Game 107: That was ugly; Yanks smoke Sox

Smoltz to the pen and ortiz/lowell platoon at DH. I can’t stand watching Lowell flounder any more at 3rd.

Don’t rush Dice-K back, unfortunately, I think we are going to need him if we get into the playoffs.

theres no reason to think that smoltz could be good in the pen though. releasing him is a possibility but more likely they’ll DL him. i think this might have been his last start. one more is all they can reasonably give him.

ortiz has returned to looking like he’s done, so a platoon with lowell at DH would give us more productivity there and spare us Mike’s defense.

The fifth spot should go to Bowden right now, but with the pattern of this year with our starters, where every one of them except for Wake needed a month or two to get up to speed (or just never got up to speed) I have no reason to believe that he could come up and be effective. same goes for byrd, tazawa, ET FUCKING CETERA. And its not like Smoltz is the only problem. Penny has been terrible. ERA of five, and he’s our default third starter. Who knows if Buch will figure it out this year. But Smoltz is the worst. Get him out now, give the spot to Bowden, and lets hope Dice-K and Wake are both back before September first. being effective is a whole other thing though, which i feel i cant even hope for now.

and yes, platooning lowell and papi would mean that Lowrie or Green would need to play third, so finding a damn SS who can play would be nice. but i think Lowrie is hurt now, so I give up

More optimistically, WE’RE GONNA TAKE THREE OUT OF FOUR, or at least split. I promise. Beckett, Buch, and Lester are gonna clean up.

I feel like every post I read you just crush Nick Green. We get it, he’s not an all-star shortstop but he certainly didn’t lose last nights game for us. Frankly, we need a heck of a lot more than a waiver wire shortstop to fix this club. Please, be more constructive with your feedback.

Which is why you have a coach and a GM to tell them, “see ya!” If the inmates run the asylum, you’re in trouble.

A few will see the handwriting on the wall, but most won’t……..especially if they are as competitive as Smoltz.

Soon, the Sox will have to make some tough decisions, once and for all, with a few other popular veterans or this team will remain decent, but with no more championships. You cannot keep going with guys who don’t produce anymore, despite what they’ve done in the past. If you leave it up to the players, most of them will never quit. I’ve seen many sad cases of Hall of Fame players hanging on with clubs, who want them only for name value. Hell, it happened to the greatest of them all: Babe Ruth.

I’d really like to give Ben Sheets a look. He was supposed to be coming back around this time, so if he could be healthy by September he’d be a great addition.