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Burger is tough to watch right now period.

Andrus owes Santos a nice dinner

Elvis has the HR tonight but overall isn't doing it on either side.

Middleton making some mistakes and paying so far

That was solid. I really feel for James, even beyond thinking he's the best beat writer and it's a shame to lose him. You can tell how badly this affected him.

These guys get themselves out so easily

Honestly I wouldn’t know what to say either. The offense is possibly the worst I have ever seen, especially given the talent they have.

Bad, bad, bad game.

Lopez fastball velocity down 4-5 mph

It’s not even that this time. Sox are fouling off hittable fastballs for the first two strikes. I’m sure this guy has a good fastball but not THAT good.

All this guy is doing is throwing fastballs to get ahead then put away with off speed, and they still can’t do anything about it.

Most of the lineup can’t hit this guy’s fastball.

Glad I finally got through to them

Offense needs to get their s%*# together.

Still swinging at garbage

Doesn’t matter what Lynn does if the offense does this the rest of the game.

I was excited to see Frazier make solid contact and show patience at the plate for a bit. Now he can't hit fastballs.

And you would be wrong. There is a big difference between "its not up to the hitting coach to help him" and "it doesn't matter what the coach does if the player keeps swinging at every pitch". I think our coaching staff and overall instruction sucks, likely near or at the bottom of the league. That doesn't excuse the players from being accountable for bad habits and poor plate discipline. Like I said before, even the Rays would struggle to help a player who swings at everything.

Still having trouble reading I see. Let me know where I said it’s “not the job of the hitting coach to help the struggling hitter”.

LMAO that is not what I was saying at all. You need to work on your reading comprehension. Of course the hitting coach works with Jake. We could have the best hitting instruction in the league, but there’s only so many ways you can say “stop swinging at every damn pitch”.

Mariners are just as bad as hitting as we are. Sox had no business winning this one. But they did!

Caballero is up there looking for a walk

Oh Elvis. That error is huge.

Scholtens here is… a choice.

Robert could’ve fallen asleep in the box and be in a 3-0 count