Blue Jays (Francis) vs Red Sox (Crawford): 8/29/24, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[mvp 78]

Since the ASB: 8.13 ERA, 7.92 FIP, 0 QS

His 2 starts have been his best though: 10.1 IP, 5 ER. Only 2 HR in the past 4 GS. Maybe there's some light at the end of the tunnel for Kutter? 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Since the ASB: 8.13 ERA, 7.92 FIP, 0 QS

His 2 starts have been his best though: 10.1 IP, 5 ER. Only 2 HR in the past 4 GS. Maybe there's some light at the end of the tunnel for Kutter? 

Hopefully, not an oncoming train.

[jgar658]

All we need to do is not to allow Vlad to hit.  He is on fire!!!!

[Bellhorn04]

Francis flirted with a no-hitter in his last start and threw 117 pitches, by far his high for the year.  They've been shuttling him back and forth between rotation and pen.

So he might be on a reduced pitch count for this one.

 

[FredLynn]

More little league baseball. 
idiots

[FredLynn]

Winning run on 2B

[FredLynn]

Walk him

[FredLynn]

Shoulda walked him 

[redsoxrules]

Duran is like the worst best fielder if that makes sense. Dude will make great plays but can't catch easy ones 

[illinoisredsox]

He never saw it.  Not much you can do when that happens, and it happens to even the best outfielders.

[FredLynn]

Out

[Maxbialystock]

Both pitchers are crappy, but the hitters are much worse, except for the redoubtable Guerrero., to whom Crawford is obligingly serving up fat pitches.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hamilton on the IL. The SOX get one injured player back and then 3 more go on the IL.

What a fked up season.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Btw, I've noticed if you've made a spelling error after posting, there's no edit feature to correct it. 

[FredLynn]

I knew the winning run was on 2B. Can’t pitch to Vlad there. 

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Btw, I've noticed if you've made a spelling error after posting, there's no edit feature to correct it. 

Three dots upper right is edit

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Three dots upper right is edit

Thanks, Fred.

[FredLynn]

Game over 

[Maxbialystock]

7 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Btw, I've noticed if you've made a spelling error after posting, there's no edit feature to correct it. 

Try those 3 dots in the upper right corner of your posts.  

[Maxbialystock]

8 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

I knew the winning run was on 2B. Can’t pitch to Vlad there. 

He hasn't just pitched to Vlad, he's given him fat pitches.  Most of Crawford's pitches have been near the middle of the strike zone.  

Francis has hit more corners, but has still given the Sox pitches to hit.  Abreu's last at bat was class.  He took two strikes, then swung at a pitch well below the zone--and he had the righty vs lefty advantage.  

[Maxbialystock]

Sogard singles off a pitch in the dead center of the strike zone.  

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

He hasn't just pitched to Vlad, he's given him fat pitches.  Most of Crawford's pitches have been near the middle of the strike zone.  

Francis has hit more corners, but has still given the Sox pitches to hit.  Abreu's last at bat was class.  He took two strikes, then swung at a pitch well below the zone--and he had the righty vs lefty advantage.  

Rafaela K’s on a ball out of the zone. This team has no plate discipline at all. They were much better when Schwarber was here. I think he taught these guys something 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Looks like the SOX are in a hurry to leave Fenway. Can't blame them.

[Maxbialystock]

We can, however, be pretty sure this weak Sox hitting is not because Devers is out.  Nope.  I read it right here on talksox that his having the 8th best OPS in MLB is just a bunch of hooey because he isn't driving in enough runs (even though heads the Sox in rbi's). 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Sogard singles off a pitch in the dead center of the strike zone.  

That's what they're supposed to do.

[Maxbialystock]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

Rafaela K’s on a ball out of the zone. This team has no plate discipline at all. They were much better when Schwarber was here. I think he taught these guys something 

I think the Sox plate discipline might be OK, but Rafaela has never had any.  Casas has excellent plate discipline.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

We can, however, be pretty sure this weak Sox hitting is not because Devers is out.  Nope.  I read it right here on talksox that his having the 8th best OPS in MLB is just a bunch of hooey because he isn't driving in enough runs (even though heads the Sox in rbi's). 

Max, RBI is already plural.

[FredLynn]

Just now, Maxbialystock said:

I think the Sox plate discipline might be OK, but Rafaela has never had any.  Casas has excellent plate discipline.  

TO has none

[Maxbialystock]

Sogard has the Sox only hit.