moonslav59

Agreed, and while I think it's okay to have a few mediocre players on the roster, a mediocre hitting, platoon, slow and DH-only player's days should be numbered, if we are to continue improving our 26 and 40 man roster. While I have applauded the vast improvement of our roster depth and quality, we still have some major concerns: 1. The lack of top quality players. (I see Crochet, Chapman, Bregman and Anthony, right now.) 2. Some real duds on the 26 (Toro, Eaton, Yoshida, Buehler, Hicks, ICampbell and maybe Wong) and 40 (Grissom, DHam and maybe Sogard.) That's 8-10 guys out of 40. We'll be adding some Rule 5 guys, this winter- some with great promise, and likely 3-4+ free agents or trade addtitions, but we simply have to reduce the amount of mediocrity FT'ers. I'm not sure how we rid ourselves of Yoshida. With one less year of high pay left, maybe it will be a little easier, but we may just have to cut ties or trade him for an equal paid salary dump pitcher or 1B/2Bman.

One aspect of this season is that every AL team shows the same inconsistencies that make all look mediocre. Yes, good hitting does seem contagious, and maybe Lowe sparked a hitting pandemic, last night.

Agreed. Much has changed since 2024, but Cora, Brez and a few key vets have not.

The Sox have had several bad stretches, this year, and always bounced back. I'm not sure this means we have 1 or 2 more bounce backs in us, but for those who swear that what has happened, so far is doomed to repeat itself, why close the door on more bounce backs? Because the 2022, 2023 and 2024 teams faded away, at the end? 1. We lost 4 in a row in April, then won 5 straight. 2. Mid April, we lost 6 of 8, then won 6 of 7. 3. We ended April losing 3 straight, then winning 3 straight. 4. May saw much of the same: lose 5 of 6 and win 4 of 5, We ended May losing 6 of 7, including a 5 game losing streak. 5. We started June losing 3 of 5, making it a long stretch of losing 9 of 12, then won 8 of 9 and 10 of 12. We followed that with a 1 and 7 stretch before heading into the start of our best stretch of 2025. 6. From June 30th to July 13th, we went 12-1. We certainly aren't that good, but we aren't this bad, either. We then lost 4 of 5 before going on another nice stretch into August, going 10 and 2. Since August 5th, we have gone 4 and 8, and the SKY IS FALLING! IMO, we will have some more nice stretches and some more not-so-nice ones. There should be some hope we have a little more nice than not nice, going forward, but with the way the AL is this year, we might sneak in playing just over .500 the rest of the way, but beating our rivals more than we lose to them.

It's hard to imagine, but the Astros might be playing even worse than we are. Shutout in 4 of last 5 games (winning that 5th game in 12) and have just 10 runs scored in the last 7 games I'm hoping this is just a 10 game blip, but our past few seasons have set a trend that looks all so repeatable. While this is a vastly different team than 2024, we need to stop the skid, soon!

Please, just find another team to root for.

Two: Cora and Brez. Brez could have taken Cora's option away.

On the Toro must go bandwagon thing, I ask, what took you guys so long? I'm still not sure Max wants him gone. He's been a mega drain since the Devers trade. That wasn't yesterday. 1B is a position for .800+ OPS guys or a .750 guy with 30 dingers.

I'd hate to hear what you think about teams you are not a fan of.

Yup, right upside 14 other AL teams in the same boat. Brez did get Chapman and Crochet. Wilson did okay, for a while and deadline additions M & M have done better than expected.

Someday, Anthony will start hitting more homers. We can move him from the one slot, then. I could see trying him at the 2 slot and move Bregman to the RBI 4 slot.

I think Cora loves him more than he should. The 10 game streak is nice and promising, but he basically sucked for how many games before that, and Cora kept batting him 5th. That is true love.

Yea, It was not a no-brainer, but i think you gotta take the chance.

BAL is now 40-31 in their last 71 games.

Even if he had the best arm in MLB, you gotta go.

One of the most sickening games in a long time.

You bunt for the sac fly. WTF!

No wind left for the sail.

Surreal.

I'm done bashing Toro. He's not worthy of any attention.

I didn't mean to imply Chapman is not more important, but he's played in 53 games.

If you can't bunt, trying to bunt is even dumber.

That other guy, Alex something or other is okay, too.

The same one that tied it up.

Not a Pulitzer Prize winner, for sure.