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With the nice extensions inked for the young core, this team should be in good shape financially to add free agent pieces. Can you imagine what TA would be worth in free agency if we had not extended him previously.

Bauer should absolutely be the #1 target this offseason imho.

I think that is a definite possibility and I think Kopech might be the sweetener to get a deal done. Just a feeling I have had for awhile.

This might be a bit off topic but I thought one of the questions for McCann in the post game press conference about whether this was a good first step for this team was just clueless. Why are you asking a guy that question who is heading out the door? Give that question to Grandal instead?

I doubt that they fire him. The only reason that I think they might is the criticism coming from Stone who really has seemed to be a bit of a mouthpiece for the front office recently. Steve made it pretty clear they were not making a move at the trade deadline and he sure was right about that.

Sure why not....are you willing to sign Bauer?

If he used Foster after Heuer with the bases empty instead of trying Rodon there, we might be talking about taking on Houston next week. But it's possible Foster would have not been able to find the plate in either scenario. But of course hindsight is 20/20. Having so many rookies in your bullpen for a pressure packed game is tough. To be honest, I am still pretty upset that Keuchel did not get the job done in game 2 (the type of game we brought him in for as a free agent) to make game 3 unnecessary.

Well at least we got the 1.

Did I expect him to be an elite reliever? No. Did I hope he wouldn't shit the bed? Yes.

Q was absolutely one of my favorite players when he was here but if he is our only starting pitching acquisition I will be very disappointed. Bauer has to be the #1 priority target in the offseason imho. I would also like them to get some veteran arms for the bullpen. Mazara had good at bats late in the season and the postseason. I think he is back next year.

The radio post game was frustrating to hear with some people saying fans never even expected them to make the playoffs this year. With the expanded playoffs, I think most people here expected them to. I think it's very reasonable as a Sox fan to be pissed tonight. The A's were very beatable as well as the Astros would have been next week. Here's a hot take....I'm pissed at the guy that was brought in here to pitch big games like yesterday. There is plenty of blame to go around, but I am most disappointed with Keuchel at the moment.

How in the world did we lose a 3 game series in which Timmy had 9 hits...I am just shocked by this. I was stuck in traffic on that last at bat by Jose and it sounded awful.

How about a wild pitch? Then a oppo single to tie it up?

Nomar has been hanging in tough against lefties.

7th innings have been big this season...let's do it one more time!!!

Bullpen severely let us down today, but our offense should have more than 6 runs...left alot of guys on the base early in the game.

I can't believe we were actually up 3-0 in this game. That seems like days ago.

Gonna need another big 7th inning.

If you are scoring at home, that is 7 walks in the last 2 innings (only one of them intentional) and a catcher's interference thrown in as well.

Yep, I'm afraid we deserve to lose this one. You can't give away that many free passes.

9th place hitter with 2 walks and a home run. Ugghhhhhh.

Need to keep them off the board in the bottom of this frame damnit!!!

I take back 78% of the bad things I said about him.

I thought the idea of putting Rodon in that pressure situation in his first appearance back was to see how he would handle it and he didn't then so?

2 walks with the bases loaded to give up the lead. I wanted Foster to start this game and clearly I was way wrong. Massive choke job by the young man.