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His OPS was 1000 in May.

Yeah, and it certainly doesn't excuse him taking hittable fastballs more often than not. Just swing the f***ing bat.

He's never played in weather this cold. Just wait until it gets warm out. Oh wait

Do yourself a favor and stop watching Kaplan's show. The guy is a goof, and his panelists are a joke. Bernfield and Goc have as much knowledge as the keyboard I'm typing on. The best part was them discussing Moncada's strikeouts...as if the almighty Kris Bryant wasn't a strikeout machine early on. GMAB

Hinostroza also got a 2 year extension.

By all accounts, Bourdain was a great guy, too. I read a story that he was having issues getting a large piece of art into his home. A walker asked him if he wanted help so Bourdain said yes. After getting the art into his home, Bourdain offered him a bank-wrapped stack of $100's, which of course is $10,000 as gratuity. The fan said no but that's the kind of guy he was: fun, caring, and kind. It's too bad. You just never f***ing know.

Orioles- 19 wins Royals- 22 wins Sox- 24 wins Reds- 25 wins Time to string together some L's!

Then if that's the case, out goes the point of this thread because Renteria is in fact giving the Sox a chance to compete. FWIW, I'd put the odds of them finishing with the worst record in baseball at 1,000,000 to 1. The Orioles have 5 less wins already (and have seemingly been stuck at 19 for weeks now) and after Machado is traded, they might not win 45.

And when they make the playoffs, the opposing pitchers will be bad, or what?

So, the guy who isn't the greatest competitor will hit when the pressure is on as opposed to off? Isn't it typically the opposite? Also, please provide a link for the article where it talks about Moncada being uncompetitive.

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Won’t happen as long as the pitcher continues to get strikes called on pitches that miss by 4”

If the Marlins play in Baltimore and win 2-0, does anyone care?

Zavala, Collins, Jimenez, Rivers, Robert, & Gonzalez combined: 4-22.

You may run like Hays but you hit like shit

Davidson with the AB of the night

Great discussion there about MLB realignment. I’d like to see them go for realignment how it happened in the NHL assuming expansion in Portland & Vegas.

If their rotation in July 2020 is... Kopech Rodon Cease Hansen Lopez ...you’d be surprised?

I didn’t say they’d all be great. It sounds like your version of “hit” is a really good pitcher. I said one great, 2 good and 2 that are decent (fourth or fifth starters). I don’t think that’s necessarily out of the question especially with a group so large.

I’m aware of how it works. By no means does a good minor leaguer always turn into a good big leaguer, but when you have a ton of them having success, you’ll likely find 4-5 good ones. The Cubs also traded for Quintana & signed Lester, while Houston traded for Verlander & Cole. I think fans around here just assume the Sox have $0.00 to spend and no minor leaguers to trade one day, almost as if they can’t find a great starter, 2 good ones and 2 OK ones in their current system they’re doomed. The good news is, the Sox have the same access to trades and FA’s as the rest of the MLB does. Awesome concept.

You can’t field a 5 man rotation with 7 MILB pitchers who are killing it, one top 10 prospect who’s struggling, one top 75 prospect who’s hurt, one high draft pick, one MLB pitcher who’s done well and one MLB pitcher who’s struggled? If that’s the case, every major league baseball team is fucked.

So keeping in mind the pitchers that they have- Dunning, Rodon, Foster, Lopez, Hansen, Giolito, Pilkington, Henzman, Stephens, Kopech, Flores, Battenfield, and Cease- what was the point of your sarcastic line about too much pitching? Just, something to do?

Lopez has been pretty damn good this year, and it seems like since you were all aboard the “Lopez is a reliever” train preseason, you enjoy his bad starts over his good ones just you can post your sarcastic smiling emojis.

The people who are amazed at low attendance for a bad baseball team are something else. What do you expect?

Rodriguez finished 0-4 Gonzalez back in the KAN lineup. Rivera and Robert each started the night with a single.