9/05 SOX @ Rays 4:10PM ET

[moonslav59]

Dalbec or Casas?

 

Dalbec is the obvious answer but I was joking about Casas. (I caught some grief for suggesting he might be the guy we need to trade to get an ace, this winter.)

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If there's one thing the SOX have been deficient with this season is TIMELY HITTING!

[Maxbialystock]

It sure felt that way.

 

How does he get hit by pitch when his elbow was in the strike zone? And how does the ump explain that to Cora?

[vegasbob]

Gotta get it out of the way, Familia is awful. Just like Robles was. A clueless thrower, not a pitcher

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If there's one thing the SOX have been deficient with this season is TIMELY HITTING!

 

The Rays know about TIMELY HITTING. That's why they're offensive stats are misleading.

[a700hitter]

The Rays know about TIMELY HITTING. That's why they're offensive stats are misleading.

Is "timely hitting" like "clutch hitting"?

[FredLynn]

If there's one thing the SOX have been deficient with this season is TIMELY HITTING!

 

And the pen

And the managing

And most of the SPing

And focusing on the game

Etc

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not to 2nd guess Cora but wouldn't it have been a good move to put a stronger armed guy behind the plate?

[FredLynn]

Game over

Our pen absolutely sucks

[Maxbialystock]

If there's one thing the SOX have been deficient with this season is TIMELY HITTING!

 

True. In this case, some credit has to go to the Rays reliever, who threw some excellent pitches.

 

Indeed, we are watching a team with good pitching battle a team with lousy pitching--except for Wacha's quality start.

 

Once the Rays bullpen appeared, scoring was bound to be tough.

 

And now that the Sox bullpen is engaged, holding a 3-2 lead is problematical.

 

That said, the HBP was just weird. On the other hand, it was reasonable to expect Brujan to get a BB.

 

Game now tied, man on 2b with 1 out.

 

Hello, Sox bullpen.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Is "timely hitting" like "clutch hitting"?

 

The SOX have had very little of either.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not to 2nd guess Cora but wouldn't it have been a good move to put a stronger armed guy behind the plate?

 

I mean, c'mon Cora; this is 'managing 101.'

[Tedballgame]

Sox bullpen implodes again.

[Tedballgame]

Familia is another guy I don’t want to see in a Sox uniform next year. He is a bum.

[Tedballgame]

This game is typical of Red Sox performances in Tampa Bay over the last few years. Even when they have a lead late in the game they can’t hold it and Tampa scores a lot of runs by way of walks and hit by pitches and weird plays.

[a700hitter]

Familia is another guy I don’t want to see in a Sox uniform next year. He is a bum.

He's finished.

[Tedballgame]

Game over now.

[FredLynn]

Knew it

What an awful team

[Maxbialystock]

And the pen

And the managing

And most of the SPing

And focusing on the game

Etc

 

No etc to it. The Sox have the 2d worst pitching in the AL and the Rays have the 2d best. That's essentially why the Rays have a 74-58 record and the Sox are 67-68.

[Tedballgame]

Red Sox leave the bases loaded in the top of the seventh and Tampa comes right back and takes the lead in the bottom of the seventh. Typical.

[FredLynn]

Game over now.

 

It was over when Story didn’t come through.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This game is typical of Red Sox performances in Tampa Bay over the last few years. Even when they have a lead late in the game they can’t hold it and Tampa scores a lot of runs by way of walks and hit by pitches and weird plays.

 

One thing's for sure; in most games between the SOX and the Rays Cash will out-manage Cora.

[moonslav59]

I mean, c'mon Cora; this is 'managing 101.'

 

Yes, managers often remove bad-armed catchers when men get on base. (LOL)

[Tedballgame]

No etc to it. The Sox have the 2d worst pitching in the AL and the Rays have the 2d best. That's essentially why the Rays have a 74-58 record and the Sox are 67-68.

 

Tampa also has a lot of guys who get hits in the clutch which the Red Sox do not.

[Maxbialystock]

This game is typical of Red Sox performances in Tampa Bay over the last few years. Even when they have a lead late in the game they can’t hold it and Tampa scores a lot of runs by way of walks and hit by pitches and weird plays.

 

The HBP was very weird, but Familia wanted to walk him anyway--he threw 10 pitches, 4 for strikes.

 

And the Rays hits looked pretty solid to me. You want a fluky hit, sit Devers' rbi bloop single.

 

This year the late innings belong to the Rays because of their vastly better bullpen than the Sox.

[moonslav59]

Lucky to be only 4-3.

 

This game is not over.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Yes, managers often remove bad-armed catchers when men get on base. (LOL)

 

No, MOON, you remove Plawecki at the same time that Wacha was done. Stick up for cult leader Cora, but that was a mistake.

[Old Red]

Franchy's positions for the next couple months will be prone and reclining

 

I get Arroyo DH for JD, but the only place Franchy should be playing is back in Worcester with Duran. Franchy sucks on D, and can’t hit either. Bad move by Cora to play him.

[moonslav59]

No, MOON, you remove Plawecki at the same time that Wacha was done.

 

You really believe that?

 

I thought you were being sarcastic.

[Tedballgame]

Casas last two at bats have ended with him begging for a walk on a 3-2 pitch. Swing the bat rookie.