Diamondbacks (Nelson) vs Red Sox (Bello): 8/23/24, 7:10pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I guess the SOX playing at Fenway neutralizes having a RH on the mound.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm shocked. I thought he made it up, but the Sox espn site says exactly what Fred Lynn said.

 

Third time for Duran and Abreu, who both doubled first time out. Ground out and pop up.

 

Nelson has our guys mesmerized. He throws that straight up fastball with impunity.

 

The younger guys--Duran, Abreu, and Casas have all 4 hits. Devers, Ref, and Yoshida have none.

 

You can't make this s*** up.

[FredLynn]

More dumb little league baseball. Bello throws it away when he had no play

[FredLynn]

3-1

Game over

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Easy to see why the Cards didn't re-sign O'Neill. They were tired of paying the guy for not playing. OTOH, the SOX have no problem paying players who can't play. Edited August 24, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

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Hope this isn't a long home stand.

[FredLynn]

Bello really needs to be sent down. The Flops aren’t making the playoffs and he badly needs to get some intensive coaching and to get his confidence back

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Great D by Rafaela. Joelly pretty much the same as he was before going to WOO.

Growing pitchers in the SOX farm is similar to growing tomatoes in the Sahara.

Edited August 24, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

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So many solos.

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If O'Neill was a car, the owner would be protected by the 'lemon law.'

The same would hold true for Story.

Edited August 24, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[FredLynn]

Here comes the hammer….

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I noticed before the game started that Arizona has a fielding % of .990. Obviously, they don't beat themselves.

[FredLynn]

The hammer

Outta here

These guys are BUMS!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Homefield disadvantage. The SOX now are 4 games under .500 at home. Truly disgusting.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The hammer

Outta here

These guys are BUMS!

 

 

Only at home.

[Tedballgame]

Winkowski has been terrible for some time.

[FredLynn]

Only at home.

 

At home counts too.

But hey….just wait till next year, right?

Oh wait….never mind

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

At home counts too.

But hey….just wait till next year, right?

Oh wait….never mind

 

I didn't say it didn't. If they had the same record at home as they have on the road, they'd be 22 games over .500.

I know; if frogs had wings.

[bmattioli]

Wish Cora was never signed.. him and Breslow suck..

[FredLynn]

Wish Cora was never signed.. him and Breslow suck..

 

Cora isn’t the problem. No pitching is the problem.

[Maxbialystock]

Bello really needs to be sent down. The Flops aren’t making the playoffs and he badly needs to get some intensive coaching and to get his confidence back

 

Disagree. I missed the 6th because I was on an errand, but after that bad 1st, he was fine for innings 2-5. Then came that soft grounder which turned into a hit and an error by Bello.

 

In his 3 previous starts in August, Bello pitched 4.2, 6, and 6 innings against KC, Texas, and Baltimore, and gave up 3, 1, and 1 runs.

 

Then Winck comes in and gives up 4 runs in the 7th.

 

This was a good night for the hitters to be off.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Cora isn’t the problem. No pitching is the problem.

 

At this point I'd say ownership is the problem. Has been for quite a while.

 

For this season, I'd also throw in long term injuries to important positions.

Edited August 24, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Why the SOX play poorly at Fenway; anyone's guess is as good as mine.

[Tedballgame]

Lack of a bullpen is a huge part

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Btw, the SOX are getting beat by a better team, so there's that. That they've actually beaten better teams is a tribute to their overachieving.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Why the SOX play poorly at Fenway; anyone's guess is as good as mine.

 

My guess is that the SOX play looser on the road. But, then again, who the fk knows?

[Maxbialystock]

Wish Cora was never signed.. him and Breslow suck..

 

You're an idiot. Breslow sabotaged this team--not intentionally, of course--by dumping Sale to the Braves while still paying him $17M and picking up Giolito for $19M x 2 years, one of which is already down the drain. He also failed to bring in any real bullpen help.

 

The heart of the Sox lineup, which has made a winning season possible, was here when Breslow arrived: Duran, Abreu, Casas, Abreu, Devers, Wong, Rafaela, Hamilton, Yoshida. And for awhile the rotation of Houck, Crawford, Pivetta, Whitlock, and Bello--all of whom were here before Breslow--was also doing pretty good.

 

To Breslow's credit, he insisted on a new pitching coach, and Bailey has been pretty good. Also in his defense is that the owner has been reluctant to support significant investments in pitching, largely because he was snake bit by the huge David Price and Chris Sale contracts.

 

Cora is a big reason why the Sox have a winning record this year. He managed the best Sox team, 2018, in Sox history. And 3 years later with Betts, Benintendi, JBJ, Price, Kimbel, et al, gone--and Sale on the IL--Cora managed that team to the ALCS. In comparison, the 2016 and 2017 Sox teams, with a lot more talent, won the AL East both seasons but were killed in the ALDS, 3 games to none, both times. That was with Farrell as manager.

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I don't care that some here consider this as Devers' best season, but when the team's best hitter has only 77 RBI at this point in the season with the number of RISP he's had this season, imho, is very disappointing.

Batting in the .230's with RISP pretty much overshadows his other polished stats.

Edited August 24, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[Maxbialystock]

My guess is that the SOX play looser on the road. But, then again, who the fk knows?

 

My theory, only that, is that historically the Sox teams have had a lot of good righty bats, largely, I think, because of the green monster in left field. In 2004 they had Manny, Tek, Bellhorn, Millar, and Youk. In 2007 Manny again, Lowell, Youk, Pedey, and Tek. In 2013 Pedey, Victorino, Napoli, and Saltalamacchia--plus Bogey in the postseason. In 2018 Mookie, JDM, Bogey, and Pearce. This year it's mostly O'Neill and Ref, who have played 84 and 79 games--far fewer than Duran's 124 and Devers' 113.

[Maxbialystock]

I don't care that some here consider this as Devers best season, but when the team's best hitter has only 77 RBI at this point in the season with the number of RISP he's had this season, imho, is very disappointing.

Batting in the .230's with RISP pretty much overshadows his other polished stats.

 

Nice try but . . .

 

You keep forgetting that extra inning game when the Seattle manager decided to pitch to Devers in the bottom of the 10 with a man on 2b and no one out. He did so, I argued, because he had sent a lefty pitcher in.

 

No good, you and everyone else argued. Why? Because Devers was one of the greatest hitters in MLB, etc, etc and should have been given an intentional walk, which would then have had the Mariners lefty pitching to a righty, Refsnyder.