5/13 Cards @ SOX 4:10PM ET

[redsoxrules]

Cora is a f***ing moron.

 

What is he supposed to do? He has to use what Bloom got him.

[Tedballgame]

Well, at least Jansen won’t be pitching tomorrow night

[vegasbob]

I know Cora was following that old theory of let your stud get past his prior f***up. However, the corollary is that back to back f***ups mess with their mind. I still think Jensen was not feeling strong

[notin]

What is he supposed to do? He has to use what Bloom got him.

 

Didn’t Bloom get him Schreiber, too?

[iortiz]

What is he supposed to do? He has to use what Bloom got him.

 

Whoever but Jansen. You can see from miles he is not 100%.

[Old Red]

Ref!

 

I feel safe saying that Sale is back.

 

I'm not talking about freakin' Chris Sale: I'm talking...

 

Chris Freakin' Sale!

 

 

Congrats you did it again. You’re like the cat on the Fockers. JINX!

[redsoxrules]

Didn’t Bloom get him Schreiber, too?

 

He did. But he ain't the closer.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Their closer collapses?

 

With the help of the Cards' batters. It's not a one-way street.

[Maxbialystock]

Postgame analysis on NESN is all about the fact that the umpire penalized Jansen for pitching too quickly.

[redsoxrules]

Story will have to play SS when he's back. Kike cannot play there

[Tedballgame]

You think the Cardinals won’t be confident if they are trailing going into the 9th tomorrow night?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Cora is a f***ing moron.

 

Cora is not a moron. He's also not a genius. He's an average manager who had a remarkable debut season with a very good SOX ball club.

[iortiz]

He did. But he ain't the closer.

 

I don’t think you are getting the point. Jansen is not at 100%. His velocity and command aren’t there, not to mention his mind after a BS.

[iortiz]

Story will have to play SS when he's back. Kike cannot play there

 

Hernandez can’t play at all.

[Maxbialystock]

With the help of the Cards' batters. It's not a one-way street.

 

Are you serious? Jansen put the first two Cardinals on base without their having to swing the bat. In fact, they scored 3 freaking runs on 1 hit.

[iortiz]

Postgame analysis on NESN is all about the fact that the umpire penalized Jansen for pitching too quickly.

 

Yeah, they are joke.

[notin]

He did. But he ain't the closer.

 

There’s no rule that you have to use your closer in the ninth inning, especially one day after he collapsed and gave up 3 runs without getting an out.

 

Schreiber has watched Jansen give up 6 runs on one inning in this series and can’t get handed the ball despite being the best RP on the team one year ago…

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Are you serious? Jansen put the first two Cardinals on base without their having to swing the bat. In fact, they scored 3 freaking runs on 1 hit.

 

The Cards, based on their W/L record, most likely lost games they probably should have won earlier on. Now the opposite is happening. What I do know is this Cards' team is much better than their current record.

[d-money]

What more can you say? This team is a trainwreck. Losing a series to the cardinals at home joke. Two games they had.

[Maxbialystock]

Wow! Maybe the Red Sox should just trade Wink, and Jansen since just maybe their unavailability for the rest of the year could be a good thing. What a tough critic. Usually it least takes a pitch, or two for the gloom, and doom to start, but not today.

 

You disagree with me at considerable risk. I said Jansen shouldn't pitch today, and I was right. I hasten to add that it was an obvious call because Jansen looked completely helpless/hopeless last night while throwing 22 pitches and getting no one out.

 

Also worth noting is that, with just one inning of relief needed to preserve that 2 run lead, Cora and his bullpen coach decided that absolutely no one in the bullpen--other than Jansen--was capable of getting that save. So forget my opinion and go with theirs. They think their bullpen stinks.

[d-money]

The Cards, based on their W/L record, most likely lost games they probably should have won earlier on. Now the opposite is happening. What I do know is this Cards' team is much better than their current record.

 

I don’t think they’re as good. The way the sox lost these two games is a joke.

[d-money]

Sale is probably heated. His best game pitched in awhile and that clown Jansen blows it.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Is KOJI still young enough to close?

[notin]

With the help of the Cards' batters. It's not a one-way street.

 

No. It was a one way street today…

[Maxbialystock]

The Cards, based on their W/L record, most likely lost games they probably should have won earlier on. Now the opposite is happening. What I do know is this Cards' team is much better than their current record.

 

I'm sure you're right about the Cards. But today was a freaking gift. They got 3 runs on 1 hit.

 

But, I have to ask, why are we talking about the Cardinals when the Sox just gave away two games they should have won? Two good starts--actually one good start, and one great start--wasted.

 

Today's loss was especially painful because sending out Jansen was not only stupid, it also indicated that Cora apparently believes he can't trust anyone in his bullpen other than Jansen.

[bmattioli]

Playing like the .500 team management wants so they don't have to pay top salaries... The sheep will always fill the park and buy their streaming nonsense..

[a700hitter]

Jansen ERA 2 days from 0.77 to 4.26

[Maxbialystock]

Jansen ERA 2 days from 0.77 to 4.26

 

But it's fair. We all talk about how difficult it is to go through the batting order a second or especially a third time. Closers never have to do that. It's why most of them need only two pitches to be effective. Jansen has pitched all of 12.2 innings without ever having to face hitters twice in the same game. And he's given up 6 freaking runs. For this he's getting paid $16M.

[Old Red]

What is he supposed to do? He has to use what Bloom got him.

 

Martin, and Schreiber were well rested. Cora was lucky he got away with letting Blier pitch to the heart of the order yesterday.

[Old Red]

You disagree with me at considerable risk. I said Jansen shouldn't pitch today, and I was right. I hasten to add that it was an obvious call because Jansen looked completely helpless/hopeless last night while throwing 22 pitches and getting no one out.

 

Also worth noting is that, with just one inning of relief needed to preserve that 2 run lead, Cora and his bullpen coach decided that absolutely no one in the bullpen--other than Jansen--was capable of getting that save. So forget my opinion and go with theirs. They think their bullpen stinks.

I didn’t say Jansen should pitch today, but I agree you were right.