Nick

We won yesterday but we still need a starter. Just bring up someone else. I'm thinking of one in particular.

Fitts is horrible......put him in the bullpen.

I agree....just wanted to throw in another experienced major league pitcher. Tolle would be my only untouchable pitcher right now.

At the top of the list is 1) extending Bregman 2) trade for Ace #2, Joe Ryan. You can give up in addition to say Duran, current major league pitchers. I wouldn't rule out Kutter Crawford as an example to sweeten the pot. Just get the damn deal done. Thinks of rotation starting with Crochet, Ryan and Bello (for now). This is how you win world series. Have top 2-3 starting pitchers for the playoffs. 3)strengthen the bullpen, bring back Chapman on a two year deal. Give him $36M if you have to win. We should be all in next 6 years. 4)Obtain a suitable 1B. If Casas returns to health great, but I wouldn't quite count on it. this get you the basic group that you can go with.....to compete against good teams.

I don't dislike any professional athlete as a person. I just think Yoshida's usefulness is behind him. I rather watch Refsnyder and Gonzalez as a DH or Anthony for that matter. Yoshida has no place in this lineup. For me, this team is turning into a group of athletes. Unless you can bring power into the equation, and no athleticism, then you should be dropped.

Any day Yoshida is not in the lineup is a good day for me. I'm in a good place. Even though Bres 'lucked into' obtaining a real 1B. Bullpen needs more reinforcement. The floodgate has opened. Bring up more prospects. See what they got. I know what we have in Buehler. Can do better.

He is starting next two games per Cora. Two lefties.

About time....I've been right about every young guys needing to be up in the majors.

Right on!

good analysis......but do we move Duran for his trade value and having Password waiting on the wings....he may or may not work out but he sure looks to be a keeper.

He still has much work to do.......he's lucky that he found a 1B on the cheap. Just got to address the needs this winter. Our outfield situation needs to be cleaned up. It's just not having one extra outfielder, it's that three bats left handed and two have issues hitting left handed pitching. You can't have one of them DH and have 2 left handed bats out there.

I am just confused. Hopefully either Duran or Abreu would be moved. I would go with Duran getting moved. He probably has higher trade value. He is under team control for 3 more years which should be attractive. Abreu is under team control for 4 more years and I think he has 30 HR in him in the future. Just simplify. Anthony in left, Rafaela in center, Abreu in right. Bring up Password as a back up/DH. Not sure about Refsnyder playing much longer. He also seems to require time off. There's also been talk that if we acquire a regular 1B, Campbell's best position is in outfield. Ugh. (another cluster f***) I'm assuming Mayer will play 2B or return to 3B if Bregman doesn't return. Youngster Frank Arias maybe the heir apparent to Story when he leaves. For me, if we get into the playoffs this year and do something, then great. But next year definitely starts the 6 year window for me, to coincide with Crochet's six year deal. We should be a no doubter playoff team contending for the world series champions. Bres has much work to do this winter.

If we follow this to conclusion, Anthony should be learning to play 1B. Simply because Duran and Abreu are playing the positions they should. If the Sox feel, Abreu is a platoon player, then his defensive prowess goes out the window. A gold glove that plays only 100 games a year? He should be traded. Make the freakin' tough choices. Decide for once and for all, what this team should look like, not having multiple players playing multiple position so that Cora can feel like a genius. Good grief.;

Nice job by Bres. Always thinking Sox is the only organization that can fix pitchers. And here we are.

Why does this organization always build a team with hope and a prayer? Exhibit 1 Why do we keep Yoshida? We're hoping for what exactly from him? I rather watch Password hit than Yoshida, Monday through Sunday. Exhibit 2 Why do we keep parading out Buehler? His one outing deserves 4 mediocre starts? 4 hits and 4 walks in 4 innings. Is that the best we got? Bres should be fired. Exhibit 3 We did have a chance to pickup Joe Ryan. Bres simply plays in the middle lane. Get me DD any day. I can go on......Just freakin frustrated with this organization.

And can we just not talk about 'hard' schedule vs 'easy' schedule? We are not good enough to control the opponents. We beat good teams and turn around lose to bad teams. This is not a World Championship team. No way it can win a 5 game series, away, 2 7game series away. Fat chance. That's not a crap shoot for us.

thanks for telling it like it is......Whitlock always gets a pass on this board. He gets hit hard. That's just what I see.

Perhaps Ivy Leaguer Breslow should have done SOMETHING about strengthening the back end of our bullpen. All talk, no action Bres. Whitlock is hittable, and I don't care what anyone here says. Weissert always peters out as the season goes. And that's how you get 7 IP, 3 hits, 1 walk, 8K, 1ER gem from an ace and waste it. No excuse for it. You just wait, this won't be a cakewalk to the playoffs. Guys are getting hurt left and right.

All I hear is how great Whitlock is.......same old Whitlock to me. Another Matt Barnes....

Yoshida grounder to 2B.

We do not lead the league in runs scored. NESN announcers just make things up.

Lets keep our fingers crossed....And for Giolito to find the strike zone. As a side note, the Guardians have been stubborn, hanging around just outside of playoff picture. Others are fading.

We went 1-10 with RISP.....pretty much sums it up......

Talk about a crap shoot. Here we are in August, and we're still dealing with mediocre outings by Buehler. Other than 4 walks and 2 homers..............yep other than the bullet in his head, Lincoln enjoyed the show....

I saw his market value around $3M+....just looked cheap. We did make a trade for him.