Mariners (Miller) vs Red Sox (Bello): 4/22/25, 6:45pm

[Nick]

Good to know he can do better.....50% strike out rate is subpar.

[vegasbob]

Not super efficient but then that is more typical of Bello .   However he got a full 5 , allowing only the 1 run on a HR., so job done for Brayan today.

[mvp 78]

Breggie x 2

[vegasbob]

Bregman paying early dividends , hitting well with MoB.  Piling RBI's.   

Can the BP hold onto this one?

[vegasbob]

10 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Breggie x 2

Bregman up to 19 RBI's, with 3 tonight---But rest of Sox are 2 for 11 w/RISP through 5.   Not that great.

[Jasonbay44]

I really hate Justin Wilson 

[Duran Is The Man]

da fuq is Wilson doing?

 

[Tedballgame]

Wilson sucks.

 

[Jasonbay44]

Wilson can’t even come into 3 run games against the bottom of the order. He is awful 

[Tedballgame]

You cannot walk guys like this. What an idiot! Take him out Cora.

[Tedballgame]

Bregman with a good play.

[vegasbob]

Back to Bullpen Roulette , featuring Alex Cora as the  man who cannot guess right on which dude to bring in with a 3 run lead.  

The middle BP guys are hacks .  Bello was good enough tonight   but starters on this team better get a full 7.

[Tedballgame]

Cora waits too long to take him out. What an idiot.

[Tedballgame]

Get rid of Wilson and Kelly. They both suck. They make Kaleb Ort look good.

[Jasonbay44]

At least known reliable reliever Greg Weissert is in now 

[Nick]

You need a shutdown inning. Bring in Whitlock for 2. Then worry about it......there's chance we may stretch out the lead. 

You can't lose in middle innings.

[Jasonbay44]

3 walks this inning by Wilson and Weissert. Great job by them

[Tedballgame]

Weissert is no savior. 4.66 ERA. Not good.

[Tedballgame]

Just once, I'd like to see a reliever throw a first pitch strike.

 

[Jasonbay44]

Miracle that we still have a lead after those two tried walking the entire lineup. 

[vegasbob]

Weissert is another one of the hacks who cannot reliably throw strikes .  Gets out of the 6th but not by being good.

A MLB reliever who cannot throw strikes is simply not sustainable.    Yes, batters like to hit strikes but the MLB BA is around .250 so 3 of 4 chances you will get an out from throwing strikes.

[illinoisredsox]

18 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Back to Bullpen Roulette , featuring Alex Cora as the  man who cannot guess right on which dude to bring in with a 3 run lead.  

The middle BP guys are hacks .  Bello was good enough tonight   but starters on this team better get a full 7.

There in lies the problem; Cora has to guess with the 6-7-8 guys in the pen.  Unfortunately, he has to guess in real time.  We get the benefit of 20-20 hindsight.

[Jasonbay44]

Why the actual f*** does Narvaez keep asking the umpires if he swung? It’s on the catcher and pitcher to ask. All you are doing is risking getting a strike for no reason. 

[Jasonbay44]

Good game by Rafaela tonight 

[illinoisredsox]

11 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

Weissert is no savior. 4.66 ERA. Not good.

Weissert overall has been okay this year.  Coming into tonight, he’s had 10 appearances.  8 have been scoreless and in those 8 he’s allowed 6 runners.  All his runs allowed have come in 2 games.  Frankly, I’d rather have a guy who doesn’t have it 1 game out of 5 as opposed to a guy who gives up a run every time out or every other time out.  

[illinoisredsox]

18 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Weissert is another one of the hacks who cannot reliably throw strikes .  Gets out of the 6th but not by being good.

A MLB reliever who cannot throw strikes is simply not sustainable.    Yes, batters like to hit strikes but the MLB BA is around .250 so 3 of 4 chances you will get an out from throwing strikes.

There are strikes and there are strikes.  Down the middle will be a strike. but the BA will not be .250.

[Nick]

Really a bad move by not pinch running for Casas with Romy when he was on 2nd.

Cora is a good coach but he's no genius.

This is a winnable game. You got to coach to win.

[Jasonbay44]

Casas finally comes through!!

[Jasonbay44]

2 minutes ago, Nick said:

Really a bad move by not pinch running for Casas with Romy when he was on 2nd.

Cora is a good coach but he's no genius.

This is a winnable game. You got to coach to win.

Guess it was a good thing he left him in 

[Nick]

2 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

Guess it was a good thing he left him in 

Like I said, Cora is a good coach.