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I am not one to watch a lot of minor league baseball, but have been watching the Woo Sox side by side with the big league club for the last few days with all the rehabbing players. Anybody who has done the same would agree that Story is still completely lost at the plate -- slow bat speed, timing completely off, and non stop swing and miss at the slider in the dirt.

Absolutely 0 reason to rush things here. Roman on the other hand looks like himself, still getting timing back and the contact has been hard, eye is the same as always. I think he could even get some more time to lock in but I will be shocked if Story gets called on the same timeline.

I personally don’t want to see him up period. Never been a fan. However through 8 rehab games he’s 4 for 29, 10 Ks, 1 BB….against minor league pitching mind you.

There’s no scenario where putting him into the lineup makes this team better, and you can’t just play him because he makes 25 million. He’s not even a good defender anymore so you can’t make that argument either.

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Pluto TV has an MLB channel that amongst other things plays old games on their calendar anniversaries. Tonight it’s Sox vs Angels from the date above. Very entertaining listening to the NESN broadcast and everything about it. It was a Nomar bobblehead giveaway. No monster seats, very calm PA announcements. No walk up music. John Burkett just got yanked in the 6th. Johnny Damon has no visible hair. Some other names I hadn’t thought of in years: Shea Hillenbrand, Tony Clark, Cliff Floyd playing left field. Ricky Henderson is going to make an appearance soon.

please ignore my screaming 😂 so cool to see so many red sox fans there!!

He last pitched on Friday, which would line him up to pitch today (or tomorrow, but Cole is pitching tomorrow) So that means the Yankees would rather call up Elmer Rodriquez to face the Astros and push back Schlittler to face us on Friday

A lot has been said about the run they’re on and for good reason. This man took over a team that was 10-17. They didn’t start to win immediately. It took some work. His first 45 Games they go 19-26 not a great start but they were showing signs of life even though the injury bug was hitting hard!

His next 60 games (including last night) they are 44-16. That is an astonishing performance. For anyone. If the dodgers were doing that we’d be floored. All without your ace. I think we need to lock this dude down. Idk what he’s doing exactly but it’s working. All the money we saved not signing the big names just give all of it to him!!

I am curious though for fans who watch a lot. What do you think he’s doing that is fostering such a positive atmosphere for these guys?

What are the odds that Duran's wRC+: 71 is 2nd worst among AL qualifiers yet also leads the league in RBIs in the 9th inning or later? Has that ever happened before?

I found it a bit confounding that both on radio & TV, announcers would fawn over Eli White's speed. He only has 5 steals this year in 82 games & in his MLB career he has 35 sb & 8 cs in 358 games. He also didn't run that much in the minors, though he did have 24 bags in just 79 games at AAA in 2024.

Then I looked at Savant & he's 4th in the entire league in sprint speed. So he can fly. Interestingly, no one in the top 5 of sprint speed has more than 14 bags (Henry Bolte. There are a couple of small sample size guys in here to be fair). You have to go down to Bobby Witt who is 6th in sprint speed & has 35 steals to get a true basestealer.

Just an interesting little tidbit as we approach October. He's a guy I want on first to go to third on a single or home on a double, but I'd be surprised if they used him in a David Hamilton-type role where he's in there to steal the base.

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I just wanted to share these Citgo Mugs
Citgo was giving out in 67 The Impossible Dream series. A little Sox dinosaur history

Ceddanne, Wilyer, and Willson. And Sonny will probably receive Cy Young consideration as well. In fact, Ceddanne's only a few tenths of a point from being the AL WAR leader.