Red Sox (Bello) vs Blue Jays (Francis): 9/24/24, 7:07pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[mvp 78]

Blue Jays are so bad, they are going to try and help the Sox clinch .500. 

[vegasbob]

As mentioned at the end of yesterday's game thread,  odd time to run off a win streak with key players shelved.    But when it still mattered they were not capable of supporting good pitching.  

I'll watch small parts of the final 5, but lost any serious interest in this group a couple weeks ago.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 hours ago, vegasbob said:

As mentioned at the end of yesterday's game thread,  odd time to run off a win streak with key players shelved.    But when it still mattered they were not capable of supporting good pitching.  

I'll watch small parts of the final 5, but lost any serious interest in this group a couple weeks ago.  

Addition by subtraction.

[dgalehouse]

The Jays, not a good team to begin with, looked like they had checked out completely last night. If the Sox just play good baseball and don't beat themselves, they win the next two easily. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Francis has been one of the best, if not the best, starters the last 2 months.

[FredLynn]

5 hours ago, vegasbob said:

As mentioned at the end of yesterday's game thread,  odd time to run off a win streak with key players shelved.    But when it still mattered they were not capable of supporting good pitching.  

I'll watch small parts of the final 5, but lost any serious interest in this group a couple weeks ago.  

Why on earth would you lose interest 🙄

[FredLynn]

No more ragging on Rafaela this year by popular demand 

[illinoisredsox]

1 hour ago, dgalehouse said:

The Jays, not a good team to begin with, looked like they had checked out completely last night. If the Sox just play good baseball and don't beat themselves, they win the next two easily. 

Tonight will not be “easy” with Francis on the mound for the Jays.  Splendid is correct a couple posts above this one. 

[FredLynn]

No more ragging on Rafaela this year by popular demand 

[FredLynn]

Btw, I see Bobby Dalbec finally hung them up. 

[mvp 78]

13 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Btw, I see Bobby Dalbec finally hung them up. 

???

[mvp 78]

3-2 meat slider. Yuck!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

After winning their 79th game last night there shouldn't be any pressure on the SOX.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The less things change the more they stay the same.

The 1st inning has not been kind to Duran's at-bats. 

Runner on 2nd with no outs not scoring.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

38 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Tonight will not be “easy” with Francis on the mound for the Jays.  Splendid is correct a couple posts above this one. 

His WHIP over his last 8 starts is 0.56

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Since 8/26 the SOX starting pitching has the lowest ERA in MLB.

The Blue Jays have the 2nd lowest.

I was aware from watching the games the SOX starters were doing well, but I didn't realize they were doing that well.

During that same period the SOX offense was ranked near the bottom. That did not surprise me.

[notin]

51 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Btw, I see Bobby Dalbec finally hung them up. 

I think you misspelled “Charlie Blackmon”…

[notin]

1 hour ago, illinoisredsox said:

Tonight will not be “easy” with Francis on the mound for the Jays.  Splendid is correct a couple posts above this one. 

 

 

Since June 9th, Francis has a 2.23 ERA and .532 OPSA…

[FredLynn]

44 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

???

Oops

misread the article 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, notin said:

Longer than that.

 

Since June 9th, Francis has a 2.23 ERA and .532 OPSA…

Similar to Houck in that both started their MLB career as relievers.

[FredLynn]

Can’t figure out which is less interesting: the Bruins preseason game on NHL. Net or this game 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Francis is 28 years old. I just checked.

The way the Toronto booth was describing him I thought he was much younger. 

So he came up to Toronto last season as a 27 year old reliever.

[vegasbob]

Looked like Abreu was calling that ball in RF.  Good thing it does not matter in the grand scheme except to highlight the 2 rookies, Abreu and He who shall not be mentioned.

[vegasbob]

4 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Can’t figure out which is less interesting: the Bruins preseason game on NHL. Net or this game 

This game.  Warning track power for Boston, wall power for BJs.  Sloppy sliders from Bello and Sims. Slaten is past his expiration date too

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

12 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Can’t figure out which is less interesting: the Bruins preseason game on NHL. Net or this game 

It doesn't look too promising the BRUINS are going to sign Swayman. He wants 10mil/yr and the BRUINS FO doesn't seem to want to go over 8mil.

Huge difference between the money in the 3 other major sports compared to the money in the NHL. 

10 mil/yr in MLB gets a you a Kluber, but in the NHL 10mil is too high for, perhaps, the best goalie in the league.

Of the 4 major sports, imho, goaltenders get the least respect of any position. They're usually the most underpaid, and yet they may play the most nerve racking and important position in the sport.

 

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

It doesn't look too promising the BRUINS are going to sign Swayman. He wants 10mil/yr and the BRUINS FO doesn't seem to want to go over 8mil.

Huge difference between the money in the 3 other major sports compared to the money in the NHL. 

10 mil/yr in MLB gets a you a Kluber, but in the NHL 10mil is too high for, perhaps, the best goalie in the league.

 

He’ll get signed I bet. The Bruins are rebuilding too.  They’ll be decent but not a championship team.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

He’ll get signed I bet. The Bruins are rebuilding too.  They’ll be decent but not a championship team.

Have you ever had a fit of optimism? BTW, there's 31 other NHL teams that won't win a championship.

Your betting he gets signed just makes it more likely he won't.

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Have you ever had a fit of optimism? BTW, there's 31 other NHL teams that won't win a championship.

But note that of the best 12 teams in MLB, 11 of them lose their last game.   Sox could win their last , so there's that

[notin]

11 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

It doesn't look too promising the BRUINS are going to sign Swayman. He wants 10mil/yr and the BRUINS FO doesn't seem to want to go over 8mil.

Huge difference between the money in the 3 other major sports compared to the money in the NHL. 

10 mil/yr in MLB gets a you a Kluber, but in the NHL 10mil is too high for, perhaps, the best goalie in the league.

Of the 4 major sports, imho, goaltenders get the least respect of any position. They're usually the most underpaid, and yet they may play the most nerve racking and important position in the sport.

 

If you’re talking “ most underrated position in sports”, I nominate the punter.  He controls opposing field position, yet most punters are treated like cheap Fungibles that change uniform jerseys as frequently as many of us just change shirts…