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Oh hey look, Derek Hill's up in the 8th with a chance to put us ahead. I've seen this before. Edit: this isn't wrong, I was just early.

We've been getting blooped to death all series TBH. I didn't even think Burke pitched poorly in game 1, he just got very unlucky on some balls in play.

Wasn't it Bryce Harper who spent a whole PA against Milner not even bothering to swing the bat?

Safe to say Colson is not seeing Milner well.

I would get on the DFA him train if he did.

The wind is killing everything lol. That's probably at least threatening to be a homer on a normal day.

Funky delivery and he's really tall, so he probably has good extension to make the fastball seem faster than it is. Edit: 97th percentile extension.

Huge out

Hudson hasn't had his usual control this series. He was dotting the corners during his scoreless streak. Now he's missing.

Why is PCA mad? He was trying to bunt and got in the way. If he wasn't bunting that probably doesn't hit him.

Hudson just can't get Kelly out.

Gameday had that barely clipping the top of the zone. I guess it's a good thing he held off on challenging. But in a high leverage scenario like that, I would never fault him for doing it.

Challenge that...

And that's why Acuna is still on the team.

Dude was trying to dislocate his shoulder with the way he rolled at the end of that play.

His whole thing was that he could square pitches up at a high rate despite the slower bat speed. Now he has slightly better bat speed but can't square anything up anymore. He barely improved in one area and gave up what he was elite at. He just needs to go back to what he was last year.

Quero doesn't need drive line or a coach. He needs some tape on his helmet.

That tape on the helmet is working for Beni.

Martin isn't a free agent until 2031. If the improvements are real, then we have ourselves a top of the rotation starter under cheap control for 5 years. Talk about luck.

It's just funny that we were dying for a good left handed hitter back in the previous competitive window and now we have too many.

His rate numbers are really close to what they were last year, except I think he's getting hit by pitch quite a bit more. That's giving him a 20 point boost on OBP. But through 115 games and 470 PAs he has 34 homers and 4.7 fWAR.

This lineup will be scary when Teel is back.

That's how KC made it in 2024.

Another well played game even with a couple of key players sitting. We saved the top guys in the bullpen too. Chase and Hill going up the middle to drive in key runs was so nice to see. Getting that hit off a tough righty has to be big for him.

Dominguez would probably pitch the 7th on those 2021 or 2022 Sox teams. And the 2022 one wasn't even good.