Maxbialystock

Well done, SS.

Persuasive.

Seven game winning streak is fantastic, and it would beyond that is the Sox could sweep the A's.

Then we disagree about the platoon idea, but not about Bloom and Cora and the need to let Santana go, even after today's game.

Too true. A's are 48-34.

We don't know that Wong wouldn't improve other Sox pitchers.

Wong very graciously ends the Royals misery.

First time I can remember a single dropping in--in front of the secondbaseman.

Probably so, but players seem to favor it on close plays. In this case it was a force out and therefore not a good idea.

Verdugo's lugging his share of necklaces around. A guy isn't a guy unless he wears one, I guess.

Just 4 hits for the Sox, but three are dingers, and Santana's--yes, Santana's--was with 2 on.

YeahValdi! 3 K's in 5 innings is nothing for him, but no runs in 5 innings and 64 pitches is like a breakthrough. Now in his 3d time through the Royals lineup.

Bubic was pitching good ball until that changeup didn't actually change much. It broke left a little, but needed to drop some. Another dinger for JDM. 2-0 Sox, which is way, way better than 1-0.

Eovaldi is a different pitcher with that curve and splitter going for him. Wong behind the plate ain't hurting either. 4 innings, 0 runs, 0 walks, and just 45 pitches.

mlb channel on cable says they are showing either this game or the Yankees and Angels, who are rained out. However, they decided to show the Jays and Mariners instead--playing I think at Buffalo.

I also voted for Devers--of course--and also Bogey even though his DWAR says he is the worst SS in the history of baseball.

I voted for Guerroro at 1b and Ohtani at DH. Sorry, JDM, you are having a terrific year, but his is better and in a weaker lineup.

Great sports coat Wakefield is wearing. That color works.

Pretty good first three innings by Eovaldi. Yes, 4 hits, but no runs, no walks, and just 37 pitches.

OK, that's bs. I mean it. Kike may think those leadoff homers mean something and that he can keep his job, but I've been reading the other threads and now realize that potential and a new face are what this team badly needs. Bloom and Cora need to agree to bring Duran up ASAP and put this showoff on the bench where he belongs. While they're at it, I'd like to see Cordero back on the big club. Yes, he's crap in MLB with an OPS this year of .501, but I've been reading he's studying to be a firstbaseman and bats from the left side, which pretty much guarantees that he will kill MLB pitching even though he never has.

Definitely over the top, for which I do apologize. Somewhere on this thread,however, is a laydown by moonslav explaining why the Sox don't need to make bold moves right now, and that includes bowing to the pressure to bring up guys from Worcester. Returning Arroyo, a competent infielder who has demonstrated his MLB hitting prowess this season and is on the IL, is not in that category. Yet suddenly comes this cry to promote Cordero, whose OPS this year is .501, who never impressed anyone at San Diego or KC, and who has never played first base. Am I the only one who noticed that Bobby Dalbec's lousy OPS vs. righties is .558 in 77 plate appearances, is in fact better than Cordero's .516 in 83 plate appearances, also against righties? The club is doing great without Arroyo, who should be brought back when he is healthy, so why this cry to promote Cordero and, even worse, force him into the infield? I do have heartburn about Dalbec's rotten DWAR, -1.1, but believe that has to improve given his experience at 3b. Plus Cora and Bloom believe he has real hitting potential. He currently is 5th on the Sox in RBI's and dingers.

Astute.

I would like to say that with Eovaldi on the mound the Sox have the advantage, but I said that before Pivetta's last start. So here's hoping that horrible, unreliable Eovaldi can somehow pitch adequately and not give up 20 runs in the first inning.

NOAA map show an almost endless line of rain clouds extending from Oklahoma to Massachusetts. But there are some gaps, especially at the eastern end.

And Cordero is the answer!!!!!?????? He played 3 years, 2017-2019, for the Padres but never more than 40 games in a season, which says a lot. He's played 34 games with the Sox and an OPS of .501. Cordero has never played 1b or hit well enough in 5 seasons in the Majors to become a regular. Bobby Dalbec has promise, but so far has been terrible fielding at 1b and erratic at bat. With those two alternating at first base, the Sox could also apply for a clown license. When the umps insist on playing in the rain, one or both of them could sit on the mound and pretend to row with a couple of bats.