Red Sox (Dobbins) vs Royals (Lorenzen): 5/9/25, 7:40pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A player has speed but is bad at bunting. What a waste.

[FredLynn]

Rafaela Ks AGAIN on a ball that nearly hit his hands. Gotta demote him.

[vegasbob]

Does anyone else think Duran's shoulder dip is causing him to be under a lot of pitches leading to mucho pop ups.   Maybe he is trying to get his launch angle up to be a HR hitter like Divas  but this isn't working well.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Rafaela Ks AGAIN on a ball that nearly hit his hands. Gotta demote him.

If you're gonna demote bad hitters, you'd have to demote most of the KC lineup.

[Tedballgame]

6 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Rafaela Ks AGAIN on a ball that nearly hit his hands. Gotta demote him.

He doubled his first time up. Fantastic catch last night. Plays great defense in center. They are NOT demoting him.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Does anyone else think Duran's shoulder dip is causing him to be under a lot of pitches leading to mucho pop ups.   Maybe he is trying to get his launch angle up to be a HR hitter like Divas  but this isn't working well.

What I do think is anyone who thinks Duran is gonna duplicate last season may want to think again.

[FredLynn]

Game about over here

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

He doubled his first time up. Fantastic catch last night. Plays great defense in center. They are NOT demoting him.

If a player saves a run on defense, it's equal to driving in a run on offense.

[illinoisredsox]

55 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Here's my plan. Send Campbell down to Woo to play 1st base and bring up Mayer to play 2nd.

You're welcome.

 

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This is firmly tongue in cheek, right?

if it’s serious, what is your issue with Campbell?

[illinoisredsox]

Perez has had a lot of big hits against the Sox over the years.

Edit - not this time

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

This is firmly tongue in cheek, right?

if it’s serious, what is your issue with Campbell?

I want Campbell to be the Sox 1st baseman. Can he learn to play 1st and still play in Boston or would it be better to learn at Woo? I'm fine with either one.

[vegasbob]

Sox shutout for 9, so it may well be a 1-0 outcome. How strong can Chapman be ?

[moonslav59]

Some nice D by the Sox, tonight.

[vegasbob]

Interesting that Cora lets Slaten go the 9th , holding Chapman for the possible win . Could be a good choice. Shows confidence in Slaten.  The team does need him to not cough it up as the season progresses.

[Nick]

7-57....Story just sucks at the plate.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, moonslav59 said:

Some nice D by the Sox, tonight.

What are your thoughts on Campbell moving to 1st base?

[illinoisredsox]

5 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I want Campbell to be the Sox 1st baseman. Can he learn to play 1st and still play in Boston or would it be better to learn at Woo? I'm fine with either one.

He’s been much too good with the bat to send down.  Yeah, he’s in a slump right now, but sending down your current clean up hitter?

If he has to learn to play 1st, then it’s going to be is Boston, and you live with the defensive ups and downs that that entails.

I think they’ve finally decided to leave him at second instead of bouncing him around.  I’d leave him there and figure something else out.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That was not a bullish at bat by Toro.

[vegasbob]

Toro and Wong B to B.  What a duo.    Up to Rafae;a to try and get us a run  

Toro should have been bunting

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

He’s been much too good with the bat to send down.  Yeah, he’s in a slump right now, but sending down your current clean up hitter?

If he has to learn to play 1st, then it’s going to be is Boston, and you live with the defensive ups and downs that that entails.

I think they’ve finally decided to leave him at second instead of bouncing him around.  I’d leave him there and figure something else out.

Good points, but I'd like to see both Mayer and Campbell as everyday infielders this season, sooner rather than later.

[vegasbob]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

That was not a bullish at bat by Toro.

Somewhat BS to me

[vegasbob]

So , even if you spot these duds a man on 2nd, still cannot even advance him, much less score. 

Another one of those remember that game in late September

[illinoisredsox]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Toro and Wong B to B.  What a duo.    Up to Rafae;a to try and get us a run  

Toro should have been bunting

Agreed, but Wong still probably strikes out, rendering it moot.

[illinoisredsox]

KC has made several good defensive plays tonight.

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, illinoisredsox said:

Agreed, but Wong still probably strikes out, rendering it moot.

Agreed, also. The pitch he swung at for K3 was a foot high

[illinoisredsox]

Can’t because a much tougher thing to do in baseball than pinch hit against a guy like Chapman.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Good points, but I'd like to see both Mayer and Campbell as everyday infielders this season, sooner rather than later.

If this did happen, you'd have a veteran left side of the infield and a rookie right side.

[vegasbob]

Great inning by Chapman, a few too many pitches but nobody on KC could hit him.

[illinoisredsox]

I thought Devers was out in real time.

Nice job by Duran with 2 strikes.

[Maxbialystock]

Terrific ball game.