Because of Labor Day weekend the appeal ruling won't come until Tuesday. How convientient, the Sox will already be out of town. "Sucker Punch"'s suspension will probably take place against a team that they could afford to miss him against.
Is there anyone who believes that the Sanchez suspension is a joke! To begin with to only get four games for what he did is unbelievable. He sucker punched two Tigers that were being held down at the time and had no way of defending themselves. He was pulled away by a teammate after the first sucker punch and ran in to get another one. It should be four games for each. The appeal process is a joke as well. It should have taken place within a week of the incident. If his suspension gets lowered from the four games the whole system needs to be questioned. Thanks Mr. Torres for the great process. Not!
The great C.C. Feels it is beneath him to have to leave the mound to field his position. Bunting has been part of the game forever and for the fat f$&@ to call out the Sox should be a motivation for the Sox to do it more often. The bunt threw him off as he walked the next two hitters. If the Sox would have tried to bunt with the bases loaded in the first I bet they would have scored. Not scoring changed the momentum and Sabathia seem to settle in. Let him throw at the Sox with his low 90s fastball. I would make him move around as much as possible. If you drag bunt on the first base side there is no way he can cover 1B.
I Agee. Vazquez is starting to hit more consistently. I believe it is because he splits time with Leon and is fresh for this time of the year. If he caught more games I think he would run out of gas and you wouldn't see the bat that we saw in August. The walk off hr against Cleveland was outstanding. The catching position is the least of the Sox problems. Moving forward I wouldn't mess with the catching position.
If Pablo was still here we could throw him as well. The Marlins are looking to dump salary in any Stanton trade. They would want young and controllable players in return. I'm sure Devers and Benny would be the start of what they want in any trade. As much as Stanton's bat would look great in the Sox lineup you can't take on that much $$$$$$$$$ and still give up your best young players.
Can we get through September of 2017 before we start talking about 2018. There will be plenty of time during the winter to talk about next years pitching.
These numbers show how much the Sox miss Big Papi! The 2018 version of the Sox need some power bats at 1B and DH. I'm tried of C Young and Hanley seeing so many ABs in these to spots.
Bogaerts is one of many Sox players who is doing nothing at the plate. His looking at so many called third strikes has nothing to do with his hand. He use to take many of those pitches to right field. He seems lost at times. Farrell has him hitting fifth. C Young is giving the Sox nothing. It's telling when you have your DH hitting eighth. With September call ups Travis should get all of his ABs. when is the last time Hanley got a two out hit? There is a reason why he has so few RBIs. I'm getting tired of his act. He is getting paid big dollars to drive in runs from the middle of the order and he is not getting it done. I think aloof Mookie's problems are he has no one that gives any protection in the line up. The team the Sox puts on the field has no 4-5-6 hitters.
Devers put his stamp on the Sox - Spankee rivalry. I think the kid has proven he belongs. As long as he can make adjustments when the pitchers do so with him, he will be fine.
Hitters can be too predictable with their approach. Need to mix it up. Can't just take every first pitch. Most of the Sox hitters that fall behind 0 -2 have no chance. Boggy has had some success this year with two strikes, but most of the Sox not so much.
There was no way that he was ever going to live up to his contract even if he had an average year for him. He got this contract based on what he had done in October for the Giants. Big boned! Give me a break.
My family moved when I was 10 in 1975. Following the Sox that summer / fall helped me forget how much I missed my buddies from the old neighborhood. I was hooked.
Then plan on a lot more games like the last two. One run, one extra basehit, in the last 25 innings. This is not a lineup that is getting the Sox to October.
That is after a poor opening to the season. Hitting better the last month and with some power. We are not winning the division with the current platoon at 3B. The rest of the lineup doesn't hit enough to carry them. Lin is probably a younger version of Holt.