Jack Parkman

Really.

Mine too, and if it isn't you just trade him next July.

I'm with you. What do you do if Grandal stays in Milwaukee though?

McCann is the backup. They need a starter.

Eloy is going to get better too, but they're not winning jack shit with only 3 or 4 power threats in the lineup. Most good lineups have 7+ hitters that can take you deep.

He's not a bad pitcher.

Giolito now has 171 K in 136.0 IP. Thats TOR stuff. Too bad he's not getting any help today.

And of course Jay smokes a ball right to the 1B for a DP.

Haha.

The only way that Adam Engel would ever win a batting title is with a .750 BABIP.

Not really. Strikeouts, sure. ERA has a lot of luck involved too.

I didn't say always, I said probably.

But we've learned enough about baseball that the guy who wins the batting title has probably had a lot of batted ball luck. It means nothing. I don't think even players take it seriously anymore. So a guy had a good season and got lucky in the process. Big deal.

Giolito has the opposite problem this year that he had last year. He's pitching well, but having issues with run support. Last year he was pitching like crap and they'd always hit in his starts.

Nope. I don't think that anyone cares about a player winning the batting title anymore. I think we've moved beyond that in terms of baseball knowledge.

Nobody cares about that anymore.

Not really. Every time he breaks one out it gets crushed.

Its because they didn't change up the pitch selection the 2nd time through the order. Anyone with half a brain could have gone into their next AB looking high fastball.

They shouldn't have gone heavy fastball the 2nd time through the lineup. They should have gone more to the change. They're looking high fastball now.

Bassitt is all over the place and the Sox can neither lay off balls nor hit center cut fastballs. They're getting themselves out.

Don't talk about that until he's thru 6 with 14+ K.

He's dominating a really good lineup with high fastballs.

Whyyyyy are ppl bunting???

This team has brain damage.

Quit bunting Ricky!