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I'd throw him in LF before Travis. YES, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM BEFORE.

They brought up Travis. He's been absolute garbage this season. Maybe the promotion gives him a lift? I wouldn't count on it though.

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww... Might as well bring up Lind if you're gonna bring up a 1b/lf guy. Pearce/Lind platoon might be ok short term.

Not much time to get Phillips any reps before the trade deadline.

Best Postseason Pitchers: Mathewson - leads ERA over 100 innings 0.97, most shutouts 4, most complete games 10 (1912-1913: 5 games 1 Win 3 Losses only 5 Earned Runs) Pettitte - most innings 276.2, most wins 19 (benefits from all those Yankees teams and had an ERA of 3.81) Smoltz - 2.67 ERA over 209 innings, 15 wins, 4 saves, most k's 199, 8.6 k/9 1.144 WHIP Schilling - 2.23 ERA over 133 innings, 2 shutouts (tied for 6th), 8.1 k/9, 0.986 WHIP Gibson - 1.89 ERA over 81 innings, 8 CG out of 9 starts, 10.2 k/9, 0.889 WHIP Lester - 2.55 ERA over 148 innings, 7.5 k/9, 1.027 WHIP Ford - 2.71 ERA over 146 innings, 3 shutouts (tied for 2nd) 5.8 k/9, 1.137 WHIP Becket - 3.07 ERA over 93.2 innings, 3 shutouts (tied for 2nd) 9.5 k/9, 0.940 WHIP Valenzuela - 1.98 ERA over 63.2 innings, 6.2 k/9, 1.225 WHIP Hershiser - 2.59 ERA over 132 innings, 2 shutouts (tied for 6th) 6.6 k/9, 1.106 WHIP Bumgarner - 2.11 ERA over 102.1 innings, 3 shutouts (tied for 2nd), 7.7 k/9, 0.899 WHIP Palmer - 2.61 ERA over 124.1 innings, 4.5 k/9, 1.214 WHIP McNally - 2.49 ERA over 90.1 innings, 6.5 k/9, 1.096 WHIP Koufax - 0.95 ERA over 57 innings, 9.6 k/9, 0.825 WHIP Ruffing - 2.63 ERA over 85.2 innings, 6.4 k/9, 1.179 WHIP Hoyt - 1.83 ERA over 83.2 innings, 5.3 k/9, 1.231 WHIP Plank - 1.32 ERA over 54.2 innings, 5.3 k/9, 0.878 WHIP Out of that, I'd say my top 5 is Mathewson, Koufax, Gibson, Schilling and Bumgarner Mathewson could be the greatest pitcher of all time, but I don't know how he'd translate after the dead ball era. Gibson and Koufax had fewer starts than Schilling, but those performances were otherworldly even when compared to other pitchers of their era. Bumgarner and Schilling are basically neck and neck, but I'd give Shilling the bump for now due to where Bumgarner pitches. My personal preference is for Koufax over Gibson even though Gibson went CG almost every time out. Having an ERA under 1 is just nasty. Koufax Gibson Schilling Bumgarner Mathewson

Gibson. That intimidation would be great for the rotation.

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984 OPS since June 24th.

Let’s just say that my gamethreads are much easier to read now...

Time to party!!!!!!

@PeteAbe Per @NESN: Wednesday’s #RedSox game had an 8.7 household rating in the Boston DMA. That's second only to the April 10 Yankees game that did a 9.1. People really enjoying Sale day!

@alexspeier Devers said he injured shoulder on a dive back into first vs Mariners. He said an MRI showed no major injury, just inflammation. He expects to be back in the second game after AS break.

Thank Pete Rose for popularizing the headfirst slide.

Does Durbin Feltman make an appearance in Sept?

Sam Travis sucks. Demote him to AA or put him in LF.

Without a long term deal in place, trading for Machado makes little sense (especially if you are competing with the Yanks for Machado).

Betts RF, Benintendi LF, Martinez DH, Pearce 1B, Bogaerts SS, Holt 2B, Núñez 3B, León C, Bradley Jr. CF.

I agree on both counts.

Keep Sale, let Porcello go eventually. Velazquez and Johnson are replaceable but cheap swing guys for now. I can't imagine Wright commanding much of a contract as a FA. Pom is outta here.

@redsoxstats Since all the sky is falling talk about facing left handed pitchers, the Sox have a 116 wRC+ against them since May 1st, 7th best in MLB. They also have a 116 against righties in that span, which is 3rd best and tops in the AL.

He's a lefty. I'm a fan.

Phillips has only played 4 games so far in Lowell. He's nowhere near ready.

I believe he has less than 9 innings under his belt in MLB.

Yes, because Manny Ramirez is the only Red Sox player that would slide head first unnecessarily.

Lin is the one being brought up. @RedSox The #RedSox today placed 3B Rafael Devers on the 10-day disabled list with left shoulder inflammation, retroactive to July 11. To fill Devers’ spot on the 25-man roster, the club recalled INF Tzu-Wei Lin from Triple-A Pawtucket.