Nick

Okay, then why reveal it now then if it's such a big 'secret'?

Why is it that we're now hearing about the thumb injury to Xander? I get it that he doesn't want to make excuses but I think it's a critical piece of information as to why he's not hitting home runs. Maybe I'm just out of loop. My feeling changed 180 degrees. A hurt thumb is a major pain in the ass for hitters. Also, I'm guessing Bannister is all over Pomeranz' inability to throw a cutter this year. He's only thrown it 20 times. He can't survive as a starter just with two pitches. Pom can't be stupid. At some point, he'll need to throw a third pitch to be effective. He's repeating what E Rod was doing first half of last year. You can't be a starter with just 2 pitches.

JF needs to do what he did last night. I realize it's a long season but JF bringing in Moreland and then Rutledge were the right moves. I don't think managers manage with sense of urgency. Yeah it's early, but every win is a win. I thought JF seized the moment and did what he had to do. He made a comment about having more positional depth for last night's game, but that begs the question why wasn't Travis brought up sooner? Only thing Travis is is a professional hitter. That's all he does. Not a great glove, not a great athlete but he can hit. Red Sox need help with their offense right now. That's why I'm not oppose to bringing up Devers. Let's see what we got. Hell, he may surprise us all. HE CAN'T DO MUCH WORSE THAN DEVIN MARRERO. If my $5M job depended on it, I'd turn every rock and see what we got.

I don't care what we gave up for Sale..........it's a must see TV.

This goes with YOUR idea of if you're going big, you go BIG. Pomeranz does not have the ceiling of say E Rod. Trade had to been made and I will not fault DD for it. BUT, perehaps there was a better trade out there. I'm concerned with our staff's ability to acquire 'healthy' players.

Basically we have invested $40M per annually on 2 positions to have 11th/15th in OPS at DH and 3B. Yikes.

What's the hold up on Home Runs? If its all about weather won't the other teams also hit more, thus negating our incremental increase? If we can get Q without giving up Devers, I do it. Starting pitching has a great deal of impact on winning games. I am giving up on Pomeranz. He has the ability to strike guys out but opposing hitters seem to foul off several pitches when he's on the mound. He goes deep into count. He's just not very efficient.

I don't think 'the clubhouse' thinks much of Pomeranz.

Ding, ding, ding....we have a winner. You do everything you can to seize the moment. I will say it again. TO HAVE THE MINOR LEAGUE'S WORST OPS GUY PLAYING 3B while you have a guy with over .900 OPS is f***ING ASININE. Especially with this pussy of a line up. Why not ask Sale who he would rather have playing 3B? Yeah, Kimmi and her gang will jump in and proclaim players can't make decisions for the organization. I get it. But just as I applauded DD's moves last year (not the results) for not WASTING terrific years from Ortiz, Betts and Porcello, something needs to be done this year. Sitting on your ass day after day expecting different result is not formula for success. Do something. Ship has taken water.

Pomeranz has yet to get past six innings this season, having gone four, three and four innings, respectively, in his last three outings. Since joining the Red Sox, he has gotten an out in the seventh inning just twicw in 21 starts. He's a long reliever that comes in to start the game.

We play at Fenway 81 games a year. We also visit other AL East parks where balls typically go beyond the OF grass. It's stupid to build a team on singles hitters. That's what we have. That's why I'm not married to any of our pending FA in 2019/2020. Hell trade the Benitendi's of the world. Sign premium starting pitchers and power hitters. Then fill in the bus with Pedeys of the world. Keep Devers only because of his power potential. I'd go get Q for Swihart, Beni and Groomes. If that's not good enough for White Sox, then we know that Sox fans are delusional about our young talent. We overvalued them. And let's not forget that baseball has to be entertaining. Watching Chris Sale pitch is a treat. Many of us set our schedule around his schedule (don't lie, you do it). Two years ago during a dismal Sox season, I never missed E Rod starts. He was ray of hope. He was fun to watch. He's having a decent year. Pomeranz? He's the exact opposite of Chris Sale. I'm beginning to hate his starts. And he's not even our #5 pitcher, he's our #4. You hope for the best, but you end up disappointed.........I need a pick me up, I need Devers.

Well Pom went 4 innings today while throwing 96 pitches. He will need to get his stamina up to around 150 pitches so he can go 6 innings.

We're content playing at 3B a guy with WORST OPS in the minors. Not near the bottom, but the WORST. Not in the majors, but in a minor league. WORST. We are thereby playing the NL rule in the American League. Meanwhile we have a kid in AA with OPS above .900. Be patient? Let me repeat as I did last year. How can you look at Sale and tell him I gave my best to give you the best line up possible by playing the guy with the worst OPS? Don't you have a fiduciary responsibility to do your best? If Devers fails this trip, he fails. Do you honestly think that a kid who has played baseball at a high level all his life will all the sudden go into a life ending baseball funk? You're an idiot.

Get rid of f***ing Pomeranz. Non athletic, a pathetic excuse for a baseball player. f***er has no intention of getting to 6th inning. I can't stand watching a f***ing pussy on the field.

What do we have to lose by giving Devers a shot? Even if it goes well, some here will ultimately claim Sox DID NOT get Devers BEST 6+ years (age 20-26). If we wait couple of more years, then Sox will get his age 22-28 years, presumably a better version of Devers. ********. Sox need him sooner rather than later because the Sox made a colossal error by signing Sandoval to $95M, 5 year deal. Moreland is a one year rental, keeping the seat warm for someone else, be it Sam Travis or another player. I only bring this up with the thought of platooning Sadoval and Travis in the future. It's time. This team needs another shot in the arm. YOU CAN'T HAVE THE WORST OPS GUY IN AAA playing in the majors. And if you can accept that, it begs the question why not Devers? He can't do any worse, can he?

We don't talk about positives here. It's Boston Red Sox afterall. Please don't pour a ray of sunshine into perpetual rain cloud hanging over Fenway.

Pomeranz says he's fine now. Thanks for wasting our bullpen after giving us 3 innings. With each outing, he's beginning to behave more and more like my third wife, totally high maintenance. If he has a good year, lets trade him and be done with it.

We need to get rid Brock Holt. Hell he's hurt all the time. I have migraine thinking about his issues. And we are suppose to get excited about HIS return? Good grief. How low have we sunk.

I moved to US when I was 12 years old from Japan in June of 1967. I've always been a baseball fan. Not knowing one word of English, I spent the summer watching baseball games on TV on Saturdays. I could have been a Cardinals fan just as easily but I think the nick name Red Sox won me over. My favorite Sox will always be Rico Petrocelli. Living in Indianapolis, I catch quite a bit of grief because of the hatred for the Patriots. (but there are many Celtics fans because of Larry Bird) I don't go into details. I just tell people I'm a Red Sox fan. My original team was Yomiuri Giants (known as Tokyo Giants). They used to be the 'national' team. I think close to 80% of the country rooted for the Giants.

Not having Price has really hurt. Porcello is way off from last year. I hate to think where we would be without Sale.

This team is pathetic. Good thing we traded for Sale.

Before today's game, Pom is averaging slightly over 5 IP and 95 pitches. He's becoming irritating to watch.

Have we hit against decent pitching?

Great news......now Pom is injured. Are these guys that injury prone?