oldtimer

With all the injuries, is this still the team that compiled 83 wins? Sox management is hoping to enter the playoffs with the return of some of the key players by being careful now. Makes sense, but ehy still need to lockup their wild card slot.

Red Sox offense. The side goes down on strikes. What is going on?

Anthony continues to struggle.

Worrisome wildness

Roman needs to sit while he figures things out. Really bad slump.

The Sox medical staff can't seem to keep players healthy. Lineups are so depleted, yet we won 4 in a row.

Abreu takes a big cut on every swing. He doesn't cut the swing down when in a pitcher's count. I guess homeruns count more than OPS in offensive evaluation.

I find it ironic that pundits are saying the Sox don't want to rush Anthony back this weekend. He has been out for months. I don't see how they can characterize playing him this weekend as rushing him back.

Another suggestion being floated today is that we should go after Lindor to solve our SS weaknesses. I understand Lindor is 32 years old and has played only part of the season. While his stats are better then Story's at this point, he would be costly and another player in the decline.. I'd rather fill-in and use Story with the expectation of giving Arais an opportunity to be our long term SS going forward. If that didn't work out, we could look again at the 2027 trade deadline. As far as this year is concerned, we still have the possibility of Roman Anthony returning in early Sept and possibly Mead before the end of Sept. We could have a high performing offense for the playoffs.

This Red Sox team is having an unbelievable hot streak. It has recognized good players but not a superstar. Rafaella is getting there and Gray is having a season, but we have No Judge or Othani. It's all about team.

The Sox have many impactful players who could return before the year is out, Of those, Rutschman, Story and Kiner-Falafa seem closest. In addition Anthony, Crochett, Mead, Oviedo, Crawford and Houch might become available in Sept. Arias is also a dark horse for promotion. With an unbelievably hot team now, who drops off the 26(27) man roster to accommodate any of these. Rutschman has a spot to fill, Story and Kiner-Falafa not so obvious. Anthony could be an Impact player and Mead was acquired to fill second base. It's a good problem to have but management needs to consider the disruption of a red hot team when returning guys from the injured list.

With 50 games left, if we win half of those we wind up with 86 wins. We will probably be better than a 500 team so 90 wins is qu ite possible, which means a playoff position. With what we have returning, we are a threat in the playoffs. None of this looked likely a month ago. Time to congradulate Breslow for his actions.

The prime years doe a starting catcher in MLBB is in the 27 to 30 YO age range. The average number of games started behine the plate is in tthe 90 to 110 range while the number of games played in is in the 110 to 130 range. Lets hope Adley can give us that kind of commitment going forward.

We have been among the worst teams in MLB for a number of years with one exception and yet haven't had top picks. This year we pick 20th and our second pick was traded, so it is unlikely that we will see any help from this years draft in the near term.

If the Sox win the Mets series, will they be sellers or buyers?