Ducksnort

It must suck to be the Yankees or at least a fan of them. They are over 30 games above .500 and still 9.5 games behind Boston for first in the division.

Gio looking more sharp and confident up there. Great to see him improve

Why they didn't put a roof on Target Field is something I will never understand.

Not sure if this has been posted or not, but a quote from Rick Hahn: “Outside noise or emotion or even passion or excitement for seeing the rebuild progress has nothing to do with our decisions in terms of the timing of promotions,” Hahn said. “Each of these decisions are motivated by what’s best in terms of putting both the organization and the individual player in the best long-term position to reach their potential..." I personally think this should be the benchmark for the next guys that will get called up.

I wonder if Cease will follow a similar path to the Majors next year as Kopech did this year, barring injury of course.

Thank you. A positive thread in regards to the team's future. Yes, the team is playing better baseball. Can only hope this continues through August, Carry's through September and into next year.

I hope Eloy gets called up this week...going to the game in Detroit on Saturday, and will juuust miss the Kopech start. Would love to see Eloy at least. Not sure it makes sense to call him up before the september callups though.

THANK YOU

Well you can sit on your couch all depressed that Kopech is making his debut while the rest of us are on the edge of our seats watching our young phenom make his dreams come true.

YESSS. Finally service time arguments can be put to rest.

Couldn't hit the guy with a 9 era. Avi 4-49 over last 53? Man what a slump.

Bunting with 2 strikes is dumb for anyone to do. This is the second time I've seen the Sox do this and both have resulted in free outs for the other team. Come on. Engel already had 2 singles, let him swing.

Yeah just like last season. September was a very good month for the team, which led many to believe (myself included) they might surprise and vie for a wildcard spot. Sox are actually above .500 in August...8-7.

Sometimes I Sometimes I think some of you are on here just to complain. When this team is going deep in the playoffs in 3-5 years yall will still call for Hahn's head or KWs head or whatever. Not every GM is perfect. How the hell was he supposed to know dude was on drugs? Everyone praised this signing the moment it happened. No one knew what Narvaez or Smith would be like this year, and we needed a vet to work with the young pitchers.

Same, except if they do wait for service time purposes, I really don't understand what Hahn means when he says to use Moncada and Giolito as blueprints to how these guys will be treated in terms of promotions. Moncada really ready last year to be called up last year, but Kopech and Eloy are. Maybe it's different because Gio and Moncada both already had major league time accrued before being traded to the Sox?

Yolmer

Kopech final line: 6 IP, 67 of 93 pitches for strikes, 1 run, 7 hits, 9 K, ZERO walks...AGAIN. 1 HBP I suppose...

He's had a loooongg season. I think he deserves a little leeway to finish off these last few weeks of August. The real Madrigal critiquing can start next season.

Lol what the hell does that even mean

I agree with this. The Brewers would be a decent option for Shields if they get desparate, and the Sox have actually been making some deals with the Brewers in recent history. They traded Saladino to Milwaukee this year, last year was it Jennings they traded for Cordell? And I think there is one more relatively recent trade they made but I'm not 100% on that one.

Weird, I could've sworn when I looked at today's pitching matchups yesterday Cease was supposed to pitch today, but now he is slated for tomorrow. Either I saw it wrong or they pushed him back a day for some reason.

Remember when Rodon used to have horrible control issues? Seems like most people forgot how bad he was with the walks and lack of control. He seems to really have honed that in.

Beautiful slider

It does make sense, if you think about it. I never said the numbers didn't mean more. I iust said they mean nothing to me lol. All I'm stating here is my personal opinion. You don't have to agree with me. You can dig up all the stats you want. I know that I remember Sale not pitching well often.when something was on the line. I don't have specifics, and I don't feel like taking the time to look up the games to defend my point. So, my argument is invalid I suppose.

Man I hope Abreu is with us still when we are good, and hopefully he is still as good in 2-3 years as he is now. On another note, Matty D is really starting to show me he doesnt have a spot on this team next year.