4/6 @ Arizona DiamondBacks of Arizona

[mvp 78]

f*** it

[jacksonianmarch]

Love the bullpen

[Larry Cook]

Ugly loss again!

[Jasonbay44]

This team is playing so bad I don't even know what to say anymore.

[Station 13]

Get rid of Vaz, utter trash.

[jad]

Maybe the RS pitchers should consider putting the ball in the lower half of the strike zone?

[TylerD]

We suck. Good night.

[Jasonbay44]

This may sound crazy, but I'm not a Cora fan. From my posts you can probably tell.

 

I never really love or hate any manager. He's probably better than most managers, but doesn't mean we can't criticize his decisions. I just don't get why JD was out of the lineup, and tomorrow he's resting Mookie. They have off days Monday and Wednesday and are playing like s***. Makes no sense.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Will the SOX be buyers or sellers?

[moonslav59]

Speechless.

[BillyWilliams]

Its questionable in general to bench your two hottest hitters (JD and Swihart) for arguably two worst hitters in lineup, Vazquez and JBJ. I don't get that

 

I've never been a Vaz fan really, but he's really irritating me this season.

 

Bbbbbbutttt in cora we trust.....

[Bama Boy]

I never really love or hate any manager. He's probably better than most managers, but doesn't mean we can't criticize his decisions. I just don't get why JD was out of the lineup, and tomorrow he's resting Mookie. They have off days Monday and Wednesday and are playing like s***. Makes no sense.

 

This x10!

 

Hes playing for october but lets have a shot at getting there first. Sitting our best players, at what amounts to, 10% of the time isnt helping. If we were rolling along and winning 7 out of 10 i get it but right now we need help!

[harmony]

The Red Sox have the fewest remaining road games (71) of any team.

[Jasonbay44]

The Red Sox have the fewest remaining road games (71) of any team.

 

I guess that is one positive thing about this start... lol

[Station 13]

The Red Sox have the fewest remaining road games (71) of any team.

 

They also have the fewest home games too this year.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Except for Francona the SOX haven't had much luck with managers after their 1st season.

[harmony]

They also have the fewest home games too this year.

The Red Sox have the most remaining home games (81) of any team.

[Oscars]

This x10!

 

Hes playing for october but lets have a shot at getting there first. Sitting our best players, at what amounts to, 10% of the time isnt helping. If we were rolling along and winning 7 out of 10 i get it but right now we need help!

 

Exactly that.

The strategy of resting is fine when you are in good shape in the standings, but when you are 2-8 , playing like s*** and can’t beat a weak national league team, you need to change the plan before getting home 2-9.

[jung]

Vaz is just a terrible hitter. I really believe SWI is an improvement.

 

I have no idea what Vaz thinks he is doing lately. He either goes oppo with that swing or he does not go anywhere at all.

[StephenCurry30]

i don't think Vazquez ever knows what hes doing...

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Red Sox have the most remaining home games (81) of any team.

 

 

Only if you believe the 2 games in England are home games.

[a700hitter]

Cora made a mistake not ramping up the starters more quickly in Spring Training. None of them were ready to start the season. It remains to be seen whether saving their arms in spring training will pay dividends in September.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Cora made a mistake not ramping up the starters more quickly in Spring Training. None of them were ready to start the season. It remains to be seen whether saving their arms in spring training will pay dividends in September.

 

As has been pointed out many time games in March and April mean as much as games in September.

[harmony]

Only if you believe the 2 games in England are home games.

True enough

 

With 79 games remaining at Fenway Park, the Red Sox trail only the Chicago Cubs for the most remaining games in their home ballpark.

[jung]

Cora made a mistake not ramping up the starters more quickly in Spring Training. None of them were ready to start the season. It remains to be seen whether saving their arms in spring training will pay dividends in September.

 

The biggest issue with not using the 30 games and what is it for pitchers, 5 weeks of ST to ramp up is that now they are stuck doing the job of a ST while playing baseball games that count. Price to me STILL looks like he was/is closer than the other starters and its not even close between him and the other guys. If he could get that Change to land consistently he would be in very good shape IMO. He really can't get good RH hitters out in current MLB the way the game is played today without a decent Change. He has thrown some Godawful Changes so far this season.

 

The rest of them look like they are in "mid-winter" form. Porcello is short arming the ball. Nat is throwing hard but can't find the plate (common for a hard thrower until he gets into the groove of throwing again). ERod is just being ERod, meaning he is useless. If ever there was an example of a Starter that needs work just to actually be a rotation guy, its ERod and Sale is trying to throw at 5 mph less velo on everything until.....until.....until when?

 

So tell me again why you avoid the work of ST for Starters? I am a bit confused because there is no real way to avoid the prep work to actually pitch real MLB games and if you have not done it in ST then you are stuck doing it in live baseball games that count on your record. More convinced than ever that the everyday players will work through their woes before the Starters work through theirs.

Edited April 7, 2019 by jung

[d-money]

Cora needs to be held accountable for this crap. Again you can really lose a season in April.

[TylerD]

Cora needs to be held accountable for this crap. Again you can really lose a season in April.

 

This dreadful of a start. Absolutely.

[jung]

Seems pretty clear that Sox Management figures that no matter what they do early, there is not enough depth of team talent in the AL or anywhere else to prevent them from getting to the post season. They might be right about that. Not convinced that sort of thinking translates to getting to and through another WS run though.

[FredLynn]

Speechless.

 

As I wrote elsewhere, Cora didn't have his team ready to start the season. It shows. Its obviously very early, but they are digging a hole for themselves.

[tombirner]

The biggest issue with not using the 30 games and what is it for pitchers, 5 weeks of ST to ramp up is that now they are stuck doing the job of a ST while playing baseball games that count. Price to me STILL looks like he was/is closer than the other starters and its not even close between him and the other guys. If he could get that Change to land consistently he would be in very good shape IMO. He really can't get good RH hitters out in current MLB the way the game is played today without a decent Change. He has thrown some Godawful Changes so far this season.

 

The rest of them look like they are in "mid-winter" form. Porcello is short arming the ball. Nat is throwing hard but can't find the plate (common for a hard thrower until he gets into the groove of throwing again). ERod is just being ERod, meaning he is useless. If ever there was an example of a Starter that needs work just to actually be a rotation guy, its ERod and Sale is trying to throw at 5 mph less velo on everything until.....until.....until when?

 

So tell me again why you avoid the work of ST for Starters? I am a bit confused because there is no real way to avoid the prep work to actually pitch real MLB games and if you have not done it in ST then you are stuck doing it in live baseball games that count on your record. More convinced than ever that the everyday players will work through their woes before the Starters work through theirs.

 

Well said. Has Cora gone on record as to why he babied his starters so much in Spring Training? Was it to make them last through the season? Did he actually say that?

 

Looks like an awful idea right now. Just wondering if this really was his rationalization for it or if everyone is just speculating.