4/18 Twins @ Red Sox, 7:10 pm

[Maxbialystock]

RHP Gray vs. LHP Sale, a complete mismatch favoring Minnesota, who are also 10-6 to the Sox 8-9.

 

But this, ladies and gents, is baseball, and anything can happen.

[Maxbialystock]

Listen, my children, and you shall hear

Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,

On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:

Hardly a man is now alive

Who remembers that famous day and year.

 

But my wife does--this is our 59th.

 

And don't forget David Hackett Fischer's marvelous book on PR.

[vegasbob]

Listen, my children, and you shall hear

Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,

On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:

Hardly a man is now alive

Who remembers that famous day and year.

 

But my wife does--this is our 59th.

 

And don't forget David Hackett Fischer's marvelous book on PR.

 

But can this guy Revere play 2nd base or has your wife ever considered a turn at SS ? Looking for a little help here.

[Bellhorn04]

Ben Revere was an outfielder.

[Hugh2]

“Let’s go Red Sox let’s go Red Sox” - Tom W.

[TylerD]

Sale due for a good game

[Maxbialystock]

Verdugo RF

Devers 3B

Turner DH

Yoshida LF

Hernandez 2B

Casas 1B

Wong C

Duran CF

Chang SS

 

So Wong gets the nod to catch Chris Sale. Five lefty bats with Duran in CF. Kike at 2b for Arroyo.

[vegasbob]

Thank you, Sale. A Red Sox starter who does not get his team behind in the 1st. Chris is looking pretty fair in the first

[illinoisredsox]

RHP Gray vs. LHP Sale, a complete mismatch favoring Minnesota, who are also 10-6 to the Sox 8-9.

 

But this, ladies and gents, is baseball, and anything can happen.

 

Not sure why you would say it’s a complete mismatch favoring the Twins.

 

Gray’s career vs. the Red Sox:

1-7 in 10 games (9 starts), 6.80 ERA

 

Career at Fenway:

0-4 in 6 games (5 starts), 8.02 ERA

 

Now, that means he’ll probably toss a no-no.

 

Edit - that last sentence didn’t age well.

[a700hitter]

Yoshida still struggling.

[vegasbob]

No thanks to Yoshi that time on his routine soft bouncer to 2nd. He continues his struggle.

[Oscars]

No thanks to Yoshi that time on his routine soft bouncer to 2nd. He continues his struggle.

 

Ge can’t continue to hit 4th in the line up swinging like he is.

[vegasbob]

Casas gets jobbed on a close pitch that looked inside. He is very selective. The lower 6 guys in the lineup are currently miserable performers , with Duran having a chance to be the brightest bulb in that chandelier.

 

I know it's "EARLY", but in fact over 10% of the season has now been played. Time to get it going.

[vegasbob]

The Minn catcher looks a little chunky. Where did they find him ?

[vegasbob]

Duran Duran, he ran

[notin]

The Minn catcher looks a little chunky. Where did they find him ?

 

Dress Barn…

[vegasbob]

LOB's by the home team , the bane of good pitching by the home team. Sale looks amazingly improved. i'll bet anything his side session went well under Bush's tutelage

[vegasbob]

Vintage Sale, reminds me of 2018 when he corkscrewed Machado to complete the WS in a magical season.

[vegasbob]

The umpire's calls vs the K-zone on screen do not match well. Must be a problem with the K-zone

[Oscars]

Chang swung at 3 balls out of the zone.

He’s out of his depth

[illinoisredsox]

The umpire's calls vs the K-zone on screen do not match well. Must be a problem with the K-zone

 

Radio guys have been critical of some of the ball-strike calls tonight.

[vegasbob]

2 more LOBs . No one with a 2 out hit tonight. Chang has no clue what he's doing up there

[vegasbob]

Walk, HBP, bunt single, sac fly and it is tied up . This is on the hitters

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Chang swung at 3 balls out of the zone.

He’s out of his depth

 

Except he's not the one who got 90 mil.

[vegasbob]

Yoshida finally watched the video, but hitting with no luck

[jad]

I don't understand why they're not scoring runs. Only 5 of their starters are hitting under .200. (there were six a couple of days ago, but Duran ruined that).

[vegasbob]

Never have been a fan of Hernandez. Should be a career utility player

[Oscars]

Never have been a fan of Hernandez. Should be a career utility player

 

He’s got poor control of the strike zone

[vegasbob]

Casas with 3 more Ks after a couple fouls. My thought here is that he is not showing the ability to catch up to the fast ball and hit it fair . He needs a better fast twitch trigger

[vegasbob]

Sale did just about all he could raising expectations for a a big contribution this year. At least we see he is capable of great stuff vs a decent team. Remind me, what did the Sox use ST for, because it wasn't to get the players ready close to Opening Day