Spot on. Unless the Sox decide to hit that next luxury tax level, which I can't see happening, there are no big moves coming at the deadline.
Thankfully, our team is good to go as is.
Sale also clearly struck LaMarre out on a pitch that the umpire called a ball. LaMarre promptly gets a single after that. The correct strike call would have changed the entire complexion of that inning.
That said, what happened after that is on Sale.
That said, Sale pitched a great game. The fact that his W-L record is 8-8 tells you how awful a stat pitcher Wins is.
The good news is that the Sox had a lot of baserunners. I know it's frustrating when we can't seem to get the big hit, but generally, if you generate baserunners, you generate runs.
They could have DFA'd Hanley later in the year if he didn't turn things around.
And I bet several GMs think Hanley is worth the minimum. That he isn't signed yet doesn't mean the opposite.
Interesting. I'd think the Mariners would play better than .500, just not the .630 ball they're playing now.
I will be interested to see how they finish up.
I didn't say they would carry the team. But you would expect them to all hit better than they have been. For all 4 of them to be hitting as poorly as they are/were is some bad luck.
And why is that Sanchez should be expected to break out of his slump but Devers shouldn't be expected to?
To a certain extent. Truth be told, I verified what my eyes told me with the stats.
And truth be told again, if the stats had said otherwise, I'd have gone with the stats.
I would have a hard time believing that they were not aware of the vesting option.
I'm not sure why it wasn't mentioned. Maybe because any mention of it would kind of throw Dombrowski under the bus indirectly?
I don't think anyone can deny the huge part that randomness plays in baseball. Sometimes it's called other things, like whacky, crazy, insane, but it all boils down to the same thing.