Timmy U

I like the strike-throwing Seranthony.

I don’t know about his pitch selection as a catcher but at the plate, Smith is an incredibly smart hitter with a good plan up there. A 200 WRC+ doesn’t happen by accident.

I think the idea is to limit Junior to 1 look at Schultz.

Emotionally, I don't really want to part with Wolkow cuz he's a local guy that seems to be progressing. Obviously, he's expendable. Intellectually, I'm more attached to Boston Smith. Tearing up the Southern League is usually a very good sign. Semien was SL MVP and the Sox never really believed he was a top level prospect. That led to one of the more disappointing trades of the KW/Hahn era.

Another HR for Shelton too. He has been red hot this week.

That's good news, but he's been dominant at AA. It will be interesting to see how he fares in the Charlotte launching pad. Righties who don't throw hard are not generally my cup of tea, but it would be great if he can help this year.

Another HR for Bonemer.

Whew! Huge back to back walkoffs. 3-4 homestand is not great but could have been 1-6

He’s so out of sorts, he was guessing strike.

Blowing their challenges early not working out well

Why does Pereira have the leeway to challenge pitches at all anyway?

Shelton is getting hot again. Would be huge if he figures it out.

I think the key is getting pitching while sacrificing B level talent. Very few deadline deals involve top guys. Anybody in the 10-20 range is fine with me, I’d just prefer they hold onto Bonemer, Fauske, Carlson, McDougal, Hagen, and maybe Wolkow and Boston Smith. Perhaps Toronto would bite on a package of Drew Thorpe, Sammy Zavala, and Jairo Iriarte for Dylan Cease.

Antonacci against lefties, Peters against lefties, or Braden against lefties.

Ryan Burrowes to AA. I think that means Roch to A+

Both Taussig and Freeman are listed as catchers, but Taussig has played corner of/dh. Freeman only 14 games behind the dish. Sox have a ton of catchers, so not that surprising

Turning this line up over is no bueno. 3 very hot guys at the top, 6 guys you gotta get out. Now the top guys bat in the 7th and have a chance to hit again in the 9th

This ump hasn’t missed many. That was a bad one with no challenges left.

Another nice outing for Hicks going through the teeth of the order.

Just hit his 12th

This series has been one sided when it comes to batted ball luck. We’re owed like 15 bloopers in the next week

Sean Newcomb better start stretching right now. I don’t believe Fedde is gonna be around long.

He was good for the first batter. Struck him out looking. Second guy took a couple of close pitches. Walked on a 3-2 count. After that, he seemed to lose confidence and it got real bad. So, I think it’s still in there, but yeah, it might be Steve Blass disease.

McDougal. It occurs to me watching them prioritize moving their top pitching prospects to the pen, are they going to do a Rays type move where they trade a veteran bullpen arm like Newcomb or Hicks or Hudson or please God Seranthony to get a starter. I simply don’t believe Getz is ready to mortgage the future to gain a couple of wins this year.

Oh, that’s not fair. He ran out of gas after a great at bat by Pena. Venable should have yanked him sooner.