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  1. Wow, I never thought that thread went on that long.
  2. The "but others thought the same thing" angle never has worked for me. (I'm a teacher, so I hear that 50 times a day.)
  3. I was thinking he should have played FT earlier and instead of Duran, but Duran had that bust-out 2024 season, so it's understandable. Wilyer's offense is not much better, or wasn't until last night's stats were added, and the uptick in WAR is mostly playing time fueled, especially the dWAR. Even after last night... 2023-2025> 2026 BA: .256>251 OBP: .326>.324 SLG: .465>.452 OPS: .791> .775 OPS+ 118>119 HRs per 650: 28>27
  4. And they knew he wouldn't switch?
  5. He didn't say "used to be...?" Major gaffe!
  6. No more waiver wire trades allowed, so some heads will be rolling.
  7. Kleyver Salazar won Player of the Month for July (with Eyanson) and hit a 2 run jack, last night. He will certainly jump into the rankings, soon.
  8. They need to start soon on innings limits, no matter how they decide to do it. We need to also plan on saving some innings for October, of hope Crochet, Houck, Crawford or Oviedo can be in form by then and step in. Of course, only 3.5 to 4 SP'ers are needed for the playoffs, so that can help.
  9. At the start of the season, I felt this could be Abreu's "break out season," and he's kinda been a little bit of a let down. Maybe he'll end up making a big difference over the next 2 months and into the playoffs. Remember someone said earlier, "The PLAYOFFS? We need to look at .500 as the goal."
  10. Of course how well Monasterio, Seigler and Sogard are doing will be a factor. I'm a huge Romy fan, but I was encouraged to see the management decide to keep the hotter players on the 26 and not the vet. I'm really not sure we need 5 OF'ers plus Yoshida on the 26, but having 4 middle infielders seems too much as well. We could DFA White or Jones (both RHBs out of options) or demote Duran. Since LHB Yoshida could play LF, demoting Duran might be the best roster choice, but that is pretty radical. I'd prefer IDK over Story, but Story might have one more stretch of good batting in him. I just don't want him playing SS. The return of Mead would nix any idea of Story on the 26, IMO, but that's radicaL, TOO.
  11. That Sox methodology has proven it does not work... until now.
  12. Next series (weekend) ATH at BOS (then at TOR) ATL at NYY (then day off and v SEA) TBR at SEA (then at ATH) HOU at SDP (then at SFG) CLE at CWS MIN at MIL BAL at TEX DET at SFG
  13. Damn Rays scored 2 in the 9th and 2 in the 11th to beat the Rockies! Yanks won. Astros beat the Jays. Tigers beat the M's. TEX won and MIN lost. CLE and of course the CWS lost. _____________________ The Sox are just 11 runs from leading the AL in run differential. -5.5 GB TBR -2.0 NYY +2.5 CWS +3.5 HOU +5.0 CLE + 6.0 MIN & TEX BAL, DET & SEA hanging around. ___________________ Still 7th in MLB in winning % (6th in run diff) Loss column: -1 NYY -2 CHC -5 TBR -6 ATL & LAD -8 MIL
  14. So many were not expected to be out this long. Hell Crawford was supposed to return last fall. How many times have our players on IL sustained another injury? Casas, like 3 times. Crawford twice?
  15. I wonder what thread was the longest.
  16. Sox batters since June 25th: (before tonight) 1.467 Jones (15 PAs) 1.039 Contreras (not slowing down) 2-4 tonight .970 Monasterio (BAM! DHAM Who?) 2-4 tonight .885 Yoshida (building back value) 2-4 tonight .845 Durbin (the catalyst) 2-3 w HR maybe to .875. .843 Rafaela (steady as can be) 1-3 tonight Nobody for 162 points! .694 Abreu (2 dingers probably jumps him to .740.) ,681 Seigler (0-1 tonight) .636 Wong (0-4 tonight) .568 Sogard (but 2-4 tonight) .541 Duran (now that Narvaez is gone...) 2-4 tonight
  17. His best season for the Sox by far was not that long ago. It was more recent than 2022, 2023, and 2024. He started slowly in 2025, so his best Sox stretch was about a year ago. That being said, I want nothing more to do with him. At most, he can be given a chance to win the 2B job, next spring, assuming we can use Mead at DH or LF.
  18. Arias is making a case for a promotion. 3 for 5 tonight (.864 at AAA.) POR lost 6-4 GRE won big. Hull 2-5 w homer. Gonzales 2-4 w 4 rbi. SAL won big. Godbout and Primera walked 3 times each! Both went 1-2. Andujar homered and Salazar. went 2-4 w BB
  19. If I pinch myself one more time, I'll die of internal bleeding.
  20. It is rare. Catchers in the top 30 in PAs who played for 2 teams in a season: Only one was top 15 in Catcher PAs (Vaz) 2025: Danny Jansen and Freddy Fermin 2024: Danny Jansen 2023: none 2022: Vaz (8th in PAs) 2021: Yan Gomes
  21. Hardly any catchers play "everyday." We traded for Reese the same day we traded away Vaz. He hit .877 after the trade. He started at Catcher more than anyone else. He played in 36 games AUG 1>>> Plawecki played in 25 after AUG 1. Wong was called up in Sept and was a late inning guy in many games.
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