April 24th vs Anaheim-- The Debut of Masterson

[riverside sluggers]

Perfect thing to do MDC, 4 pitch walk

[redsoxrules]

brilliant managing tito

[riverside sluggers]

5 straight balls... 6

 

1 run game, still bases loaded no outs. Now its the top of the order

[TedWilliams101]

Come on pen, don't waste Masterson's great start. 3-2. s***. Looks like we need a miracle for Masterson to get a win here.

[redsoxrules]

now he brings OKI... 4 batters to late tito, you should of had him start the 7th

[riverside sluggers]

Good job pen, you took Masterson's chance at his 1st W away

 

Wake me up when they are able to get out of this inning

[das11209]

Unbelievable - I think our pen is worse than the Yankees now that Joba is back.

[riverside sluggers]

lol intentionally guerrero to load the bases with no outs... despite the first 7 men now have gotten on base

 

EDIT: Stop the Presses, the bullpen has recorded an out

[redsoxrules]

jesus f***

[redsoxrules]

yay an out

[ORS]

Lopez is quickly becoming Tito's backup binky. He needs to be shipped off so that he's no longer an option. I don't care if this pen has no lefty other than Jima when the alternative is to have a lefty that sucks.

[riverside sluggers]

My god finally over. Lopez was crap, he has been being used a lot by Tito. Part time set up man he is not. Im guessing MDC is still having some after affects from the flu. It took 3 batters for Oki to find his bearings before getting the last 3 outs.

[Beaneater]

Some pretty dang clutch pitching there from Okajima... seven batters too late though.

 

Who pitches for us now that Okajima threw approximately 759 pitches that inning?

[TheKilo]

So when does Lopez get cut?

[riverside sluggers]

Yuck, Pedroia has had 2 very ugly swinging strikeouts today. That last one was at his eyes

[redsoxrules]

at the moment this bulpen blows , except for paps and OKI

 

 

EDIT: comming into today's action the bulpen's ERA was 5.03

[Beaneater]

This isn't exactly a major discovery, but:

 

Masterson: 6 IP, 1 R, 95 pitches

Bullpen: 3 IP, 6 R, 94 pitches

 

They really flushed his game down the crapper.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Pardon my joining the Game Thread late. I found the later innings frustrating, but Masterson rocks nevertheless.

[jacksonianmarch]

Unbelievable - I think our pen is worse than the Yankees now that Joba is back.

 

Yankees pen- 14th in MLB at 3.82

Sox pen- 24th in MLB at 5.02

 

Yankees pen minus Joba and Mo- 4.74

Sox pen minus Oki and Pap- 6.13

[Beaneater]

The Papi bomb at least makes things look respectable.

[jacksonianmarch]

edit: sox pen now at 5.43. Without OkiPap- 6.71

[redsoxrules]

damn their bringing K-rod

[Jayhawk Bill]

edit: sox pen now at 5.43. Without OkiPap- 6.71

 

 

Damn. Red Sox lose.

 

Edit:

 

Boston: 15 wins

New York: 12 wins

 

:harhar:

[redsoxrules]

tough loss

[Thumper]

I blame this loss on Tito & the Bullpen Bunch.

 

Masterson pitched very well in his first MLB start, and the pen s*** it for him. And I really can't blame run support, considering they struck early with three runs, giving a good amount of breathhing room.

 

This could have been an easy win if Tito just played the pen better.

[a700hitter]

The pen has been stressed early by the inability of the starters to go deep into games and the missed starts by Beckett and Dice K. I am not as concerned about the bullpen as I am about the starting pitching. I know that you are thinking that I am nuts right now, but no bullpen can hold up over a whole season if the starters don't go past the 5th or 6th innings. The pen can't go 3 or 4 innings every night. The only starter that I am confident will go deep into games is Beckett. Wakefield is the next best bet. After those two, it will be extremely rare that the other 3 will go 6 or 7. I really think that the pen has good depth, but you can't be going to 2 or 3 or more guys as a bridge to Papelbon every game. The pen will fall apart and never recover. If the starters can regularly get to the 7th or later, this bullpen will be fine.

[Jayhawk Bill]

I know that you are thinking that I am nuts right now

 

No, I was considering you astute. Go figure. :dunno:

[ANiMAL]

I liked Hansen yesterday than our entire bullpen today. In a perfect world, Lopez DFA, Hansen up. I doubt it though. Where did the 2007 Delcarmen go?

[Youk Of The Nation]

I liked Hansen yesterday than our entire bullpen today. In a perfect world' date=' Lopez DFA, Hansen up. I doubt it though. Where did the 2007 Delcarmen go?[/quote']

 

To the latrine every ten minutes to vomit, just like Dice-K, Beckett, and Tek, I presume.

[a700hitter]

No' date=' I was considering you astute. Go figure. :dunno:[/quote']Then I am in good company.