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Great at-bat by Vargas.

There goes Sosa, swinging at garbage

I like seeing another team run into as many outs at home plate as the Sox do

He'd been pretty good all game and there hadn't been a lot of hard contact. He definitely shouldn't have faced Bichette again though.

I'm not gonna blame the coaches or Houser for 6.1 IP 2 R, especially since he had to walk a tightrope all game against a tough offense with no run support. Bassitt is tough (SO GLAD the Sox traded him for nothing!), but it's not like he was unhittable today.

You knew this was coming. I hoped we were past the absolutely putrid offense, but it's back with the rookies struggling a bit.

Absolutely BRUTAL at-bats by Teel and Robert

Yup. That's a pretty damn good 3rd piece in a trade. Would like to see him figure out how to hit more for power though, like Kwan did. Even if he doesn't, getting on base and generally being a pain in the ass at the bottom of the lineup is a good thing to have.

He got aced in that at-bat, but yeah he can't hit.

Meidroth expanding the zone a lot more than I'd like to see from him. Really seems to like that pitch low and in.

Yup. Noda should be gone soon. Should be Teel/Quero DH/C Vargas 3B Meidroth SS Sosa 2B Elko 1B Benintendi LF Robert CF Tachman/Slater RF Baldwin INF/OF I do not care Rest of bench And just ride with this for the rest of the season to see what you have or until someone is traded, which seems really unlikely right now.

Yes, I saw. Unlucky, but also bad contact.

Not often you see a GIDP on a ground ball on a hit and run

That was like the best outcome possible for how Robert has been playing

Not great, but certainly better than where he was. I doubt he's called up this year unless he catches fire.

I can't find splits since he went down for a reset or since he came back from getting hit, but I thought he's been better lately overall. I've been seeing rumblings that the Sox are going to call him up, too.

The Vargas and Quero show

16-21 in May and June so far, by my count. 70 win pace. Feels like a juggernaut compared to April and to all of last year.

I will not get tired of beating the Astros for a long time

They will and they should get more, but I’m being spiteful.

Semien and Bassitt alone were like 60-something WAR

Just get Sosa or Baldwin in there for Rojas and this looks like a real offense almost.

I'll settle for making the playoffs two years in a row without a weird Covid year.

I was thinking Korey Lee - Gary Sanchez is their backup catcher and has been horrible. Either that, or a B-tier arm because the O's need pitching.

Kjerstad just sent down to AAA by the Orioles. Could be a good buy low candidate for the Sox. Get him hooked back up with Ryan Fuller. Plus it would be hilarious to see O's fans reactions if Kjerstad was traded for scraps.