Red Sox (Houck) vs Rangers (Leiter): 3/28/25, 8:05pm

[Brandon Glick]

Tanner Houck's first start of the year! How will he fare against the Rangers?

[mvp 78]

Pumped and jacked!

[moonslav59]

We face 4 RH's SP'ers, this series.

[mvp 78]

https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2025/TEX202503280.shtml

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[mvp 78]

 

[Nick]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

We face 4 RH's SP'ers, this series.

What happened to our all left handed starting unit?

[mvp 78]

27 minutes ago, Nick said:

What happened to our all left handed starting unit?

Story came back. Devers moved off 3B. Campbell plays 2B now.

[notin]

11 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Story came back. Devers moved off 3B. Campbell plays 2B now.

Essentially Campbell replaced either Yoshida or Hamilton, depending on how much you believe Bregman was an option at 2b…

[mvp 78]

31 minutes ago, notin said:

Essentially Campbell replaced either Yoshida or Hamilton, depending on how much you believe Bregman was an option at 2b…

I think he was an option at 2b until they saw that Raffy hadn't even lifted a bat all offseason. My concern is that something is still wrong with Raffy's shoulder.

[Cameron Tran]

12 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I think he was an option at 2b until they saw that Raffy hadn't even lifted a bat all offseason. My concern is that something is still wrong with Raffy's shoulder.

I don't think Bregman was ever a serious option at 2nd. Cora never showed any intention of giving him time there and I think Devers would have DHed whether he liked it or not.

[moonslav59]

37 minutes ago, notin said:

Essentially Campbell replaced either Yoshida or Hamilton, depending on how much you believe Bregman was an option at 2b…

Yup.

The choices from an offense perspective were...

DH: .775 Yoshida career (.810 v R and .669 v L) Devers at 3B and Bregman at 2B

2B platoon (Bregman at 3B and Devers at DH)

.697 DHam in '24 (.729 v R and .532 v R)

.723 Romy in '24 (.879 v L and .498 v R)

 

I like Campbell over both of these options, but I'd prefer DHam-Romy over Yoshida. The O could be about the same, and the defensive alignment is much better.

Yoshida is the odd man out in my book. He has options, so we can stash him in AAA, in case of a DH or 3B injury. He's not really a LF option, unless 2 get hurt.

 

[Yaz Fan Since 67]

Why is Leiter starting their 2nd game of the season?  Do their pitchers have injuries or is this really the 2nd best starter they have?  

[Nick]

He started 6 games last year and was not impressive.

Didn't we have him in our sight?

I'm glad we went with Mayer.

 

 

[Larry Cook]

1 hour ago, Cameron Tran said:

I don't think Bregman was ever a serious option at 2nd. Cora never showed any intention of giving him time there and I think Devers would have DHed whether he liked it or not.

Cora also had access to the medical reports on Devers shoulders. I am sure that played a huge part in the decision making process 

[moonslav59]

The team is so much better with Bregman at 3B.

That's the reality.

[d-money]

Houck has to throw strikes. 

[mvp 78]

These TEX unis are bad.

[mvp 78]

Top of the order needs to get it going. Problem is that Bregman is a slow starter and Raffy had no ST.

[mvp 78]

Spring Training Rafaela is not Regular Rafaela, Lou.

[mvp 78]

Crazy jump for Duran

[d-money]

Slow start offensively once again. 

[d-money]

Houck has some control issues early. 

[jad]

6 ABs, 5 Ks.  Any reasonable contact at all from him?

[mvp 78]

Wheelyer!!!

[mvp 78]

See, we need human umps so they can forget the count! The beauty of the game…

[mvp 78]

The wrong DH is in AAA.

[jad]

6-7 on Ks.  Something is not right.

[d-money]

Damn it

[d-money]

Houck has to do a better job in these situations. 

[d-money]

Could have been worse. This offense has to get going man.