5/16 A's at Fenway

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I guess it could be argued that Barnes is the best drafted pitcher to come up from the minors in a long time.

[illinoisredsox]

It’s sucked for decades tho

 

Lester and Papelbon stand out, and that's over 10 years ago.

 

After that, the highlights over past couple decades are Buchholz and Jeff Suppan.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The bridge to Kimbrel can be wobbly.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Except for opening day, Kelly has been pretty consistent.

[illinoisredsox]

The bridge to Kimbrel can be wobbly.

 

Never worry about 1 runner. A WHIP of 1.000 is darn good, and the DP took care of that.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Kelly setting up and Kimbrel closing is probably at this point as good as any in the league.

[Sox75]

Kelly is finally coming into his own. Like the guy!

 

[mvp 78]

Jonny Gomes is s***

[mvp 78]

Kelly is finally coming into his own. Like the guy!

 

 

Finally?

[mvp 78]

Lester and Papelbon stand out, and that's over 10 years ago.

 

After that, the highlights over past couple decades are Buchholz and Jeff Suppan.

 

The exception proves the rule

[mvp 78]

Hats Off to Larry > Hats Off to Heroes

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Jonny Gomes is s***

 

Johnny should DJ a late night ambient music station.

[Station 13]

Why did they add more seats to to the 3b side? There's no room to begin with.

[Station 13]

Jonny Gomes is s***

 

Had to watch the As feed

[mvp 78]

Why did they add more seats to to the 3b side? There's no room to begin with.

 

Extended the screen. More seats on 1b too.

[jad]

Well, it's not a clean inning any more.

[Station 13]

Extended the screen. More seats on 1b too.

 

Imagine the playoff where they add a barrier for photographers.

[Station 13]

Lenny Dinardo > Gomes

[Natick to NC]

Have to ask ...is Vaz tipping off batters in someway ? Lot of HR and crazy stuff while he's catching ....

[Maxbialystock]

Have to ask ...is Vaz tipping off batters in someway ? Lot of HR and crazy stuff while he's catching ....

 

You do know, I hope, that on some batters the pitches are called by the bench, not Vazquez, and are therefore visible to the opposing bench.

[Natick to NC]

Watahhh

[mvp 78]

Sox won today. Yanks didn’t. Right now, Sox are playing better.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Lenny Dinardo > Gomes

 

 

Another Lenny. Lenny Dinardo and Lenny Clark. Hopefully, no more Lenny's. I wonder if Gomes works for free?

[Maxbialystock]

Sale goes 5 and struggles with control and gives up 2 runs. The bullpen gives up 2 runs in 4 innings.

 

A nice win, but further confirmation that the Sox pitching is slipping backwards.

 

Also confirmation I think that Cora needs to keep as many good bats as possible in the lineup to make up for the pitching problems. The Sox scored 3, 5, and 6 runs in this series and only won once.

 

This was the 8th straight game without a quality start by the Sox. The last one was game 1 vs. the Yankees when Pom went 6 and gave up 2.

Edited May 17, 2018 by Maxbialystock

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If the SOX continue to play .500 ball the rest of the way, they will be 89-73.

[mvp 78]

Cora really pulled out a great win. Really got those batters to hit that ball good! Way to go Alex! Good game plan! He knew the pitchers wouldn’t have their “A game” so he dialed up the offense. Brilliant!

[moonslav59]

If the SOX continue to play .500 ball the rest of the way, they will be 89-73.

 

If the Sox continue at their current pace, they'll end up at 108-54.

 

It's likely they'll end up somewhere inbetween. Exactly in the middle would be about 98-64.

[Natick to NC]

You do know, I hope, that on some batters the pitches are called by the bench, not Vazquez, and are therefore visible to the opposing bench.

 

....I do understand max I'm looking more at his tipping location ...watch it next game .

[Natick to NC]

If the Sox continue at their current pace, they'll end up at 108-54.

 

It's likely they'll end up somewhere inbetween. Exactly in the middle would be about 98-64.

 

I called 98 early on but this is a 92 win team max....with a quick exit if we keep playing the tandem of Vaz and Sandy ...must upgrade at Catcher and the bull.

[moonslav59]

Sale goes 5 and struggles with control and gives up 2 runs. The bullpen gives up 2 runs in 4 innings.

 

A nice win, but further confirmation that the Sox pitching is slipping backwards.

 

Also confirmation I think that Cora needs to keep as many good bats as possible in the lineup to make up for the pitching problems. The Sox scored 3, 5, and 6 runs in this series and only won once.

 

This was the 8th straight game without a quality start by the Sox. The last one was game 1 vs. the Yankees when Pom went 6 and gave up 2.

 

1 game confirms nothing.

 

We K'd over 10 again. It seems like every game we do that.

 

I'm seeing Pom and ERod getting better. Porcello off to a great start. I'm not worried about him having 2 bad starts in a row.

 

Sale has let up 7 ERs in his last 4 starts (28 IP). That's a 2.25 ERA. If that's "struggling", give me q5 struggling starters like Sale.