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Sox have really let Detroit hang around. 1-9 with RISP, 10 guys left. We’ve been 1 hit from putting this away for the last 4 innings. Hope it doesn’t bite us in the ass. Couple of hard hit balls by Vaughn and Collins, what are you gonna do?

I believe both Eloy and Robert will be back, therefore I do not want to give up a lot to get a right-handed hitting OF. Prefer Escobar or Frazier depending on the cost.

At what point do we stop scoreboard watching a team trailing by 14 games?

Um, I was kidding.

Should have signed Goodwin to begin with? I dunno. Weird year.

Hell, at this rate, they're both better than Eaton. Who knew???

I rescind anything negative I ever said about signing Goodwin.

JUst to put everyone's expectations into context: Keith Law did a redraft of the 2011 draft and there were some great names: Betts, Lindor, Cole -- but the 21, 22, 23 best players in the redraft were Joe Musgrove, Dylan Bundy, and Nick Ahmed. If you get a major leaguer at 22, you should feel pretty good about it.

Awesome. Seems like a good fit.

I wonder what the Arizona GM situation means for them between now and the deadline. Find it hard to believe they’ll move Ketel Marte with a sub in that chair, but maybe Escobar. He mostly plays third for AZ. Is he even adequate at second anymore?

You don’t get paid for extended spring, so no visa issues. Burger raved about Cespedes’ power on the Garfein podcast. I hope he gets this cleared up before instructs.

I was no fan of the Goodwin signing, but if you bring him up, you gotta give him a start to let him get into rhythm. My problem is that TLR seems to feel there are only two guys who MUST be in the line up:Abreu and Leury. I would have tried Lamb at third, Goodwin in left, and Adam in center. Give Leury a day off every once in a while. Running back to the dugout that much looks exhausting.

Actually, if Bruce says it, you know it ain't happening.

So who's gonna win the Central?

Ugh! Worst case scenario.

Dammit. This is the sort of inning that can get away from you.

Nice idea, but what the heck do the Sox have that would lead Arizona to give us their best player?

Sox have been fortunate so far. Sometimes when you waste a lot of opportunities early, it bites you in the ass late. Hopefully that happens here.

Hey, when you call yourself "manofsteal" online, you're sort of committed.

Nothing is more important than a game I go to. Nothing.

If it’s a no go, the Sox pen will really be ready for Detroit, which works for me cuz I flew into Chicago and will be at the game tomorrow night.

I was afraid Cleveland might be able to fix Quantrill. He struggled with the Pads.

I thought the same thing. Sadly, he doesn’t have the same levers, so God only knows whether his results will be in the same stratosphere.

Awesome analysis. Home runs are like triples in the NBA: rulemakers want there to be more than one way to win, but there isn’t. Look at Sox record when they homer and when they don’t. If you pitch to put the ball in play and hit to get singles, you will lose a lot of games.

I believe this means they are keeping both Burr and Burdi active for the DH. 15 man pitch staff ought to be able to handle 14 ip.