SonofaRoache

I said Robert was almost ready a few days ago.

Get two bullpen arms and use them Kopech, Hendriks, and Bummer if he figures it out. Everyone else is on mop up and spot duty. Get a 2nd baseman and backup catcher.

If he says he is good let him go. Liam is liable to give up a gopher ball. I'd save Liam for game 2 if Big Boy is still dealing.

I think at this point we want to make sure he is normal and moving well playing consistently. He will have some struggles with timing up here no matter how well he does in Charlotte. I think he should be up this week.

A great and much needed win in front of a national audience.

For the Joakim Soria fans he just blew the game against the Cubs. ERA is now over 5.

We have that 8 game lead because when we lose Cleveland also has lost. That won't happen tonight. Point is let's get a W and not rely on Cleveland sucking.

Cleveland will most likely win today. There is no where to hide for the Sox tonight.

I don't there is a chance we trade Cespedes for Gallo.

Looks like Robert is in Arizona hitting and fielding. Sounds like he goes on a rehab assignment at the end of this month or first week of August. Eloy should be back next week if all goes well.

The first trade I can see, 2 and 3 would be amazing if it only took those guys. I think we eventually get Eduardo and Soria and a guy like Iglesias. I think we upgrade backup catcher over RF though. If we do upgrade RF I think it is a cheap rental with power.

People probably expected this. Not surprised by the result.

Cleveland might get swept by Oakland. So if we get swept we may still be okay.

16-25 against teams >.500.

At this rate Houston is recently 5-0 against us and 4-0 against Cleveland. Not a good look. I'm not all that concerned about our offense because that will get better. I'm not too confident in our pitching against them outside of Rodon.

The Astros will get healthy too. And have won a ton of playoff series already. Should be fun but the money will be on the Stros this year.

Rick Hahn can't let this continue. Can't keep looking flat against good teams.

And no one is taking Reylo and giving up talent. Even if it is a rental.

Reylo? Clearly not reliable.

Yeah but him playing in Charlotte is no different than playing here in that regard. You are going to play him it might as well be in Chicago. If he gets sore you rest him. Now if he is in Charlotte to get swing timing down or used to playing again without hurting the MLB team's chance at winning, then keep him down.

He has like a 10 ERA down there. WTF would we let him start here? Unless by losing a game he starts we get into a weird playoff tie scenario that gives us AL home field advantage.

I think they are saying we only have a good record because our division is weak. But that is stupid because of the injuries we have. We deserve an A for being able to have the best record in the AL with our injuries. 54-35 is the best you can ask from this offense.

Yeah I'm sure this was heavily discussed and planned. No way they risk Eloy's health.

That dude looks like a troll. I wouldn't trust him saying that about the Cards.

Yeah we need another solid arm. Bummer and Marshall will hopefully get the job done as well. But we need a solid 8th inning guy to stop the 8th inning foolery, and a 2nd baseman.