Red Sox (Houck) vs Tigers (TBD): 8/30/24, 6:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[mvp 78]

Can't believe Bailey has put him up to this!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The odds of the SOX winning tonight aren't great, but the odds are better playing on the road than at Fenway.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Great to see the SOX best hitter since the ASB is out of the line-up tonight. 

I'd rather have Masa playing LF than O'Neill. I'll take the decline in defense for Masa, at least, making contact with the ball.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Excellent D by Sogard. Casas excels at picking bouncers at 1st base.

[FredLynn]

Rafaela has a lot of work to do to become a major league hitter.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Against RH's the SOX OPS of .852 leads MLB. The Dodgers are 2nd at .844.

[FredLynn]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Against RH's the SOX OPS of .852 leads MLB. The Dodgers are 2nd at .844.

How’s the pitching 😬

[FredLynn]

That’s three outstanding defensive plays tonight 

[Oscars]

Regardless if the Sox make the playoffs, my lasting memory of the 2024 season is the play of Jarren Duran.  
He has been an absolute joy to watch with the bat, on the bases, and in the field. 👏

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, Oscars said:

Regardless if the Sox make the playoffs, my lasting memory of the 2024 season is the play of Jarren Duran.  
He has been an absolute joy to watch with the bat, on the bases, and in the field. 👏

Perhaps the best thing Bloom did for the SOX was not to trade him.

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, Oscars said:

Regardless if the Sox make the playoffs, my lasting memory of the 2024 season is the play of Jarren Duran.  
He has been an absolute joy to watch with the bat, on the bases, and in the field. 👏

They’ve begun to develop a good nucleus of young position players. 
But unless they manage to do the same thing with pitchers they will never get a ring.

[Oscars]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

They’ve begun to develop a good nucleus of young position players. 
But unless they manage to do the same thing with pitchers they will never get a ring.

The last draft was pitcher heavy, so that’s a good start ….

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, Oscars said:

The last draft was pitcher heavy, so that’s a good start ….

Their track record for developing pitchers hasn’t been good at all.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Amazing how a team can play so much better on the road than at home.

[Oscars]

2 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Their track record for developing pitchers hasn’t been good at all.

This is a new regime with a revamped pitching programme.

we shall see if they develop a pitching pipeline…..

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Wong gone and hard to find.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It's quite possible that Grissom will never play another game for the SOX.

If you don't remember who Grissom is, you're forgiven.

I believe Kristian Campbell will be the SOX 2nd baseman next season.

[mvp 78]

14 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Their track record for developing pitchers hasn’t been good at all.

They just revamped the pitching department, so I think we need to give them a little bit of a chance for a few years to turn it around. Bres can’t completely revamp the farm in one year.

[mvp 78]

These DET unis are not good.

[mvp 78]

Good outing for Houck. Limiting the walks is huge for him.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Damn good job by Houck tonight.

[FredLynn]

Lead off walk. No lead is safe with this bullpen 

[Tedballgame]

BB sucks.

[FredLynn]

Like I said….this is just an awful team 

Hold your noses

the Flops will lose

Its all for the better 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Lead off walk. No lead is safe with this bullpen 

So many mediocre teams this season. That's why there's so many teams still in contention for that last PO spot.

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

So many mediocre teams this season. That's why there's so many teams still in contention for that last PO spot.

I don’t consider this team to be in serious contention for the playoffs. 

Not enough talent 

[FredLynn]

Jansen is going to give it up.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Please FO, don't present O'Neill with a QO; he just might take it.

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Please FO, don't present O'Neill with a QO; he just might take it.

Half this team needs to go