Nick

Bobby needs to be sent down and work on his walk %

We have six vs Orioles, 2 vs Mets, 3 vs Nationals, all sub .500 teams. 3 homes games vs Yankees. We have no one to blame if we miss the playoffs.

Jays host Twins for 3 Yanks host Guardians for 3 Sox host Orioles for 3 We could go 2-1 and still lose ground.

The way they won it makes it up for last night's game. Yanks blew it in bottom of ninth. Ground ball, a wild pitch and then with two outs and two strikes, another wild pitch allowed the runner to score frim third. Orioles tied the game and won in 10th.

Austin Hays hits his second homer with man on. Orioles 3, Yankees 2, bottom of 8th. Can they do it? We need for the Yankees to drop one against the worst team in baseball. A walk and a single to start Yankees 9th......going to bed. 5% chance Orioles hold and win. They really suck.

When the Red Sox received Santos from the Phillies earlier this summer as the player to be named later for C.J. Chatham, it was a surprisingly strong return. It’s not that Santos was an elite prospect or anything, but he was interesting, which is more than certainly I expected. Since the trade, he has only become more interesting. After this latest phenomenal start, he’s now got a 2.49 ERA over 43 1⁄3 innings with Portland, striking out 41 and walking only six. That control in particular has been incredible, and when he’s mixing in a solid strikeout rate you can see a guy who might make his way into the depth conversation later in the 2022 season. Bloom is the ultimate head hunter extraordinaire.

One request for Cora.... NO MORE SCHEDULED DAYS OFF... we have plenty of open dates. Tomorrow, Monday, Thursday then Monday. They can rest all winter. He was going to give Xander a day off today. Xander talked him out of it. I want him to be my boss.

Well done, notin.

More and more I'm convinced Tanner Houck can be our closer next year. He just looks like a closer to me. Attitude, swagger, toughness...don't see that from Barnes.

good at bat by Dalbec

I love it when they bring in a pitcher with 6.35 ERA......

Schwarber!!!!!!!!

need one more run so tying run is not first up....

Geez, lift the ball Devers....

Jays already beat the Rays. I can't see Yankees losing to the Orioles. We need this, especially against another wild card contender.

Big at bat for Devers....

I just wanted to point out that I don't believe there are as many destinations as many think for Xander based on his defensive metrics. Just because a team loses a shortstop doesn't guaranty that Xander replaces him. Many teams will think it's wiser to spend say $150M/6 on another position/pitcher. That's what I want the Sox to do.

No one has suggested ONE SINGLE DESTINATION for Xander when he opts out. Will it be the Yankees or will Red Sox bid against themselves? For all your opt outers, can you name some possible destinations?

Corey Seager of Dodgers becomes a FA after this year. He's making $13.75M this year and has the same agent, Boras. Maybe we should go after him. Can we get him for $20M? Carlos Correra of Astros also becomes a FA after this year. He's making $11.7M this year. Tim Anderson of White Sox is signed through 2024 (including 2 options) on a team friendly contract. His AAV is $4.167M. Why would they want Xander? They have enough offense. Oakland A's would not be interested in shortstop making $20M that's looking for a big pay day. Willy Adames of Brewers is making $950K with 3 more years of team control. His ops is .905 in 323 at bats. Brandon Crawford of Giants has two year deal at $32M for 2022/2023. Dansby Swanson of Braves will become a free agent at the end of 2022, his last arbitration year. He's making $6M this year. Would Braves be interested in Xander? Gregorius of Phillies really stuck it to them garnering a two year $28M deal which will expire after 2022. Would Phillies look for higher priced FA in Xander? Is Kyle Farmer of Reds playing out of position? He has three more years of team control. Soooo, who is going to give Xander $150M/6 years? Will the Sox bid against itself like we've done in the past? How much is as Bora says being the "face of Red Sox" worth? I think Boras is unofficially negotiating with Red Sox

Schwarber was acquired at a time when we needed his bat. It would've also helped if he could learn to play 1B. Unfortunately he was injured when he was signed. Then Dalbec goes on an offensive tear. I don't understand why we're blaming Schwarber. He's asked to play a new position for him. If it was that easy then JD should have been working out at 1B. Two outs and a runner on. Yeah I get it we should have been out of the inning. Brasier failed to shut down the offense. Schwarber's defense did not clear the bases. It took two more batters to do that.

We all know what the issues are for current Sox team. The team is pretty well set with exception of COVID guys. Our bullpen appears to have stabilized. Get ready for the playoff chase as the season winds down. What we do this offseason will let us know what to expect from Bloom.

There is no real reason to assume defense just stays the same, just like you don't with hitting and pitching... That's very true also.....

This...

He is very lackadaisical with his glove on simple fly balls....that was my takeaway early on. Then he started to throw guys out left and right....he's no Evans.

Thanks... We can't pussyfoot around with the Orioles. We need to go 6-0. They are getting pounded, home and away.