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Pannone went 5 3 H 1 ER 0 BB 7 K Duran got on base 2 of 5 times. German K'd 3 in the 9th for the save. Bazardo went 1.2, but allowed a run. Koss went 2 for 4 in the Sea Dogs loss. Greenville was one hit (Rafaela) and lost 1-0. Kavadas has his OPS up to .894, now. Salem wins 6-1.

Both of these guys are moving up the rankings very quickly.

Getting the thread started before I forget.

O BBs and 1 K by our staff. How rare is that?

Well, now. Wasn't that sweet?

Whitlock v Senzel Cordero leading off and in RF! The rest is about the same with Dalbec batting 9th at 1B.

Go Sox!

Here are the free agents to be with their prorated contract amounts (1/3 actual 2021 salary): $7.3M JD $6.7M Bogey $5.7M Eovaldi $4.0M JBJ (option for '23) $2.5M Kike $2.3M Wacha $1.7M Hill $1.0M Strahm $750K Robles $750K Plawecki Barnes might be tarded, if anyone wants him. ($2.8M + $8,4M '23) Diekman is owed $3M in '23 with $1M buyout for '24.

Agreed, and if they can't sign Devers, they can spread out the misery by trading him this winter or the next deadline.

Even if we get to .500, odds are we have a fire sale.

He barely cancelled out Punto! The salary releif worked wonders.

Kelly is having a real hard time at AAA. Why should he do better in the bigs? Sub Seabold for Kelly.

Not enough to make me pine for keeping him, and the biggest reason for the deal was to shed CC and Beckett's contracts. It was a good choice "letting him go." We won a ring, afterwards, thanks partly to the money freed up by that trade.

No more Zach Kelly peddling?

...and even if you think he has a big say in what the Rays, did, they had severe financial limits, so judging by the "Ray's Way," is futile. Now, do I think we hired him to try and find some low cost gems? Yes, but that does not mean that's all we hired him for.

Just like your troll friends. Got it.

Why assume I think there are not others. I actually like the idea, too. I think Houck should have been tried, first, but I've agreed on one of them being tried as the closer since opening day. Again, I don't want to, need to or care to hear talk show yappers.

Just because he was with the Rays for all those years, doesn't mean he doesn't like Shiny objects. He did sign Story. When did the Rays ever do that?

I'd call up Fitzy before Arauz. I see nothing in Arauz.

I remember thinking AGon would hit 50 Hrs with Fenway as his home park.

It's not just what other fans are reporting. You've been on the Whitlock as closer bandwagon for months. Stop hiding behind others who agree.

Maybe. He was also being paid like an .875 hitter.

Is that a plan? LOL

I've never said my opinions, ideas or plans are better than others, but at least I offer my ideas and possible alternative plans, whether I like them or not, instead of bashing anything and everything like you and others do, often in hindsight, but not always. I have no problem with- my or your opinions being in the minority. I don't even care about that like you seem to do. I could care less what the majority of talk show callers are saying about Bloom. Are they supposed to represent the majority of Sox fans, and does the majority really know what may or may not be right for the success of the Sox- both now and in the long term? Sure, it might matter for the amount of season ticket purchases, to some degree, I guess. I also said I'm fine with you not having or stating a plan, only that your criticisms ring hollow to me, when you do that. I could care less if it rings hollow to others. You seem to have Swi and a bunch of trolls on your side, so good for you! Enjoy your fame. It's my opinion that statements like "cut our blown saves in half," and making claims about how many more wins we'd have by moving Whitlock to closer without addressing who takes Whitlocks role, and how many losses that may lead to rings hollow, because it is hollow. You want us to magically better support our stars with solid teammates, but not to pay anyone large and long, while at the same time wishing we'd give Duran, a guy you think will fail in the igs, a shot at playing more. That's about the extent of your ideas- scattered, contradictory and aimless- kinda like hollow.

We still have a lot of season to go. We will have so many open roster slots due to free agents, I'm not sure it will come down to having to choose between Downs, Fitzy and Arroyo. I would keep Arroyo over Arauz. I see a few guys on the 40 man roster I'd DFA before Arroyo, too. I do still have some hope that Arroyo can hit over .750 going forward. He's not a bad fielder at certain positions. That being said, if we DFA him, I won't blink an eye.