May 8 Red Sox (Richards) @ Orioles (Lowther)

[TylerD]

Damn! I just jinxed Richards with my no BB talk.

 

Lol!!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It appears at this point of the season, Cora better have someone ready for the 6th inning.

I don't see a whole bunch of quality starts in our future.

Edited May 9, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[TylerD]

It appears at this point of the season, Cora better have someone ready for the 6th inning.

I don't see a whole bunch of quality starts in our future.

 

If our offense keeps playing this then it’s not a big deal but unfortunately this isn’t sustainable. Having to score 5 plus every game is frustrating. Still.... Richards wasn’t terrible and I do think he has a nice season ahead of him.

 

I want Sale back

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Kudos to Richards for at least keeping his pitch count low enough to give the BP a rest. Kudos to the offense for providing double-digit runs.

[TylerD]

Definitely. Over all a nice night for him. 4 runs is a bit high, but going 7 innings is sweet.

[moonslav59]

This is the only time I felt pretty safe with Brice on the mound.

[TylerD]

This is the only time I felt pretty safe with Brice on the mound.

 

Lmao same here.

[moonslav59]

Brice is about as wild as I've ever seen anyone.

[TylerD]

Brice is about as wild as I've ever seen anyone.

 

Man is he ever. He can throw a nice pitch and then follow it up with “what the hell is that”

[moonslav59]

Does he just aim for the middle- knowing there's a good chance he'll miss by enough to catch a corner?

[moonslav59]

Then, when he aims for a corner, it might go right down the middle, hit the batter or be 3 feet outside.

[moonslav59]

This game should seal his fate.

 

No pressure, at all, and this is what he brings?

[iortiz]

Wonder what has to happen to DFA Brice. He is not MLB material at all.

[moonslav59]

Plawecki: "Throw it right down the middle."

 

Brice: "That's what I'm trying to do!"

[moonslav59]

Wonder what has to happen to DFA Brice. He is not MLB material at all.

 

He has to return the master copy of the Bloom beastiality videos.

[Jasonbay44]

Why are Brice and Taylor on this team?

[TylerD]

Why are Brice and Taylor on this team?

 

I ask myself this every day

[moonslav59]

I never thought I'd be happy seeing Taylor brought into a game in the 9th.

[illinoisredsox]

Wonder what has to happen to DFA Brice. He is not MLB material at all.

 

They probably want some of the minor league guys to get some innings in at Worcester. Maybe a week or so?

[moonslav59]

I ask myself this every day

 

Does any media guy have the balls to ask Bloom or Cora a blunt question like this?

[moonslav59]

They probably want some of the minor league guys to get some innings in at Worcester. Maybe a week or so?

 

Let's hope we never need them, when the game is on the line.

[moonslav59]

Taylor for President!

[TylerD]

Does any media guy have the balls to ask Bloom or Cora a blunt question like this?

 

Lmao I would love to see it!!!

 

Good work moon, team is rolling!!! See you all tomorrow.

[Larry Cook]

Good news today: our offense is awesome! Got a little help from the bottom third of the lineup today.

 

Bad news today: Brice is still on the team. Come the trade deadline, we will need two more good relievers.

[illinoisredsox]

Let's hope we never need them, when the game is on the line.

 

Well Brice is the 8th (or is it 9th?) guy in the pen, so I don’t see whoever has that spot getting much leveraged situation use.

[Jasonbay44]

Brice at least doesn’t pitch much, but man does he suck. Taylor for whatever reason occasionally pitches in high leverage situations.

[moonslav59]

We can't pitch Barnes for 85 innings- his pace right now, so we'll need to moves someone into a more high leverage role, soon.

 

Sawamura?

 

Valdez?

 

Whitlock & Andriese are our long men. I don't think Houck should be converted to a set up man role.

 

Bazardo?

 

I'm not saying one of these guys can't do it, but I hope we don't have to trial and error it through all of them until we get one right, while killing their confidence to fill the lesser roles they have been doing well in, so far.

 

We can't really trade for a solid RP'er, right now, can we? If yes, who do we trade?

 

Could Whitlock or Houck taking a starter role create a solid RP'er out of Perez, Pivetta or Eovaldi? I'm not willing to suggest we try that.

 

[moonslav59]

Brice at least doesn’t pitch much, but man does he suck. Taylor for whatever reason occasionally pitches in high leverage situations.

 

The only time Taylor pitches in a high leverage situation is after he makes a low or medium leverage situation into a high one by loading the bases, and they leave him in too long to face a batter or two at high leverage.

[d-money]

Great win last night. At this point 3 out of 4 is a must against this crappy team.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

 

We can't really trade for a solid RP'er, right now, can we? If yes, who do we trade?

 

 

This reminds of one of the best, and most intriguing, and maybe one of the last trades the Rays made when Bloom still had a say in Tampa: getting Nick Anderson at the '19 deadline. It was curious because the Rays were contending and swapped Ryne Stanek -- a good reliever and their prime opener, plus outfield prospect Jesse Sanchez, to Miami for Anderson and starter Trevor Richards. Anderson was an instant upgrade, probably the best reliever in baseball for the rest of that season.