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Either all our pitchers suck or the Red Sox are having one of the best hitting games of all time.

This Red Sox offense is some kind of hot...holy crap.

We might get a position player to pitch this game lol

Every time you think this team is starting to turn the corner, they disappoint you.

If they use them as a tandem, I wouldn't let Velasquez start. If Velasquez bombs in the first few innings, it more or less makes Kopech pitching pointless. Plus, you'd be messing with Kopech's routine as a starter and turning him into a glorified long reliever (which is what he was last year and he wasn't real good at it in the 2nd half). I think an acceptable way of having them work as a tandem is to let Kopech go 4-5 innings, but not go more than 75-80 pitches and let Velasquez pitch the middle 2 innings depending on what part of the order is up. Of course, this would have to be later on in the season as the Sox try to manage Kopech's innings. Once Lynn gets back, I think it's something the team could start to think about.

Remember when the Milwaukee crowd gave him a standing ovation?

He already gave it away when he said "ChiSox".

Keuchel did tell Garfien that Donaldson didn't get along with the Latinos in the Twins' clubhouse. Remember when Donaldson tried to get the Twins fired up last year by trying to shit talk Giolito about sticky stuff and it backfired? Remember when he called a team meeting to try to right the ship? None of that worked. The guy really thought he was part of the solution when he was part of the problem.

There isn't a real comparison because no white baseball player has ever been denied the ability to play baseball based on their skin color.

IIRC, Gordon Beckham mentioned during one of the games in KC that the runner on 2nd could see the grip Kelly was using prior to the pitch. That might have been something Kelly cleaned up recently.

I don't think he's insinuating that they were stealing signs, they must have picked up on him tipping his pitches.

Very interesting find. For some reason, it seems like Dallas Keuchel loves to provide extra commentary to the press. I don't think where you grow up always defines you as a person, but Donaldson grew up in northern Florida and went to school in Alabama. He has a history of being an asshat. And now we're getting rumors that he didn't get along with latino players? I'm sorry, but he really doesn't get the benefit of the doubt for his Jackie comment. Those things all kind of add up.

What episode?

Breaking News: Josh Donaldson is a douchebag.

He's on the COVID IL, isn't he?

The Yankees' bullpen has lost a lot of its arms. Green is getting TJS. Chapman has an achilles issue and has pitched like crap recently. Loaisaga has sucked despite having really good stuff. Castro kind of goes in that same category. Their only real reliable relievers right now are Clay Holmes and Michael King and one of those guys gave up 2 runs on Saturday. For the first time this year, the Yankees are dealing with injuries and uncertainty. They've really been living the charmed life so far, but that's starting to change.

That's kind of crazy considering how bad his defense has been.

I think it'll depend on where we're at in the standings. They might rest him a lot like they did with Rodon last year if we're somehow in a good position to win the division. If we're constantly chasing the Twins, they might keep him around for more starts. I think he'll end up with a similar amount of innings as Rodon last year. Maybe he gets around 25 starts.

I hope this is the turning point of the season. We could have folded today after Judge tied game 1 and be 6 games back of the Twins, but the guys fought back and swept the Yankees.

Katz must have worked with Lopez to lengthen his delivery cause he's no longer slide stepping on every pitch like he was. And it's gotten him a 3-4 ticks on the fastball. Earlier in the year he was throwing 95.

Nasty sliders to Stanton

Leury almost played that into a single. Good thing Rizzo is really slow.

Let's not forget the grand slam they hit is probably a warning track fly out in just about every other park.

Liam is warming.

Judge didn't even hit that one hard. It just dropped in between everyone.