9/5 @ Blue Jays

[Flynnatic10]

Lackey got a loss yesterday, how did I NOT see that coming?

 

Josh Beckett vs. Henderson Alvarez, let's go!

[Station 13]

This game is free on MLB.tv today. Me likely.

[Palodios]

Huge strikeout on Bautista right there.

[Palodios]

Bad baserunning by Scutaro, he took that corner way too hard, and it cost Ellsbury a triple and the Sox a run.

[jacksonianmarch]

Beckett leaves with foot injury

[BornToRun]

If it weren't for all the injuries, we wouldn't have the slightest of worries about the division right now.

[Palodios]

Besides Buchholz, which major player is hurt that we didn't expect to be hurt?

[BornToRun]

Well Crawford missed time, Wheeler, Lackey, Youk, hell I even think Dice K would be useful for something considering how much of a mess Miller and Wake are now. Injuries and the 2-10 start, neither are helping us in the divisional race.

[jacksonianmarch]

Being billed as a calf injury. Will be interesting to see how they handle him. If it's just a cramp, then he'll be fine. If he pulled it, he's probably out for the regular season so they can get him ready for the playoffs

[Palodios]

Well Crawford missed time' date=' Wheeler, Lackey, Youk, hell I even think Dice K would be useful for something considering how much of a mess Miller and Wake are now. Injuries and the 2-10 start, neither are helping us in the divisional race.[/quote']

 

I think it would be unfair to expect 25 guys to go through a year without missing any time. All of the injuries this year have been minor, and considering how well Pedroia/Youk/Agon/Beckett/Ellsbury all recovered from their injuries, I'd say this team came out ahead when it comes down to health.

[jacksonianmarch]

I think it would be unfair to expect 25 guys to go through a year without missing any time. All of the injuries this year have been minor' date=' and considering how well Pedroia/Youk/Agon/Beckett/Ellsbury all recovered from their injuries, I'd say this team came out ahead when it comes down to health.[/quote']

 

Just look down the pike....

 

Hughes missed 2 months and isnt the same since coming back in terms of endurance

Soriano missed 2 months and is back to form

Chamberlain is out for the yr and has missed 3 months

ARod missed almost 3 weeks

Jeter missed 2 weeks

Marte and Feliciano havent pitched all yr

[jacksonianmarch]

NESN is saying sprained ankle. He was walking on it without even a limp. He might miss a start, but he wont miss much time at all. He'll be fine

[BornToRun]

I think it would be unfair to expect 25 guys to go through a year without missing any time. All of the injuries this year have been minor' date=' and considering how well Pedroia/Youk/Agon/Beckett/Ellsbury all recovered from their injuries, I'd say this team came out ahead when it comes down to health.[/quote']

 

Fair one, the injury to Clay hurts though and Youk would've helped a ton during the last Yankee series. I think the horrid start to the season is more to blame than anything else. A bit of a slow start is forgiveable in my opinion, the Sox always seem to have it a bit rough at the beginning and it was a lot of new faces to get used to playing together but if we'd have been able to pull out 2 or 3 more of those games, we wouldn't be 1.5 back of some team that got lucky and caught fire in a bottle with two washed up pitchers. It's nice knowing we're a lock for the postseason, barring a epic collapse, but it's frustrating that we're in danger of finishing behind the Yankees again.

[jacksonianmarch]

BTW, Detroit and Texas are a game apart in the loss column. If Detroit keeps surging, there might be a benefit of winning the WC. Nobody wants to go to Texas in the short series

[BornToRun]

I'd rather face Verlander twice in a series, you've got to win 3 games and I think Lester or Beckett can match up with him. Texas scares me considering how well they do against the Sox.

[Palodios]

Just look down the pike....

 

Hughes missed 2 months and isnt the same since coming back in terms of endurance

Soriano missed 2 months and is back to form

Chamberlain is out for the yr and has missed 3 months

ARod missed almost 3 weeks

Jeter missed 2 weeks

Marte and Feliciano havent pitched all yr

 

The Yankees didn't lose any players that they could not replace.

[Flynnatic10]

To quiet.

[jacksonianmarch]

The Yankees didn't lose any players that they could not replace.

 

we replaced them with guys we couldnt predict would be this good. Losing Chamberlain and Soriano was lessened when Robertson, Ayala, and Wade threw otherworldly. Losing Hughes was lessened when Nova, Garcia and Colon pitched well.

[jacksonianmarch]

Papelbon without his best location today

[DwightFright]

Paps just doesn't seem to befuddle batters anymore.

[mvp 78]

Oh well. Need to finish painting the baby's room anyway.

[lesterkett]

this team sucks ry now .. even if we make to the post season texas will sweep us

[Flynnatic10]

This might be the quietest GT this year.

[Jasonbay44]

That Lawrie guy for the Jays is a beast.. That lineup is going to be really good.

[yeszir]

What a miserable ending to a game

[boston22407]

We are f***ed thank god the nfl is about to start

[Palodios]

The report is that Beckett didn't sprain his ankle afterall. It just locked up, and they took him out as a precaution. He'll see a specialist, and they'll rest him a bit more, but it doesn't sound like he'll miss any games.

 

Even so, I think it may be time to consider that the Red Sox don't have the starting pitching depth to win the division. Get Beckett and Bedard healthy in time for the big games, that's all that really matters at this point.

[redsoxbeatz]

looks like we're playing Texas! f*** the division anyway. lets just win us a series.

[a700hitter]

If Beckett and Bedard start missing starts and we have to rollout a rotation of Lester, Lackey, Wakefield, Miller and Weiland for the next week or so with 8 games upcoming against the Rays and a 7 game lead, a collapse would not be shocking to me.

[jacksonianmarch]

The report is that Beckett didn't sprain his ankle afterall. It just locked up, and they took him out as a precaution. He'll see a specialist, and they'll rest him a bit more, but it doesn't sound like he'll miss any games.

 

Even so, I think it may be time to consider that the Red Sox don't have the starting pitching depth to win the division. Get Beckett and Bedard healthy in time for the big games, that's all that really matters at this point.

 

He said it locked up and he felt it "slip out of it's socket." Well, Beckett isnt a medical person, so he wouldnt know that the ankle doesnt have a socket, but if there was laxity to the ankle, then a ligamentous issue (ie sprain) would need to be ruled out. You could also have the same symptoms if you had something akin to Schilling had, where there is a loose tendon slipping around the ankle and it feels like something is out of place. An MRI could sort it all out. It could be nothing also.