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I hope we get those same calls

Can we stop getting hit in the foot?

Right in the foot

Nice turn. 9 outs to go.

Crochet throwing 94 in the cold

Lopez is a 2 inning guy at this point.

Velocity is way down for him and he's missing location on his fastball.

Nice job by Yaz to pounce on that little dribbler. Getting an out there on Reyes after a 3-1 count is nice.

Hedges' clutch rating is pretty high IIRC.

I'm still shocked that we tee'd off on Civale. He just shutout the Yankees over 7 last weekend.

Yaz and Yoan would benefit quite a bit but probably not as much as guys like Ramirez or Gallo.

Cleveland scorched every ball that inning.

Thank god for the shift.

Lopez throwing some of these fastballs right down the middle.

He laid off all the off-speed stuff. That 2-2 pitch they threw him was really good and he managed to lay off.

For a guy hitting .174 Hedges seems to always get hits when I watch.

Is this real life?

Holy crap are we finally hitting Civale?

Friday could be Bieber depending on how his bullpen session goes.

With the way he's pitched since he's come off the IL, I wouldn't even offer him the QO. What's to say his arm won't break down after 90 innings again next year? Are we ready to pay the guy $18 million for maybe 100 innings of work? We need to focus on 2B and RF in free agency. SP is a spot we can afford to lose Rodon and still have it be a strength of the team.

There's no way we keep pace with the team last year over 162. We had no starting pitching depth and the bullpen was probably very fortunate. Over 162, I doubt the team last year wins 90 games.

People keep pointing out that the team was cold in September in 05, but the fact of the matter is, they got hot right before the playoffs. After they clinched, they swept Cleveland in Cleveland to keep them away from a playoff spot. And that was with mostly Sunday lineups out there. Also we weren't even that bad in September of 05, Cleveland was just on a huge hot streak. Even without sweeping the last series, the Sox went 16-12 in September.

Just wait until TLR deploys Carlos Rodon as a high leverage reliever in the playoffs!

There's a difference between being concerned about the team not playing well and worrying how that will translate in the playoffs vs. saying the team has already lost their playoff series 2 weeks before the playoffs even start. You don't know what's going to happen.

What's funny is that the SP ERA increase is probably all Dallas Keuchel.