losses.

We need at least 2 more runs, there's no way the pen holds them at 4.

maybe 2-3 guys on our entire staff are capable of locating fastballs to put guys away on any given night. We are a staff of junk ballers by and large, it's been...OK.

Teel is really a throw back player to the 90s and early aughts. High avg, high OBP, middling power at best but a solid defender at a premium position. Used to be a star archetype but in the 3TO era has been almost eliminated.

love a nice quick shut down inning after a crooked number.

Getz actually found two useful vets in Tauchman and Taylor. Decent job.

There we go.

Everybody is gassed gotta fight through it.

Come on guys, finish strong. Some bad ABs so far.

Good, Ramos isn't even a JAG. No standout traits. At least Vargas has shown some ability to be a decent regular.

You just "smooth" the data. It's like when people say "oh you know guys out of the top 100 always pop up as legit talents" -- well yea, but it's not as LIKELY and that's the point. You have to have a critical mass of prospects as individuals will always fail no matter how talented they were at prior levels. The Sox have pretty good depth in the farm overall imo but it's not on the pitching side at the moment.