7/15 @ Tampa Bay

[AtWork]

The fact that he had to get totally destroyed to get the number that high in a small sample size. The real Miller is somewhere better than this and worse than the 3.67 ERA he went into the night with.

 

His 4.55 FIP and 1.48 WHIP coming into the game suggest he wasn't pitching all that well even before tonight.

[d-money]

I think Miller will get another start but it might be his last.I could give a damn about his mechanics.He needs to pump up that fastball to 95 miles.

[SoxSport]

I think Miller needs more seasoning. Maybe he just hasn't been handled right.

I don't think ratcheting down his fastball is the way to go. He has to show his heat, combine it with an off speed pitch, and find the plate.

This isn't rocket science, you know.

[AtWork]

I'd make Miller back into a reliever and cut him if he doesn't earn a spot in the bullpen. Wakefield is a better major league starter than him.

[FredLynn]

I'd make Miller back into a reliever and cut him if he doesn't earn a spot in the bullpen. Wakefield is a better major league starter than him.

 

Waive him. If no one claims him see if he wants to go back to Pawtucket to work on the things he needs to work on. A contending club in a pennant race is not the place to learn how to pitch.

[AtWork]

Waive him. If no one claims him see if he wants to go back to Pawtucket to work on the things he needs to work on. A contending club in a pennant race is not the place to learn how to pitch.

 

Does he have any options left?

[Palodios]

Yeah, the Red Sox definitely need a new shortstop.

[AtWork]

A Scutaro home run... deja vu.

[FredLynn]

Does he have any options left?

 

I don't think so. I believe that the Sox had to promote him to the ML after a certain date or he had to be released. I think he would have to be waived to be sent back down again. Frankly, I doubt anyone would pick him up. He has failed every time he has tried to make it in the "Bigs".

[d-money]

That blast last inning that Wheeler gave up is looking huge now

[FredLynn]

No options left:

 

By Gordon EdesFORT MYERS, Fla. --

Lefthanded pitcher Andrew Miller is out of options, which means that if he spends any time with the Boston Red Sox this season and the club then elects to send him to Pawtucket, he must clear waivers. That would give the 29 other major-league teams a chance to claim him for the waiver price.

[a700hitter]

4 homers by our guys tonight and we are getting our brains beat out.

[d-money]

Can they make it interesting going into the 9th inning?

[d-money]

f*** Gonzo.

[d-money]

Need the blast from ortiz now

[FredLynn]

Need the blast from ortiz now

 

Ortiz looked like a Little Leaguer at that AB. Too bad. Swung at ball 4. Could have brought the tying run to the plate.

[redsoxbeatz]

sad....... the order begins in a bad place for a rally to begin but you never know for the 9th

[BostonSouth]

Drew is a f***ing waste of skin!

[AtWork]

Drew is a f***ing waste of skin!

 

If someone can't hit .230 in the major leagues they don't deserve to live.

[SoxSport]

Ortiz looked like a Little Leaguer at that AB. Too bad. Swung at ball 4. Could have brought the tying run to the plate.

 

The Sox don't play well as a team. They are never thinking one run. They seem to have lost their appetite for walks. They win on raw talent.

[AtWork]

Fun fact - Red Sox hitters have walked a major league leading 345 times coming into tonight.

[iortiz]

Damn!!! 9 Rs? who made this mess?

 

Get a damn 4th SP!

[AtWork]

Is there a smiley with rolling eyes? The Rays announcer just said, "oh Matt Joyce, look at this! I thought he was still in Pheonix."

[a700hitter]

Damn!!! 9 Rs? who made this mess?

 

Get a damn 4th SP!

If Tito hadn't let the starter give up 7, we might have been able to come back and win this game.

[TedWilliams101]

If Tito hadn't let the starter give up 7' date=' we might have been able to come back and win this game.[/quote']

 

Well, there's a first time for everything. If Francona makes the mistake again... oh wait...

[AtWork]

If Farnsworth didn't hang that breaking ball, it probably would have been ball four. That's baseball for you.

[SoxSport]

Jenks and Wheeler, Theo's most expensive BP acqusitions, have sucked royally this year.

Maybe Theo should stop throwing money away retreading the bullpen, and give some of the

AAA youngsters a chance.

[SoxSport]

Well' date=' there's a first time for everything. If Francona makes the mistake again... oh wait...[/quote']

 

The pitch count machine tells Tito when to take out a pitcher.

[AtWork]

Upton can still chase them down. We're lucky we didn't lose any ground.

[Cocos Disciples]

Alas, no surprise tonight. Hope Lackey has another good game up his sleeve tomorrow.