You're right. Valdez has been a bit better than I thought, but he has been a no show for the past week and a half. Overall, Taylor and Brice have been the worst two options by far. I'd probably dump Brice first because Taylor seems unlucky based on FIP. However, the Sox are hesitant to hurt their depth so they'd be more likely to option Taylor. Maybe optioning Taylor is better as it would give him time to figure out what is going wrong in AAA. With Brice, just use him as a mop up guy and keep him around in case there is an injury or two.