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Well, at least Mercedes hit one ball hard there.

Sheets with his second homer, two run job...Burger 1/1 with R/RBI. Stiever 8 k’s through just 3 1/3. Finally!! Abreu shouted loud enough on that popup that half of the Southside could hear him. Game has reached a lull.

Conclusion=Start Lamb. Haha.

Benetti, are you even listening to Stone? He just said because the sinker hurt his elbow.

Looks like the Twins are waking up just in time...but thankfully no Berrios again this next series. Baltimore can’t get here fast enough.

Benetti is almost bearable unless the Sox are going bad...then his act gets really grating. Oh, great, more jokes about Stoney’s dinosaur status and not paying for anything when they go out.

Mercedes at least has a knack for adjusting his stride when he needs to make contact with two strikes.

We’re just fortunate not to be in the AL East...or West, for that matter.

Contact ability not helping there...pitch way high and out of zone chopped right into the ground. UGLY.

Benetti, shut up.

Yet his OPS is 40 points higher than Nick Madrigal.

At least Vaughn looks like a threat up there.

Grandal having a lovely game so far.

See their respective contracts. Lamb should defer and ask not to play if he’s on the roster? He didn’t start either game of the DHer Friday.

About as easy an inning as could be...

Mercedes basically only 100 points clear of that...

Is that even a word, lol? Lazed?

Mercedes slumping now...well, we knew it was coming eventually. Whether he can quickly fight out of it is the bigger question.

And play Rutherford/Sheets? Well, it’s not like 90%+ of SoxTalk didn’t see that development coming.

Eaton is absolutely useless right now...

Spoke too soon. Maybe $73 million man needs even more off-days.

Relevant for the Phillies?

I’ll take KW’s baseball acumen over Hahn’s advanced degrees for $300, Anderson...or Marco Paddy’s, for that matter. He “just” went to Southern University.

They will not be moving Moncada off a position where he’s currently top-rated fielding to one where he’s well below average and clearly uncomfortable. Burger to second has higher likelihood, which is about 2-3%.

Mazara is outhitting him right now...including the game-tying RBI in extras against the Cubbies yesterday.