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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 28, 2024 20:29:06 GMT -5
New Spelling - "WHY?ssert" - as in why do we keep seeing him?
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Post by soxfaninnj on Jul 28, 2024 20:29:17 GMT -5
Inning should be over
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 28, 2024 20:31:14 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't get it. He used to put C-Vaz at 1B, but he won't put RobRef there. I mean that should tell you something about Refsnyder, no? Not with how much basic stuff Cora messes up on a nightly basis. He hasn't remotely earned the benefit of the doubt.
Romy hadn't played a single inning on 1B in the majors until this year. This is his fourth MLB season. Coming into the year Refsnyder had 227 innings at 1B in parts of 4 seasons. Even if you don't want to start him there, how is playing him there for three innings more terrifying than the delta between Yoshida/Abreu and Dom Smith in a situation like that?
Edit: And you could also just immediately swap in Smith defensively if Refsnyder at 1B is just an absolute no no for whatever reason. Do they really think they're getting multiple PHs in this game in situations more important than that?
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Post by kevfc89 on Jul 28, 2024 20:31:35 GMT -5
White flag Weissert
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Post by wildsox on Jul 28, 2024 20:31:59 GMT -5
What a shift in feeling from Friday night
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 28, 2024 20:32:25 GMT -5
Breslow should call everyone tonight put it all up for sale and call up Mayer. End this embarrassment and Cora is a joke 3 straight years he’s let this team fall apart 1 game out if a playoff spot. Punt. Brilliant. And even better, have Mayer jump from AA to the majors because its not like that would be a tough jump to make or anything like that. Engeniused.
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 28, 2024 20:32:27 GMT -5
Cora punted this game the moment he got Booser up. I'm sorry for harping on this but this is so hard to watch. I have lots of patience for physical errors, but very little for mental errors, especially when you have a brain trust to consult and time to mull it over.
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Post by kevfc89 on Jul 28, 2024 20:32:51 GMT -5
I mean that should tell you something about Refsnyder, no? Not with how much basic stuff Cora messes up on a nightly basis. He hasn't remotely earned the benefit of the doubt.
Romy hadn't played a single inning on 1B in the majors until this year. This is his fourth MLB season. Coming into the year Refsnyder had 227 innings at 1B in parts of 4 seasons. Even if you don't want to start him there, how is playing him there for three innings more terrifying than the delta between Yoshida/Abreu and Dom Smith in a situation like that?
If Boone had made the same decision we'd be laughing at his incompetence.
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Post by asm18 on Jul 28, 2024 20:32:56 GMT -5
Cora punted this game the moment he got Booser up. I'm sorry for harping on this but this is so hard to watch. I have lots of patience for physical errors, but very little for mental errors, especially when you have a brain trust to consult and time to mull it over. Who did you want him to put in
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 28, 2024 20:32:56 GMT -5
I’d give anything for a look at Yorke at 2b. Or Maher at ss and move Rafaela to 2b.
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Post by wildsox on Jul 28, 2024 20:33:54 GMT -5
Why the heck is Criswell up now?
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Post by markm7 on Jul 28, 2024 20:34:06 GMT -5
I’d give anything for a look at Yorke at 2b. Or Maher at ss and move Rafaela to 2b. Grissom will be back soon at 2nd doubt they put Yorke on the 40. Mayer makes sense at SS then Rafaela back to CF and Duran in LF
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Post by Legion of Bloom on Jul 28, 2024 20:35:41 GMT -5
Why the heck is Criswell up now? Cora’s doing his best Boone impression today.
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 28, 2024 20:35:55 GMT -5
Cora punted this game the moment he got Booser up. I'm sorry for harping on this but this is so hard to watch. I have lots of patience for physical errors, but very little for mental errors, especially when you have a brain trust to consult and time to mull it over. Who did you want him to put in Criswell. It was the obvious decision. He is one of the better arms in the pen and 6 of 8 arms in the pen had pitched on back to back days.
And now Criswell is up anyway... Cora is legit treating him like Anderson. His last appearance was 7 scoreless in Colorado. I have no idea what Cora is thinking.
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Post by jdb on Jul 28, 2024 20:36:25 GMT -5
August schedule is brutal we’re going to wish we were in a position to sell in about 1-2 weeks.
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Post by wildsox on Jul 28, 2024 20:36:52 GMT -5
Why the heck is Criswell up now? Cora’s doing his best Boone impression today. Criswell should’ve been the first one in after Houck. Awful managing
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Post by Legion of Bloom on Jul 28, 2024 20:37:40 GMT -5
Cora’s doing his best Boone impression today. Criswell should’ve been the first one in after Houck. Awful managing He lost me at Dom Smith over Yoshida.
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Post by soxfan06 on Jul 28, 2024 20:37:58 GMT -5
I can’t wait until we trade a bunch of prospects only to watch this team still miss the playoffs. Absolutely nuts after watching this team post ASB thinking they should be buyers.
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Post by station13 on Jul 28, 2024 20:39:17 GMT -5
These are some trash relievers on the roster.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 28, 2024 20:39:40 GMT -5
the beatings will continue until morale improves...
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Post by markm7 on Jul 28, 2024 20:41:06 GMT -5
Only good thing about loses like tonight is it gets this team closer to being out of it which in turn gets us closer to Mayer debut
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 28, 2024 20:41:53 GMT -5
I would be laughing if I weren't...
oh hell, yes, I am laughing. It is just too deja vu from recent seasons. You can't make this stuff up.
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Post by incandenza on Jul 28, 2024 20:43:26 GMT -5
I would argue that this game falls in the "all the starters are regressing" bucket more than the "all the relievers are regressing" bucket. Though there are ominous indications that we may be entering the "team plays listlessly down the stretch" bucket.
Plenty of buckets to go around, in any case.
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Post by jdb on Jul 28, 2024 20:46:22 GMT -5
Sea , @ Texas @ KC , Houston, Texas , @ Baltimore @ Houston. Brutal next 3 weeks.
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Post by briam on Jul 28, 2024 20:47:52 GMT -5
I don’t see how you can justify spending prospect capital on this team at this point. Waited too long and the moments past. Schedule is a gauntlet and every single pitcher has hit a wall. Spend your resources this winter.
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