chw42

There's a reason Story hasn't been traded yet. Clearly the Rockies think he's worth more than he really is, just off the name alone. His numbers have been abysmal this year, especially for someone who gets to hit at Coors. No team is gonna pay him $6 million and give them good prospects hoping he turns it around.

Bigger and splashier is what, Frazier? There's not a ton of guys available at 2B that's a whole lot better than Hernandez/Escobar.

We've had so many hard hit balls to the right side go right to Santana this series.

Damn 2 shoutouts in one thread. My Soxtalk posting career has peaked.

You just gotta hope the 3 guys getting today off get refreshed and ready to hit tomorrow at home. Fuck around with Cleveland and they might get back in this race, even after they traded one of their better hitters to us.

Getting dominated by the Royals' starters sure has been fun.

Yeah the below .200 BABIP isn't gonna last. But his xERA numbers are in line with his ERA so his batted ball profile looks solid, meaning it might not all be luck.

Sometimes having one extra reliable guy in the bullpen can transform it. This deal allows you to pick and choose between Bummer and Tepera for the 7th and 8th. It also pushes Crochet and Heuer to lower leverage work. It could also mean Kopech getting stretched out to be a starter. It's looking like that needs to happen given how Carlos has looked recently and Cease being scratched on Sunday.

He had a meh June but has otherwise been pretty good recently. Lots of cutters, so this might be Colome all over again lol. His peripherals all look good, much better than Colome's ever looked though.

He's joking.

Good thing we decided to make these trades today. Otherwise I'd be fuming at us throwing this game away.

Probably done. We really didn't give up much for Tepera and Hernandez. Technically we can probably get a bigger deal done, but we patched 2 holes with 2 decent players. I'm whelmed.

Future Sox has crashed with the news of this.

Marshall might be headed for TJS.

Guess it's not Lopez if it's a minor league pitcher.

Carlos got up to 97.

So Portillo's was right after all I guess lmao.

Good lord Carlos...Nicky Lopez almost took you deep.

What a waste of a start by Rodon. Should have just skipped him and pitched him on Sunday.

Rodon is batting practice right now.

You don't throw Perez or Soler fastballs in the zone. Both will swing at shit out of the zone.

I know it's hot, but Carlos just doesn't look right.

lmao at that throw. Carlos falling behind with bad fastball location and 92-93. This isn't gonna go well.

For real. If you're gonna put this lineup out there today you might as well do a bullpen day or call someone up from AAA.

Hit hard but not hard enough.