5/20 Cleveland Indians @ Boston

[d-money]

Not much offense. Team needs to play better but f***-holz drains the energy out of the team. He f***ing blows!

[Spudboy]

The honeymoon is over I guess.

 

This team has a glaring need for quality pitching. This will become increasingly hard to ignore going forward. Especially when facing quality opponents.

[a700hitter]

If he hits well and plays decent LF, does his trade value still go down?

If he hits well his value should go up. I noticed that Allen Craig is playing again for Pawtucket. Maybe he gets a shot?

[a700hitter]

The honeymoon is over I guess.

 

This team has a glaring need for quality pitching. This will become increasingly hard to ignore going forward. Especially when facing quality opponents.

They will not get 11 hits every game. They will have to win some 3-2 and 4-3 games.

[cp176]

If he hits well his value should go up. I noticed that Allen Craig is playing again for Pawtucket. Maybe he gets a shot?

 

He may be the one who winds up in left field for us. I do still think that if he was really going to be used as a trade chip that he would be catching. If you are going to be trade partner would you give up much of a pitcher for Swihart as a left fielder or as a catcher? I get that he might be part of an overall package but if the Sox use him in left in Fenway, I don't think they plan to trade him. I'm ok with that because he is a young athletic kid.

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

Good post Max.

 

I just ate lunch and now after looking at the thumbnail photo of our starting pitcher I feel queezy.

 

Buch looks more like the guy at the grocery store that fetches the shopping carts in the parking lot.

 

Anyway, GO SOX!!!!1!1!!1!

 

Actually, he looks like Firemarshall Bill.

[Bellhorn04]

Actually, he looks like Firemarshall Bill.

 

Yes he does.

[Spudboy]

Actually, he looks like Firemarshall Bill.

 

Indeed he does.

[Spudboy]

I was only able to see the last two innings. How did Swihart look in left field?

[Slasher9]

Not much offense. Team needs to play better but f***-holz drains the energy out of the team. He f***ing blows!

 

6 ip / 3 earned is "blows"? I think it's considered a QS......

[Slasher9]

I was only able to see the last two innings. How did Swihart look in left field?

 

He made all the plays clean. Didn't look uncomfortable.

[Bellhorn04]

6 ip / 3 earned is "blows"? I think it's considered a QS......

 

Yeah, it was one of those 'one bad pitch' outings. Seems like the third or fourth game in a row Buch has given up a crooked number early and then pitched well after that. He might be about to go on one of his good runs, but it better start soon.

[mvp 78]

Don't hold your breath.

[Spudboy]

He made all the plays clean. Didn't look uncomfortable.

 

Good. Thanks.

[Bellhorn04]

Don't hold your breath.

 

It's coming I tell ya, it's coming...

[illinoisredsox]

Yeah, it was one of those 'one bad pitch' outings. Seems like the third or fourth game in a row Buch has given up a crooked number early and then pitched well after that. He might be about to go on one of his good runs, but it better start soon.

 

Pesky Pole homer as well. It was hit pretty well but it hooks foul in almost every other ballpark.

 

Kluber is a good pitcher and he looked a lot like his Cy Young year last night. It was going to be tough to beat him.

Edited May 21, 2016 by illinoisredsox

[Kimmi]

Sit the f*** down, Tito.

 

 

Do not speak to Tito like that. Ever.

[Kimmi]

A no-brainer!

 

I'm glad that you and others feel some sense of vindication over Clay's poor pitching, but that doesn't change the fact that picking up Clay's option was a no brainer.

[Kimmi]

Does no one have a problem with Pedroia's sac bunt in the first inning? Are you kidding me?

 

I get the idea of wanting to score first, and I get the idea of advancing a runner on 2nd with no outs. But Pedroia is very good at shooting the ball the other way. He would have very likely advanced the runner if he were swinging away, and he might have gotten a hit and opened up a big inning.

 

Pedroia should never be sacrificing in the first inning, especially with a hot Bogaerts and Papi behind him. Bad decision.

[Spudboy]

Does no one have a problem with Pedroia's sac bunt in the first inning? Are you kidding me?

 

I get the idea of wanting to score first, and I get the idea of advancing a runner on 2nd with no outs. But Pedroia is very good at shooting the ball the other way. He would have very likely advanced the runner if he were swinging away, and he might have gotten a hit and opened up a big inning.

 

Pedroia should never be sacrificing in the first inning, especially with a hot Bogaerts and Papi behind him. Bad decision.

 

I did not see the early parts of the game. I agree with you. Maybe do this in a late inning with the score close but not here.

 

Did he do it on his own? I doubt it.

[illinoisredsox]

I did not see the early parts of the game. I agree with you. Maybe do this in a late inning with the score close but not here.

 

Did he do it on his own? I doubt it.

 

I think that one is all on Pedroia and I think he was bunting for a hit; he didn't square around like you would normally see on a sac bunt, and with a man on second, the normal sac is to try to make the third baseman field it. He pushed it up the first baseline.

 

I don't see any manager doing that in that situation, even ones who love the sac but (and given that the Sox have maybe 2 or 3 all season, Farrell isn't one of them).

[Kimmi]

I did not see the early parts of the game. I agree with you. Maybe do this in a late inning with the score close but not here.

 

Did he do it on his own? I doubt it.

 

Pedroia did this on his own. He, Farrell, and Lovullo all said as much. Farrell and Lovullo defended his decision to bunt, but more less said that they would not have called for it in that situation. They wanted him swinging away.