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You'd be hard pressed to name any hitter on this team right now that isn't struggling. They are dead last in Avg, OBP, SLG, and OPS and pretty easily last in all.

I appreciate this post, it really highlights how Vargas is just as bad as Sosa is.

Its either they refuse to eat the contract or they think he's some kind of glue guy veteran they need to keep around.

Are you sure? He hit 20 home runs last year, Soxtalk says this criteria makes you our best offensive weapon.

This is the only point I would agree on, Benintendi should have been exiled before Sosa.

Sosa hasn't proven it in 1,100 plate appearances. Meidroth put up 1.3 war in his rookie year, he has definitely earned the right to continue to be given an opportunity. Sosa is a mediocre bat who can't play defense, its been 1,155 plate appearances, you know what you got there.

Just so were on the same page here, Meidroth was more valuable than Sosa last season per fWAR and bWAR, and remains more valuable so far this year through the same metrics. Sosa can't even get on the field for this team, and was just traded away for essentially nothing in a move that is obviously "we were going to DFA this guy but might as well get SOMETHING" That should tell you enough about Lenyn Sosa's value.

One of the best trades Getz has ever made

Boy this offense is bad, expected way better than they have shown so far. Hopefully Teel and a call up injects some life into them.

I mean, there's more to the story there. You're never swinging at pitch 4 with a chance to have 1,2 and no one out in a game your losing by 1 in the 8th inning. Pitch 5, just based off the image, is another take. And then pitch 6, I guess you can make the case for it being too close to take in a full count. Pitch 5 & 6 were just really good pitches in this at bat location wise.

That's true, but barring something drastic it would be absolute insanity to not pick him.

As of now, it has to be being bad enough to land the #1 pick and getting Roch.

The right move would be the DFA Benintendi as he just isn't a very good player and is a DH only who is a liability when put in the field. You can more roster flexibility with that move. There are plenty of nobodies on this roster who you could get rid of and it wouldn't hurt in the slightest, so it would be pretty hard to make the wrong move here.

More of the same, if they are going to be this bad might as well lose 100 again and hope that 4 in a row forces changes to be made.

And Benintendi batting 3rd AND back in the OF today.. can we at least put these guys in the best position to succeed??

A lot of people have already touched on many of the annoying things about this guy. When the score is 9-0 and the Sox hit a solo home run to finally get on the board me as a fan is like "Geez, finally they did something" where Schriffen is like over the top in your face beat my chest about it. There are very few things that deserve celebration when getting your ass kicked.

Why should they be 1-2? They didn't lose a game 4-3 because an unlucky bounce allowed 2 runs to score. When you're leading 7-3 in the 8th inning and lose the game, you earned it.

This first series was pretty much as bad as it can possibly get. The first two games were completely uncompetitive and they were dominated 20-3 in scoring over those two games. The third game was awesome until a 7-3 lead was evaporated in 1 inning for another blown loss in the same fashion we have been seeing for several years now, a terrible bullpen. The Marlins series is going to be the true test to me, this is the type of team they should be able to get 2/3 from at this point.

I literally laughed out loud at this one. Well done man.

The pitching is bad, but geez it’s a 7-3 game even a bad bullpen can usually save that one. The Brewers are good for sure, probably not the best team in the NL though especially missing a key player like Andrew Vaughn. I’ve seen enough, this is the same team as it’s been. Bad managerial decisions, bad defense, bad in clutch moments. Only thing I care about now is the kids progression and seeing the prospects come up.

I turned it off when it was 7-2 thinking they had it. I got a notice they scored then turned it back on to see bases loaded with 1 out and was like oh boy here we go.

Are the Brewers good, or are the Sox just that bad?

The wheels will really need to fall off to hit 100 losses again. Thinking these guys were winning 75+ games though, absolute insanity. They did absolutely nothing to improve this team 15+ games from last year what are you people smoking?

We all are sometimes

No, that got like 15 or so votes in the poll. There’s quite a few brain dead posters here.