Funny thing is Ricky is going to have to use one of his main relievers to finish the game 

2 minutes ago, Tomtom said:

It’s really a shame that there is such a wealth of talented players, but a manager who has no clue.  This will become apparent when the Indians, Tigers, and Royals rebuilds surpass that of the Sox.

Torkelson, Manning, Mize and Riley Greene are going to be pretty awesome.    Royals, it remains to be seen, their young position prospects are lacking, pitching could be okay.

Edited August 8, 20205 yr by caulfield12

Just now, wegner said:

Thanks.  I just checked the box score.  It looks like Foster pitched well.  I thought they were going to follow up Foster with Detwiler?  BTW, I am a little ashamed to say that I have no clue who D. Anderson is.

I thought it was gonna be a for sure thing with Detwiler however Renteria tried to get cute and keep Anderson in for a second inning against the top of Cleveland’s lineup.  

Let these kids pitch!!! Burdi, heuer, the kid that started let them pitch! As with Cease let them pitch! Its only gonna make them better

Mazara works a 2 out walk  

C'mon, need a Lu-Bomb to get the fans back in the game.

Can’t afford to punt games in a 60 game season

Edited August 8, 20205 yr by Soxfest

1 minute ago, Soxfest said:

Can’t afford to punt games in a 6 game season

Can’t afford to punt away games against a division rival

Hit it off the end of the bat.

At least had the right idea, going up the middle or opposite direction.

Just now, HahnsKiddieTable said:

Can’t afford to punt away games against a division rival

I’m sure others will disagree, but I think Twins and Indians will easily finish 1-2 in the division. Our main competition will end up being Red Sox, Jays and Angels.

Just now, HahnsKiddieTable said:

Can’t afford to punt away games against a division rival

3-6 against MIN/CLE can easily be offset by KCR/DET/PITT.

But they're really going to have to win at least 2 out of 6 against a suddenly revitalized Cubs' team.

OMG

Garcia is hurt

1 minute ago, fathom said:

I’m sure others will disagree, but I think Twins and Indians will easily finish 1-2 in the division. Our main competition will end up being Red Sox, Jays and Angels.

Without Ohtani able to be an ace as a pitcher, just don't see them having a big enough offense.  Adell would have to start carrying the team along with Trout as a rookie.

Now Leury hurt his foot and strained his back.

Seems he's okay.

Guess we can blame this one on the Bossard family, lol.

Edited August 8, 20205 yr by caulfield12

This offense has sucked more than it has been good.

Fuck.  No More Injuries Please

Another near injury 

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

3-6 against MIN/CLE can easily be offset by KCR/DET/PITT.

But they're really going to have to win at least 2 out of 6 against a suddenly revitalized Cubs' team.

Tigers offense is significantly better this year than last

Just now, harkness99 said:

This offense has sucked more than it has been good.

Absolutely incompetent against starting pitching

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

I’m sure others will disagree, but I think Twins and Indians will easily finish 1-2 in the division. Our main competition will end up being Red Sox, Jays and Angels.

If the season ended today, there’d be 4 playoff teams from the AL Central. Wild.

What I don't like is Bieber coming off a loss in his last start.

I think he only gave up 2 runs while CLE was getting shut down, but you can't expect him to have two consecutive losses very often in a season.

24 minutes ago, SouthWallace said:

 

Oh shit, can’t believe I feel asleep and missed this!  At least I didn’t have to endure Renteria throwing the game...lol.

How did Burdi look guys?  Give me something positive on this dark, distressing day.

2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Without Ohtani able to be an ace as a pitcher, just don't see them having a big enough offense.  Adell would have to start carrying the team along with Trout as a rookie.

Agree. I don’t see any of those 3 teams making noise this season. If the Sox can’t beat them out, they don’t deserve to be in the playoffs.

I think we managed to jinx both the White Sox and Tiger Woods at the beginning of this Game Thread.

UGLY UGLY days for both.