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Correct. Different Logan Allen. Sox drafted a kid named Logan Allen who ended up being part of the Craig Kimbrell trade. Oddly enough Allen (the other Logan Allen) also pitched for the Guardians last year. So you see…it’s cofusing.

Today? Through 4 innings? Absolutely. Could be a game decided by one swing

Paxton 5.1 innings pitched. 2 hits, 1 BB, 0 runs, 8 K’s

Wait…I thought Sale was cooked. How is he doing this? Are the Guardians tipping their swings?

Imagine if this team won just two more games. We’d be in the playoffs. Now imagine we did that against bad teams…..how many would be saying “yeah but it’s against bad teams”. I’ve heard others make that argument in the past. Look, there’s two types of people in this world, cup half full people, and cup half empty. I prefer to not be a negative Nancy. I suppose the natural rebuttal to that is “but we’re just being realistic” no. No. No one is saying this team is great and is going to win 100 games, no one is being unrealistic on the other side. Literally no one is saying that. Assuming the worse, and throwing in the towel on a .500 team when you’re 1/6 of the way through the season is the definition pessimism. There’s nothing wrong with this. We need those types of people to go away and drive revenue down so management can’t realize there are real consequences to inept actions. Apply this concept to any walk of life. Not criticizing anyone just pointing out the facts. People have a right to root in their own way, it’s a free country and all opinions matter. In my opinion, I don’t like being a Donny downer, except when I am but we are not pointing out my own hypocrisy here. Nope. Not doing it.

Paxton looking good thru two. Wonder if they gave him his whole arsenal back or if it’s something else. Maybe a s*** lineup.?

I get what you’re saying, but still, you have to give guys days off, so at some point you have to pitch the 12th 13th man in your pen.

No, they’re about .500 against them playing 1/6 of the season. So what does that really say? Plenty of baseball left to play. Buckle up buckaroo

That very well may be a stupid excuse BUT to date they have, and have BY FAR had the toughest schedule in the AL East.

I think you have said before you don’t like people putting words in your mouth. Who is saying .500 is good enough? And I’ll revert back to B. Who is satisfied with this team?

Lol

The Logan Allen we drafted? Who did we trade him for again? But yeah, todays start is big. If Sale looks like he did two starts ago then we can still be hopeful he’s back and just has to work on being more consistent. If he has a horrible start then it will look like we should have very low expectations

A. If many expectations were a losing team, would t .500 be an improvement and bright spot for the future. Playing devils advocate here. In a big market like Boston 3/4 years in last place should be unacceptable. B. Who is satisfied here?

Can’t pitch Wink and Jansen everyday. This is why working the bottom of the roster matters. Moves that are often highly criticized. We also see these guys in these roles be very volatile. Ort may be good one season and we will be here saying “how come we can’t get guys like that” Well, I don’t see that happening, or at least not here. Time to trim the fat.

94 from the left side is fine. If his command is on and he’s not tipping his pitches I expect much better results from Sale today

I forget the exact number, and it isn’t an exact science, but there’s a milestone the player development department wants a guy to reach before advancing to the next level. With pitchers, they generally want them to get a certain number of IP before they think of promoting him. He probably gets around 100 IP in AA, which means we are looking at an early July promotion. I highly doubt we see him in Boston, heck I 100% doubt it. I mean, in 2023, if he keeps this up we will see him in 2024 for sure.

I was one of the biggest hopefuls on Yoshida when everyone else gave up on him. The reason why was because despite the stat line you could see the advance approach. K and BB rates are some of the earliest predictors of success and stabilize after a smaller sample size than most other stats. For the SAME reasons I’m sticking with Casas. The kid has an advanced approach. The stats aren’t there yet, but he passes the EYE TEST big time. Mark my words. Casas will be fine.

So….as I’ve been saying for the past two weeks. Bello was about 3 starts behind every other starter and had no time to ramp up. I thought he would be fine after a few starts. Perspective matters

Hey you no me, I’m not quitter, and it’s still early. Still, this team isn’t exactly inspiring me to start placing bets on a world championship. A lot has to go right this season, and so far it’s been a mixed bag. And while no injuries have been devastating, the seemingly wave of them makes one think at some point it’s going to take its toll. Lots of baseball left to play. Baseball is more fun when the Sox when.

This was my take….until we lost the first two to the Guardians.

I would classify Dalbec as a change of scenery guy at this point. Not unrealistic to think he can become a good second division starter for a small market team where the pressure is lower. I’d say it’s more probable than not he’s not a regular big leaguer at this point. But he has value…some value

Inflammation of the ulnar nerve, on the inside of the elbow. If it’s serious, he will need surgery, and we can expect him back sometime late next year. If it’s not serious, he may miss two starts. Jordan Romano had this I. 2021 and only missed ten days. Reality is, we have no ideal if this is serious or not right now. Sox sound like it’s not, but I don’t blame anyone for being skeptical at this point. I am.

Ulnar Neuritis can be a very non-serious OR very serious injury depending on how severe it is. Other players with this condition have missed only 1-2 weeks, with others it seems to be a precursor to TJS. Hopefully, they caught it early. This is exactly why in baseball you don't "Tough guy" it and play through any kind of discomfort or injury.

And, there’s even a slimmer margin of roster fit when you don’t have a defensive home and have heavy platoon splits with the bat. To be fair. I have not looked at Emanuels platoon splits this year

positional versatility also increases a guys value as a bench player. When you're not good enough to field a position on the regular but you have a bat, it's easier to justify your position when you can fill in multiple rolls. The thing with his bat though is he might just be a platoon guy. A multi-position platoon bat that has below-average defense isn't exactly a high-demand commodity. It would be nice to see Valdez take a step forward on at least one side of the ball. Whether that is to help Boston in Boston or in a trade.