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Post by briam on Jul 30, 2024 21:14:39 GMT -5
Bullpen melts and bad defense are a TOUGH watch.
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Post by asm18 on Jul 30, 2024 21:17:30 GMT -5
Bello during a day game tomorrow
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jul 30, 2024 21:22:15 GMT -5
Raffy slugging a cool .600 entering tomorrow’s rubber match
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Post by cdj on Jul 30, 2024 21:29:13 GMT -5
Kirby tomorrow
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Post by cheers on Jul 30, 2024 21:29:32 GMT -5
Raffy slugging a cool .600 entering tomorrow’s rubber match Young man is earning that big bag of cash. Much to my surprise, without being brutal in the field. His contract looks MUCH better if he stays at third until he is 30ish... The difference in his plate approach this year is pretty stunning - particularly if we factor in that he's been a little dinged all year.
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Post by asm18 on Jul 30, 2024 21:36:02 GMT -5
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 30, 2024 21:57:22 GMT -5
26-28 at Fenway. Home Sweet Home...not at this point.
2 back of Minn and KC for the WC
Playoff odds down to 38% on FanGraphs
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Post by bosoxnation on Jul 30, 2024 22:42:08 GMT -5
Pitchers are clearly cooked. The amount of runs we've given up in the last 2 weeks is atrocious. We gotta score 14 runs to win a game. Offensively not bad at all. Defense and Pitching had been extremly hard to watch. Can't be signing Baileys praises after giving up 9 freaking runs a game in our last 8.
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Jul 30, 2024 22:47:11 GMT -5
Pitchers are clearly cooked. The amount of runs we've given up in the last 2 weeks is atrocious. We gotta score 14 runs to win a game. Offensively not bad at all. Defense and Pitching had been extremly hard to watch. Can't be signing Baileys praises after giving up 9 freaking runs a game in our last 8. The pitching would have looked a lot better if not for the god awful fielding and Yohan Ramirez. To me, Paxton looked promising. Coop was also money. Offense didn’t give up. Again, take away those bonehead fielding plays and I saw positive signs. Also, if Garcia and Sims were in Boston tonight, I think it would be a very different result.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 31, 2024 6:27:15 GMT -5
Pitchers are clearly cooked. The amount of runs we've given up in the last 2 weeks is atrocious. We gotta score 14 runs to win a game. Offensively not bad at all. Defense and Pitching had been extremly hard to watch. Can't be signing Baileys praises after giving up 9 freaking runs a game in our last 8. The pitching would have looked a lot better if not for the god awful fielding and Yohan Ramirez. To me, Paxton looked promising. Coop was also money. Offense didn’t give up. Again, take away those bonehead fielding plays and I saw positive signs. Also, if Garcia and Sims were in Boston tonight, I think it would be a very different result. I don't know how he looked promising. His numbers weren't that good against the free swinging Mariners. His meh start could have been better, but turned into an atrocious one because of the awful defense. Take that one inning out he still gave up 2 runs in 4 innings including a HR and a double. I'm just giving him an incomplete grade. It's concerning they pulled him against Justin Turner with a low pitch count, but I'm guessing it wasn't because Cora thought Paxton's stuff was becoming flat, but rather a bad matchup and that situation determined the game.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 31, 2024 6:42:09 GMT -5
The pitching would have looked a lot better if not for the god awful fielding and Yohan Ramirez. To me, Paxton looked promising. Coop was also money. Offense didn’t give up. Again, take away those bonehead fielding plays and I saw positive signs. Also, if Garcia and Sims were in Boston tonight, I think it would be a very different result. I don't know how he looked promising. His numbers weren't that good against the free swinging Mariners. His meh start could have been better, but turned into an atrocious one because of the awful defense. Take that one inning out he still gave up 2 runs in 4 innings including a HR and a double. I'm just giving him an incomplete grade. It's concerning they pulled him against Justin Turner with a low pitch count, but I'm guessing it wasn't because Cora thought Paxton's stuff was becoming flat, but rather a bad matchup and that situation determined the game. Yeah, the defense stunk again, but the pitching was not good. Paxton was undermined by his defense no doubt but he wasn't particularly good. The Sox go up 3-1 on Devers' blast and a shutdown inning would have been huge, si what does he do? He gets 2 hits out quickly and then gives up a HR. Cant blame the defense there. Kelly comes into the game and nearly gives up a grand slam. Cant blame the defense on that one. Kelly has been brutally bad ever since the Slaten and Martin injuries when Cora had to rely on him more. I'm hoping the Garcia and Sims acquisitions knock Kelly into more of a middle man role, which he was in yesterday but it didnt go well. Ramirez was awful and pretty much has always been. He couldn't even succeed pitching in the cozy confines of Dodges Stadium. He is nothing more than one of the many pitchers the Sox have quickly cycled thru who can be forgotten 5 minutes later. The pitching has been brutal and yeah, the defense has started to act up again. With that combo, it's kind of like the chicken and the egg, which came first? If they pitch better I think the defense will get into a better flow. Hyst like if the defense settles down, the pitching should get better. But all o know is for the past 2 weeks the pitching has been horrendous and I'm not sure what the pitching coach ad company are able to do to stop this but they have to do something or else theyll find themselves behind Minbesota, KC, Seattle, and even a Tampa team that has punted. Today is a big game, not insurmountable if they lose, but it's important and the pitching matchup is ominous. I hope Bello doesnt put them in an early hole line he has quite often done throughout the season. They really need to win this one and actually take a series against a team they need to stay in front of.
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Post by asm18 on Jul 31, 2024 7:09:55 GMT -5
The winner of today wins the season series and thus the tiebreaker if the Sox and Mariners are in a two-way tie for a Wild Card Spot after Game 162
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Post by shagworthy on Jul 31, 2024 7:54:25 GMT -5
I don't know how he looked promising. His numbers weren't that good against the free swinging Mariners. His meh start could have been better, but turned into an atrocious one because of the awful defense. Take that one inning out he still gave up 2 runs in 4 innings including a HR and a double. I'm just giving him an incomplete grade. It's concerning they pulled him against Justin Turner with a low pitch count, but I'm guessing it wasn't because Cora thought Paxton's stuff was becoming flat, but rather a bad matchup and that situation determined the game. Yeah, the defense stunk again, but the pitching was not good. Paxton was undermined by his defense no doubt but he wasn't particularly good. The Sox go up 3-1 on Devers' blast and a shutdown inning would have been huge, si what does he do? He gets 2 hits out quickly and then gives up a HR. Cant blame the defense there. Kelly comes into the game and nearly gives up a grand slam. Cant blame the defense on that one. Kelly has been brutally bad ever since the Slaten and Martin injuries when Cora had to rely on him more. I'm hoping the Garcia and Sims acquisitions knock Kelly into more of a middle man role, which he was in yesterday but it didnt go well. Ramirez was awful and pretty much has always been. He couldn't even succeed pitching in the cozy confines of Dodges Stadium. He is nothing more than one of the many pitchers the Sox have quickly cycled thru who can be forgotten 5 minutes later. The pitching has been brutal and yeah, the defense has started to act up again. With that combo, it's kind of like the chicken and the egg, which came first? If they pitch better I think the defense will get into a better flow. Hyst like if the defense settles down, the pitching should get better. But all o know is for the past 2 weeks the pitching has been horrendous and I'm not sure what the pitching coach ad company are able to do to stop this but they have to do something or else theyll find themselves behind Minbesota, KC, Seattle, and even a Tampa team that has punted. Today is a big game, not insurmountable if they lose, but it's important and the pitching matchup is ominous. I hope Bello doesnt put them in an early hole line he has quite often done throughout the season. They really need to win this one and actually take a series against a team they need to stay in front of. The way I see it, coming off 9 days off, it was a ok performance by Paxton, also, if anyone not named Paxton was in that game after giving up a HR it would have been back-to-back-to-back HR, as Bello, Pivetta, and Crawford all wilt as soon as anything goes wrong. For me, Paxton at least recovered and got the final out, and if our defense hadn't done him dirty he probably still would have thrown 6.
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Post by greenmonster on Jul 31, 2024 11:01:05 GMT -5
It is 7/31/24, 12:01 pm EST....why is Yohan Ramirez still on the Red Sox ??
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 31, 2024 11:32:35 GMT -5
Danny Jansen catching today for the first time with Boston, good news for the defense
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Post by asm18 on Jul 31, 2024 11:32:45 GMT -5
Danny Jansen behind the plate the first time for Bello. It will interesting to see how he adapts on the fly to managing the pitching staff, especially one that has been drowning for over a week
Duran CF Abreu RF Yoshida DH Devers 3B Refsnyder LF Smith 1B Jansen, D C Hamilton 2B Rafaela SS
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Post by mparker on Jul 31, 2024 11:46:34 GMT -5
Jamie Westbrook’s locker is empty
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Jul 31, 2024 11:56:33 GMT -5
Jamie Westbrook’s locker is empty My prayers have been answered.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 31, 2024 12:11:40 GMT -5
I had hopes for the 29 year old rookie.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 31, 2024 12:32:45 GMT -5
Jamie Westbrook’s locker is empty Hm Sogard?
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 31, 2024 12:34:29 GMT -5
Nick Sogard getting called up, per Tommy Cassell.
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Post by cdj on Jul 31, 2024 12:36:44 GMT -5
Nick Sogard getting called up, per Tommy Cassell. God bless
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 31, 2024 12:48:51 GMT -5
Feels a little bit like spinning the tires just to see what happens, and maybe a play for improved defense since they've been hitting well, but really excited to see Sogard get a shot
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 31, 2024 12:49:41 GMT -5
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Post by trotman on Jul 31, 2024 12:51:02 GMT -5
Feels a little bit like spinning the tires just to see what happens, and maybe a play for improved defense since they've been hitting well, but really excited to see Sogard get a shot Also curious how long that will keep Grissom down in the minors. He might be down there for an extended stay.
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