06/17 - Sox vs Mariners

[Jasonbay44]

When the hell did Sandy Leon learn to hit?

[d-money]

Need to stop the bleeding.

[FredLynn]

Elias's ERA is now 15.88. Sean O' Sullivan is at 7.94. ERod is at 6.97. Kelly: 8.46. And Buchholz as a starter: 6.35. Those are your #4-5 starting pitchers. I personally do not expect much of an improvement in the current group. What this means is that in their starts in order to have much of a chance to win games we need to score about 8-9 runs. There are two choices in my opinion: either trade away a lot of our farm system prospects for pitching or understand that this is no better than a .500 team that is likely to finish 3rd or 4th this year (I think we might be better than the Rays) and miss the playoffs-again. I am pretty sure Dombrowski knows this. If he comes out with a statement something like "The current group of pitchers has to begin to perform" then we should all understand what choice he has made. When the game is essentially lost halfway through its really not very interesting to watch this team. That is evidenced by the fact that there are only three pages of posts on the game thread tonight.

[d-money]

Blue Jays getting hot. This team could be in 3rd place by next week.

[a700hitter]

I look forward to Porcello's starts. That speaks volumes.

[a700hitter]

Elias and Castillo have been optioned back to Pawtucket. What a couple of bags of s***!

[d-money]

Elias and Castillo have been optioned back to Pawtucket. What a couple of bags of s***!

 

Our minor league pitchers have been awful. Can we develop a good pitcher since lester?

[bowman]

Money aside, how soon we forget how we could have resigned Lester. This guy was our horse and innings eater. But he was over thirty. Guys like him are few and far between, so when he walks, you better have kids coming up to replace him. Now we may have to send some awesome prospects out to get a pitcher like him. No wonder were in a roller coaster ride. DD wasn't part of that brainy move.