Red Sox (Pivetta) vs Rays (Baz): 9/17/24, 6:50pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[vegasbob]

A trip to the Trop is always exciting and filled with misadventures.  

Sox are in a struggle with the Rays to see who will finish 3rd/4th in the mighty ALE.  Sox can keep the lock on the Rays with a win tonight .

Not much discussion about  if Tanner Houck should pitch again this year.   I would say no, nothing to be gained pushing his tired arm/shoulder further, at the risk of worsening it. 

[mvp 78]

I don't know what's worse, watching the Sox fall off in September or having to watch a game at the Trop. Dreary. 

[mvp 78]

Rafaela at 2B is just a waste to me, but whatever. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I don't know what's worse, watching the Sox fall off in September or having to watch a game at the Trop. Dreary. 

The Trop is a mausoleum with a circus tent inside. IOW, a perfect reflection of the entire state.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Rafaela at 2B is just a waste to me, but whatever. 

He's not going to end up there, but since this whole week is do-or-die, Cora has to get all his outfielders in the batting order; they're his most productive players -- and that doesn't include the team's leading hitter Yoshida (OBP right behind Devers), who he must keep out of the outfield.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Here's Devers' stats since Aug. 1st:

.219 BA

.311 OBP

.356 Slugging

.667 OPS

Nothing here to write home about.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Baz finds Casas' sweet spot.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

17 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Here's Devers' stats since Aug. 1st:

.219 BA

.311 OBP

.356 Slugging

.667 OPS

Nothing here to write home about.

On the positive side, Devers' defense during that period has been very good.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Allowing Caballero to reach 2nd was a mental error by O'Neill, which, unfortunately, is not scored as an error.

[mvp 78]

30 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Here's Devers' stats since Aug. 1st:

.219 BA

.311 OBP

.356 Slugging

.667 OPS

Nothing here to write home about.

Unsurprising when he has a bad shoulder.

[mvp 78]

Nice pitch by Nick to K Diaz.

[FredLynn]

5 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Rafaela at 2B is just a waste to me, but whatever. 

Rafaela with a bat in his hands is a waste

[FredLynn]

19 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Unsurprising when he has a bad shoulder.

Then what is he doing in the lineup??

[illinoisredsox]

Caminero’s homer was almost Mannyesque.  That was not a pitch that should be hit that hard.

[illinoisredsox]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

Then what is he doing in the lineup??

His job.

Do you have any new material?

[vegasbob]

Pivetta was about to get my compliments on a well pitched 3 innings when he allowed the obligatory HR on an 0-2 pitch .   Still, Casas gave him him a little coverage with a 2 run HR, settle down Nick.

It will be interesting to see what type of offers Pivetta gets this winter.   He has some ability to dominate for a while, but can also  slide into mediocrity.    If he wasn't already on the Sox, he is probably the type of cost effective inning eater Breslow would be looking for.      

Who knows, they may want to sign him .

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

His job.

Do you have any new material?

You wouldn’t like it anyway 

[illinoisredsox]

Just now, vegasbob said:

Pivetta was about to get my compliments on a well pitched 3 innings when he allowed the obligatory HR on an 0-2 pitch .   Still, Casas gave him him a little coverage with a 2 run HR, settle down Nick.

It will be interesting to see what type of offers Pivetta gets this winter.   He has some ability to dominate for a while, but can also  slide into mediocrity.    If he wasn't already on the Sox, he is probably the type of cost effective inning eater Breslow would be looking for.      

Who knows, they may want to sign him .

That was a nasty pitch up and in.  It wasn’t even a strike.  Sometimes the hitter gets you.

Not every homer is a bad pitch.  Not every bad pitch is hit for a home or even a base hit.

[FredLynn]

Why are they even throwing Rafaela a strike-ever?

[FredLynn]

Here comes strike 3 on a ball outside by a foot

[FredLynn]

Ok

so it wasn’t a foot outside 

but a strikeout anyway 

We need to trade him 

[illinoisredsox]

Vegas, that one was not a good pitch.

[FredLynn]

13 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Pivetta was about to get my compliments on a well pitched 3 innings when he allowed the obligatory HR on an 0-2 pitch .   Still, Casas gave him him a little coverage with a 2 run HR, settle down Nick.

It will be interesting to see what type of offers Pivetta gets this winter.   He has some ability to dominate for a while, but can also  slide into mediocrity.    If he wasn't already on the Sox, he is probably the type of cost effective inning eater Breslow would be looking for.      

Who knows, they may want to sign him .

I think he would make an excellent #5-6 SP if the price was right.

[FredLynn]

3-2 Rays

Go Rays!

We have 12 games left in the season and we need to lose them all. Draft position is important!

Full throttle!

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Jose Siri is Rafaela on chiclets.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm still hoping for a 78-84 season. It's only 3 games under .500 and still qualifies as mediocre.

[FredLynn]

YES!!

5-2

What a bunch of disgusting bums….

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Between Homer Crawford and Pivettaboutit, the SOX need much taller outfielders.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Andrew Bailey Son of Sam Horn!

How Lowe can they go...