NFT: 2 | New York Yankees vs. Boston Rod Sex - TGIF ed. (GM1)

he'll debut tomorrow. Mike Carp was DFA'd for anyone looking for a bench bat 1B that can theoretically also play OF, opening the spot for the return of Mookie Betts.

Anthony Ranaudo is making his major league debut tonight, one of the bevy of young arms at the top of the system the Sox will be using the rest of the way to gauge their major league future. In 119 innings in AAA this year he's 12-4 with a 2.41 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 99 strikeouts to 49 walks. Fastball sits low 90s and can reach mid 90s, best pitch is a plus curve and this year he's dropped the changeup for a slider which has markedly improved his minor league numbers.

to arrive. Prado is due to arrive at gametime apparently.

and since Holt can play 7 different positions I'm fine with him debuting tomorrow. If he gets in this evening maybe he can pinch hit late.

how do you feel about the team's unwillingness to spend money to keep its all-time great players over the last decade? I'm not prescribing a regular overpay but they seem pretty quick to cut bait with players the second they are set to earn any real money.

In comment 11790404 WeatherMan said:

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and since Holt can play 7 different positions I'm fine with him debuting tomorrow. If he gets in this evening maybe he can pinch hit late.

Yeah, we know. Papi was on record crying about it to anyone that would listen recently. Cespedes is gonna likely need a month to recover

Lester was publicly willing to take a hometown discount and they lowballed him to an extreme. Homer Bailey got 6 for $105 in February, go a little higher than that and a durable, homegrown lefty with a history of being dominant in the playoffs gets locked up long term. Now he'll be hitting the market and getting 6/150 or more to the highest bidder, and if that ends up being the Yankees I'll be fucking furious. I'm over the deal as with no hope for an extension it had to happen, but they had a chance to get this done in the spring and fucking blew it and that pisses me off to no end.

i will bet the yankees get lester. not having a pick attached to him will make him much more attractive to them.

But my unsolicited opinion is they they screwed this one up. Not so much by what line they do or do not have, but by the initial low ball offer that killed amicable in-season negotiation.

I actually disagree with your premise. It's generally length of contracts as opposed to numbers. Further, I saw an article today about long-term contracts (5,6,7 years) for over-30 pitchers. In almost very case, the team lost our over the life of Ty contract in terms of results. That even includes Verlander and Cliff Lee. So I'm actually okay with the principle. Now, whether Lester breaks the pattern and whether it's a poor idea to be inflexible in the philosophy is a good question.

to back Oakland this postseason, to make room for Gomes and Lester my cousin just got DFA'd. Damn.

You may get lucky and have him wind up on the Sox.

Since he was just DFAed by Oakland

he's been pitching well when given the chance, hopefully a team picks him up somewhere.

solid start to things.

someone the sox through away

you cheap bastid.

if Capuano leaves many more of those in the middle of the zone he's giving up a homer tonight.

you are being humble.

Cespedes alone has hit more homers this season than every OF on the Sox roster... combined.

They don't really understand or appreciate prospects. So trades always look bad to them even if the major league guy is mediocre...not that Price us...

They needed him out of Boston, even for a bag of balls. He was blocking Middlebrooks who they need to evaluate.

with contention out of the picture I'm looking forward to seeing the kids develop for the rest of the year - start Workman, start Webster, start De la rosa (until his innings limit), start Ranaudo, hell, maybe give Wright a shot, his control numbers for a knuckleballer this year have been crazy good in AAA.

They are already much better offensively. I'm not sure their record will be much different than before yesterday

To stay in the top 10

and that is why i was very surprised that friedman made that deal without getting back any top prospects.

Scherzer is sure to get a QO, amongst others

great power, plate discipline not so much.

Which is why this is not that great a move to move X

and still am - give him the chance to win it. If he can be an average defender there he's worth a ton with his bat. Marrero only recently got to AAA, I want to see him prove the step forward with the bat this year is real and not rush him up.

helluva play by Bogaerts to get it, kept the run from scoring

this guy is nonstop hustle, one of the few bright spots of this season

On the triple.

if that doesn't get in the stands Pedroia might've had 3. Another hit, 2-0.

Runs into trouble early. 2 runs should be enough for the Sox to win this one.

lots of strong contact that inning though, time for a pint.

left a fastball up and he turned on it.

3 quick outs, only 60 pitches through 4 innings for Ranaudo. Good composure out there.

gets the run in though, 3-1

They need to drop him down in the order, especially as Beltran gets hot.

solid work with runners on, needs to cut down on the lead off walks but overall that's a solid debut.

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Not a terrible thing

and now Ross is really limping, get him out of the game already dammit

it's probably Dan Butler coming up, they don't want to start the service clock on Swihart and Lavarnway is on the 60 day DL

For some reason I thought they released butler...I guess I was thinking of someone else

Not sure why I thought he was gone

going Vazquez full time isn't a bad thing though, he's going to be the primary C next year

for a guy profiled as a LOOGY that was a nice 1-2-3.

way to stand there and take three strikes.

I wouldn't be shocked if it was next August. Love him based on what I read.

all the reports have his defense major league ready, and that was the concern going through the minors as he can rake at the plate. Keep him at the minors for the first two months of next year minimum for service time purposes, and he'll likely break through not too long thereafter.

seem like a sound defensive alignment.

good night at the plate for Pedroia

going tomorrow equals another loss

Jeter launches the first offering from Tazawa over the monster. 4-3.

just robbed Beltran of at least a double

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In comment 11790590 nygnyy274 said:

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going tomorrow equals another loss

We should be beating these scrubs.

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might need more than 3 from him tonight, Tazawa not himself thus far

about you for the rest of the season.

3 outs from getting the rook a win in his debut.

1-2-3, Sox win

Cant even beat a crappy Sox team and a rookie pitcher.

3 of 4 to a pair of the worst teams in baseball.

The scariest part is they don't look even the slightest bit better than those "bad" teams.

That catch in center was a back breaker, saved the game.

Pathetic.
At least Beltran is starting to hit.

In comment 11790595 Dave in Hoboken said:

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In comment 11790590 nygnyy274 said: Quote: going tomorrow equals another loss We should be beating these scrubs.

Sadly they can't. The last 2 weeks they have faced nothing but garbage pitching aside from Darvish I shiver to see what the tigers are going to do against this shit offense next week when they throw their best 4 pitchers at this pathetic offense. Price making his tiger debut Tuesday

is finally higher than his OBP, for seemingly the first time all season.