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The Sox have several Christian players on their team now, including Davis Martin. I don't think they'd have a problem adding Roupp. I just don't think he's that good. If you give up assets, you've got to imagine the guy you get back starting one of the first two games of a playoff series. Is Roupp really that guy?

If they fix Shane Smith, he could also lengthen out the pen. Adding a guy with a killer change who can throw 100 would not be bad.

Last year at Birmingham I thought the Michael Brantley comp as well. Real similar looking swing. Obviously, Braden has significantly more power than Brantley did when he first came up as well as significantly more in-zone swing and miss. Gonna be interesting to watch him develop.

I just saw a headline on MLB Trade Rumors that the Giants are going to sell -- but Logan Webb is not one of the players on the block. That's the trouble with getting pitching at the deadline: All anyone wants to move are impending FA's and guys who pitched bad enough to get them in last place to begin with. The number of arms who would actually start in a playoff series AND don't cost half your farm system for a 2 month rental are few and far between. The last thing we need is to give up assets to acquire someone else's Eric Fedde.

Shane Smith and McDougal are also headed to rehab assignments. Pitching depth may be right around the corner.

Taylor didn't have it today either. The high leverage arms in the bullpen gave up all 4 runs. Newcomb/Fedde 5 innings, no runs.

Last guy for Seranthony.

Worst. Signing. Ever.

Dominguez is so hard to watch.

Uh oh. 3 runs up puts us in the Seranthony Zone.

Colson proved me wrong.

CRUSHED

Why do they keep replaying the Mookie Betts error? It’s not news anymore

Feels like it’s 12-0

Man, a lot of weakly hit balls falling for the Dodgers.

There’s a reason why the Dodgers have the record they do over the last decade. Pitching for days. Sox gotta raise their game.

Romo is not good at actually catching the ball.

Betts has had some crazy batted ball luck in this series. He looks completely cooked.

Like yesterday all of their hard hit balls are right at them. 108 off the bat. That’s about as hard as Antonacci can hit one.

5K first time through the order. No better than yesterday really.

Newcomb was nails. Great outing. Fedde for 3 innings now?

Things do not look good so far. Not even any hard fouls yet.

Colson is putting up some brutal at bats lately. Swinging at balls, taking strikes. He had one pitch to hit and he took it.

I do not understand Newcomb now. I would let Fedde go through lower half of the batting order then half Newcomb pitch 2 innings later, but maybe Fedde isn’t going to pitch at all.

I wonder how much worse of would the Sox be if they just didn’t pick up Robert’s option. Acuna has been objectively awful and he hamstrings roster flexibility. If Baldwin and Murray weren’t hurt, I doubt he’d still be on the team. Pauley has been horrid at low A. I will grant, he’s probably a reliever getting starter innings who still could blossom, but guys like him are a dime a dozen. Look at Tyler Davis. UDFA from the Indy league. Acquisition cost = zero. Nightengale is doing a lot of crowing over (imho) nothing.