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More runs please. Howard isn't on his game , more extra base hits . Let's go !

Less flexibility from bulking up in the off season !

Even during the rebuild years The Rangers didn't win season series from the Sox like they have already accomplished this year.

1 for -17 now w/ RISP in the series

Sox 38-13 when they score 1st.

woohoo 1 for 16 w/ RISP now

Yoan sleeping at the plate again.

Vaughn GO means the Sox now 0-14 w/ RISP in the series.

I mentioned him the other day but no way the Sox do that. They are just going to keep trying to get Yoan right. He provides more positional versatility than Burger but MLB vs. AAA RHP pitching huge difference.

It did he didnt play @Charlotte last night so I'm sure he caught a flight 16-18 hrs ago and just announced it today.

He should be they called him up.

Plus he's a lot better against LHP and at home so besides the things you mentioned you can't carry a guy to play only against LHP at home at DH . He need reps against MLB RHP to improve in that area like Vaughn did and I doubt the Sox are going to try him in the OF like they did with Vaughn. Sheets is also great at home and terrible on the road but he can get a lot of Ab's at home because there are so many more RHP than LHP.

Handsome , great body , partyer and millionaire will get a lot of women. Hell, ugly, old and millionaire will get you plenty too.

The thing about hustle is it translates in wins a lot. Also not hustling on the bases usually translates to not hustling in the field and lazier AB's too. ABreu is one of the few that will run full speed (most of the time )and he's a better fielder and hitter for it.

FO didnt care either. No LH bats added.

Hits great at home ,misinformed fix.

If this ump gives that low out of the zone strike call on Dunning's sinker Sox well be pounding it into the ground all day.

Would be nice to see Sheets start hitting on the road .

Kopech looking very sharp.

Individuals being so different has a lot to do with it. Teach the same grip, same arm angle, same mechanics but lots more goes into it. Like a change up some guys can throw it and others can't. Pressure points with different length fingers, how hard you grip it it, torque from how your wrist snaps, length of your arm and stride. Biomechanics is supposed to help with that stuff but we don't even know how sophisticated the Sox are compared to other teams. Plus Cease build up his innings took a few years to get where he is now. Kopech brand new starter in MLB.

Makes you wonder if the Sox even scouted those 8 games or even how he looked in the minors or just did whatever the Sox did back then . If the W.Sox really wanted Devers instead but the R.Sox said no then they should have insisted the 3rd and 4th pieces be better. That way you might force the R.Sox hand and see just how badly they wanted to get rid of him. Like why are you wiling to give up Moncada but not Devers ? I don't know what Devers rank was at the time but there are ways to smell a rat in negotiations if you are shrewd enough and have some street savvy to go along with the Degrees.

No one close except Burger or Zach Remillard who will never be called up to replace Moncada. He's 28 never been in the bigs, decent year at Charlotte . Jack of all trades inf. guy mostly 3rd, SS, 2nd , little LF and very little RF ,RH, not much power, organizational guy, whole career with the Sox so far after being drafted.

Good at walks and fielding which helped his fWar and OPS a lot. Despite the 15 Hr's he was still under .400 slugging for most of the year until a September push got it above .400. Now he's only good at fielding, walk rate down , K's up, ISO and pretty much all offensive categories all down dramatically. Right now he's a -8.7 offensive fWar. Yas is even worse -14.9 offensive fWar. To give you a little perspective while he was here, Reese McGuire was -9.2 offensive fWar .

Quintana would've been good for pairing with Kopech because he throws LH . When you pair pitchers up you usually want to go with someone who throws with the opposite hand than the starter . So if the lineup is loaded with LHH they then have to face a LHP and it may force the opposing manager to make some early changes. VV or Lopez are not ideal for that situation. Plus Reylo, whenever we see him again, is now a late inning guy.

His personal choices like Yoans ,that we do not know the full extent of, will always be brought up when performance fails, even if its injury or pain related which we also never know the full extent. Most of us have a short lease with failure in light of total team , manager and FO failures too.