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Best case scenario: Durbin hits .750+ the rest of his time with BOS and plays near GG defense at 3B. Arias is called up and hits the ground running with plus defense at SS and a plus bat from day 1. That still leaves 2B wide open- something it's been since Pedey was healthy over a decade ago. Romy can and maybe should DH more than play 2B/1B. Mayer looks like the best odds on being the next best 2Bman, going forward. He's pretty good on D, which is better than we've seen over the last decade plus, but .650 ain't cutting it, and his leash is shortening. Injuries are another major concern for him. IKF is on the IL and sees his control end after this season. Monasterio, Seigler, Sogard & Cheng are not solutions- neither is Capra, Romero or other farm hopefuls. Winnay may surprise, but other than Arias, we don't have much hope in AA and AAA in non 1B infield promise. Godbout has a "early 2028" ETA on soxprospects.com, so maybe he can help in a couple years, but we've put off fixing 2B for way too long. Waiting for Arias or Godbout seems like punting the problem, once again. Soto & Ramos are 3+ years away.

We would probably do great in a laid back environment, where nobody even heckles the umps. Maybe COL? LAA might be perfect.

Basket case.

I'm sure some are thinking Durbin is back to being a bum after that one game sample size...LOL!

Mullins is showing why we didn't protect him, and nobody claimed him. We both wondered why they never promoted him to AAA. He's 25 and still in AA, now! I doubt he can even become a decent RP'er Eyanson is a newbie, so I think there is hope he can improve on his walk rate. Maybe he can become the next Early, if he doesn't. K and walk rates are important but not always everything. Here are a couple good K:BB ratios from our top IP farm arms: 63:9 Futrell in 56 IP 64:11 Ziehl in 59 IP

With our infield needs, even if Arias is called up today and is an instant stud, we'd still need a 2Bman. While Romy offers some promise, if he returns, he can be used at DH, too. (We need one of them, too.)

Not so sure on Anthony & Crochet. Romy and Sandoval, maybe. Mayer, Moran and IKF?

The Sox are 5 back of the 41-42 Rangers (-9 run diff) 4 GB HOU (-44) and A's (-51) 3 GB TOR (-32) 2.5 GB BAL (-24) and MIN (-31) CLE is 7 games ahead and at -9 The Sox are +4 in run diff, which is just 1 run from 3rd best (SEA at +5.) We knocked the Yanks from 1st place, so now TBR owe us one. (LOL)

Woo let up 22 hits and walked 5! Romero & Ferguson homered. Eyanson looked good, again. 1 ER in 5.2 (3H, 3BB, 2K) Bleis homered again (3rd in 2 gms) & Arias homered and is back up to .993. Jo Garcia had 2 hits (.877.) GRE lost 11-9 as YRod, Heyman and Anderson homered. Heyman (.857) and Anderson (755) had 3 hits. SAL got a rare win. Foutch pitched no hitter for 3.

Brooms are cheap enough for even JH to buy.

Got that right, and 3 in a row makes it 3 times more sweeter.

It's not like Duran was not given a shot at winning the 1 slot. He's played 42 games there. (Only Anthony at 22 is close) .267 Duran (195 PAs) .347 Anthony (101) .250 Gasper (28) .308 Yoshida (13) .545 Waton (11) .400 Rafaela (10)

Pawtucket had these decent numbers: 2.91 Check Rainet (170 IP) 3.09 John Tudor (105) 3.18 Joel Finch (167) 1.60 John LaRose (73 and 15 svs) _______________ .913 Gary Allenson .844 Dave Coleman .782 Garry Hancock .725 Dave Stapleton I'm pretty sure we played our best players and would not have thrust one of these guys into such a key game.

We sucked with Duran leading off. He sucked leading off. He has the worst OBP (.255) on the active roster. (Even Narvaez at .273 is better.) He shouldn't even be batting 5th, anymore. 2026: .267 1st .333 3rd .188 5th .308 6th

Double the stats... HRs & RBI 34 100 Contreras 24 76 Duran 20 76 Abreu 14 70 Rafaela 12 64 Durbin _____________ W-L ERA 18-2 2.95 Gray 14-10 3.59 Early 6-6 Suarez 2.83 8-10 2.78 Tolle

Never thought I'd be looking at the WC standings again this year. As of now, we are... 4.5 GB the Rangers and Athletics- both teams with some serious issues, too. The A's have a -48 run diff, while TEX is at -12. Of coruse, there are also 4 teams between us and them, but look: -46 HOU (+3.5 on BOS) -29 TOR (+3.5 on BOS) -23 BAL (+3) -28 MIN (+3)

RP'ers 2025-2026 ERA: 1.39 Chapman (before today) 1.81 FIP 1.94 J Duran (1.95 FIP) 1.96 Rogers (2.95 FIP) 1.98 Miller (1.57 FIP) Saves 53 Munoz (12 Blown Saves) 52 Duran (6 BS) 47 Chapman (just 3 BS, and only 1 this year) 45 Iglesias (5 BS) 44 R Suarez (6 BS) 43 Bednar (4) & Miller (10 BS, but none in 2026)

Sox Current Rotation ERAs (OPS Against) 2.78 Tolle (.586) 2.83 Suarez (.607) 2.95 Gray (.705) 3.27 Bennett (.629 before today!) 3.59 Early (.726) Kapow!!!

Sox SP'er ERA since.... 3.00 June 12th (3rd) 3.37 April 25th (2nd) 3.77 Season (7th) 3.73 Last 2 seasons (T5th) 8 straight Quality Starts. Not counting today.

Sox shredding Cole into slaw.

Team's OBP leaders (120+ PAs) : .375 Contreras (bats 4th) .337 Abreu (bats 3rd) .331 Rafaela (bats 2nd) .324 Yoshida .305 Gasper .284 Durbin Believe it or not, those two appear to be the best options up first. IKF is at .344 & Anthony at .354, but both are on the IL. Wong is at .362 with 107 PAs, so he could be an option. Other low PA players: .500 Cheng (4 PAs) .429 Eaton (21) .367 Seigler (30) .350 Sogard (41)

I think he has the potential to be a .750 to .775 batter and very good to great defensive 3Bman/2Bman. More likely he'll hit near .700 to .740.

I wasn't calling for Cheng's promotion out of any trust he'd hit over .600, but he was hot and others were not. He's also a plus defender at SS.

Robo calls on every pitch does not slow the game down. In fact, it would speed it up due to no more wasted time on challenges and arguments from players and managers. The home plate ump makes the calls just as he does now, through a signal to his headset, so nobody would even notice,

No Judge and Rice in the Yankee line-up, again!