September 18th: Red Sox at Rangers

[illinoisredsox]

The 6th inning for a Sox starter is like a marathon across the Empty Quarter in Saudi. Just not going to end well.

 

Tell me you wouldn’t have signed up for 2 runs and 6 innings from Crawford before this game started.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

What, no high school SS's available ?

 

Bloom's already signed all of them.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Tell me you wouldn’t have signed up for 2 runs and 6 innings from Crawford before this game started.

 

4 very good starts in a row for SOX pitchers. Unfortunately, the SOX offense has either quit or just ran out of gas.

[vegasbob]

Tell me you wouldn’t have signed up for 2 runs and 6 innings from Crawford before this game started.

 

Overall Kutter's start against a possible playoff team has been excellent. The hitting for the past week is what is inexplicable, except for Dever's incredible turnaround as the menace to opposing pitchers.

[Oscars]

It feels masochistic to watch the Sox hit lately .

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

One thing the SOX did very well this season was get injured. In fact, the SOX had more injuries than a whole season of MASH.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It feels masochistic to watch the Sox hit lately .

 

WHIP it good.

WHIP=Walks Hits Innings Pitched

[vegasbob]

Ref hits lefties.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 timely hits tonight. Holy shite.

[Oscars]

This ch ump has a huge strike zone

[moonslav59]

Bloom's already signed all of them.

 

And converted half to other positions, already.

[moonslav59]

Ref hits lefties.

 

Despite his recent slump, he's still top 20 vs LHP in MLB since 2022.

[vegasbob]

Even when Story gets on he manages to mess things up. But the 2 run lead is solid

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

In defense of Story, that was from not being on base much this season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This ch ump has a huge strike zone

 

Actually, I'd say this is one of CB's better games behind the plate. Normally, he suffers from both near and far sightedness.

Edited September 19, 2023 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[moonslav59]

In defense of Story, that was from not being on base much this season.

 

You'd think he'd be hugging it.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

MLB doesn't need Robo chUMPS to replace CB and Angel. In most cases a Rhoomba would do a better job calling balls and strikes with the added advantage of keeping home plate clean.

[illinoisredsox]

This game is honored by having CB calling balls and strikes tonight. He and Angel are the prides and joys of the chUMPIRES' Union.

 

CB does okay on the bases; he’s a disaster on the plate.

 

Angel sucks at all aspects of umpiring; he’s in a class by himself.

[vegasbob]

Nice win from the guys. On the road , again, never at Fenway.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Martin continues to have an amazing season.

[moonslav59]

Milagro!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Milagro!

 

No me sorprendido. Rangers, just like the state they play in, aren't that good.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

You'd think he'd be hugging it.

 

Nice quip -- glad to see you joining the rest of us, consigned to the helpless humor of our situation with this club right now.

 

I've never been on board with the Story signing, and don't expect he'll become an offensive star ever again. But looking at his best years -- 2018-2020 -- may give us hope. While always a K machine, Story's .909 OPS had to be boosted by Colorado's thin air... but did such conditions really help his .292 batting average? Grounders or line drives wouldn't be affected much, though maybe Trevor's fly balls eluded outfielders more often in Denver? (researchers: consult your spray charts)

[Bellhorn04]

Nice quip -- glad to see you joining the rest of us, consigned to the helpless humor of our situation with this club right now.

 

I've never been on board with the Story signing, and don't expect he'll become an offensive star ever again. But looking at his best years -- 2018-2020 -- may give us hope. While always a K machine, Story's .909 OPS had to be boosted by Colorado's thin air... but did such conditions really help his .292 batting average? Grounders or line drives wouldn't be affected much, though maybe Trevor's fly balls eluded outfielders more often in Denver? (researchers: consult your spray charts)

 

Story's career road BA is .235.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Story's career road BA is .235.

 

Awesome -- take the Mass Pike to Fenway and $140 million dollars!

[moonslav59]

Nice quip -- glad to see you joining the rest of us, consigned to the helpless humor of our situation with this club right now.

 

I've never been on board with the Story signing, and don't expect he'll become an offensive star ever again. But looking at his best years -- 2018-2020 -- may give us hope. While always a K machine, Story's .909 OPS had to be boosted by Colorado's thin air... but did such conditions really help his .292 batting average? Grounders or line drives wouldn't be affected much, though maybe Trevor's fly balls eluded outfielders more often in Denver? (researchers: consult your spray charts)

 

At this point, I'd be happy with his road numbers (.725) while with COL. (About 30 points lower than Bogey's road numbers while with BOS.)

[Maxbialystock]

Nice win from the guys. On the road , again, never at Fenway.

 

Agree. I only watched bits and pieces but did see Refsnyder's single. Pitching was again excellent and the hitting was again in the doldrums.

[Maxbialystock]

I keep reading about how overweight Devers is, but at the same time notice he leads the team in games played, WAR, OPS, dingers, total bases, rbi's, runs scored, etc.

[moonslav59]

I keep reading about how overweight Devers is, but at the same time notice he leads the team in games played, WAR, OPS, dingers, total bases, rbi's, runs scored, etc.

 

I'm not seeing anymore chubbiness than before.

[mvp 78]

Devers is the same guy. He's just easy to pick on when things are going wrong.