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I know Bauer is pretty washed at this point, but Roch did really well. I was pretty impressed at how quickly he picked up the slider spin. That's something your average MLB hitter struggles at. His improvement over the last time he faced Bauer is pretty drastic too. He went from whiffing on Bauer's slider to hitting it for a homer.

I can see that being the case in any deal where we might take on a longer/bigger contract. Maybe that's not as much of a concern now because the Red Sox won't be trading Gray or Chapman.

With Hicks having 15 Ks with no walks in 8 innings since his return from injury and Shane Smith possibly coming back, I'm afraid Getz might do next to nothing at the deadline. Especially if we tread water after the ASB.

If you told me at the beginning of the year that this team would have 50 wins at the all star break, I would have thought that something catastrophic happened and they moved the all star game to mid August.

Boston is the hottest team in baseball over the last 2 weeks. They've allowed the least amount of runs in the AL and their offense is doing enough for now. It was a combination of their pitching staff matching up well against our hitters and us throwing 2 of our least in form pitchers against them that resulted in the sweep. The A's are probably the worst team in baseball right now. Especially without Kurtz.

They keep wanting to move Colson off SS. His defensive issues as of late might mean they could be kind of right. It's probably Roch's position in a year or 2. I think they took Roch because he's going to be MLB-ready in a year or 2, which matches our timeline much better than someone like Emerson. And he hits right handed which this team and farm system needs more of.

It's why Mune's profile is so much more bearable. He has similar issues to Colson, but he walks at an elite rate.

That's just the kind of hitter he is. It's great when he's hitting homers in low leverage situations, but he's probably one of the last guys you want in a clutch situation because of how bad he can look against well executed pitches.

And we're out of challenges...

The graphic said it was a ball. I don't think the ump messed up, but the system somehow did.

Usually when it has the red trail it's a strike. That had the red trail and they called it a ball.

Nice play by Meidroth

That might be the closest ABS challenge I've ever seen.

With Martin and Schultz struggling, the rest of the rotation has really picked them up. Even Fedde has been pretty good recently.

Will "Arteta" Venable

Gonzalez had no future on this team, so I'm not against trading him. But I thought it would be to help the team compete this year.

This has to push him near 3 WAR.

I vote that Ron has to make a negative thread every day just so he can be proven wrong immediately.

He's got the highest OPS on the team among qualified hitters.

Peters cycle

This offense loves to pile on. Get that run differential back up and it's like the last series never happened!

Having Beni, Teel, and Peters batting at the bottom of the order is way better than having Junior Perez and Acuna there regardless of who's pitching.

Sterner with an amazing yes-hitter.

The 2 runs we've scored this whole series are off a soft hit fielder's choice with the bases loaded and an excuse me swing bunt.

How the hell was this team so bad?