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QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 07:15 PM) I say Nieto starts 3-4 games a week and Flowers 2-3 for a few weeks then if Nieto is hitting under .200 bring up Phegley and Nieto the back up. There is no way Nieto hits under .100 in his next 100 AB's Don't be so sure. He was in High A last season at this time.

All the reports are that Kevan Smith is a work in progress defensively. The last thing we want to do is derail his current offensive confidence and force him up to AAA or the majors when nobody thinks he's close to ready. Either they give Phegley another shot or find someone to come back in return for Danks/DeAza/Ramirez/Beckham/Dunn/Belisario/Putnam.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 07:13 PM) Nice Robin! Now watch Belisario get blown up. Well, one thing's for sure, NOBODY can be arguing at this point that Danks deserves to stay in this game. Nobody.

Not very many soft outs tonight for Danks. 8 baserunners stranded. Lucky to be in a position to have the lead/win. Belisario coming in to face Pedroia.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 07:04 PM) Lol stop it. Beck doesn't suck. He still has a 3.5 ERA in AA. First you say you want Allen Craig now you say Angel Sanchez is the 2nd most exciting pitching prospect in the minors currently after Sox got him a week ago. Come on man. And that 3.5 ERA in AA is like Danks' at the major league level. You have to look beyond the numbers. I don't think I've seen anyone here even assert he should be getting starts for the major league team when before the last Carroll start we might have had the worst 5th starter numbers in the AL.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 07:04 PM) Lol stop it. Beck doesn't suck. He still has a 3.5 ERA in AA. First you say you want Allen Craig now you say Angel Sanchez is the 2nd most exciting pitching prospect in the minors currently after Sox got him a week ago. Come on man. I didn't say that I wanted Allen Craig. Just that it's an idea to be considered. If he was left-handed, then it would be more exciting. As it is, it's a MEH type of move, but could pay off dividends in the future as Craig has a solid history of 800 OPS hitting on championship teams. The biggest problem is we don't have anyone the Cardinals would really want. They already have Peralta. Unless they're going to move Peralta to 3B and Carpenter back to 2B, or play Alexei at 2B, which would be even crazier.

Tigers were down 5-0 in the first. Now up 10-5 and counting. Will turn into an easy Verlander victory.

This line-up is so weird. Our coldest hitter still hitting 2nd. Tyler still playing everyday. Our hottest hitter, Viciedo, hitting 7th.

With Montas, Hawkins and Anderson all out....our minor league watch list is pretty limited. Horrid Johnson starts, Jared Mitchell recriminations, Trey M., May and Barnum in Winston-Salem, Tyler Danish and then Sanchez/Semien/Saladino/Davidson in Charlotte. Angel Sanchez is the 2nd most exciting pitcher at the moment, after Tyler. Beck sucks.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:57 PM) Hard to tell, but could De Aza have caught Napoli's double? I couldn't tell where it hit off the monster. Don't think so. Eaton had the worse misplay that inning, but it was kind of made academic by Pedroia's double.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:54 PM) BTW, why in the hell is Flowers starting with Danks on the mound? Even if he was playing decently, it seems like they've played Flowers way too often this year. Because the best Hahn could come up with was a catcher who COULD be starting in Birmingham.

90 pitches already. Belisario up. White Sox had that golden opportunity to blow the game wide open early and Viciedo, DeAza and Flowers couldn't get it done. Knew that was going to come back to bite them somehow at Fenway. Danks throwing more change-ups than fastballs, seemingly.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:49 PM) Danks trying to blow this game... Boston was the World Series winner last year. As bad as things have gotten, they still have a lot of pride...and even the belief they can get back into the race this year, albeit a faint belief.

Bogaerts 4/6 with 2 walks career-wise against Danks. So much for the lead. Need to trade him ASAP. There's just no way he's going to be anything but a .500ish 4th starter. That's not worth the money they are paying him, even in modern baseball economics. The only out this inning was hit 410 feet.

This inning falling apart pretty quickly.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brazil-s-wors...-222748085.html Good story that kind of captures the disaster from a national/global perspective. Brazil will take a long time to recover from this one. The Olympics will help, but the anti-politicians/corruption/spending waste mood is palpable.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:36 PM) I thought this year would be a bit of a cleanse with some new faces but my sunny outlook is being pissed on by the same old Beckham and Flowers. I look forward to never seeing either as a starting player on the Sox after this season. Flowers can stay around as a backup catcher if he wants, Beckham can just go away. More like an enema.

Things are getting so bad, I wouldn't be against bringing back AJ Pierzysnki for one year, lol. Carp, Gomes, AJ, Peavy are all on the block. Napoli will generate a lot of trade interest, but he's been slumping recently. Unfortunately not LHed. If you're the Red Sox, do you try to trade Lester? Big decision. Harder to bring him back, but they've been pretty open to letting veterans at age 30 or above leave for greener pastures. Still, he's their ace.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:32 PM) I knew Beckham was struggling but wow have his overall numbers really plummeted. He's another game or two from being below .200 against RHP. It won't get any easier for him against Rubby De La Rosa tmrw. Flowers strikes out. Not newsworthy.

18 consective innings in a row without a run for Boston. Not good. Danks is giving them plenty of chances, 4 walks...in the Top 10 for that category, as well as 14 homers allowed (28 in 2013). Lucky the wind didn't help Ross' ball over the Green Monster there.

Stupid play, DeAza, unless you know you're going to be safe. The last player in baseball you want leading off an inning now is Tyler Flowers.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:03 PM) If you guys are going to get this down on Eaton this quickly, you're just not going to enjoy being a baseball fan Not down. Just expected a bit more. It's good to have high expectations. After all, Adam was the one who helped to set them, just like Gordon did in his rookie season and when he was drafted. Really, it wouldn't matter if his OPS was 625-650, we'd have no choice but to play him everyday. So in Boston, Jose Abreu is Jose Aruba, DeAza is Diaz and Viciedo is Visay-yeahdo. Not good.

One thing he would bring is lots of experience around a winning/playoff team. We need these types of veterans to mix in with our young core IMO.

Mark Salas coaching 1B with Daryll Boston gone. Salas is a rare palindrome. BTW, the Justin Verlander Train got derailed again tonight. Five runs surrendered in the first inning (including a Juan Game-Winning URIBE tater). Now batting, Jose Aruba....ugh...Abreu. Good job Red Sox radio team.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 05:34 PM) I stopped reading after that.... Pretty sure a 695 OPS and 264 average isn't very good...unless our bar is set really low. Plus, he hasn't been walking or stealing enough bases for a leadoff hitter. He's been okay, but I'd venture if you look up the expectations the day he was acquired, they were for a 750-825 OPS line, 340 OBP, etc.