6/22 @ Tigers

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Ehh whatever, lets get them tomorrow.

[Station 13]

Scherzer has thrown like 1st pitch strike to every batter after the 1st.

[SoxFanForsyth]

That ball was at Pedroias eyes.

[jung]

The longer Buch stays out the more it looks like the Sox will have to make a judgement call about some sort of addition to the rotation that actually has a shot at pitching like a ML starter. This whole "somebody and then Frankie" thing looks like a loser.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Comerica is a joke of a park. 420 to CF for a 100 foot stretch is ridiculous

[jung]

Comerica is a joke of a park. 420 to CF for a 100 foot stretch is ridiculous

 

Imagine what a crazy place it was at the original dims?

[Station 13]

Comerica is a joke of a park. 420 to CF for a 100 foot stretch is ridiculous

 

At least left is smaller by a lot these days. Place is HUGE.

[jung]

In the mean time the Bruins are basically giving away the Stanley Cup.

[jung]

Sox gotta' find a way to get Buch back out there. Is there such a thing as a neck transplant?

[Station 13]

Pedroia has to lead baseball in LOB. He comes up a lot with runners on base and he probably won't pass 80RBI this season.

[SoxFanForsyth]

RDLR tonight in Pawtucket: 6 IP, 7 K, 0 BB, 1 H, 0 R

[a700hitter]

Sox gotta' find a way to get Buch back out there. Is there such a thing as a neck transplant?

A neck transplant. Seriously though, we should have seen something like this coming. He is just not very durable. We still don't know what caused his broken back a couple of years ago.

[jung]

I was willing to give Buch the benefit of the doubt on the "fragility" issue all the way up to this year. This was the year he HAD to get through a full season or at least close to it and I would have considered it history. Instead he ends up out for a month instigated first by getting up with a stiff neck and then having that grow into a bigger issue??? That is just ridiculous and maybe his most damning situation with regard to being a fragile starter.

[a700hitter]

Another nice catch by Nava.

[a700hitter]

I was willing to give Buch the benefit of the doubt on the "fragility" issue all the way up to this year. This was the year he HAD to get through a full season or at least close to it and I would have considered it history. Instead he ends up out for a month instigated first by getting up with a stiff neck and then having that grow into a bigger issue??? That is just ridiculous and maybe his most damning situation with regard to being a fragile starter.

If he doesn't get to 200 innings this year, I doubt that it will ever happen. He's a really great pitcher when healthy, but I don't think he will ever be a horse. An ace needs to be a horse.

[jacksonianmarch]

Webster has insane stuff, but he looks very shaken on the mound. He'll need confidence to become good

[TylerD]

Was really hoping we could have pulled out this win, playing against Verlander tomorrow won't be pleasant. Hopefully Sox can surprise me.

[a700hitter]

Was really hoping we could have pulled out this win, playing against Verlander tomorrow won't be pleasant. Hopefully Sox can surprise me.

We have had some success against him in the past and he is not having one of his better seasons.

[RedSoxNC84]

If he doesn't get to 200 innings this year, I doubt that it will ever happen. He's a really great pitcher when healthy, but I don't think he will ever be a horse. An ace needs to be a horse.

 

Which is about the only thing holding him back right now. He's a great pitcher, but he'll never be an ace if he can't stay off the DL.

 

On the bright side, Aceves has been looking pretty solid in his spot starts lately. I mean he's gotten a little lucky, sure. His walks are a little high, but he's done well enough. Maybe he'll keep it up on tuesday.

[mvp 78]

Webster has insane stuff, but he looks very shaken on the mound. He'll need confidence to become good

 

What the Tigers said about him:

 

"Miguel Cabrera said Webster's changep was a “nasty pitch."

 

“Electric stuff,” said Tigers manager Jim Leyland.

 

Martinez, the former Red Sox catcher, believes Webster has a bright future.

 

“That kid has great stuff. I watched the video on him. Facing him you see a lot of movement on the fastball and he's got a great changeup,” he said. “That kid is going to be a very good pitcher in the major leagues.”

[Station 13]

Webster has insane stuff, but he looks very shaken on the mound. He'll need confidence to become good

 

He looks like Ted Lilly jr right now.

 

The stuff is there obviously, but he look rattled after 2 ball that found a hole and begins to nibble the strikezone. V-Mart always been a great contact hitter and fastball is the last thing he should be getting now in his declining years.

 

Webster settled down after that, but it was too late with Scherzer going back to pounding 1st pitch strike to just about all batters with the lead. I would be looking to sign an arm like Scherzer once he hits FA after next year.

[a700hitter]

He looks like Ted Lilly jr right now.

 

The stuff is there obviously, but he look rattled after 2 ball that found a hole and begins to nibble the strikezone. V-Mart always been a great contact hitter and fastball is the last thing he should be getting now in his declining years.

 

Webster settled down after that, but it was too late with Scherzer going back to pounding 1st pitch strike to just about all batters with the lead. I would be looking to sign an arm like Scherzer once he hits FA after next year.

8 hits and 2 walks and 5 ER in 4 1/3 innings is just a bad outing.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Nobody is trying to justify his outing as good.

 

He had a bad outing, but his stuff is absolutely outrageous. He needs to work on throwing strike one, and then his stuff will play better.

 

The entire argument is about what we can expect in the future from this guy, which is a very good pitcher with some excellent peak years.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Allen Webster still in line to make his next start on Saturday according to Farrell.

 

RDLR threw 6 innings of 1 hit, no walk baseball last night, striking out 7 and not allowing a run.

 

The problem is that he only threw 63 pitches, and he had to be pulled because relief ace Clayton Mortenson just had to get his two innings in last night.

 

Because RDLR only threw 63 pitches last outing (he got up to 90 in his previous outing), he's likely not going to get called up to take the Saturday start, as he didn't get to build his pitch count and asking him to throw 100 pitches wouldn't be good for him.

 

Thanks, Mortenson. Gotta make sure that mop up guy gets his innings, even if it puts us in a worse position this weekend against a divisional opponent.

[Station 13]

WTF is with this damn organization love fest for Mortensen?