July 4th Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox

[notin]

Pivetta would actually be on regular rest today...

 

Is he healthy?

[Old Red]

What happened to Pivetta?

 

If Cora is bumping him back for the Yankee series, I could see that. Although I’d rather he faced the Rays…

 

Pivetta goes tomorrow.

[notin]

Pivetta goes tomorrow.

 

Yahoo has Wacha tomorrow. They could totally be wrong, but it begs the question of what happened to him…

[Old Red]

Yahoo has Wacha tomorrow. They could totally be wrong, but it begs the question of what happened to him…

 

Tired arm is the word on the street.

[Bellhorn04]

Can't we try planning ahead?

 

I'll bet they do try.

[Old Red]

Yahoo has Wacha tomorrow. They could totally be wrong, but it begs the question of what happened to him…

 

The way things are happening so fast at the moment it’s a minute by minute day to day on what comes next. Maybe Wacha is better on Wednesday who knows.

[moonslav59]

One game at a time.

 

Not in AAA.

[moonslav59]

I'll bet they do try.

 

I'm sure they do, but if they knew they were giving Pivetta an extra day's rest, they could have timed Bello better.

[Old Red]

Not in AAA.

 

Even in T Ball.

[Old Red]

I'm sure they do, but if they knew they were giving Pivetta an extra day's rest, they could have timed Bello better.

 

Bello would not have been a need for today if not for Wacha going down, and therefore no need to change anything with Bello, and still would have been on schedule for a Wednesday start if needed although Kutter could have gotten that call for Wednesday if he wasn’t needed for today.

Edited July 4, 2022 by Old Red

[vegasbob]

Well, the Nantucket sleigh ride portion of the schedule starts today with not enough men in the longboat. Naturally Chris Sale could not overcome his numerous maladies quick enough to actually be of use to this team by now. Broke a rib in February , that's March, April, May, June ++.

[Old Red]

Well, the Nantucket sleigh ride portion of the schedule starts today with not enough men in the longboat. Naturally Chris Sale could not overcome his numerous maladies quick enough to actually be of use to this team by now. Broke a rib in February , that's March, April, May, June ++.

 

Frail had to wait until the first two Toronto trips were over.

[vegasbob]

Think of the next two weeks as if the worst thing that could happen would be 0-14. Then every win, if any, is a plus.

[Old Red]

Think of the next two weeks as if the worst thing that could happen would be 0-14. Then every win, if any, is a plus.

 

From the famous words of CWG. We are on the threshold of hell.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Classic Fourth of July slice of Americana: matinee baseball game, first of a crucial summer stretch, hosting the defending division champs. And toeing the rubber is... your fifth-best lefty reliever.

 

Awesome Davis! 1-2-3.

[Old Red]

Classic Fourth of July slice of Americana: matinee baseball game, first of a crucial summer stretch, hosting the defending division champs. And toeing the rubber is... your fifth-best lefty reliever.

 

Awesome Davis! 1-2-3.

 

Imagine that Robles has been getting more innings than Davis. Only Cora knows why.

[Bellhorn04]

Imagine that Robles has been getting more innings than Davis.

 

How do you figure that?

[vegasbob]

One comment on the shift. The Sox were in an extreme infield shift against LH hitting Lowe with Devers close to second base. Davis, a LH pitcher is throwing to Vaz's target outside and Lowe hits a fly to left. If he had hit a ground ball it would have been qa single, 2 on no out. The shift in that situation and pitching set up was not brilliant.

[Tedballgame]

Nice job by Davis.

[Thunder]

Classic Fourth of July slice of Americana: matinee baseball game, first of a crucial summer stretch, hosting the defending division champs. And toeing the rubber is... your fifth-best lefty reliever.

 

Awesome Davis! 1-2-3.

 

Not like we have a ton of options to start games at the moment

[Old Red]

How do you figure that?

 

Davis has pitched 1 inning since June 18th.

[Bellhorn04]

Classic Fourth of July slice of Americana: matinee baseball game, first of a crucial summer stretch, hosting the defending division champs. And toeing the rubber is... your fifth-best lefty reliever.

 

Awesome Davis! 1-2-3.

 

What 4 do you have ahead of him?

[Bellhorn04]

Davis has pitched 1 inning since June 18th.

 

3 now.

[Tedballgame]

Hasn't been a strike yet to Dalbec.

[Tedballgame]

Four balls and its 2-2

[Tedballgame]

Dalbec leaves them loaded! Wow.

[vegasbob]

Dalbec simply cannot hit at the MLB level.

[Tedballgame]

Red Sox pitchers definitely need more fielding practice.

[Tedballgame]

Kutter gets out of it. Sox offense needs to step up.

[Tedballgame]

Terrible call by home plate ump.