5/7 @ Baltimore

[Thunder]

RHP Hector Velazquez (0-2, 3.72) vs RHP David Hess (1-4, 5.34)

 

Win. Dance. Repeat. Get home at .500. That is all.

[Maxbialystock]

Last night Means was tough to hit and went 7 innings. tonight Hess isn't quite so tough. But Velazquez is still a question.

 

Cora going with 4 lefty bats and what is very likely his best lineup these days--

 

Beni LF

Betts RF

JDM DH

Moreland 1B

Bogie SS

Devers 3B

Chavis 2B

Bradley CF

Vazquez C

 

I have ranted mightily against JBJ, but still agree with Cora using him.

 

 

81 degrees right now in DC and mostly sunny.

Edited May 7, 2019 by Maxbialystock

[Kimmi]

Our offense should score some runs tonight.

 

WIN!!!

[a700hitter]

Last night's offensive production was pathetic. Baltimore is a team that we have to beat.

[vegasbob]

JD's back with power, very glad to see

[vegasbob]

The 2 teams will play out the remaining 52 outs because people paid for tickets and TV is rewarding them, but this game ended in the first inning. It's over no matter what Yogi said.

[a700hitter]

We need to steamroll the Orioles.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That out by Villar went 6 inches with an exit velocity of 1mph.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

One main thing that Porcello gives the SOX that the other 4 regular starters don't is availability.

[jad]

Well, that was short-lived.

[jad]

The 2 teams will play out the remaining 52 outs because people paid for tickets and TV is rewarding them, but this game ended in the first inning. It's over no matter what Yogi said.

 

Except for that bit about the bottom half of the inning.

[d-money]

That’s just a terrible job by Velazquez.

[vegasbob]

Enough with the positivity. If anyone thinks that Velasquez, Johnson or Wright will be the answer to the next several months of Red Sox pitching it is time to get real. These guys are and will be nothing but fillers . I know the system is bereft of CHEAP homegrown pitching for , oh say about 10 years or more, so what can DD do? Find a losing team with a need , a decent starter, and fill it.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Chavis appears to be cooling off, while JBJ has been dead for quite a while. Hell, he's decomposing. Edited May 7, 2019 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[vegasbob]

Except for that bit about the bottom half of the inning.

 

I don't think the bottom half counted if I'm positive about beating a cellar dweller. Nobody told me they could play too

[Station 13]

Nice competitive at bat there, Jr.

[jad]

That was typical of his strike-out swing. I think he missed that by almost a foot.

[vegasbob]

Chavis appears to be cooling off, while JBJ has been dead for a while.

 

JBJr dead ?, C'mon Splendid, you know the corner is just around, well , the corner. Jackie is getting ready to turn it, right ?

[Station 13]

Chavis appears to be cooling off, while JBJ has been dead for a while.

 

Cooling off? You need a week to even judge that. lol

[vegasbob]

It really means nothing but in the 37th game of the season, the Red Sox 25 man active roster now sports a total of 37 players who registered a statistic by actually playing. Nothing is the way it should be. Again, actually means very little except you better have a deep bench and AAA team.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Whether Chavis is cooling off or not, I still want him playing everyday at 2nd.

[FredLynn]

Velasquez is getting hammered.

[a700hitter]

Velasquez is getting hammered.

I dread watching him pitch.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

JBJr dead ?, C'mon Splendid, you know the corner is just around, well , the corner. Jackie is getting ready to turn it, right ?

 

You mean turn over in his grave?

[vegasbob]

You mean turn over in his grave?

 

Tris Speaker is rolling over in his watching a certain CF'er bat

[vegasbob]

Hard to imagine that JD got to 200 HR's at age 32. He looks like a guy that should have about 400 at this stage, but realize his early years were not all that productive

[FredLynn]

Anyone here think the Sox will make the playoffs this year? Realistically, not optimistically....

[vegasbob]

Anyone here think the Sox will make the playoffs this year? Realistically, not optimistically....

 

Still way too early but the trend is not our friend and it more likely would be a one game WC shot. Who knows, we'll see as they experts say

[jacksonianmarch]

Stacking Smith and Velazquez cannot happen again for you guys. Bullpen killers cannot go back to back. If not for Weber, you'd be really strung out today

[Thunder]

Anyone here think the Sox will make the playoffs this year? Realistically, not optimistically....

 

Get out. Seriously. Get out of my GT with that s***