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QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 07:04 PM) Lol stop it. Beck doesn't suck. He still has a 3.5 ERA in AA. First you say you want Allen Craig now you say Angel Sanchez is the 2nd most exciting pitching prospect in the minors currently after Sox got him a week ago. Come on man. I didn't say that I wanted Allen Craig. Just that it's an idea to be considered. If he was left-handed, then it would be more exciting. As it is, it's a MEH type of move, but could pay off dividends in the future as Craig has a solid history of 800 OPS hitting on championship teams. The biggest problem is we don't have anyone the Cardinals would really want. They already have Peralta. Unless they're going to move Peralta to 3B and Carpenter back to 2B, or play Alexei at 2B, which would be even crazier.

Tigers were down 5-0 in the first. Now up 10-5 and counting. Will turn into an easy Verlander victory.

This line-up is so weird. Our coldest hitter still hitting 2nd. Tyler still playing everyday. Our hottest hitter, Viciedo, hitting 7th.

With Montas, Hawkins and Anderson all out....our minor league watch list is pretty limited. Horrid Johnson starts, Jared Mitchell recriminations, Trey M., May and Barnum in Winston-Salem, Tyler Danish and then Sanchez/Semien/Saladino/Davidson in Charlotte. Angel Sanchez is the 2nd most exciting pitcher at the moment, after Tyler. Beck sucks.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:57 PM) Hard to tell, but could De Aza have caught Napoli's double? I couldn't tell where it hit off the monster. Don't think so. Eaton had the worse misplay that inning, but it was kind of made academic by Pedroia's double.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:54 PM) BTW, why in the hell is Flowers starting with Danks on the mound? Even if he was playing decently, it seems like they've played Flowers way too often this year. Because the best Hahn could come up with was a catcher who COULD be starting in Birmingham.

90 pitches already. Belisario up. White Sox had that golden opportunity to blow the game wide open early and Viciedo, DeAza and Flowers couldn't get it done. Knew that was going to come back to bite them somehow at Fenway. Danks throwing more change-ups than fastballs, seemingly.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:49 PM) Danks trying to blow this game... Boston was the World Series winner last year. As bad as things have gotten, they still have a lot of pride...and even the belief they can get back into the race this year, albeit a faint belief.

Bogaerts 4/6 with 2 walks career-wise against Danks. So much for the lead. Need to trade him ASAP. There's just no way he's going to be anything but a .500ish 4th starter. That's not worth the money they are paying him, even in modern baseball economics. The only out this inning was hit 410 feet.

This inning falling apart pretty quickly.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/brazil-s-wors...-222748085.html Good story that kind of captures the disaster from a national/global perspective. Brazil will take a long time to recover from this one. The Olympics will help, but the anti-politicians/corruption/spending waste mood is palpable.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:36 PM) I thought this year would be a bit of a cleanse with some new faces but my sunny outlook is being pissed on by the same old Beckham and Flowers. I look forward to never seeing either as a starting player on the Sox after this season. Flowers can stay around as a backup catcher if he wants, Beckham can just go away. More like an enema.

Things are getting so bad, I wouldn't be against bringing back AJ Pierzysnki for one year, lol. Carp, Gomes, AJ, Peavy are all on the block. Napoli will generate a lot of trade interest, but he's been slumping recently. Unfortunately not LHed. If you're the Red Sox, do you try to trade Lester? Big decision. Harder to bring him back, but they've been pretty open to letting veterans at age 30 or above leave for greener pastures. Still, he's their ace.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:32 PM) I knew Beckham was struggling but wow have his overall numbers really plummeted. He's another game or two from being below .200 against RHP. It won't get any easier for him against Rubby De La Rosa tmrw. Flowers strikes out. Not newsworthy.

18 consective innings in a row without a run for Boston. Not good. Danks is giving them plenty of chances, 4 walks...in the Top 10 for that category, as well as 14 homers allowed (28 in 2013). Lucky the wind didn't help Ross' ball over the Green Monster there.

Stupid play, DeAza, unless you know you're going to be safe. The last player in baseball you want leading off an inning now is Tyler Flowers.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 06:03 PM) If you guys are going to get this down on Eaton this quickly, you're just not going to enjoy being a baseball fan Not down. Just expected a bit more. It's good to have high expectations. After all, Adam was the one who helped to set them, just like Gordon did in his rookie season and when he was drafted. Really, it wouldn't matter if his OPS was 625-650, we'd have no choice but to play him everyday. So in Boston, Jose Abreu is Jose Aruba, DeAza is Diaz and Viciedo is Visay-yeahdo. Not good.

One thing he would bring is lots of experience around a winning/playoff team. We need these types of veterans to mix in with our young core IMO.

Mark Salas coaching 1B with Daryll Boston gone. Salas is a rare palindrome. BTW, the Justin Verlander Train got derailed again tonight. Five runs surrendered in the first inning (including a Juan Game-Winning URIBE tater). Now batting, Jose Aruba....ugh...Abreu. Good job Red Sox radio team.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 05:34 PM) I stopped reading after that.... Pretty sure a 695 OPS and 264 average isn't very good...unless our bar is set really low. Plus, he hasn't been walking or stealing enough bases for a leadoff hitter. He's been okay, but I'd venture if you look up the expectations the day he was acquired, they were for a 750-825 OPS line, 340 OBP, etc.

DeAza 0 for 7 with the bases loaded this season. Yikes. Gee, another Flowers K. What a surprise.

Beckham 348 vs LHP, 209 vs. RHP. Yikes. 2 for his last 25. 14 innings and counting without a run for the Red Sox.

Because they're showcasing Beckham for a trade, lol. Eaton's really been slumping his last ten games again. Such an inconsistent season from him. Has to be considered a bit of a disappointment so far, but not quite to the point where he's not projected to start again in 2015 (and honestly, who else do we even have to replace Viciedo and DeAza, let alone Adam?)

What I meant was when half their "real" prospects start failing like Olt and Lake. There are already major question marks around Almora (power/promoted too quickly), Baez (fielding/contact) and Soler (health). Johnson and Edwards have been out. The prospects doing really well are Bryant (high K numbers still, you have the feeling he might be too overconfident and get exposed), Alcantara, Schwarber and the 19 year old Korean pitcher (think he's at Daytona). Vizcaino and some of the AAA starters look good on paper, but that doesn't always translate (see Jamie Carroll). Even Russell has some health concerns now with the hamstring problem/s. BTW, Cubs have not lost four in a row.

Have Beckham and Flowers bottomed out? We'll find out soon enough. Workman might be pitching for another team soon...or Peavy. Red Sox desperately need OF bats, and dearly miss the presence of Victorino, their "does all the little" things glue player.