8/19 Devil Rays

[Station 13]

does tradition means much anymore?

[jung]

1. Mookie Betts ® RF

2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF

3. Steve Pearce ® 1B

4. J.D. Martinez ® DH

5. Xander Bogaerts ® SS

6. Eduardo Nunez ® 3B

7. Brock Holt (L) 2B

8. Blake Swihart (S) C

9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF

[d-money]

does tradition means much anymore?

 

If we lose i am blaming it on slasher9 for not putting up the game thread☹️

[jung]

X is having a tremendous year. From two weeks before the ASB to today save the period he was out with the hand injury somebody needs to show me how there has been a better Shortstop in MLB. Haven't seen everybody over that time. But X has just played too good.

[d-money]

Strikes Velazquez. Strikes plz.

[d-money]

Velazquez can’t keep falling behind the hitter.

[vegasbob]

Strikes Velazquez. Strikes plz.

 

He threw a center cut FB in the zone that ended up in the BP as a souvenir.

[d-money]

He threw a center cut FB in the zone that ended up in the BP as a souvenir.

 

Well that happens when you fall behind. A player expects a fastball.

[d-money]

Need to get out of this inning without a lot of damage.

[d-money]

Throw strikes. Guy has no control early.

[d-money]

Big DP. Needed that in the worse way.

[vegasbob]

The pitcher's best friend --a DP

[Station 13]

Xander is heating up. He should be much more than a slip hitting middle infielder.

[d-money]

They gotta hit this guy. Jays didn’t show up to the Bronx this weekend. Their pitcher can’t even get out of the first inning.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

How embarrassing would it be if Beeks held the SOX runless for 5+ innings?

[d-money]

So beeks will pitch for them now. I am sure there’s some motivation for him in this game.

[d-money]

Come on Velazquez.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They gotta hit this guy. Jays didn’t show up to the Bronx this weekend. Their pitcher can’t even get out of the first inning.

 

The Jays, like the O's, the Royals, the White Sox, the Tigers, are s*** teams that good teams should beat on a regular basis.

[Station 13]

They gotta hit this guy. Jays didn’t show up to the Bronx this weekend. Their pitcher can’t even get out of the first inning.

 

There's nothing the Yankes can do being 10.5 games back. Relax

[vegasbob]

Swihart gives away an AB with a futile wave of the bat against a guy he should know.

[jung]

I would start to think about whether the bat is starting to get a little heavy in Mookies hands and if they might want to scale him back preparing for the post season.

[vegasbob]

Thanks to NESN's Jahmai for explaining exactly how bad the pitching coaching in Boston varies from the Rays, allowing Beeks to have a very quiet inning. No question that the pressure of a championship level team is different from playing for a small market loser for a young unconfident guy

[d-money]

Thanks to NESN's Jahmai for explaining exactly how bad the pitching coaching in Boston varies from the Rays, allowing Beeks to have a very quiet inning. No question that the pressure of a championship level team is different from playing for a small market loser for a young unconfident guy

 

You can talk about pressure but if this guy goes 5 shutout innings against us it’s gonna look embarrassing.

[d-money]

There's nothing the Yankes can do being 10.5 games back. Relax

 

Well we have 4 with the Guardians coming up. I wouldn’t say never. Our schedule gets a little tougher coming up.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Thanks to NESN's Jahmai for explaining exactly how bad the pitching coaching in Boston varies from the Rays, allowing Beeks to have a very quiet inning. No question that the pressure of a championship level team is different from playing for a small market loser for a young unconfident guy

 

Beeks won't be the 1st player to excel in a small market environment. Although, to be honest, I'd rather the SOX had traded POM than Beeks. I believe that's called an understatement, signed Captain Obvious.

[vegasbob]

Beginning with the first inning 4 run gift yesterday through 3 today, the Sox hitters are asleep with little interest in denting the wall. WTFU.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Another web gem by Betts.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

There's nothing the Yankes can do being 10.5 games back. Relax

 

Yup, 1978 never happened. It was an illusion.

[vegasbob]

Beeks won't be the 1st player to excel in a small market environment. Although, to be honest, I'd rather the SOX had traded POM than Beeks. I believe that's called an understatement, signed Captain Obvious.

 

A good comment in any case. The opposite is also true--a big market team signing an FA from Podunk can often choke on his chicken dinner. See Crawford, Carl.

[jung]

Yup, 1978 never happened. It was an illusion.

 

Anybody know if they are really getting Judge back or is he done for the year?