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Braiden Ward replaces him until Roman is ready. Duran’s stock has plummeted on BTV. Over the winter, Duran had a surplus value around $80 mill. Today, they rate him at about $8.3 mill,,,,

Hey if Chapman gets 16 more IP, we can always trade him next July…

I know, right? Thinking the Sox really do need to hire me. I was calling for Tsung-Che Cheng back in April. Well the Sox finally do and are 4-0 in the Cheng Era. Once they call up Braiden Ward they should start printing playoff tickets…

Demoting Gasper doesnt open up a 40 man roster spot for either Ward or Romy. Moving Anthony to the 60 day IL gets Romy on the 40. DFAing Gasper gets Romy on the 26 and Ward on the 40…

Roman to 60 day DFA Gasper. Add Romy to 40 man and 26 man Add Braiden Ward to 40 man in Gasper’s spot.

Demoting Cheng does nothing. Romy was on the 60 day IL and needs to be added to the 40 man roster first. 1. Move Roman Anthony to 60 day IL, causing confusion among stupid people that think this means anything about his injury. 2. Most likely demotion is an optionable player. Siegler and Eaton leap to mind…

Monasterio makes sense since they probably only acquired him to replace Romy vs LHP. But more likely they move Roman to the 60 day IL, since he’s already been on the IL for 50 days and unless he was coming back in the next 10, why not?

Crazy thought but they also could DFA Campbell. With about $42.5mill or so left on that deal, he will very likely pass through waivers…

Can he be demoted without being DFAd and exposed to waivers?

Tell me who said anything about contending. But then you’ve never been one to pass on the opportunity to intentionally misrepresent what others say….

Hmm…

The Optimism Killer strikes again. And once again with a painfully obvious observation that he is trying to pass off as a unique viewpoint…

And I’m still waiting for them to call up Braiden Ward. He has a bat. It’s best left on his shoulder, but he has one…

Wait. Players can come back from the IL now?!? Whats that like? The things modern medicine can do these days…

They’re all blown saves because they all occurred in save sutuations, which means protecting a lead of 3 runs or less while someone else is in line for the win. Thats the criteria; no mention of inning. You cannot assume that the pitcher is going to be removed from the game, so he is on line for the save, and therefore the blown save. Once he is removed, then snd only then does the hold come in to play…

Shag Crawford saved them in Anaheim, pitching out of a bases loaded none out jam allowing only the tying run in a clinch game for the Angels. Yet no love in the World Series after that impressive display in the ALCS. Granted it could have been a more impressive display if maybe Shag didn’t load the bases with no one out in the first place..

Duran has the worst OBP on the Sox, non-hernia division. And let’s be honest - it should be Braiden Ward.

Per the rules at the time, it was technically a regular season game, not a one game playoff. Regular season rules applied (including expanded rosters) and stats counted towards 1978 season totals, not postseason…

Thats because it’s not a hold until you leave the game with the lead…

It’s actually 6 blown saves, and yes, the type you can get by the sixth inning…

So… fire himself and name me CBO? Is that option on the table?

Or the TWO five game sweeps back on ‘12! Oh those ‘12 Sox. Smoky Joe Wood, we may never see your equal. (The Sox actually did have two five game sweeps of the Yankees in 1912. But 5 game series were very common back then and sweeps did happen)

To continue - Sox hitters probably don’t know the strike zone because it’s a young lineup. And if they did do wuth Durbin, they’re probably preaching some new swing with all the other young hitters rather than letting them be the hitters that made them special to begin with. Drawing walks is a skill. Roman Anthony excels at it. Durbin? Yeah somewhat. Mayer and Narvaez are both a little too aggressive, probably adjusting to some swing tweak they’ve each been told to adopt (100% unsupported personal theory). But with Anthony out and Duran obsoleteting himself, the top of the Sox lineup is pretty neutered. This lineup isn’t much different than last year post-Devers, and it’s arguable that Contreras/Durbin is an upgrade over Bregman/Toro/Lowe. But runs are down and one solid root cause is weak OBP, especially at the top of the lineup. And not just Boston either. The Mets lineup features one of, if not THE best hitter in the game today. But they are another horrible offense. Why? Well for starters they traded their high powered OBP machine leadoff hitter for infield defense, literally.

And if he ever gets to Cooperstown it won’t be because of his bat…

So you’re saying Miller is the reason SD has a winning record? Just no. Now what I’m saying is San Diego’s overall bullpen is similar to Boston’s, but the non-Miller pitchers are lifted up by Mason’s stellar year, whereas Boston (nor any other team) has no one like Miller. Home runs really are. Like I said, they account for maybe 3% of a team’s PA for elite slugging teams and 2% for bad slugging teams. Offense comes from having MEN ON BASE. And if the Sox have to string together 3 singles to score, it’s because they’re 29th in MLB in BB%. Take walks. They’re gifts. Putting the ball in play only gets you on base maybe 30% of the time. Walking? 100% of the time. (The Sox are last in home runs but second in doubles and second in triples. They’re not all about 3 hits to a run.) Look at Milwaukee. Homer at about the same pace as Boston, but scored nearly 100 more runs. Why? Second in team OBP, built on being second in BB%. The easy (ha!) solution for the Sox would be another power bat, but the big issue for their offense has been the disappearance of an on base leadoff hitter. Duran has been useless. Gasper? Please…