7/3 Vs Houston

[a700hitter]

Hanley caught one off the wall before it hit the ground and Altuve was still fast enough to score from first base.

[BigPapi]

Can we bring up brian johnson already? A year and a half straight of very solid performance.

[mvp 78]

Hanley caught one off the wall before it hit the ground and Altuve was still fast enough to score from first base.

 

It looks like there's confusion as where the cut off man will be. That's coaching.

 

Hankey may have bobbled a ball, but Masterson would've let the runner score right after anyway.

[a700hitter]

Our pitching stubbornly clinging to the worst ERA in the league. Hey Ben, it's the pitching, stupid! Get us some pitchers that can give us some consistency and give us a chance to win.

[jad]

Bad, undisciplined fielding (not just incompetent, as in LF), and an innings worth of pitches in the middle of the strike zone. This mess is really unfixable.

[a700hitter]

It looks like there's confusion as where the cut off man will be. That's coaching.

 

Hankey may have bobbled a ball, but Masterson would've let the runner score right after anyway.

I agree with everything in your post on the prior play by Hanley. I was referring to the one good play Hanley made after that. There were no mistakes on that. Altuve was just too fast and read the play so well.

[mvp 78]

I agree with everything in your post on the prior play by Hanley. I was referring to the one good play Hanley made after that. There were no mistakes on that. Altuve was just too fast and read the play so well.

 

Even on that one, he seemed to not know if there'd be a cut off.

[SoxHop]

Masterson was a complete fail. Going into the year he was the biggest question mark.

 

To throw him out there again after sending him down is insanity.

[NativeBostonian]

Masterson was a complete fail. Going into the year he was the biggest question mark.

 

To throw him out there again after sending him down is insanity.[/]

Masterson was bitching about being in AAA. They probably brought him up to keep him quite. He deserves to be in AAA though. He is trash.

[a700hitter]

Even on that one, he seemed to not know if there'd be a cut off.

No one knows where they are supposed to be in the IF and no one in the OF knows what they are supposed to do with the ball. Yes, you are right that that is the fault of the coaching.

[mvp 78]

Masterson has a major league contract. He was only in AAA to rehab an injury. You can't generally just stash guys with major league contracts in AAA just for shits and giggles without DFAing and such.

[BigPapi]

Pluck masterson in the bullpen.

[SoxHop]

Masterson was bitching about being in AAA. They probably brought him up to keep him quite. He deserves to be in AAA though. He is trash.

 

Which leads me to believe he is insane. Just before being sent down he was bitching about being taken out of the game while he was getting rocked by the A's while throwing a fastball topping at 89 mph.

[NativeBostonian]

Masterson has a major league contract. He was only in AAA to rehab an injury. You can't generally just stash guys with major league contracts in AAA just for shits and giggles without DFAing and such.

 

The Red Sox better get to DFAing or get used to being in last place.

[mvp 78]

Pluck masterson in the bullpen.

 

I'd put Kelly in the pen and DFA Masterson.

[SoxHop]

Masterson has a major league contract. He was only in AAA to rehab an injury. You can't generally just stash guys with major league contracts in AAA just for shits and giggles without DFAing and such.

 

OK, cut him then. That's what I should have said. Yea, maybe he had dead arm or something at the time he was dropped down. But seriously, marching him out there again won't be successful.

[SoxHop]

I'd put Kelly in the pen and DFA Masterson.

 

Yes.

 

Kelly might thrive in the pen.

[BigPapi]

I'd put Kelly in the pen and DFA Masterson.

 

Me too, but if they insist on keeping masterson here thats where he has to end up.

[User Name]

You don't challenge Ortiz like that.

[NativeBostonian]

Come one guys, get Holt home!

[mvp 78]

To me, Masterson was a low risk low reward guy. He was unproductive right out of the gate so he should have been dumped the second he came back from the DL.

[User Name]

Holy crap that's lucky. (Painful for Papi though)

[NativeBostonian]

That's the way, Ortiz!

[NativeBostonian]

That's got to hurt for Ortiz.

[a700hitter]

To me, Masterson was a low risk low reward guy. He was unproductive right out of the gate so he should have been dumped the second he came back from the DL.

They are just wasting time if they keep him around. He's done as a starter. I might let him pitch out of the pen, but he has to be removed from the rotation. He has no chance of succeeding. The velocity he needs isn't there and it isn't coming back.

[User Name]

Did Panda really just hit an RBI hit against a good lefty? We are winning this game.

[mvp 78]

Fatty fatty fat fat.

 

Don't hit right handed ever again!

[VA Sox Fan]

Atta boy Panda!

[BigPapi]

Okay nap, time to do something good.

[a700hitter]

That's got to hurt for Ortiz.

That is using his head.