MiddleCoastBias

This is peak usage of "actually", missing the forest for the trees. We're not commenting on his effectiveness as a baseball player or what this has anything to do with the Sox organization.

I've suggested for Cease, feel like he's more attractive to them with age and recent shiny prospect ranking. I would happily dump ReyLo on them for Benny

Welcome to my club! Been pining for him for years (and yes I know he's regressed the last year+). Boston getting him at #7 and we follow that pick with Fulmer has always stood out as "what could have been vs. what we actually got" scenario for me. Would love to see him on this team next year, think he fits our need.

The one thing I find encouraging about Cease is how highly Giolito talks about his work ethic and drive to get better. I think that focus alone gives him a better chance to succeed than Lopez, and sounds very similar to what Giolito was facing and overcame through hard work and determination.

That's why I think he's a buy-low candidate, but I know the Red Sox aren't at a point of selling low on him yet

I'm stumping hard for a trade with Boston of Cease+ for Benintendi.

My dream is that we trade Cease+ to Boston for Benintendi and stick him in RF. I'm going to be pushing that all off-season.

I want to ask "who, Rodon or Ricky?", but the answer is clearly both.

He's also put all of his pitchers into positions that they're not used to. Relievers are like goalies, creatures of habit. Any given day they know "I'm the 7th inning guy", "I'm the 8th", "I come in for this type of situation", etc. Today Ricky decided to blow it all up and try something totally new, didn't give Dunning an opportunity succeed, and now everyone on the bench is looking around like they have no idea who is up next.

Bump so we don't need to start a new thread.

What's the emergency, "help us, Mazara, we've scored too many runs"?

Live look at the A's studio technician playing the same crowd noise on literally everything

I'm sick of hearing things like "this series is over if we lose either Gio or Dallas' start, we can't win game 3". Sure, the rest of the starters aren't elite, but few teams have 3 elite SPs. This team still knows how to win games when Cease, Dunning, and Lopez start, going a combined 16-11 (starter's record 8-7). Dylan Cease - 6-6 (5-4) Dane Dunning - 6-1 (2-0) Reynaldo Lopez - 4-4 (1-3) Game 3 isn't a lock with any of these guys, but quit acting like the season is over if we lose today or tomorrow. Lot of baseball to play and I'm not writing them off yet.

Swap Leury for Mazara and you've got yourself a deal.

In DeeRo we trust. I still question if we can ramp up immediately after we "toned it down" after the clinch, but we shall see.

When do we have to officially declare the playoff roster? And what does that look like compared to years past eg. players being shifted on and off the official roster?

Garrett Crochet is going to be a household name in baseball by next year.

Never doubted this team, you guys ?

Remember when the team slogan was "Ricky's boys don't quit?" Watching how they're playing for him now, well.... that seems like a long time ago.

The umps are looking at him like the principal in high school that refuses to give detention to the goodie-two-shoes that skips school on senior skip day because "he's just too nice and didn't really mean it".

Why in all holy hell is he throwing Cordero AGAIN. He's pitched half the season. We know who he is. Throw literally any other arm to get them some work in this game. Good LORD Ricky is the worst.

After this absolutely bizarre Bill Murray broadcast, I'd like to go back to the world where ESPN forgets we exist.

Where's the "I'm laughing because I'm crying under the crushing weight of reality" response emoji?

ESPN is just a joke of a network and has a joke of a broadcast team.

Nah, he's just charting his way back to familiar waters the best way he knows how.