SoxFanForsyth

Next time I'll fill the thread with 18 small posts. that sound better?

Sweet. Look how good this team is when Pedroia is clicking. It's really unbelievable.

There's a difference between bitching about JD Drew and looking at the team and addressing a big hole on the team. You can't expect the team to hit .350 all season and score 15 runs a game (Yea. Over the past 2 games, we've averaged 15 runs per game :thumbsup: that just sounds awesome). Regardless, JD Drew is a big hole in the line up. Cam is also a big hole. What it boils down to is that RF should be a power hitting spot, or at least a 20 HR/80 RBI spot. JD Drew has provided that for us in the past, but right now he isn't giving us that production, and it's not like he's snake bitten either. His Contact% is consistent with career norms, his LD, GB, and FB% are all within 3% of career norms. He's just making incredibly weak contact and his swing looks awful, to be blunt. If there were no options out there that would make the team better, we would just have to put up with it and hope that the line up around him makes up for his lack of offense, but you've got Carlos Beltran who is hitting .288 with an .884 OPS while playing 1/2 of his games at Citi Field. And if you don't think that's significant, look at how Bay has conformed to the new park. Then there is Josh Reddick, who came up and showed us that he's quite possibly ready to make the transition. The bottom line is this - there's bitching, and there's talking about improving the team. Just because we've played well the past few weeks doesn't mean this team doesn't have any holes on it, and it would be careless not to address these holes.

Exactly. Show me a man that is satisfied, and I'll show you a failure. We have a big hole in RF, and there are some solid options out there for RF.

SWEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!

Rays have to go from BAL tonight to DET, play a make up game @DET, then head to TB after that and play the Sox on Tuesday. All the while, the Red Sox will be resting up.

Drew is horrible. Crawford had a terrible April, but from May 1 until yesterday, Crawford has hit .305 with a .832 OPS. From May 1 to yesterday, Drew has hit .209 with a .627 OPS. At least Crawford is turning it around. Drew is getting worse and worse everyday.

Good call on the NL pitching. Didn't think about that. So s*****, though, having to choose one or the other. I hate the national league.

With RISP - .381/.432/.560, 2 HR With RISP and 2 out - .405/.476/.595, 2 HR

Here's a tough question. When we play @NL stadiums this year, who sits, Gonzo or Ortiz??

Anyone think Gonzo can get 100 RBI by the All Star Break? That would be 40 RBI in 25 games. It would require a monster tear, but holy s***. The fact that he even has a shot at it? That's incredible.

His next chance should be with Georgia Southern Baptist Church's softball team.

JD Drew with 4 K's AGAIN

Hey MVP. How do I join the Kalish Fan Club? That guy is going to be a perennial 20/20 guy.

So wait a minute. When Iggy is at SS and Pedey is at 2B, will there ever be a base hit up the middle?!?

Damn Pedroia's defense is incredible.

Scutaro is the new Lowrie!

Good Lord. That's a +45 Run Differential over 9 games. We are 9-0 (assuming a W today), and winning by a 5 run margin on average.

Salty is hitting .252 right now. For a catcher, I'll take it.

JD Drew is just so bad. I guess the Sox have to hang on to him though so that there is a hole in this line up.

Wow. This is absolutely nuts.

Drew is such a rally killer

Surely I didn't just hear that right. In this series, the Sox have scored FOURTEEN RUNS IN THE 5TH INNING ALONE