4/29 vs TB

[SoxHop]

God forbid the opponent should put the ball in play

 

ahahahah...yea

[mvp 78]

Kimbrel is good. Pay him.

[mvp 78]

Happy Bday Wally!

[jung]

Nice job Red!!!!

 

I wish I knew more about what the heck the Sox are doing with these injuries. Even if Mookie comes back, if Holts injury is more pull than strain they have to DL him and get a body in here.

[Jasonbay44]

Nice job Red!!!!

 

I wish I knew more about what the heck the Sox are doing with these injuries. Even if Mookie comes back, if Holts injury is more pull than strain they have to DL him and get a body in here.

Holt was already placed on DL for Xander.

[jung]

Holt was already placed on DL for Xander.

 

Thanks...so is Holt more pull than strain if you know? I thought they already had room for X. But Lin is probably the extra body at the moment.

 

Teams are carrying too many pitchers. To be this strapped by the 25 man is ridiculous.

[SoxHop]

Semi fugly........ but I'll take the win.

 

Porcello looking really good.

[Sox75]

Cora has to take a morning and talk with Devers about fundamentals, this is unacceptable.

 

That one was less fundamentals than mental mistake. He has to know that the man is going in hard to 2nd. Taking a quick look is appropriate, but making a s*** throw with barely a look & going for a prayer throw across his body, is just plain dumb. The game just speeds up on this kid with regularity, and he's still a bit too young & green to slow it down.

 

Yeh. We're probably taking semantics, & likely saying the same thing. I just don't have a problem with a glance to second, it's the dumb pressing to make a big play, and putting your guys in a bigger jam.

[moonslav59]

Nice to see Porcello step up and be the "stopper" with help from Kimbrel.

 

Nice to see JD as a hitter and not just a power gut.

 

Nice to see the negative nannies takinga seat, if only just temporarily.

 

 

I'm still worries about Devers' learning curve falling within "the window," and now that he's not hitting really well, it becomes more noticable.

 

 

Hey, we were outhit and still won. I remember when that was almost unheard of.

 

Keep it going guys!

 

[Spudboy]

12 years ago, my new, upgraded, second and only real wife planned our Honeymoon at the Seattle series. Met her & started dating during the 04 series. GAME 4 ALCS she refused to leave my hard kitchen bar stool, "because she felt the Sox were coming back." It worked. I had to marry her after that! Good thing I did. She was a huge factor in 07 & 13 too.

 

TH A NK GOD for Direct TV & Extra Innings. I was living a relatively meaningless life from 84 - 2001 :'(

 

Lol.

 

Count yourself very fortunate that you struck gold with the second wife!

 

She's a keepa!

[Spudboy]

Again, Nunez sucks ass.

 

He's a f***ing hack in the field and his running is not what we saw last year before the knee problems.

 

But when he does hit I tend to forget about his failings.

 

He needs to hit more.

[Spudboy]

Nunez really needs to start hitting. His glove is so bad that he's literally a negative right now.

 

Boom.

 

Glad that I am not alone in thinking just this.

[Bellhorn04]

Semi fugly........ but I'll take the win.

 

To me every win looks like Kate Beckinsale.

[Spudboy]

To me every win looks like Kate Beckinsale.

 

I'd f*** her.

 

I also like that broad in Weeds.

 

I get the two confused.

[Maxbialystock]

Amazing, difficult win. Porcello is the ace on this squad, which I never thought I'd say. Devers left 7 on today and Moreland 4. JD had 4 of our 7 hits, scored 1 of our runs and batted in 2 others, so I frankly didn't give a s*** if he misjudged (waited too long to go back) a shot to LF.

 

It's possible Leon is a better defensive catcher than Vazquez.

[S5Dewey]

Amazing, difficult win. Porcello is the ace on this squad, which I never thought I'd say. Devers left 7 on today and Moreland 4. JD had 4 of our 7 hits, scored 1 of our runs and batted in 2 others, so I frankly didn't give a s*** if he misjudged (waited too long to go back) a shot to LF.

 

It's possible Leon is a better defensive catcher than Vazquez.

 

Ok, now how would you have felt if his misjudgement of that ball contributed to a run scoring and the Sox lost by one run? Would you still not give a s***?

[Natick to NC]

Nice to see Porcello step up and be the "stopper" with help from Kimbrel.

 

Nice to see JD as a hitter and not just a power gut.

 

Nice to see the negative nannies takinga seat, if only just temporarily.

 

 

I'm still worries about Devers' learning curve falling within "the window," and now that he's not hitting really well, it becomes more noticable.

 

 

Hey, we were outhit and still won. I remember when that was almost unheard of.

 

Keep it going guys!

 

 

Gladly take this win and not be negative ...Porcello has been above my expectations ,JD is only starting to Heat up ...Nuney should never play second base ...3b hell yes ....Craig K is a must extend immediately....Pedey I hope your ready we need you right now ....Xander has been incredible this year ...JBJ is JBJ he saves a run and he strands a run he's still the best Defensive CF I've ever watched ...Benny and Devers wooooooof I'm dissapointed in both for separate reasons ....Sandy should be sent packing yesterday don't waste a second more .Vaz glove is steady but his bat ??? Wth he started so hot ...ice cold now ...Price and Sale we have to get these men runs and they both need to be who we thought they are ...I love the Redsox just hate the base running the sticking with Sandy Leon the days off ...I know it's early but we can't falter this year on winnable games ....The Yankees have Angels tonight then 4 against Houston then 3 vs Cleveland ....we need to take 5 of the next 7 against sub par teams KC and Texas ....then we are head to head with a Yankee team that likely will have been scuffling ....this is it this the time ... I think we can be up 5 games in the next week if we play sound ball.

Edited April 29, 2018 by Natick to NC

[Youk Of The Nation]

I'd f*** her.

 

I also like that broad in Weeds.

 

I get the two confused.

 

Mary Louise-Parker?

[Youk Of The Nation]

Gladly take this win and not be negative ...Porcello has been above my expectations ,JD is only starting to Heat up ...Nuney should never play second base ...3b hell yes ....Craig K is a must extend immediately....Pedey I hope your ready we need you right now ....Xander has been incredible this year ...JBJ is JBJ he saves a run and he strands a run he's still the best Defensive CF I've ever watched ...Benny and Devers wooooooof I'm dissapointed in both for separate reasons ....Sandy should be sent packing yesterday don't waste a second more .Vaz glove is steady but his bat ??? Wth he started so hot ...ice cold now ...Price and Sale we have to get these men runs and they both need to be who we thought they are ...I love the Redsox just hate the base running the sticking with Sandy Leon the days off ...I know it's early but we can't falter this year on winnable games ....The Yankees have Angels tonight then 4 against Houston then 3 vs Cleveland ....we need to take 5 of the next 7 against sub par teams KC and Texas ....then we are head to head with a Yankee team that likely will have been scuffling ....this is it this the time ... I think we can be up 5 games in the next week if we play sound ball.

 

The ellipsis density of this paragraph is in danger of collapsing into a singrammarity.

[SoxHop]

Boom.

 

Glad that I am not alone in thinking just this.

 

What's crazy was Nunez was a wrecking ball last year. That dude like single handedly saved our ass and maybe the season in how hot and clutch he was. I want old Nunez back.

[Larry Cook]

Our pitching needs to buckle down nd execute pitches like they were earlier in the year.

[SoxHop]

Our pitching needs to buckle down nd execute pitches like they were earlier in the year.

 

Throw about 4 losses in recently where we let up 4 runs or less. I'd say the offense better get their crap together before the pitching.

[moonslav59]

What's crazy was Nunez was a wrecking ball last year. That dude like single handedly saved our ass and maybe the season in how hot and clutch he was. I want old Nunez back.

 

The career Nunez is .732.

[SoxHop]

The career Nunez is .732.

 

I thought we got the guy for his hitting....... uggggg...... well, whatever they put in his drink last year they should do so again.

 

I can tell you are missing HOLT.....

[Natick to NC]

The ellipsis density of this paragraph is in danger of collapsing into a singrammarity.

Phone ...but hysterical and true .

[Maxbialystock]

Ok, now how would you have felt if his misjudgement of that ball contributed to a run scoring and the Sox lost by one run? Would you still not give a s***?

 

Are you seriously unaware that his OPS as a left fielder is .377 higher than his OPS as a DH? And in this particular case Betts was out, so Beni went to CF and JBJ to RF.

 

Are you also unaware that Devers has 5 errors compared to the entire rest of the team which as 3?

[Spudboy]

Mary Louise-Parker?

 

Yes.

[mvp 78]

Nunez will be fine once he goes back to being a bench option when Pedey returns. He's just not an everyday player.

[moonslav59]

Are you seriously unaware that his OPS as a left fielder is .377 higher than his OPS as a DH? And in this particular case Betts was out, so Beni went to CF and JBJ to RF.

 

Are you aware the sample size is tiny? (Just over over 50 PAs each) Last year, he was .909 as a DH in 22 PAs. In 2016, he was 513 points better as a DH (7 PAs).

 

Career:

.759 DH

.770 LF

 

 

I'm not doubting that JMart may end up doing better was an OF'er on offense over the long run, but at what expense?

 

Also, what if he gets hurt?

 

Might being a DH take time to adjust to?

 

Why is it okay to let devers learn on the job at 3B but not JMart at DH?

 

[Maxbialystock]

Are you seriously unaware that his OPS as a left fielder is .377 higher than his OPS as a DH? And in this particular case Betts was out, so Beni went to CF and JBJ to RF.

 

Are you aware the sample size is tiny? (Just over over 50 PAs each) Last year, he was .909 as a DH in 22 PAs. In 2016, he was 513 points better as a DH (7 PAs).

 

Career:

.759 DH

.770 LF

 

 

I'm not doubting that JMart may end up doing better was an OF'er on offense over the long run, but at what expense?

 

Also, what if he gets hurt?

 

Might being a DH take time to adjust to?

 

Why is it okay to let devers learn on the job at 3B but not JMart at DH?

 

 

Time to alert the media. The 2018 Sox have completely thrown caution to the winds and allowed a very solid hitter but not so good outfielder to play left field. Wasn't it Jimmy Piersall who once said he should get twice the salary because he had to cover LF as well as CF?

 

Yesterday's lineup worked because Betts was out and Cora wanted Moreland as the fill-in bat. You wanted Swihart in LF?

 

Devers plays 3b for the same reason JD goes to LF now and then--optimizing the offense while taking a risk on defense.