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Last night, Ortiz faced Phil Coke, a lefty, with the bases loaded. I would prefer to see him platooned myself, but he knows what happened last night, and with his personality, it makes him impossible to bench without disrupting the club.

Maybe you misunderstand my question. They got practically nothing for RR, so if they're going to just get rid of guys underperforming, why not drop them?

I want to hear opinions on trading Ramon Ramirez. As I pointed out earlier, his stat sheet looks like this-- April 6.75, May 4.82, June 3.18 July 3.27 In a struggling bullpen, why drop him and keep MDC and Okajima? I don't care if those guys are home-grown and they're worth a lot less-- why are they still here?

That surprises me. I look at his OPS of .900 from last year, and have a hard time believing that, but those stats look pretty official. It also seems odd to me that Ortiz only has a few more points than Hermida...

He's having a rough season, but I have a hard time believing that no one will offer him a 2-3 year deal.

Berkman will definitely be a type B free agent, and there is a very good chance he is going to be type A. Were the guys the Yankees traded for him worth two high draft picks and losing a franchise player?

Wait, if the minors can pick minors, shouldn't the contest also limit them from another category... like say, I don't know... adult actresses? Since they can't legally appreciate them in most countries?

This is why I love this season. Every time I feel like they're down and out, that happens.

Ha! Kelly couldn't get that.

That left fielder the Tigers have is very impressive.

Wow, despite completely dropping that ball, the result was still the same. Atleast they upgraded to a faster base runner.

Dice-k didn't have it tonite, but 6 innings for him is always good, and 4 runs is respectable for a bad outing.

The reason why I didn't see it coming was because this season was never lost. They have been in it all along, and to see them just give up like this is a real downer. You can see it by so many things they've done this season. Ignoring the need for a better outfielder all season is inexcusable, and when they finally found one in Nava, they dropped him for garbage like Hermida and are now trying to use Kalish, who probably hasn't had enough time in AAA. The same thing goes with Lowrie and the bullpen. How long did this team just ignore bullpen issues, and how many games has this team lost after the 6th inning? I don't have a ton of statistics, but I do know that the Red Sox are something like 4-9 in extra inning games. Why is Okajima a better choice than Robert Manuel/Dusty Richardson/Bowden? And if they didn't like the options they had in Pawtucket (Doubront, Bowden, Nava etc) then why not trade them to fill in some of the holes? I simply have one phrase that perfectly summarizes how they've handled the season so far. "Bogar is still here."

Big deal involving Atlanta. Is Ellsbury going to be a Brave?

I posted that about 15 seconds before Heidi reported that RR is gone. What are the odds, I'm usually wrong.

I'm getting the feeling that Ramon Ramirez is gone.

Aaaand, its 4. Ten more minutes...

When did the Dodgers get Lilly?

Haha, I have no idea.

Maybe you're missing the obvious. Maybe Nava is going in a trade. Clubs love major league ready players, and he sure is.

Hermida has been DFAed Edit: beat me to it. But hey, its good news.

This team has had a "why bother" attitude all season-- how many times has the outfield been Hermida/Reddick/Mcdonald or Nava/Patterson/Hall? Drew's out, Cameron has been day-to-day for a month now, Ellsbury will not come back and immediately be an impact player, and for some reason Hermida has been playing every day. After watching Hermida and Patterson's lack of effort the last few days, its pretty clear the team needs a boost, and even if they don't want to lose prospects, a veteran bat will still help their team. What, could they really be any worse than Hermida's .205 BA?

What the hell is your problem lately? Its not exactly unreasonable, as washed up as Dye/Sheffield are, they'd still be an improvement over Hermida/Patterson.