5 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

Free Yermin!

Why the hell is Yermin not up yet? Probably because the front office doesn't want to look stupid by having to get rid of Reed already.

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by JuliusO1274

4 minutes ago, JuliusO1274 said:

Why the hell is Yermin not up yet? Probably because the front office doesn't want to look stupid by having to get rid of Reed already.

They don't even have to get rid of Reed!  He has an option! 

5 minutes ago, JuliusO1274 said:

Why the hell is Yermin not up yet? Probably because the front office doesn't want to look stupid by having to get rid of Reed already.

Because they have to meet the annual quota of one awful middle of the order hitting lefty DH.

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by soxfan2014

According to gameday on espn.com, the Mets have decided to go with no LF to make the game a little more interesting.

 

Nice to see a scoreless inning from Carson.  Watching on gameday...I get the impression he was effectively wild?

Fulmer with a looong inning.

Ooh this version of Fulmer actually has a chance to be a bullpen piece. Stuff is much improved. Gotta fix the command a bit more. I'm a bit intrigued. 

I hope he stays up the rest of the season.  I don't care if he's awful they have to get a longer look.

3 minutes ago, wegner said:

Nice to see a scoreless inning from Carson.  Watching on gameday...I get the impression he was effectively wild?

Stuff was much better. He was sitting 95-96 with life and the secondary pitches were pretty crisp. Yes, he was effectively wild though. 

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

Time for a 9th inning rally.  Do it.

Someone please explain to me why .140 hitting Reed if in the freaking cleanup spot!  He shouldn’t be Ben be in the lineup.  Such an obvious tanking job by the Sox.

3 minutes ago, BackDoorBreach said:

I hope he stays up the rest of the season.  I don't care if he's awful they have to get a longer look.

If he stays up I don't think he's going to be awful. He was throwing wicked shit up there today. 

Is it awful that they used the 8th overall pick on a reliever or do I just overvalue 1st round picks in baseball? 

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

Thanks Jack.  I still have hope that he will be a useful bullpen piece when we are ready to compete.  Not the starter we were hoping from a 1st round pick but you have to have a lockdown bullpen to compete this days. 

1 minute ago, Tomtom said:

Someone please explain to me why .140 hitting Reed if in the freaking cleanup spot!  He shouldn’t be Ben be in the lineup.  Such an obvious tanking job by the Sox.

Ricky likes a balances line-up, even his left handed hitter is fucking awful. 

5 minutes ago, wegner said:

Thanks Jack.  I still have hope that he will be a useful bullpen piece when we are ready to compete.  Not the starter we were hoping from a 1st round pick but you have to have a lockdown bullpen to compete this days. 

This is the best I've seen him look in all of his appearances at the MLB level. They gotta give him at least the rest of this season and until Memorial Day 2020 if he's throwing this type of stuff. They might have a setup man here. He definitely deserves a look over guys like Ruiz and Osich. 

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

Just now, ChiSox59 said:

Ricky likes a balances line-up, even his left handed hitter is fucking awful. 

The front office has to step in at some point, or they are indeed trying to lose as many games as possible. ?

5 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

If he stays up I don't think he's going to be awful. He was throwing wicked shit up there today. 

Is it awful that they used the 8th overall pick on a reliever or do I just overvalue 1st round picks in baseball? 

If he becomes a solid reliever, that is a lot better than other first round picks who have failed and never even played in the MLB. Seriously, just look at any draft class over the past 15-20 years and you will say "who?" a lot.

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by soxfan2014

Chances AJ Reed makes contact here?

Have a day Reed... golden sombrero.

2 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said:

If he becomes a solid reliever, that is a lot better than other first round picks who have failed and never even played in the MLB. Seriously, just look at any draft class over the past 15-20 years and you will say "who?" a lot.

I don't say who a lot because I'm a baseball diehard and a prospect guy. I've heard of most of the 1st round picks since 2004ish. 

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

1 minute ago, SoxAce said:

Have a day Reed... golden sombrero.

Sounds like the perfect way to end an awful stint at the MLB level with a team. We'll see if they cut bait soon.

Fingers crossed we see some roster shake-up after that debacle of a series.  

1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said:

I don't say who a lot because I'm a baseball diehard and a prospect guy. I've heard of most of the 1st round picks since 2004ish. 

Ok but that wasn't exactly the point. You've heard of them but probably haven't heard their name since they were drafted or top  prospects for a couple of years.

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by soxfan2014

AJ Reed‘s OPS is 9 points higher than Mike Trout‘s OBP, I don’t know what you are complaining about

Edited August 1, 20196 yr by GermanSoxFan

1 minute ago, SoxAce said:

Have a day Reed... golden sombrero.

I think I've seen enough. If he was 24, I think I'd give him the remainder of the season to show something but since he's 26 I'm ready to walk away.