GameThread: Red Sox @ Braves - June 26

by Randy Booth on Jun 26, 2009 7:00 PM EDT in Open Thread

Boston Red Sox at Atlanta Braves, Jun 26, 2009 7:35 PM EDT

New series for the Sox: those darn Braves again. The Sox's so-called "natural rivals." Here's what the series looks like:

Current Series

3 game series vs Braves @ Turner Field

Boston Red Sox Over the Monster @ Atlanta Braves Talking Chop Friday, Jun 26, 2009, 7:35 PM EDT Turner Field Josh Beckett vs Jair Jurrjens Partly cloudy,rain. Game time temperature around 90. Complete Coverage >
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What would Russell Branyan cost? With Lowell hurting, might be worth lookin into.

DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!

by matzushocka45 on Jun 26, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions

The M's are only 2.5 out in the west.

They’re not giving up Branyan.

by Ben Buchanan on Jun 26, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions

So, anyone around?

by Ben Buchanan on Jun 26, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions

by Black Yen Power G-Man Spy on Jun 26, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions

DO NOT BRING JACK WILSON OR NICK JOHNSON TO BOSTON !!!

by matzushocka45 on Jun 26, 2009 7:52 PM EDT reply actions

Seems not.

by Ben Buchanan on Jun 26, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Evening all

how’s the game looking? Just got in from the pub

by Brad West on Jun 26, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions

Papi!

He shouted into an empty thread

by Ben Buchanan on Jun 26, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions

I would still DFA or trade Papi

However, it is great he is hitting again, and he seems to show flashes of his Hall of Fame self…

by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions

DFA? Wut?

1.108 OPS in June not enough for you?

by Ben Buchanan on Jun 26, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Yup...

After his April and May slumps.. sentimentality is not a good way to make roster decisions.

Look, I think it is great that Papi is getting out of his slump, and he was the deadliest hitters in the AL, but I still think they should DFA him. I am heartless bastard..

I am expecting him to get better, but he is still having problem with off speed pitches.

by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Tell that to the changeup he killed a couple games ago.

Anyways, it ceases to be sentimentality when he’s performing at a pace better than most players in the league right now. If he falls back to the depths he started the year in, then maybe he’s really done after all. But to DFA him when he’s back to hitting like usual is ridiculous.

by Ben Buchanan on Jun 26, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions

That was the pitcher's fault

He thought he could make Papi swing early, but Papi picked up the change up..

Of course my argument is ridiculous, but I am sort of looking this through a risk management paradigm. Besides, What better way to get people to post than to say, “DFA Papi”..

Look, I am still very concern about his mechanics, but he seems to be connecting and not cheating as much as he did earlier in the season..

by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions

sentimentality?

the guy is hitting very well.

Seeing that the Sox are going to be paying him anyway, and he’s htiting the ball well, what’s so wrong with letting things be?

by RickD on Jun 26, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions

As they put it in a Monty Python Sketch

“There is no sympathy in Big Business”

I am just looking at this through a Risk Management perspective…

Perhaps I am still kind of testy that the Sox DFA Javy Lopez, (okay, okay, he should had been DFA)… but if it was anyone besides Papi, he would candy assed on Yawkey Way…

by superferret on Jun 26, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions