1 hour ago, WBWSF said:

Schultz is scheduled to pitch Sunday. I wonder if somebody else will pitch instead of him.

Why would someone else pitch? Who?

2 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Why would someone else pitch? Who?

Could be Sandlin. Could be a bullpen day. As to why, currently Schultz gives them zero chance pretty much every time out. I bet he starts because the A’s are so lefty, but you gotta have him on a super short leash right before the break.

5 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Could be Sandlin. Could be a bullpen day. As to why, currently Schultz gives them zero chance pretty much every time out. I bet he starts because the A’s are so lefty, but you gotta have him on a super short leash right before the break.

Nah, Schultz has to pitch. Sandlin isn’t lighting it up either, he has been just as up and down as Schultz. He needs to figure it out imo

19 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Could be Sandlin. Could be a bullpen day. As to why, currently Schultz gives them zero chance pretty much every time out. I bet he starts because the A’s are so lefty, but you gotta have him on a super short leash right before the break.

I'm so confused... Sandlin and Schultz have almost identical numbers. 6 ERA's, FIP's around 5.3.

Lefties have a near 1000 OPS against Sandlin. He doesn't have a pitch to get lefties out, and to me he's profiling as a reliever.

10 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

I'm so confused... Sandlin and Schultz have almost identical numbers. 6 ERA's, FIP's around 5.3.

Lefties have a near 1000 OPS against Sandlin. He doesn't have a pitch to get lefties out, and to me he's profiling as a reliever.

Schultz just came off the injured list too. Let’s get some consistency in his day to day work and help him succeed, I just don’t see why skipping him right now is important

another development year for this team and they ended up in 1st place

we forget the developmet part

47 minutes ago, kitekrazy1 said:

another development year for this team and they ended up in 1st place

we forget the developmet part

That's the crazy situation the Sox find themselves in.

The fan base (rightly in my opinion) wants them to make this a successful year on the field and in the won/lost column given the last few years.

But the Sox themselves are still trying to develop (rightly in my opinion) many of these kids and try to set the foundation for the future.

Hard to reconcile the two opinions.