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These days, you need 2 Catchers. I think Narvaez is great, but I don't know how long his bat will hold up. Padres don't seem to have a pitcher that's MLB ready towards the top of their rankings, so I didn't add one.

Let's look at when Bello was lifted. Last game: 77 pitches, runner on 3b, tie runner coming to the plate in Christian Yellich (849 OPS vs RHP this year), at some point you want Bello to work through tough outings and maybe this is the one time to give it a shot, but I think Cora was doing anything he could to not get swept at that point as they had just dropped the first two games to the Brewers 5/23: 87 pitches, pulled after 4, there's just no way he's getting through 5 here 5/18: 92 pitches, pulled after 4.1 AND 7 ER, Newcomb came in and got a double play to get out of the inning 5/13: 92 pitches, pulled after 4.2 with runners at the corners and Sox nursing 1 run lead, clean up hitter is due up, Wilson gets out of it 5/8: 90 pitches, pulled after 4.2, Sox up 2, runners at 1st and 2nd, Adolis Garcia up, Slaten gets out of it Maybe you give Bello a shot against the Brewers, but Breslow had already limited him to 80 pitches prior to the game apparently. IDK. Which game do you want to fault Cora for? None of the pulls seem punitive? Seems like a manager trying to win to me.

I've heard that a lot of teams are sniffing around the Sox, AS THEY SHOULD BE! Sox already showed the willingness to trade in season (Priester) and are under .500. Duran, Chapman and others could probably be had for the right price. For Duran: Salas (C), Nett (RHP) and a low level arm that the Sox like.

Also, if the order is L/R/L, you can just pitch around the second batter and lift the reliever after the second LHB.

Who had the better season: Pitcher A: 21 wins, 3.48 ERA, 222 IP, 2 CG, 0 SHO, 215 H, 43 BB, 26 HR, 157 K, 1.159 WHIP, 122 ERA+, 4.0 bWAR Pitcher B: 16 wins, 2.87 ERA, 231 IP, 3 CG, 2 SHO, 180 H, 45 BB, 22 HR, 238 K, 0.971 WHIP, 155 ERA+, 7.2 bWAR

King Felix 2010-13: 52-45, .536 Win %, 2.95 ERA, 129 ERA+, 1.136 WHIP, 893 K, 239 BB, 919 IP, 16 CG, 21 bWAR 3 AS Games 1 CY, CY votes in 3 years, MVP votes in 3 years

The real reason pitchers arms are falling off is online gambling. They are throwing harder than ever because of all the death threats they are receiving. Every pitch in now life or death for these guys ever since PASPA was overturned.

Let's leave yesterday's argument behind and have a nice week, ok?

They're going to have him skip a start at some point.

The most exciting swing he had was on an out. 97 mph heater he took to deep CF against Scwellenbach with exit velo of 103. It would have been out of Fenway per Statcast. He has been awful against 4 seamers all year and he had a nice rip on this one. If he keeps swinging like this on 4 seamers, he's good to go.

MLB prospect ranking is not even in the top 3 of prospect rankings (BA, Law, FanGraphs).

Can we get an @Alex Mayes feature on trading Kristian Campbell so that he can heat up as well?

Back in the day, the pitchers didn't take 60 seconds to throw the ball. Games weren't 4 hours long between the Sox and Yankees. Pitchers knew how to get the ball and throw it back to the catcher. The pitch clock was implemented to make the game watchable and more like how it was decades ago. If injuries spiked prior to pitch clock implementation and haven't gotten worse since, what's the argument that it's making things worse? I don't see it.

Very.

He's all yours, Kimmi! 🤢

"People aren't allowed to be happy when players do well."

Time to fire up the old Fire Cora thread, I guess. Where's @Slasher9 when you need him?

The Captain has chosen the short straw and is batting cleanup tonight.

@Alex Mayes often has a knack for timing

Have they asked Kristian to try OPS'ing 900 again?

Yucky

IDK, the ChiSox are still a mess of an organization. Players have complained about Grandal and what he did there. Players have complained about Hendriks and how he acted there. There must be something in the water.

He's is IN Moneyball!!!