Nick

Big game for Buehler.....time is running out for this guy. Here's my worthless stat. Teams won lost record started by following pitchers. 1 Crochet 17 11 - 6 2 Dobbins 10 7 - 3 3 Bello 13 6 - 7 4 Giolito 13 8 - 5 5 Buehler 14 7 - 7 39 - 28 6 Fitts 7 1 - 6 7 T Houck 9 2 - 7 8 Newcomb 5 2 - 3 Bernardino 1 0 - 1 5 17 89 44 - 45

that makes sense

He'd be a rental. 4 years of control for a rental? High price for the Sox. Like I said, I wouldn't do it unless we're given time to extend Cease before the trade is finalized. A Boras client. He'll look for FA. Buehler definitely won't return in 2026 and good chance Giolito won't. It's amazing to me that we only have 1 starting pitcher making over $10M for 2026 as of now.

After yesterday's win, Anthony crept over the .700 ops mark, Story is .697 and Mayer is .693. That is our top 11. With Bregman return appearing imminent, we can compete offensively. Need pitching. It's early but Chris Murphy looks solid.

Every time I've watched him, he is very tentative going after the ball. Very shaky right now. With Password coming up, why not try him at 1B?

Do you see higher ceiling for Mick Abel than say Dobbins? Is his stuff much better? How so?

We are close to having 11 players hitting over .700 OPS

I am talking about a permanent solution, for next 6 years. He's 6-3 I think. With PASSWORD, Garcia on the horizon, we'll still have surplus of OF. Surely you don't want to count on Toro/Gonzalez combo next year.

My Crazy 2026 Lineup CC Narvaez 1B Anthony 2B Story SS Mayer 3B Bregman LF Garcia (The Password) CF Rafaela RF Abreu DH Ozuna I think this group would have no problem with run production Can we do a trade and sign Cease? (a must before trade). Give them Duran and get Cease and prospects.

Anthony playing 1B would solve lot of problems. lol

Any thought on acquiring Ozuna from Atlanta?

Any chance we can get Marcell Ozuna from Atlanta?

Right now I'm excited about Garcia. The Password. His arrival will balance out the lefty-righty dynamic in our outfield, assuming Duran or Abreu gets traded. One really has to go. I'm leaning towards Duran. It seems many playoff contenders believe he'll fit in very well. Garcia has power. I love the idea of rotating Garcia, Abreu and Anthony for two outfield spots. The third can DH. At some point, Yoshida has to go. Refsnyder will probably retire. At that point, we just need to get a 1B that does not need platooning. Extend Bregman and our lineup looks solid to me.

You have a very good point. He only sees the upside of platooning, usually it's all about lefty righty matchup. He wants better defense but he does nothing to help it. It's always about offense.

Yeah just take a win. Stop at 2B for a double. We are so wreckless.

Be nice to get Bregman back and get a reliable starter, maybe the brass thinks it's too expensive for a rental.

Really a big game tonight, going for sweep. We then follow up with 6 games vs the Nationals and the Rockies, got to go at least 4-2 if not 5-1 in those 6 games. We finish out by playing 4 at home versus the Rays. Critical 11 games beginning tonight. Can't go 5-6/6-5. We have chance to get over the .500 mark.

Bernardino is the Opener. He appeared 16 times in May, giving up 1 run. In 15 outings, he was unblemished. 6 hits in 12+ innings. In June, he had a whip of 3.00, not great. He maybe someone that should go on a IL just to rest up. Otherwise, Cora will over use him like he did last year. He'll end up sucking. Criswell is our 27th man, he'll follow Bernardino. To think he started 18 games for us last year. In 2024, innings pitched. 183.2 Kutter, 178.2 Houck, 162.1 Bello, 145.2 Pivetta, 99.1 Criswell, 76 Winckowski. Unbelievable turnover in our staff.

Best thing about Bello's outing was he got through five innings with 62 pitches, 40 for strikes. I'll take that everytime.

Can Fitts come back? He only threw 38 pitches? (never mind, probably not) Bello only threw 62 pitches......yeah, I'm stupid.

funny

Great job by Bello today. I jumped on him early when he gave up two runs. I am very often WRONG.

There's no separation in his pitches. His changeup at one point was his best pitch. Another low IQ (baseball wise) pitcher.

I think this is where the Sox wanted to be in first place, having Campbell, Mayer and Anthony on big league roster. Narvaez was a gift we didn't expect. Unfortunately Campbell has not worked out after his outstanding April. Then Abreu has been very solid when healthy and Rafaela is emerging as a pretty good second year center fielder. There's no DH so Cora can be flexible with his lineup. We just need our pitchers to right themselves as a group.

The bottom line? I rather watch Anthony hit from DH spot than Devers. Our future guys are now sprinkled all over the major league roster. You can't expect not to have some downturn when you have 4 rookies taking up bats, (Anthony, Mayer, Narvaez and Campbell) along with 2nd year players in Rafaela and Abreu. It's just unrealistic. Add on top of that Story and Duran are having subpar years. Only way we'd be competing is with good starting rotation. Yet, Bello, Buehler and Giolito are all trying to figure things out. And that doesn't involve Houck and his dark times. Not to mention now Kutter is out for the year. I didn't even know that he was hurt going into spring training. That's how bad it's been. We see a glimmer of hope with Dobbins and Fitts. And if Jordan Hicks becomes our closer and Kyle Harrison emerges as a starter, than the trade looks better and better in Sox direction. What, we gained $280M that can be REPURPOSED. I am glad Devers is gone. Now do something with all the 'flexibility' supposedly his departure is going to provide us. I'll be waiting.