Harry Chappas

Really is his saving grace along with some pop. I think if put in the right matchups and as a backup he could be fine. Having catchers with certain pitchers is killing the limited offense of both he and Seby. Collins was a bat first guy when drafted but this year has been brutal.

Moncada is looking like the poster child for mailing it in. This offense is maddening.

I am a Madrigal fan but the experience of Hernandez (hoping he gets out of his current slump both offensively and defensively) is more valuable now than Madrigal especialyy in a post season. Hernandez hitting 9th is sexy as F.

And someone claims that the Madrigal trade will be worse than Tatis trade. These threads are amazing.

Offense was abysmal and made this a game. If Bummer can't throw more than 20 pitches than he's not that great of an option. Kimbrel and Kopech available tomorrow is not a bad thing......unless the offense is shut down again.

This offense just gives up way too many quick and easy outs. Watching NY and Oak work counts v 2 pitch outs.

Anderson cannot leadoff and Moncada needs to move out of the middle of the order.

They will over pay a handful of guys that are chasing the money to fill the park and then hope and pray they have the next Hendricks and Arrieta laying around in the organization.

So they are going to have 5 Jason Heyward contracts next season.

He's kind of the reason for the crack down

What is the point of Mike Wright

Top of the order 0-6....doing top of the order stuff

At the game I was looking at third /left before realizing he was down. Scary stuff.

At this point he may not want the option picked up if he finishes as a top reliever in baseball.

Revenue sharing happens to a degree that is keeping teams from even caring if they have a winning product on the field.

What will the ratings drop for that be?

Then the month of June began.

I think it was 144 in 2019. His career major league inning's pitched are not much more than Rodon. No guarantee moving forward he holds up the last six weeks at 32 years old.

Not realizing collins and seby suck and getting a defensive catcher is becoming my biggest issue. That and continuing to think Anderson is a leadoff hitter. Anderson is awesome but not a leadoff hitter.

If the Sox sold out every day regardless of record I think they would have a top 5 payroll. If this team can go on a 3 to 5 year run it will certainly be interesting how the payroll unfolds. They have had some large crowds this year. You can't even begin to see a path for the cubs out of what they are in currently. If the Sox were ever going to move the needle in this city, this time and this team are it.

I think they are trying to protect Vaughn as he has never played anywhere close to this number of games in season, never played above A ball and is being told to learn a couple of different positions. The fact he is still sane is amazing. Moncada hitting 5th is something as there are real hitters in this lineup now. Why is he not after Robert and against RHP after Goodwin.

I wouldn't mind Grandal at DH until the last two weeks of September.

The first inning broadcast said he was out when they looked at it after the break. That one was debatable the second one even if he was clearly out there was not risk in challenging.

In real time during the game the first inning review appeared that it would not be overturned. The still photo appears otherwise but you still do not see the foot on the bag. You need both time stamped photos for that. The 7th inning was idiotic to say the least as there is no reason to not challenge.

He should know the rule and not waste a microsecond to know to challenge the call to end the 7th as there is literally nothing to lose by challenging that even if you are wrong.