6/25-6/27 Red Sox vs. Yankees Series Thread

Wong looked good behind the plate last night. I'm hoping they give him a couple games a week. Thank you, mookie.

The second baseman isn't going over for the throw. Nobody to throw to.

Focus is on the batter

A pitchout would work

Ya the next two games is where it gets tough. You just spent ott and sawamura so they are done for at least the next two, three days. Whitlock threw two innings the other day and taylor warmed up three or four times last night that takes a toll on a rp. So your depending on 4 rp to get you through maybe 2 or 3 games.

I don’t think playing Santana over Dalbec constitutes a “white flag” lineup when you literally have all your best hitters in the lineup

Marwin + Santana + Kiké in the same line-up = White Flag.

Basically batting two pitchers in Marwin and Santana.

Myself....being a sage veteran of reverse jinx orthodoxy...thanks you, in advance, for your noteworthy attempt to help the team sweep today.

I hope your efforts are sincerely rewarded !!

  Who's missing? You think not wanting to watch Chavis flail at balls in the dirt = White Flag?

Based on the recent history between these 2 teams and expectations for this year it just seems fitting that the Sox will win this game with the bottom of the order playing a big part. Just the way it is between them, everything is to the extreme and the fanbases are always on a yoyo. It is there turn to have an over the top heart punch.

I still see the 2 to 6 hitters so I think you're overexagerating here. Chavis and Dalbec are kind of white flag themselves especially against RH velocity.

That's part of the problem, in my opinion. Kiké is kind of a super utility player but he's no Ben Zobrist, and he shouldn't be a starter he should be a fill-in three times a week guy and maybe a late-inning defensive replacement. But he's no solution. They need a legit CF (or LF and move Verdugo back to CF). I had a significant problem with the way Bloom built this team in the off-season. A lot of people loved the versatility, but this is not the NL Central. On a AL team they should carry one utility guy, a 4th OF and a back-up catcher and have legit players at all the other positions. To carry three utility players, two of whom live below the Mendoza line, is ill-advised and becomes outright stupid when the manager feels compelled to use them more than one at a time once or twice a week.

If Bloom was planning on being a 4th place team and building for the future this works. But to his credit he either inadvertently (a lá Cherington) built a contender or a combination of luck and three guys having career years have pushed this team into contention. Whatever the case the game is about adjusting or falling behind. Bloom needs to make a few adjustments unless he and Henry plan to just show face in the playoff race. There's a sharp cliff after Houston, Tampa and Toronto offensively. Then there's Chicago, the Red Sox and Oakland. I know it's more than offense, but the Sox defense and baserunning certainly hasn't been stellar either. If this is about winning - and in baseball those chances at the playoffs are finite and fleeting - then Bloom has to adjust.

First adjustment should be bring up Duran or Franchy and play them virtually every day for 2-3 weeks to see if either can cut it. If not, go get a lead-off hitter who's either an OF, or someone like Ketel Marte who's a legit hitter AND can play more than one position AND has significant service time remaining. A left-handed first-baseman would also be appreciated unless Dalbec can continue being short to the ball. Also, trade off (or in the case of Santana release) the chaff. Keep one of Kiké or Marwin and use AAA for back-up if someone goes down.

Or be happy to be also-rans and delude yourselves that this will be a repeat division-winning team somewhere down the road.

I agree, and I didn’t like the majority of the off-season either. But that doesn’t mean *Cora* is waving the white flag…. he’s doing what he can with what he has. Whether Kiké *ought* to be the starting CF is not the same as saying Cora has better options today.

Cora can’t call up Duran.