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Jemile Weeks is incredibly horrible as a 2b

This Milone kid is cooked right now. The Red Sox always seem to ruin soft tossing lefties without putaway pitches

The sox tried to make him a goner. They were hoping he'd leave so they could take the picks.

If he puts up a 1.000+OPS season, he will get a big money contract. With the sox having Lavarnway coming up the pipe and being up against the cap, I doubt they give one to him again.

I think he'll end with a respectable line today since the A's are effectively a HS offense. 5IP 3ER, something like that

Ortiz is playing like he wants a big money contract for next season. If he keeps hitting like this, he will. My guess is, though, it wont be with Boston. I doubt the sox are stupid enough to offer arb to him again

Cespedes and Inge smoked the ball to CF. Too many pitches in the middle of the plate, and Buch has fallen in love with the cutter a la Phil Hughes.

Lots of low 90s. Buch still without the good velo

Eric Chavez thinks it's 2002

and you're 1-1 in that time. Count your blessings

Tex has closed his stance a bit. Good. The surprising thing is the fact that he hasnt walked in 53ABs. I think this recent cold streak is getting into his head

You gotta show that you can go to all quadrants of a plate, especially as a soft thrower.

Nunez is playing LF tonight and putting on a clinic. On the other side, Ibanez misplays a ball at the wall that effectively leads to a run. Phenomenal

I am not worried about Lester and Beckett, FWIW. I think both will be fine. It's Buchholz's absolute s*** start to the yr that drops the performance significantly

This might be the worst lineup I have ever seen. The A's should just pack it in and not even play. What a joke

The sox rotation is deeper. It remains to be seen if it is better, especially with Buchholz sucking ass and Lester and Beckett starting off slow (for them). I agree that Doubront and Bard have looked awesome in the rotation compared to expectations.

No, you continue to wear your red glasses and refuse to listen to reason. And, I guess we can cherry pick our stats when we want to. That's cool, lol. Hughes and Buchholz's xFIP were nearly identical in 2010. Let's not paint them as being too dissimilar. But, since Buchholz wears the almighty red sox, then he must be ready to be the ace of the sox staff, lol. Both of them have proven they suck thus far in 2012 and are on the chopping block. Don't fool yourself into thinking that isnt a possibility

Kapsis apparently needs work on reading comprehension. Nobody ever portrayed him as a good defensive catcher. He had stepped up his game last yr to below average from absolutely abysmal. There were some who thought he could make the leap to being an average defensive catcher. His bread and butter is his bat, which I would say is generational for this franchise. Once every 10-20 yrs will this franchise develop a bat of his caliber. I honestly think he will be a Miguel Cabrera type hitter, regularly clubbing 30HRs, 100RBI and hitting over .300.

Never should have started in the SAL. A polished college pitcher with his stuff should have started in A+ all along

So based upon 3 partial seasons, he is a dominant force to be reckoned with? And obviously ERA is the best stat for pitchers? Cmon man. Consistency would be appreciated. Buchholz threw well, when he was healthy. Thing is, he is never healthy and he is coming back from a spinal fracture. He's had to alter his motion and with it, he's lost velocity. That lost velocity has taken away his capacity to put hitter away and he is subsequently required to get into long counts and get hit harder than previous. And for those who think that he "always starts a season poorly", his career ERA in April is 3.83. It is his second worst month behind July for some reason, but he is not epically bad. Buch's ERA is 8.87, WHIP is nearly 2, his K rate is below 4.5, and his K/BB is 1.1. Guys, that is absolutely f***ing abysmal. For comparison, would anyone argue that Phil Hughes has sucked thus far this yr? I wouldnt, hell, I want him out of the rotation. And his ERA (7.88), WHIP (1.88), K rate (9.6) and K/BB (2.8) are all SIGNIFICANTLY better. But Hughes sucks and Buchholz is just a little "rusty". Now, he might end up miraculously righting the ship and getting back to his shortened season career high of dominance. But I think it is pretty likely that he doesnt get there this season at least. Also, the "rusty" idea is assinine as well. He had an entire spring training and has had a full month of starting. He's 2 months into throwing against big league competition after his return from last yrs injury. He's not rusty, he sucks balls right now

ORS with some levity.