Second Guesser's Club - North of the Border.

[The Gray Eagle]

Last place teams that are playing .470 ball don't play important games in late July.

They are what they are.

I disagree, those games Tampa played last week could turn out to be important. 

 

[mt8thsw9th]

Well, it was important, and Buchholz went back to being a pumpkin. Sometimes when people who are expected to be be frontline starters don't live up to their billing, they will help sink a team. I'm not fapping at the opportunity to break up this team at the moment (because I don't see the returns from trades being significant enough), but Buchholz has to be on the block this winter. The upside to the Red Sox (and any team that would take a gamble on him) is that his contract is one year plus two team options. 
 
Clay is a weird pitcher in that he's an underachiever stuff-wise and the inability to ever put up a full season's worth of innings, but someone whose ERA has actually overachieved his FIP. He seems like the type of guy who didn't have a strong enough third pitch to make up for his IQ, and separately would have never landed on the Red Sox had he not stolen laptops from a middle school and scared other teams off from drafting him (whether it was his makeup or lack of competition).

 

[Plympton91]

I disagree, those games Tampa played last week could turn out to be important. 

It's amazing. Look at Tampa's lineup. How are they scoring more runs than the Red Sox. Maybe Maddon really is a damn genius, at least compared to Farrell.

 

[geoduck no quahog]

I'd like to hear more criticism of the outfield positioning against those batters.
 
I also recall Nava being in perfect position to snare what would typically have been a fly-ball drop-in late in the game and thinking what great positioning that was.
 
Also, I'd like to hear what Farrell could have done differently in this game besides pitch better, field better and hit better...because there seemed to be a lot of criticism of him in the game thread with no backup.

 

[Bone Chips]

This one is on Buchholz, not Farrell. Your team spots you three runs, and you shit the bed without a diaper. The guy just isn't reliable. All the more reason to sign Lester.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

Too bad he has to pitch against other teams than Houston.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

 
Also, I'd like to hear what Farrell could have done differently in this game besides pitch better, field better and hit better...because there seemed to be a lot of criticism of him in the game thread with no backup.

BROCK HOLT was not in the starting lineup.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Brock Holt! returns!
 
Holt 2B
Victorino RF
Ortiz DH
Napoli 1B
Nava LF
Drew SS
Bogaerts 3B
JBJ CF
Vazquez C
De La Rosa RHP