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Why would you pitch Grandal outside like that when there's no one at third?

Menechino SEETHES

LOL that was embarrassing. Throw was there too.

Pilkington was missing arm side with offspeed too. He only got like one offspeed pitch over to those last three hitters. Still way behind - who is setting up their gameplan?

Unbelievably bad at-bats from Vaughn and Abreu.

Why are all of them so late on the fastball?

Vaughn needs to be better there. Swung at 3 balls.

92 right down the middle and super late.

And for not sending Sheets down to AAA. And signing Leury to a long-term deal. Don't give Tony toys.

Gavin Sheets was the differentiating factor in this game today - bad RF defense leading to a couple runs and he left 5 on base.

A real RF catches that.

So many black holes in this lineup

Sheets needs to go. I'd rather just have Pollock out there not hitting because there's potential upside there.

Well, they tied it at least!

I was expecting a great catch on that double by Moncada

Hanging change there, but Sheets was WAY out in front of the previous fastball, so that's why he missed it.

Just throw strikes most of this lineup is terrible

Zavala back to a pumpkin

That's absolutely true. Wonder if he was like that with the Cubs

I wish there was a crying reaction for this one. For Eloy - I think the Sox are using him fine, he just can't stay healthy. His second biggest injury was running to first base.

The Giants seem to be going after every hitter on our team and that scares the hell out of me. It's like when the Rays ask you about some 20 year old in A ball that isn't in your top 30.

Grandal will literally be the only left handed hitter worth anything in this lineup, unless the Moncada from the last month or so is what we can expect going forward. The Sox need him.

I'd think Vaughn, Kopech and Montgomery are up there for the Nats. Maybe Vera too. Trading Vaughn would hurt, but it would help clear out our 1B/DH logjam. You could then extend Abreu for another year or two and see if Burger can learn 1B. You'd be decent to solid at 1B and amazing in RF, which is a better combo than they have now. Kopech I'd balk at potentially. I think Cease and Kopech is our dynamite 1/2 in the future. I wonder if they would take Crochet? They could rehab him and put him in the minors to stretch out as a starter. I think that'd be better for his career. Montgomery would REALLY hurt - no guarantee he'll keep this up and be great, but I'd be worried about trading away a special player with tons of control for a special player who is only here for 2 years realistically.

TA!

Sox likely won't pay for him, but I'll take Judge