8/13 @ Rays

[bmattioli]

When was a RedSox team this bad? 2012 team?

[vegasbob]

Anyone who was worried about Brandon workman being overworked this year had no clue as to the depth of the problem. Workman is on unemplyment sincee his team may never have the lead again.

[vegasbob]

I'll go out on a limb and say Marcus Walden is a pinata,

or an extreme case of worthless crap

[vegasbob]

Walden is almost incredibly bad. 20 pitches, gives up 3 runs and gets NO One out and is still pitching. Why?? Because they still need 12 more outs and nobody is any better.

 

Here's a new record I'm sure--- the pinata gives up a second HR and a total of 6 runs without recording an out. Incredible.

[a700hitter]

I'll go out on a limb and say Marcus Walden is a pinata,

or an extreme case of worthless crap

I was just about to post this. Walden is definitely a pinata.

[a700hitter]

I'll go out on a limb and say Marcus Walden is a pinata,

or an extreme case of worthless crap

The 2012 team would thrash this bunch.

[TylerD]

Well this one over lmao

 

Hockey time.

[Larry Cook]

Despite the blow out, I think hart deserves another start. The nerves were definitely a problem.

[vegasbob]

Despite the blow out, I think hart deserves another start. The nerves were definitely a problem.

 

Yeah, the fans were brutal , jumping all over him. He does need another start just to see if that was for real. It's really the Sox fault if he 's not reay for prime time to keep him away until such time that he won't get crushed.

[vegasbob]

An amzing performance by all of them. Swept by the Rays at home, and the finale the Sox score 8 runs only to lose by NINE. Roenicke is not going to be around next season, but there really is nothing he can do with the utter lack of talent this pitching is showing

[dgalehouse]

Despite the blow out, I think hart deserves another start. The nerves were definitely a problem.

 

His nerves ? Or ours ?

[illinoisredsox]

An amzing performance by all of them. Swept by the Rays at home, and the finale the Sox score 8 runs only to lose by NINE. Roenicke is not going to be around next season, but there really is nothing he can do with the utter lack of talent this pitching is showing

 

Didn’t the Rays go something like 8-1 at Fenway last year?

[oldtimer]

We scored more against the Rays than the Yankees, however, the Yankees have pitching and we don't.

[mvp 78]

PITT lost. Only 2.5 until last place.

[Tedballgame]

With his performance tonight Plawecki automatically goes into the rotation.

[moonslav59]

PITT lost. Only 2.5 until last place.

 

I'm never for having the players tank, but we should trade everyone not part of the plans beyond 2020 or 2021.

[jad]

I'm never for having the players tank, but we should trade everyone not part of the plans beyond 2020 or 2021.

 

Aren't those two sentences contradictory?

 

Meanwhile, I'm sure glad we, as a small market team, have an eye on the future, and don't have to put up with the crap those people in LA, NY, or even Miami have to deal with. That's called smart management.

[jad]

PITT lost. Only 2.5 until last place.

 

I'm not worried. We're just a trade or two away from securing that last spot for years to come.

[mvp 78]

I'm never for having the players tank, but we should trade everyone not part of the plans beyond 2020 or 2021.

 

I agree. I think this year will be ugly. They won't be great next year, but I think they'll be more fun to watch.

[Bellhorn04]

I agree. I think this year will be ugly.

 

Don't go out on a limb, man.

[TylerD]

7th in offense

 

And yet dead last. That is hysterically bad pitching folks.

[Thunder]

We suck

[mvp 78]

@PeteAbe

#RedSox announce Colten Brewer will start tonight against the Yankees.

 

First career start in the majors. Before that it was in 2016 in High A.

[vegasbob]

Just to confirm how screwed Roenicke is with this bunch, he uses Peraza , his somewhat regular 2Bman, to pitch the ninth and he gets tagged on the knee by a hard hit ball, stopping that experiment. So Plawecki, the backup catcher comes in to pitch and Two Way Lin goes behind the plate. Honestly you couldn't make this season up.

[mvp 78]

Just to confirm how screwed Roenicke is with this bunch, he uses Peraza , his somewhat regular 2Bman, to pitch the ninth and he gets tagged on the knee by a hard hit ball, stopping that experiment. So Plawecki, the backup catcher comes in to pitch and Two Way Lin goes behind the plate. Honestly you couldn't make this season up.

 

I believe that at some point the Sox should be able to just forfeit the game.

[jad]

Lin caught? Holy s***! I would have paid to see that! Does anyone remember the tragedy of Mike Greenwell behind the plate?

[mvp 78]

Lin caught? Holy s***! I would have paid to see that! Does anyone remember the tragedy of Mike Greenwell behind the plate?

 

https://www.overthemonster.com/2020/8/14/21368386/boston-red-sox-podcast-tampa-bay-rays-new-york-yankees

 

https://twitter.com/gfstarr1/status/1294064617245880322

 

@gfstarr1

Red Sox catcher Kevin Plawecki is pitching to 2B Tzu-Wei Lin, who is catching.

 

Meanwhile, their other catcher Christian Vazquez is playing 2B.

[mvp 78]

https://twitter.com/ExtraInningsUK/status/1294307643444600834