4/13 vs. Orioles

[d-money]

Agreed. But when your starter can barely make it through 3 innings it doesn’t bod well for the team unfortunately. But this game is just a train wreck.

 

I blame this on cora since spring training began it looked like this team just wasn’t mentally ready for the start of the season.

[redsoxrules]

Sox have to play 620 ball the rest of the season just to win 95 games. Makes me laugh all these fans saying its early , relax. There's a reason not too many teams make the playoffs with a s*** start to the season. These games count just as much now as they do in September

[Station 13]

This infield is nightmareous

[jung]

So I did end up taking my daughter to work listening to the game while in the car. Went in to a store near her work. Came out and the game had turned into double digits time.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Vaz is carrying the load.

[jung]

This infield is nightmareous

 

 

OF has not been much better.

[d-money]

Now we are looking back at those runs that where given up. Ughhh

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

In bowling terms for Betts that would be a missed spare.

[Jasonbay44]

Sox have to play 620 ball the rest of the season just to win 95 games. Makes me laugh all these fans saying its early , relax. There's a reason not too many teams make the playoffs with a s*** start to the season. These games count just as much now as they do in September

I know it’s early. But I don’t understand how you can’t be concerned at this point. This is ugly, awful baseball.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Thought I'd never say this, but I hope VAZ bats again in this game.

[d-money]

Sox have to play 620 ball the rest of the season just to win 95 games. Makes me laugh all these fans saying its early , relax. There's a reason not too many teams make the playoffs with a s*** start to the season. These games count just as much now as they do in September

 

It just makes it more difficult and it puts a lot of work just getting back to 500. They have to turn this around quickly right now and they likely will lose all the momentum today.

[Jasonbay44]

Is there something wrong with Mookie? His defense has been oddly not good so far this season.

[Station 13]

Is there something wrong with Mookie? His defense has been oddly not good so far this season.

 

He's elite in RF, a fish out of water in CF.

[Jasonbay44]

He's elite in RF, a fish out of water in CF.

He’s even misplayed a few in RF this season

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice play by Pedey.

[jung]

Jerry and OB relegated to droning on about drones. Not an encouraging sign.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Someone mentioned golf earlier. I'm not much of a golf fan, but I did like John Daly. Imagine, a professional golfer who was actually interesting off the golf course.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

However, if I was forced at gunpoint to choose watching golf, soccer or tennis, i would pick golf.

[d-money]

Rays winning again. It’s not getting any easier.

[TylerD]

Have enough runs to win..... once again. If the pitching didn’t stink.

[d-money]

Watching some nba right now. Nets up on the sixers .

[d-money]

Come back tomorrow and actually win a game with good pitching.🤦🏽*♂️

[Larry Cook]

Is it time to bring Leon back yet. Our pitchers need a catcher who can take control,

[jung]

Is it time to bring Leon back yet. Our pitchers need a catcher who can take control,

 

They can bring him up if they want to though it won't do much for the catchers they have for one to go down at this point. What is Leon going to do ...tell the coaches "this guy sucks"?

 

Porcello was at least extending to Home plate through the first inning and that ended in the second with the 0-0 pitch to somebody that he just did not finish. Rick knew he had not finshed that pitch and that was the end of whatever confidence he had. After that, Rick was back to where he was in his other starts...throwing trash secondary pitches out of utter garbage motion, release and follow through. Ultimately didn't have much of a FB either and that was that.

 

Rick is really REALLY struggling out of the stretch for one thing.

 

The real surprise in his case is that in other years he had shown enough grit and mental toughness to work his way out. His confidence in how he is able to throw right now appears to be at an all time low.

Edited April 13, 2019 by jung

[OH FOY]

Orioles 4-21 with RISP, Lucky we played the Orioles.

[mvp 78]

Guess I get to shave.

[TylerD]

They can bring him up if they want to though it won't do much for the catchers they have for one to go down at this point. What is Leon going to do ...tell the coaches "this guy sucks"?

 

Porcello was at least extending to Home plate through the first inning and that ended in the second with the 0-0 pitch to somebody that he just did not finish. Rick knew he had not finshed that pitch and that was the end of whatever confidence he had. After that, Rick was back to where he was in his other starts...throwing trash secondary pitches out of utter garbage motion, release and follow through. Ultimately didn't have much of a FB either and that was that.

 

Rick is really REALLY struggling out of the stretch for one thing.

 

The real surprise in his case is that in other years he had shown enough grit and mental toughness to work his way out. His confidence in how he is able to throw right now appears to be at an all time low.

Good break down. Hope Porcello gets it together. Man it’s ugly right now.

[Slasher9]

#Leongate

[a700hitter]

Sox are piling up a bunch of "hope it pays dividends later in the season" chits so far.

Lets see....we have:

- no work for the starters in ST I guess hoping to extend them through season and post season

- Betts having to get used to hitting behind Beni and Beni having to get used to leading off

 

Are there any more of these you have up your sleeve Alex?

It was a very poor decision. The staff was not ready for the season to start. This failed strategy has put th team in an early hole.

[a700hitter]

Our pitching is so bad that it may have revived the career of Chris Davis.