5/16 A's at Fenway

[Maxbialystock]

Getting a little scary. that was a very expensive BB--11 pitches. Plus Sale does not trust his slider or changeup.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

No corners from this ump. Wow. 4 pretty good pitches.

 

 

I've noticed over the recent years that so many HP umps have a worse strike zone than Leslie Neilson.

[jung]

Boy, I get it guys. Lately we don't have to steel ourselves for the game but for Gomes and other various indignities that NESN might heap upon us in its promos. Its getting rough and lately my hands shake as I flip to NESN for the game.

[SoxHop]

Getting a little scary. that was a very expensive BB--11 pitches. Plus Sale does not trust his slider or changeup.

 

Yea. Pitch count is way up. It'll be a miracle if he starts the seventh.

[Maxbialystock]

A one hitter thru 4 innings and 7 K's, but also 80 pitches. Might go 6 innings, might not.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

In some cases when a starting everyday player is out for a long stretch, his replacement plays so well that it's a tough call for the manager to take the replacement out of the line-up. Well, Cora won't have that problem when Pedey returns.

[oldtimer]

The bottom half of the order is struggling. Moreland put up a battle but Nunez and Devers no so much. Scoring shouldn't be all up to the first 5 or 6 guys in the order.

[jung]

I am happy to have this lead. But we were musing the night of the Manaea no hitter that Manaea's sequencing would get around the league and we have not come anywhere near where we were before that game since.

 

Still looks like with a few exceptions we still have some adjustments to make.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Boy, I get it guys. Lately we don't have to steel ourselves for the game but for Gomes and other various indignities that NESN might heap upon us in its promos. Its getting rough and lately my hands shake as I flip to NESN for the game.

 

Yup, I remember when Judge Judy made an appearance.

[jung]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Maxbialystock]

Yea. Pitch count is way up. It'll be a miracle if he starts the seventh.

 

I'll settle for getting thru the 5th with a lead.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Last night the SOX had the BP killer on the mound. Sale is usually the BP savior, but not tonight.

[Maxbialystock]

Need to build the lead back up because the bullpen is right around the corner.

[TylerD]

Last night the SOX had the BP killer on the mound. Sale is usually the BP savior, but not tonight.

 

Looked fantastic through 4. Been the story of our pitching lately. Some solid innings but can’t put a solid game together lately. Although in all fairness Sale was outstanding last week

[FredLynn]

I don't think three runs are going to win this game...about six sounds right with this bullpen

[jung]

Barnes is sort of throwing fine for Barnes but a number of these pitches are just getting too much plate.

[jung]

If Barnes tries to stay out there more than this inning something is leaving the yard.

[Station 13]

This offense begin with Betts and ends with JD. Guys steps already.

[Maxbialystock]

I figured out why Sale threw so many pitches out of the zone tonight. He was terrified of throwing strikes without JBJ in CF to field all those inevitable extra bases hits--which JBJ would have turned into outs. Edited May 17, 2018 by Maxbialystock

[Maxbialystock]

This offense begin with Betts and ends with JD. Guys steps already.

 

Agree completely. 3 run dinger by Bogie should not count.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bogey! 3 run homers; Earl Weaver's best friend.

[jung]

Good job XB. Nice cut.

 

Funny how Cora I guess is talking about the Sox swinging at too many pitches on the edges of the plate...obviously he means with less than two strikes. Really that was there problem under Farrell...swinging at too many pitches on the edges while letting meatballs just go right past.

 

Sort of a lost talent is purposefully fouling off a pitch that is really not a good pitch to hit but is very likely a strike on the edge.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bogey now has 21 RBI. 11 of them came with 3 swings of the bat.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Great catch, but the fans out there weren't doing their job.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Heath Hembree should be the poster boy for demonstrating how bad the SOX minor league system is in developing pitchers.

[illinoisredsox]

Heath Hembree should be the poster boy for demonstrating how bad the SOX minor league system is in developing pitchers.

 

He came over to the Red Sox from the Giants in the Peavy trade in 2014.

 

Yes, he spent some time at Pawtucket but he was not drafted by the Sox.

Edited May 17, 2018 by illinoisredsox

[iortiz]

When Hembree started pitching in Red Sox uniform his career seemed very promising. Unfortunately his career has gone way down south.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

He came over to the Red Sox from the Giants in the Peavy trade in 2014.

 

Yes, he spent some time at Pawtucket but he was not drafted by the Sox.

 

My bad. However, I'll stick to my statement that pitching development in the SOX minor leagues sux.

[illinoisredsox]

My bad. However, I'll stick to my statement that pitching development in the SOX minor leagues sux.

 

That unfortunately has been all too true over the past couple decades.

[mvp 78]

It’s sucked for decades tho