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The Sox would get 2 guys on base almost every inning and then not do shit the rest of the inning. That was basically the story against Voth tonight. That and the stupid ass wall in LF taking way homers that would be gone in every other MLB park.

With the exception of Sheets at home, all the at bats from the left side of the plate have been pretty much trash.

Yoan has no chance against Bautista. The splitter neutralizes the platoon advantage and he can't touch 100+.

That was something they were really good at last year.

That's a tough at bat for anyone, but it really should have never gotten to that point. They left 10 guys on base in 8 innings and Abreu was a big part of that. They clearly hit Voth pretty well, but when it came time to get base runners home, they choked over and over again.

Cleveland is gonna run away with this thing.

Especially for this team, cause watching the team trying to hit a sac fly is like watching them scratch nails on a chalkboard.

I seriously hope that stupid ass wall in left field costs the Orioles when they're actually in contention the next few years. It's one of the dumbest changes to a stadium I've ever seen.

The Sox just love to get guys on base against the mediocre to bad pitchers, but they won't score much. Cause they choke endlessly with guys on 3rd and less than 2 outs. That's how we usually end up with 3-4 runs on 10+ hits against some guy with a ERA around 5.

He laid off all the great pitcher's pitches but couldn't lay off the high fastball.

I've gotten hit right on the elbow before and it was only in the mid 70s. I can't imagine the pain from a 102 MPH fastball.

Typical

Unless Jose gets hit here, he's gonna swing at crap out of the zone. You can tell he's anxious up there.

How does anyone hit Bautista? He throws 102 with a nasty splitter around the zone.

That got him right on the pad and he's still in pain.

Seriously?

That's just bad luck lmao

We fucked around all game and now Bautista is in. Good luck.

They left him in there for 4 batters when I could have told you he wasn't healthy enough to pitch after the first batter.

I'd honestly rather watch that lineup hit than the White Sox one.

His platoon splits are extremely drastic. He's prime Barry Bonds against lefties and Leury Garcia against righties.

Moreno got the memo in Anaheim. Maddon really blasted the way the Angels run things behind the scenes. I feel like the Sox are in a similar situation. Where the organization isn't being run like a modern team and we're seeing the results of that on the field.

Look at what the Astros have done by supplementing their core with young talent. That's how they've maintained their success past just the initial core. They added one of the best left handed bats in baseball in 2019 with Yordan Alvarez. They lost Springer after 2020, no problem, Kyle Tucker replaced him with ease. They lost Carlos Correa this year and his replacement, Pena, has been just as productive as Correa this year. The Astros are running similar payrolls the Sox are. Yet they're a way better team because they continually get contributions from their farm system and they spend their money way more wisely in free agency. Michael Brantley has given them more value than just about every Rick Hahn free agency signing.

It'd be pretty hard to split a 3 game series, but I'm sure Tony will try.

The guy everybody else on the forum wanted, Escobar, isn't actually doing any better than Harrison. And he's making twice the amount with another guaranteed year on his contract. Brad Miller, another guy some on this forum wanted (myself included), has been worth -1.2 WAR this year. And he has another year on his contract. The problem isn't that Harrison is actually a bad player, he's a flawed player who the Sox are relying on way too much. He's being paid like a utility player and he's producing at exactly that level. It's Hahn's fault that we're relying on him to be the everyday 2nd baseman when he's really not that type of player anymore. The previous FA class also sucked terribly for second baseman. Pretty much everyone in the class has sucked. Even Semien, the best of the class, has been decidedly mediocre this year and his OPS actually isn't that much higher than Harrison's. The Kimbrel trade was a disaster, but would Nick Madrigal be putting up a .750 OPS with us after his hamstring injury? Cause he's having trouble cracking .600 with the Cubs. All in all, if you look at all of the options the Sox had, they all suck. And Harrison is somehow one of the best options and we're only paying him $5.5 million.