May 10th Red Sox @ Braves

[Tedballgame]

Change ups will now be called slow balls. Curves will be called change of directions. Fast balls will be called high velocities. Sliders will be called sweepers.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A slower runner would have allowed Turner to complete an excellent defensive play.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Change ups will now be called slow balls. Curves will be called change of directions. Fast balls will be called high velocities. Sliders will be called sweepers.

 

In the case of Kluber fast balls will be called low velocities.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That's a HR in every park except Yellowstone.

[d-money]

Makes a mistake on one pitch. Hasn’t gotten run support tonight though.

[Nick]

6 innings, 2 runs. A quality start.

 

What is Bello going to learn in AAA? I'm listening.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice job tonight by Bello. He's probably the SOX 2nd best starter.

[Maxbialystock]

Makes a mistake on one pitch. Hasn’t gotten run support tonight though.

 

Bello has good stuff and is a battler, more so than Sale who is too easily rattled. But Bello does not yet have the command he needs. To his credit, he does try to get low strikes, but tonight a lot of them ended up balls.

 

This was a very good start against a good Braves lineup.

 

Now let's see if the bullpen butchers it.

[Maxbialystock]

6 innings, 2 runs. A quality start.

 

What is Bello going to learn in AAA? I'm listening.

 

Actually, the history of Sox pitching suggests that at no level in the Sox system do they know how to improve pitchers, especially with respect to command.

[Maxbialystock]

Nice job tonight by Bello. He's probably the SOX 2nd best starter.

 

Yep. I do like Houck, but Bello has better stuff.

[Maxbialystock]

So much for my belief that Wong can hit.

[Maxbialystock]

Maybe that's why Devers didn't start tonight. He looked absolutely lost in that at bat.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Dalbec could have done that.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Tapia has been a pleasant surprise.

[Maxbialystock]

Maybe that's why Devers didn't start tonight. He looked absolutely lost in that at bat.

 

Tapia gets a double off exactly the same pitch Devers swung at and completely missed.

[Maxbialystock]

Dalbec could have done that.

 

Well Dalbec can do just about everything. I see only two real weaknesses in his game: hitting and fielding. He is, on the other hand, pretty competent in the on deck circle, in the dugout, and getting to and from the ballpark.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

So Valdez ph by Dalbec ph by Devers... who plays second the rest of the game? Turner, with Devers to third?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm guessing Devers will start mashing again. So far this season he's been extremely hot and extremely cold. Please don't turn into Napoli.

[Maxbialystock]

Buckle down Winckowski, buckle down.

[Maxbialystock]

I'm guessing Devers will start mashing again. So far this season he's been extremely hot and extremely cold. Please don't turn into Napoli.

 

Boy do I hope you're right and can then tell me to stuff it.

[Maxbialystock]

Devers as a defensive sub actually makes sense.

[moonslav59]

Yep. I do like Houck, but Bello has better stuff.

 

They both have nasty stuff. It's hard to know who has more.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Well Dalbec can do just about everything. I see only two real weaknesses in his game: hitting and fielding. He is, on the other hand, pretty competent in the on deck circle, in the dugout, and getting to and from the ballpark.

 

Notin mentioned that Dalbec was a pretty good pitcher at one time. Maybe he should reinvent himself, and become a decent hitting pitcher.

[moonslav59]

Nice game by Bello.

 

Cora seems like he really wants his starters to go deeper, but they keep talking him out of it.

[Maxbialystock]

Winck gets three in the 8th!!!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They both have nasty stuff. It's hard to know who has more.

 

 

Bello has more potential to become an outstanding starter.

[Maxbialystock]

Nice game by Bello.

 

Cora seems like he really wants his starters to go deeper, but they keep talking him out of it.

 

I assume your use of the word "talking" is intended as sarcasm.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Boy do I hope you're right and can then tell me to stuff it.

 

As wrong as I've been over the years, I'm in no position to tell anyone 'to stuff it.'

[Maxbialystock]

The Braves pitchers have just destroyed Yoshida in these two games.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Braves pitchers have just destroyed Yoshida in these two games.

 

I've always wondered if Ted Williams ever had a batting slump. I'm sure he must have.

Edited May 11, 2023 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER