5/5 @Rangers

[Natick to NC]

Let up ....terrible pitch call

[Natick to NC]

He calls another slider I'm going to puke ....

[Natick to NC]

Erod has a damn good heater upstairs but has to make it at the shoulders not head

[SoxHop]

E-Rod has 0-2. Then gets to 3-2. Which pretty much means he is no way going to see the seventh.

[Natick to NC]

He's letting up with that backdoor slider it's hangin

[Natick to NC]

Vaz has to stop calling slider X 6 every at bat

[Natick to NC]

Aweful choice by Vaz ....have to go two seamer there ...aweful

[Natick to NC]

Slider slider slider slider high FB ....we have a hoooooooruble Catcher

[Station 13]

Frustrating watching Erod.

[Natick to NC]

Game ...we won't win a World Series ever with this clown behind the plate .

[SoxHop]

0 and 2 to the 9th slot batter with two outs. Walks him. Then homerun........ E-Rod needs to go after hitters

[Natick to NC]

Frustrating watching Erod.

 

Erod ????? It's our overrated catcher the guy is easy to sequence thanks to Vaz he's terrible

[Natick to NC]

0 and 2 to the 9th slot batter with two outs. Walks him. Then homerun........ E-Rod needs to go after hitters

 

Yes and we need to look at the catchers on this team calling slider after slider and high FB ...it's lazy and paethetic .

[jung]

Erod does not have enough of a FB to leave it even at the letters...in fact even just above the letters. You let DeShields take you out of the park on your high heat and you really don't have high heat.

 

If Devers did not snag that liner at 3rd there would have been another hot smash off that pitch which is why eddie tries to move it around. He really does not have a choice. Our pitching is the issue. The catcher is not the guy that has the ball in his hand.

[guinness22]

Just doesn’t trust his stuff. Nibble nibble nibble. Sliders and changeups. Then....first pitch fastball right down the pipe. ERod so frustrating to watch. And if Vaz is calling these pitches (and not the bench) then shame on him too. Just a terrible sequence.

[Jasonbay44]

Yup, its Vaz fault when E-Rod shits himself. E-Rod gave up a hit to a guy hitting .190, walked the .200 hitter and served a bomb to a guy with 13 career homers in 4 seasons. Man Vazquez is bad!

[Natick to NC]

This team either faces the facts that Vaz is not the answer behind the plate or this is another wasted season book it .

[jung]

Vaz has been screaming for eddie to get the high FB higher all night and eddie is just not getting it there. HE DOES NOT REALLY HAVE HIGH HEAT.

[guinness22]

Mitchy 4 Bags

[SoxHop]

Vaz has been screaming for eddie to get the high FB higher all night and eddie is just not getting it there. HE DOES NOT REALLY HAVE HIGH HEAT.

 

Or has been shaking it off.

[guinness22]

Or has been shaking it off.

 

Noticed that too. ERod keeps shaking him off on the high heat. Doesn’t trust his own stuff.

[jung]

Porcello can pitch just above the letters. Even Pom when healthy can pitch just above the letters. Price when right can and certainly Sale can. Eddie can't. Not more complicated than that. He really has to get the hitter chasing or he is toast up there. That also means he has to change the hitters sight line to the ball by throwing at the guys knees. I am not sure how much of a career eddie can have because he has to be just about perfect to get anything done.

[SoxHop]

Noticed that too. ERod keeps shaking him off on the high heat. Doesn’t trust his own stuff.

 

I think I mentioned it last year about E-Rod. He shakes a lot of pitches off. I'd like to see Cora tell him you are not to shake any call off all game, and see how that goes for a game or two.

[Jasonbay44]

E-Rod shakes off Vazquez a lot, you can't blame Vazquez (especially when Sox have one of the best ERA's in the league) when E-Rod doesn't trust him, has another plan, or whatever his deal is. I am not a huge Vazquez plan, but blaming him for E-rod last inning is foolish. E-Rodd is the one in control and has the final say and is throwing the ball. Lets be real.

[guinness22]

10 k’s. Smh.

[guinness22]

And gone. Again.

[Natick to NC]

Vaz suuuuuuuuuucks sorry he's the worst Catcher in both leagues......can't call a game to save his life ......slider .....slider .......slider .......slider ......hmmmm sit on slider ???? Nahhhhhhhhhhh Edited May 6, 2018 by Natick to NC

[Jasonbay44]

Seems questionable to let E-Rod face a guy he's already given up a bomb to, especially after massively struggling last inning and having over 100 pitches.

[jung]

And that is too much plate for that pitch. Inside a couple inches and the hitter can't even keep that fair. But that is the LH power hitter honey hole. You just can't leave it there. Thats twice tonight.

[SoxHop]

E-Rod is frustrating.