May 24th: Red Sox at Angels

[Tedballgame]

Paxton vs. Anderson.

 

Time for the Red Sox offense to wake up. The Sox can't keep wasting good pitching performance.

 

Kluber going to bullpen. Thank goodness. Use him only when up 9 or down 9. The Kabel Ort (and others) rule.

[Oscars]

Yeah delighted to see batting practise Kluber moved to the bullpen after Whitlocks return.

These 5 starters give us the best chance of winning games and staying in the play off picture

[vegasbob]

Having watched the previous 5 games close up , the fall off in hitting over the past 32 innings ( 1 run scored) is disappointing because the pitching has been good enough to win 2 of the 3 losses . Maybe tonight's the night.

 

Last night the Sox batters seemed like they could not get out quick enough , hurrying through their obligatory AB's. Devers does not look good at all, McGuire has totally lost his way , Dugo and Duran are topping the ball with uppercuts, and Casas is still looking for walks. In fairness, he did get 1, and a ground ball single. Yoshi is not getting that slashing line drive type stroke on the ball.

 

I would expect some lineup shakeup tonight vs the LH Anderson, who shows a high ERA (5.27)and WHIP ( 1.62). But so did Canning before last night's game.

[moonslav59]

Dugo and Casas are sitting vs the lefty.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Seeing Trout and Ohtani strike out back to back was a pleasure to watch.

[Jasonbay44]

That double steal attempt was awful

[moonslav59]

That was insane.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4-0. That's a bridge too far, even against this rag arm. There's definitely a shortage of good pitching in MLB, but there's definitely no shortage of s*** chUMPS. Edited May 25, 2023 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Actually, when you look at this SOX offense, only Devers, Dugo, and Turner have a history of being decent MLB hitters.

[Old Red]

Pax is Lax tonight.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The 4 day rest, instead of 5, isn't agreeing with Paxton.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Pax is Lax tonight.

 

 

LAX? Isn't that the airport in LA?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

C'mon, Angels, you had us at 1-0. Quit piling on.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I must have shamed them into scoring. They're catching up to that 83mph fastball.

[Jasonbay44]

Oh s*** Pivetta is in? I’m heading to bed

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Pivettaboutit! You don't need a circus tent to have a clown show.

[Maxbialystock]

Pivettaboutit! You don't need a circus tent to have a clown show.

 

He certainly hasn't lost his touch.

 

As for the Sox, this slump could last awhile.

[d-money]

This team has been completely dominated in this series. What a joke.

[Maxbialystock]

Bad call on the 3d strike against Duran, but it was also merciful.

[redsoxrules]

Turner slow as molasses. How do you not beat that out

[illinoisredsox]

Turner slow as molasses. How do you not beat that out

 

You answered the question before you asked it.

[illinoisredsox]

This series reminds me of one about 7 or 8 years ago at the Big A. Sox got swept in a 4 gamer right after the All-Star break and scored 4 runs total.

[moonslav59]

Some hard hit balls, tonight, but not nearly enough, even if they all were placed better.

 

We've stopped walking on a regular basis, too.

 

Paxton has returned to the question mark pile.

 

It seems like just when we start to get our hopes up, we pull out a losing streak.

 

I hope we can break this trend, soon. It seems like our "super subs" are running out of steam. We need Duvall and Story back and in form.

[moonslav59]

Funny, how Pivetta lets up 2 runs in 3 and actually lowers his ERA.

[vegasbob]

This team has a chance to go wild in Arizona against the 29-21 Diamondbacks and drop three more or sweep them . That's because I believe now more than ever that this is a .500+- roster, very inconsistent and prone to getting "hot" and "cold" all together, the same way they take showers after a game.

Go back to March 30 and prove me wrong on this very odd performance of a weak roster.. Go back to 2022 and tell me why this team is a lot different , except for one thing. A few of the young guys are now a year further into their development and showing some level of improvement, but not with a true breakout player ( maybe Bello ?)

[Bellhorn04]

Funny, how Pivetta lets up 2 runs in 3 and actually lowers his ERA.

 

That's bad funny.

[Bellhorn04]

This team has a chance to go wild in Arizona against the 29-21 Diamondbacks and drop three more or sweep them . That's because I believe now more than ever that this is a .500+- roster, very inconsistent and prone to getting "hot" and "cold" all together, the same way they take showers after a game.

 

Good line.

[moonslav59]

Just take hot showers 60% and cold 40%, and we'll be fine.

[Dipre]

This team has a chance to go wild in Arizona against the 29-21 Diamondbacks and drop three more or sweep them . That's because I believe now more than ever that this is a .500+- roster, very inconsistent and prone to getting "hot" and "cold" all together, the same way they take showers after a game.

Go back to March 30 and prove me wrong on this very odd performance of a weak roster.. Go back to 2022 and tell me why this team is a lot different , except for one thing. A few of the young guys are now a year further into their development and showing some level of improvement, but not with a true breakout player ( maybe Bello ?)

 

That is, unfortunately, the mark of a bad team, pains me to say.

[moonslav59]

Go back to 2022 and tell me why this team is a lot different

 

This team is a lot different. A LOT!

 

2022 Opening Day Roster

 

GONE

Nate

Wacha

Hill

Strahm

Barnes

Diekman

Robles

Brasier

Davis

Sawamura

PValdez

 

Vaz

Dalbec (AAA now)

Story (IL)

Bogey

JBJ

JD

Plawecki

Shaw

Arauz

Arroyo (IL)

 

18 of 26 gone

3 of 26 on IL or in AAA

 

5 carry-overs: Houck, Whitlock, Crawford, Devers, Kike