On this week's episode of the Red Sox Beat hosted by Mike Petraglia he welcomes Lou Merloni the co-host of Ordway, Merloni & Fauria WEEI 93.7FM, NBC Sports Boston Baseball Analyst and former MLB Player to the podcast to discuss the Alex Verdugo incident, Chris Sale's return, expectations for the 2nd half of the season and more!

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0:00 Introducing Lou Merloni
00:45 Defending Alex Verdugo…  
4:02 Why Verdugo moment shows Alex Cora is perfect for this team…
7:54 Sale getting ready to return but they still need to deal for a Starter…
13:43 Jarren Duran and Tanner Houck debuts
22:16 Realistic Red Sox expectations for 2nd half