5/24 Braves @ SOX 7:10PM

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Too many black holes on this team to remain in first.Promote Duran .

 

He's hungry like the wolf.

[moonslav59]

Bats are stone cold man

 

How many times do we see missed golden opportunities early- never to see them again?

[Swiharts Ghost]

How many times do we see missed golden opportunities early- never to see them again?

 

Too many Moon.I feel like they have to shake this team up with an infusion like Duran and demotions .

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Marwin is a web gem. Doesn't saving a run equal driving in a run?

[moonslav59]

Too many Moon.I feel like they have to shake this team up with an infusion like Duran and demotions .

 

Get over Duran. He’s off to the Olympics and will not be available.

 

I’m kinda glad. Maybe it will end the beating drums.

[moonslav59]

Whitlock

 

28 strikes

 

8 balls

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not normally the case where the team's utility fielder is their best defensive fielder. Edited May 26, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[moonslav59]

Yanks lose 6-2.

 

Come back time!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Braves have too much talent to be a .500 club. They're my bet to win the NL Least.

[moonslav59]

Sad loss.

[Maxbialystock]

Hmmm. Looks once again as though good pitching beats good hitting. And tonight JD Martinez and Bogie are in the lineup and making absolutely no difference, just as they would not have made against Wheeler Sunday afternoon when the Phillies scored 6 runs. Indeed, the Sox hit better Sunday without these two than they are tonight with them.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

You want to give a pitcher who was struggling a chance to recover? Just do what the SOX did in the 1st 2 innings.

[TylerD]

That sucked.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hmmm. Looks once again as though good pitching beats good hitting. And tonight JD Martinez and Bogie are in the lineup and making absolutely no difference, just as they would not have made against Wheeler Sunday afternoon when the Phillies scored 6 runs. Indeed, the Sox hit better Sunday without these two than they are tonight with them.

 

You still beating that dead horse?

[Swiharts Ghost]

Get over Duran. He’s off to the Olympics and will not be available.

 

I’m kinda glad. Maybe it will end the beating drums.

 

Horrendous choice by Bloom then absolutely Horrendous.That kid gets hurt ? Not playing for this team ? I can his dipshit ass .

Edited May 26, 2021 by Swiharts Ghost

[moonslav59]

You still beating that dead horse?

 

I guess all we need is good pitching.

[Maxbialystock]

You still beating that dead horse?

 

Actually, the horse ain't dead. It's a hobby horse, and I'm still riding it. After tonight, however, you can maybe make a case that the two days rest didn't help Bogie or JD Martinez, so they might just as well have played Sunday afternoon.

[d-money]

Miserable game. Need to win tomorrow.

[Maxbialystock]

I guess all we need is good pitching.

 

Which the Sox rarely have--in comparison to other MLB teams an in comparison to the hitting and scoring they customarily have. No question the Sox also need hitting, which they didn't get tonight by a long shot. 3 runs in 9 innings is by any measure a good game for the Sox pitching staff.

 

Plus to me the pitching this year is better than I expected--especially the rotation (and despite ERod's ERA of 5.07).

 

My real point Sunday afternoon was to defend Cora for not putting JDM or Bogie in the lineup in what I thought was a lost cause with ERod going against Wheeler. I made a big deal about how Bogie and JDM wouldn't have made a difference if they had played, but the fact is we will never know.

Edited May 26, 2021 by Maxbialystock

[moonslav59]

Which the Sox rarely have--in comparison to other MLB teams an in comparison to the hitting and scoring they customarily have. No question the Sox also need hitting, which they didn't get tonight by a long shot. 3 runs in 9 innings is by any measure a good game for the Sox pitching staff.

 

Plus to me the pitching this year is better than I expected--especially the rotation (and despite ERod's ERA of 5.07).

 

My real point Sunday afternoon was to defend Cora for not putting JDM or Bogie in the lineup in what I thought was a lost cause with ERod going against Wheeler. I made a big deal about how Bogie and JDM wouldn't have made a difference if they had played, but the fact is we will never know.

 

Morton has not been good since 2018.

 

We were beaten by a meh pitcher. That happens, too, sometimes.

 

I’ll take Richards over Morton next game and the next and the ...

[notin]

Morton has not been good since 2018.

 

We were beaten by a meh pitcher. That happens, too, sometimes.

 

I’ll take Richards over Morton next game and the next and the ...

 

So you were not impressed with his 6.1 fWAR season in 2019?

[Larry Cook]

Good news today: our pitching was good enough to win!

 

Bad news today: giving bogey and Martinez two days off disrupts timing! Morton did not have good stuff, it was more about our hitters not being locked in!

[Maxbialystock]

Morton has not been good since 2018.

 

We were beaten by a meh pitcher. That happens, too, sometimes.

 

I’ll take Richards over Morton next game and the next and the ...

 

I too will take Richards over Morton. The sad fact is the Sox bats blew the first 2 innings opportunities and never recovered. It is criminal that Santana led off the 2d with a triple and didn't come close to scoring. Richards goes 5.2 giving up 2 if Sawamura doesn't give up that double.

[moonslav59]

So you were not impressed with his 6.1 fWAR season in 2019?

 

I meant to say 2019.

 

[TylerD]

Good news today: our pitching was good enough to win!

 

Bad news today: giving bogey and Martinez two days off disrupts timing! Morton did not have good stuff, it was more about our hitters not being locked in!

 

I have been impressed with Richards. He usually gives us a chance, it’s nice. Bullpen was solid too.

[iortiz]

We let them live. We have to jump early in the game and capitalize our opportunities. Brave's pitching is a complete mess specially their BP.

 

Normally, I agree with Cora's moves, but resting JD and Xander didn't pan out well the last couple of games. We lost the last game of the series vs PHI and now this one. We can not afford putting in jeopardy winnable games. This is a tough and close division.

 

Said that Richards is 100% legit folks. Once again I tip my cap for this pick up. He has faced some elite offenses and he always give us a chance to win. Cora should have let him finish the 6th though (another error).

[notin]

I meant to say 2019.

 

 

Well that only leaves 2020, which was a season no one should lend much credence to...