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It's not panic, but do the Red Sox have anyone new to bring to mound in late innings tonight or tomorrow in Colorado? If they keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, that's the definition of insanity... at least for fans driven crazy by a lack of front office support for their depleted heroes. The Rockies may have a last place team, but all their regulars who made the majors can hit batting practice pitching.

If not, then why pay at all? (diehard fan version)

I hate when people put bandanas on dogs or Sandoval shirts on panda bears.

Brez will put some New Sox into your Old Red. Just you wait until September and see! (... some may just WOO you)

The Nazis won D-Day with soldiers in machine gun pillboxes above the Normandy beaches -- for about an hour. But the Allies had potential...

M's had Griffey Junior. Royals have Witt Junior. Red Sox have Absorbine Junior Assistant Excecutive Vice President Interns There Is A Season Tern Turn Turn.

Last anyone saw, they were taking the stairs up to the front office. But a Netflix security camera reveals the diameter of the The Blob then grew disposably, with clashing colors in the gelatinous masses.

Who would have ever thought there'd be conflicts in a front office filled with the one guy who always raised his hand back in college to pontificate in the last minutes of the last class of the day -- in each of two dozen universities?

And 27 cooks in the kitchen. Seriously, someone needs to turn a turbo fan on full blast before they light the next lukewarm stove season.

Dueling Banyos... Deliver us from ance.

Everybody's looking for starting pitching and healthy bullpeners (the irony of misnomers). Asking prices from sellers have to be ridiculous with the deadline a week away, but it's almost guaranteed highly-regarded prospects will be traded soon... but probably not by Boston. The evident wear and tear on the entire the Red Sox pitching staff -- already -- has created the need for multiple starters and relievers to legitimately do battle through August and September. Are that many acquisitions even feasible at this point? The 2013 Sox traded Jose Iglesias, at the time a top-rated shortstop prospect, for pitcher Jake Peavy -- who was then a bottom-of-the-rotation starter. Peavy helped win a ring, but was he really worth a guy who became a big league starting shortstop for a decade? Would you swap Franklin Arias, the .400-hitter and flashy glove in the low minors, for Austin Gomber? I can't imagine parting with any of the Big Three, nor envision any deal where two of them are packaged together for maybe one good arm. Then again, it wasn't too long ago when Benintendi and Moncada weren't just Top 100 prospects, but rated by some sites as #1 OVERALLS in all of baseball. Now they're both still under 30 and below-average MLBers (who have to wear belts to keep their jeans up).

Easy solution: coax Porcello out of retirement. He could throw a late inning and bat righty, like when he crushed a bases-loaded double off Scherzer. Or get Beckett back. He hit a homer against the Cubs.

Paxton would be worth picking up for any team that might have a wild card series vs. Boston. Then again, maybe KC should just pay for Paxton to pitch for NY, Toronto or Tampa -- the teams with the most regular season games left vs. the Red Sox.

Never said I did, was replying to another poster's question of "Who knew?" and subsequent corresponding move of calling up someone else who can close... unless they're acquiring one; either way, let's hope there are no microsoft issues that prevent expedited travel to Coors. Transportation and Coors really was once an issue last century. Supposedly, it had to be kept cold, which made it more expensive when only "shipping" in a refrigerated truck. Rich kids in the dorm still paid $5 a six to retain their elite status... while the rest of us peasants grabbed for the gusto of Schlitz, at about 35 cents a bottle. Then when I went to New Mexico in 1980, they served 25 cent Coors drafts. All the local cowboys drank Bud.

As a fan, I would hope the Chief Baseball Officer of the entire franchise knew...

Im not seeing major negativity on the forum, just a few posts of reality after just watching a weekend of some of Boston's weaknesses exposed: thin back-end relief and utter hopelessness vs. left-handed pitching. It was also alarming that many Red Sox batters looked rusty after the All-Star break, instead of well-rested. Even the announcers noted how hot teams don't benefit from getting four days off. For a slumping club like LA, which had just dropped 6 of 7 -- the last two walk-off losses -- the break came at perfect time... to reset.

I agree Abreu is expendable, and maybe at peak value right now. He has talent, but lacks the maturity to know when to temper its use for max production. He gets into streaks where he tries to Roy Hobbs every pitch, even with two strikes, and shows off his arm too much, which has led to an MLB-leading 5 outfield errors. Maybe he's one of the many who can't seem to slow the game down when it counts (I admit I've been suspicious since hardball impresario Tom Werner touted Abreu in the offseason... plus, would Houston give up prospects they liked for what for them was a back-up catcher?).

I'd be shocked if Breslow the individual is allowed to veer from the plan put in place the past half decade by the dozens of incumbent Assistant Vice Presidents comprising the Red Sox Front Office. Remember, these are the people who have been empowered ever since future Hall of Fame GM Dave Dombrowski was fired for reportedly ignoring their input. Investing in pitchers at any age is riskier than ever across the majors, as both starters and relievers arm-wrestle for spots on the IL (using their glove hands). For rebuilding teams, star prospect capital simply cannot be squandered on trades for arms -- it's just a low-percentage move deemed unacceptable by analytic departments driven by the odds. But that doesn't mean Boston will instead look to free agency for pitching and outbid big spenders for aces like Burnes or the next Yamamoto (Roki Sasaki?). Be prepared for more modest additions, with Sam Kennedy and new manager Varitek insisting that comebacks by Giolito and Hendriks will be just as impactful as any of the coveted hurlers on the next market...

... and as the game progresses -- and dugouts keep calling bullpens -- guys at the bar make more sense ordering more drinks. Watching baseball is like chicken and the eggnog.

Rut-row... wasn't Breslow part of that front office?

I don't care if it's Mike Troutman, Mike Bassman or Mike Bluegill, the Sox need to restock the bullpen tank. It went swimmingly for awhile, but they're approaching creel limits.

I'm not sure about that. But I am sure Brez won't trade the Big 3 for Mason Miller or even one of them for Tanner Scott. And unless those clubs with elite relievers for sale get overpaid this week, they'll be waiting until the last possible second of the deadline to take someone's best, most desperate trade package... ... which means Red Sox fans better expect some untapped arms from the Dollar Store that Bailey thinks he can mold into the fold.

Don't forget, if you allow a Ghost Runner to score, it does not count as an earned run. But it could count as an L... ... and no manager should ever call on you when there's a problem with ectoplasmic entities, especially vs. the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man.

I noted this in the pregame. Nothing is more demoralizing than blowing a game at the end, especially when a team takes a late lead - twice. Jansen was due to cough one up, Kelly and Bernie conspired to lose Friday, and Weissert was the white flag both nights. Wink doesn't look as confident as he was coming out of the pen last year (maybe because of conflicts with the new mound plan). Breslow has a clear view of two lanes in front of him. Get in the left lane and peg it asap... or coast in the right lane and watch more driven rivals whiz right past him.

Most of us have ruled out these position players from helping much the rest of the way -- except for Casas... who a few of us still can't see how he can regain his past torque at the plate, even with a fully healed core (what kind of therapy could possibly prevent injury recurrence for a 24 year-old pro athlete built like a house named after plural houses). Injuries to Martin and Slaten may be more dire. We're less than two weeks away from annual meltdown month for overworked Red Sox relievers. At least tomorrow's Sunday, so we can check the Classifieds for the latest tag sales.