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  1. Sure, in 2026 he can start that journey again.
  2. Campbell can show what he’s got in 2026.
  3. I was always told “it’s always the quiet ones.” What’s that mean?
  4. Wow, sounds like a little much! That’s nothing like Banana Ball!!!!!!
  5. They could get swept this series and it doesn't affect my outlook on this team. They have a cakewalk of a schedule from 8/15 - 8/31. Only 3 difficult series left to go: CLE, TOR, DET.
  6. Competent? Some other teams still would have him as their CFer.
  7. I'm not one for well thought out puns. I think they may need to do a Criswellness check and see if he still Fitts on this roster.
  8. Like allowing fans to catch foul balls for outs or calling in middle aged retired guys to strike out or hit weakly to 2b.
  9. There are 11 Banana Ball rules and only two that I'd think about: 2 hour time limit/no new inning after 1:50 and batters can't step out of batter's box (auto strike).
  10. There are three Banana Ball rules that could increase scoring: 1. stealing 1st base during and at bat 2. ball 4 sprints 3. golden batter rule (MLB has considered this one)
  11. Swinging at the 1st pitch: Roman 15.5% League Av 33% Rafaela 50.8% Roman is extremely patient for good reason (36.9% of pitches swung at, team lowest). He leads the team in 2-0 count % and 3-0 count % (2nd on the team in total 3-0 counts seen). Rafaela has the extreme opposite approach where he's going to always go down swinging (14.9% looking strikes is lowest for the Sox, 60% of pitches swung at).
  12. Tolle won't be starting MLB this year, so technically he is a Tolle Bridge, but it's a long one.
  13. He's had a high GB rate since being drafted. Remember, he had a 316 SLG in Salem before being promoted to GRE in '23. He is also capable of hitting 500' moonshots.
  14. Arrighetti got lit up in his first start off the IL. Does that mean anything for this start today? Probably not.
  15. Yes, we're going by small sample sizes because it's all we have with Campbell. Duh! Campbell MLB 25: 664 OPS Toro MLB 25: 693 OPS Campbell AAA 830 OPS Toro AAA 25: 883 OPS Toro has been a better hitter than Campbell this year. It's not controversial. Campbell should NOT be called up regardless of his recent hot stretch. It's better for him to play out the season in AAA and come back next year then come up struggle and be a wreck all offseason. His 1b play has been rough. He's not hitting well against the top tier pitching in AAA. Hitting some bombs against a few AAA scrubs may help his confidence, but doesn't show that he's MLB ready.
  16. Not if they are only going for launch angle/EV/barrel and making every hitter come out of the same factory.
  17. Toro is a bad option, but I agree that Campbell (good box score numbers, not great underlying metrics in AAA) and Garcia (0 Innings played at 1b) aren't guaranteed to be improvements. Sox needed either 1b or 2b help and didn't get it. I don't think they were ever going to seriously give Jordan a chance so it's hard to second guess the Matz trade.
  18. We know it because he has a higher caught looking third strike % than Toro.
  19. I don't believe Matz has big splits. He's a very competent reliever and is an upgrade over the other guys we had.
  20. Sanchez is gone if Narvaez is ready for regular duty.
  21. He's at his career high in IP right now. He's going to have to work through it.
  22. 4th in RP fWAR 5th in RP ERA 3rd in RP HR/FB, HR/9 Not sure what you're holding your breath for. Overall, they've been pretty good in comparison to the rest of the league.
  23. I'm not big on Naylor, but wouldn't have been too upset if those or similar were the trade that they had to do to get him. Anyone lower than Valera would have been on the table for me in a Naylor trade TBH.
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