Red Sox On Deck Podcast Episode 23: Where’s the urgency?!

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images We are back for Episode 23 of the Red Sox On Deck Podcast, your go-to source for everything prospects on the Over the Monster Podcast Network. We started with two pieces of news from Worcester, which led to a lengthy venting session. Chris Sale, in his final rehab start on Saturday, went 4 2⁄3 shutout innings with nine strikeouts. Yairo Muñoz, meanwhile, has a 32-game hitting streak at Triple-A and is hitting .388 with 14 steals since July 1. Might either of these players have provided a spark to the major league club over the last two weeks? Bob and Shelly discussed the lack of urgency involved with leaving these great performances at a minor-league level and refusal to stray from the plan in Boston. Flexibility and options on the 26-man major league roster and 40-man are great in the first half of the season, but it doesn’t do you any good in August when you’re in danger of falling to fourth place and have the lowest wOBA in all of baseball at first base.

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