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Exactly. Marte and Escobar instead of Kimbrel and Cesar and we get HFA, And are simply a better team. And still have Madrigal. And probably Heuer too.

Kopech can pitch an inning today and backup Rodon on Monday. Not using him in the 5th or 7th was fucking insane.

He was facing 2 righties and lefty that was 5-7 against him. It was a fucking terrible strategy.

I absolutely hate Cesar. So nothing from me. Every move TLR made today was a bad one. That included - but I could at least understand the reasoning there even if it’s not what I would have done. The pen moves? No idea what he was thinking.

Not defending that at bat. But to pick out Jose everyone is comical. He’s got what 4 hits in two games? Driven in 33% of the Sox runs. He’s not the problem.

Have you watched much this year? Crochet has been legitimately awful with inherited runners. He’s a SP. He needs clean innings. If you want a lefty there, use Bummer. But Kopech was the obvious choice. And then when he actually does use Bummer, it was also a bad time and definitely should have been Kimbrel/Kopech since he wasn’t used earlier. Then bring in Kimbrel when game is already over. Just terrible bullpen management.

I mean it’s not like Engel had done anything with his at bats so far in the playoffs. He’s been useless offensively since he came back. Can’t believe I am defending TLR a bit cuz he had just a pitiful game, but I didn’t hate that move as much as the pen decisions. Improve 2B defense after Leury flubbed a double player earlier. maybe Cesar runs into one since Engel had not done shit. Problem is, Leury fucked us in the OF too. Been a big supporter of Leury this season, but woooooof. BAD game.

Just saw a video on Barstools Twitter page of a Sox fan getting his ass beat in the stands.

lol this is an amazingly bad post.

It looked dumb the second it was made. Terrible trade that got worse every day Kimbrel pitched, and will continue to get worse as each year goes by. Was such an unnecessary trade to make.

So much for that “giving up Madrigal will be worth it October” angle. Kimbrel fucking sucks.

Welp. This one is on Tony. Just comically bad pen management. Horrible.

Amazingly lucky. That pitch pissed me off so GD much. Astros hitters suck inside. They hit our best player in the fucking wrist yesterday. Pitch those fuckers INSIDE the rest of the series. Maybe hit a guy or two in the process. I am sick and fucking tired of our best players getting hit and pitched in our their hands, and the Sox not doing the same. I am not saying to throw at guys. I am saying bust those cheaters in on their hands where they're at their worst anyway. IF one gets away, oh well. We know the feeling. Maybe that'll get them to throw out over the plate.

I don't even know who I prefer at this juncture. Let's get through today first. Hopefully with a W. Results vary from a pretty damn good position, to on life support. I like the former.

Because he was a well above average baseball player the last couple months? That may be a valid reason. Also, if you forgot, our 2nd basemen got hurt and then traded for pennies on the dollar for a dude that might throw 1 inning this playoffs? Another reason.

Nothing like a Sox playoff game thread getting sidetracked by some Cubs discussion. Who cares!!!

What I have heard is that Kimbrel wanted to stay in Chicago because of his daughter's health issues. HOWEVER - the Cubs also took the best deal. No way anyone was offering better than Madrigal + Heuer.

He should be, but I am sure it is Vaughn.

Huh? Leury has been a much better right handed hitter in his career. Right handed: .287/.315/.380 Left handed: .247/.297/.356

Good news.

Just go get a nice comfortable victory tomorrow and let’s head to Chicago with HFA. We were never winning both of these and this game ended up as bad as it looked on paper.

Some better at bats last couple inning at least. This game has been over since Brantleys hit in the 4th.

Yeah I definitely let Reylo finish the 6th and bring him out again for the 7th if he does successfully. I guess these guys haven’t pitched in awhile.

Probably just let Reylo mop this up unless Sox score some runs. What a disappointment. Gotta get tomorrow. That’s the bottom line now. But let’s score some runs today first.

Yeah absolutely need to keep it at 3-0 here.