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Offense will really need to show up this series with how bad our starting pitching will be. Castillo is the best starter we're throwing out there...

Yeah the rotation is really starting to worry me.

So Castillo has nothing today lol

On the first pitch? Jesus...

His stuff looks a lot better than I remembered

Vargas got a little too far under that one.

He does have a homer off Imanaga. But then again, he hasn't been hitting well.

He's being paid like a 2 WAR player and I think that's what the Sox expected of him when they signed him. But then he got the hamate injury which drained his power and he also lost a lot of his athleticism and could no longer play the OF. If he was hitting like he is now and played above average defense in LF, that's probably close to a 2 WAR player. Unfortunately for us, he's basically unplayable in the outfield and is now a DH who's a league average hitter. It's not unplayable, but it's also not really worth what he's being paid. You could argue that him being a good hitter in the clutch adds some value (WAR is context-less, after all). Benintendi's 1.09 WPA is around the likes of Randy Arozarena, Shea Langeliers, Rafael Devers, and Sam Antonacci. All of those guys are 20-40% better than league average while Beni is just an average hitter. So you can maybe make some sort of argument that he's producing like a 120 wRC+ hitter. In that case, he might be worth maybe 1 WAR instead of the replacement level player that he is.

Is this what you yell to Japanese tourists at Mardi Gras?

Beni's hamate injury hampered his power for about a year and a half. It's definitely not a easy injury to get over.

5.5 games is somehow the largest lead in the AL.

Game might still be going if he used Richards.

We're gonna be up 5 regardless, but 5.5 sounds better.

Offense really showed up. We didn't even pitch that well, but we scored enough and the back end of the bullpen was nails.

Phillies lead

Phillies have 2 in scoring position with 1 out.

Statement series from the Sox. Just when everyone thought Detroit would begin to overtake us, we show them who's boss.

LETS FUCKING GO

Froze him. Ump's call was so late that I thought he blew the call.

Please let Newcomb close this out. I can't handle another Richards save situation.

Vargas and Mune racing to 30 homers

That was high and outside. Hitting that out is kind of crazy.

Miggy insurance!

I'd much rather let Newcomb try to close it than let Richards try.

One of the dumbest things we've been doing.