SonofaRoache

Nothing like a two out bases empty 4 run rally.

No way to analyze that.

Good game so far, both pitchers are still tough to hit.

When Robert struggled last year we should have brought back Delmonico to replace him. Moncada should have been benched for Yolmer last year.

Would you have been okay with Robert and Moncada being benched during their early struggles?

Probably the same as Williams and Lamb. Are we gonna bench Vaughn everytime we face a good RHP?

Yep and I'd still take my chances with Yermin over Lamb.

This is a playoff caliber lineup! In AAA.

I love lefty matchup games when the lefties can actually hit. And why is Williams batting ahead of Yas when Yas is the superior hitter and will bat left?

I consider JR to be front office and I expect Hahn to plead his case for needing more money. They say money is available to use at the deadline but we need it now.

If Vaughn goes down we need to acquire an everyday LF type.

Facts. And I don't care if the sample size were bigger, he still needs to play. How can he get better of he isn't seeing elite pitching consistently? And it's certainly not like Nick Williams and Billy Hamilton are good baseball players at this point.

I think his point is that it is against LHP and Vaughn has been bad against RHP. Either way, if he is up here he needs to hit and get better. Not playing is going to help him how TLR?

This is the problem right here. Many people were asking for us to sign a legit DH because you can't rely on Vaughn this year most likely because he doesn't have the seasoning. Our FO was cheap and just said he is ready because of what they saw in Schaumburg while hoping our lineup could cover for development time. That is not the case now and we need production from him. This is on the FO.

And to the folks who keep telling me Vaughn isn't ready, I slightly agree with you. He is young and needs to develop into a slugger soon as we need it. That being said, he is up and is burning service time so he might as well play everyday so that he develops.

I am confident that had Yas been thrown out successfully, Madrigal would have been out at the plate somehow. The board then erupts.

Yep. Reminds me of the last two weeks of last year.

Because we are Sox fans. We can't shake the shit lineup card or the two guys getting starts that should be DFA'd. Even when we believe we are contenders it must happen. We must welcome and accept our destiny.

Vaughn is our top pick. He needs experience hitting and playing LF if that is where we are going to play him. Sitting him for a scrub isn't going to help our team or him. And Williams will get hits and hr's here and there, but he is still a scrub.

How can you not like Leury Delmonico's versatility?

Thursday lineup confirmed 1. Garcia SS 2. Eaton RF

Doesn't need to be loaded to play Vaughn and Madrigal. They may struggle but the team views them as the future. And not to mention the alternatives themselves suck.

I'm still trying to figure out why no Madrigal. He had two days off and needs the PT to improve. And that is before you get to the whole Garcia sucks problem.

I'm not sure why Madrigal isn't playing either. There is no reason to start Garcia at 2B today.

Yep. If anyone else gets hurt for longer than a week this team is in trouble. We literally can't afford for anyone to miss time. And we still have to hope Yermin can keep up solid production moving forward.