Worst loss in the entire history of Red Sox baseball!!!! Pivetta pitched a gem, and Winck got 2 scoreless innings, but the lineup looked like namby pambies.
Cora needs to throw some bats in the showers. What's that word? Lollygaggers!
And allow me to single out Duran and his new hairdo. What a wuss. Can't hit a breaking ball to save his life, and he's our freaking leadoff batter.
On second thought, maybe the new guy, the GM, needs to throw bats into the dugout.
For the SOX the best thing(only thing) about last night's game was Pivetta. His stuff was nasty.
Last edited by SPLENDIDSPLINTER; 03-30-2024 at 03:35 PM.
Absolutely right. Kirby was pretty good last year too--31 starts, 190 IP, ERA 3.35. I just got a little rambunctious because, well, it's another season. One of my favorite scenes from Fever Pitch is when the season tickets arrive.
I'm pessimistic like most of us this year, but right now there is a glimmer of hope because both Bello and Pivetta had good starts, the defense looks pretty decent, and the lineup is supposed to be better.
Someone else said 5-5 on this road trip wouldn't be too bad, and I agree.
Ok, good pitching beats good hitting, but anyone who thinks this offense is just as good without Turner, Verdugo, Kike and Duvall should maybe accept we'll be seeing even more Ks all season long than the last two last-place clubs.
O'Neill, Rafaela, Abreu and obviously Story improve the D, but they're all prone to swing-and-miss... and even when Story was a regular before injuries and got regular ABs for six months at a time, he was always a big whiffer.
Can Grissom change the K culture?
May 25, 2023 to April 29, 2024 with 100+ IP:
74 Pitchers had 100+ IP, since then
Pivetta was 2nd in K/9 at 12.63 (14th in K:BB at 4.68)
ERA-
6. Pivetta 66
38. Crawford 92
44. B Bello 95
ERA
7. Pivetta 2.93
47. Crawford 4.16
50. B Bello 4.26
FIP
11. Pivetta 3.22
22. Crawford 3.63
56. Bello 4.49
fWAR
T26 Crawford 2.3
T26 Pivetta 2.3
T55 B Bello 1.4
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?