Red Sox (Buehler) vs Braves (Schwellenbach): 5/31/25, 4:10pm

[Brandon Glick]

Let's end May on a high note.

[moonslav59]

Let's hope there is no Beuhler's day off.

[Nick]

Schwellenbach pitched 7 innings and gave up 4 earned runs to garner the win against us on May 18th.

Bello had one of his worst outings, pitching 4 1/3, giving up 7 earned runs on 10 hits and 5 walks.

Bello only threw 52 of his 92 pitches for strike. 

Devers hit a 3 run blast to give the Sox 4-3 lead after 3 but it was all for not as Bello could not come up with a shutdown inning. 

[vegasbob]

Excellent win and much needed last night, especially for Trevor Story.

You can't win 10 in a row if you don't win #2, so let's get this one done.

[Maxbialystock]

Pitching has been a problem all season long, but now the hitting suffers from the absence of Bregman.  The Sox lost 5 straight after Bregman's last game (for an estimated 2 months).   We all like Mayer at 3b, but his OPS so far is .554.  

Against righty Schwellenbach Cora is repeating last night's lineup:   Duran, Devers, Abreu, Narvaez, Mayer, Toro, Story, Campbell, and Rafaela.  

[Maxbialystock]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Excellent win and much needed last night, especially for Trevor Story.

You can't win 10 in a row if you don't win #2, so let's get this one done.

Love line 2.  

[dgalehouse]

The Braves have been every bit as disappointing so far this season as have the Red Sox. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, dgalehouse said:

The Braves have been every bit as disappointing so far this season as have the Red Sox. 

Probably more disappointing than the Sox. Hard to replace a Max Fried.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

We talk here about how terrible it was to let Betts go. How about Atlanta letting Freeman go?

Both most probably will be 1st ballot HOF's.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A high 90's fast ball against one of the worst fast ball hitting teams might make it a long day for the Sox.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

There's something wrong with Story's right arm. I'd put him on the 60 day IL.

[Maxbialystock]

Can't get the game, so have reverted to NESN radio, which is pretty good.   What's happening is not so good.  

[Maxbialystock]

13 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

A high 90's fast ball against one of the worst fast ball hitting teams might make it a long day for the Sox.

Afraid so.

[vegasbob]

Even with the win last night , the Sox had 14K's , guess they don't matter . Especially when your own pitching is shutdown after the 1st.

Today we have 6 after 4 innings . 

The combined game +1/2 is showing a K rate of just over 50%  .     At the end of the day, is it coaching/training through the entire system over multiple years at all levels or is it truly just individual inability to master MLB level skills ?

[vegasbob]

Here's how you lose,  a little bit at a time, an error here, a bad pitch there, fail to put away potential outs , give up 2 out HRs.   Like a savings account no one deposit is so big, but over time they add up.

Buehler did not have the big 2 out pitch today.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Add Buehler to the dead contract pile.

"Bring out your dead."

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The blind squirrel known as Story found his one nut last night.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Toro continues to hit and he's the one with least job security on this  headless ball club.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Can the Sox send Buehler back to the Dodgers and get Carl Crawford back?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 hours ago, vegasbob said:

Excellent win and much needed last night, especially for Trevor Story.

You can't win 10 in a row if you don't win #2, so let's get this one done.

The Sox will have to start their 10 game winning streak tomorrow.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

When the Sox win, Devers' BA is .409.

When the Sox lose, Devers' BA is .179.

[FredLynn]

I can't even watch this team consistently anymore. It not even f'ing JUNE and the season is already over, just like last year and the year before and the year before and the year before etc etc etc..  Henry doesn't care as long as his wallet is padded. They haven't been truly competitive since 2021. Its pathetic. I guess its back to "wait til next year" bs. Screw this franchise.

[vegasbob]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

When the Sox win, Devers' BA is .409.

When the Sox lose, Devers' BA is .179.

It would be interesting to see the correlation of Duran on base %  and Devers BA  + RBIs  when Duran reaches 1 or more times .

Absent those 2 players , not much happens until Abreu hits a mostly solo HR.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I hope Bernadino has a bonus clause if he appears in over 100 games.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

It would be interesting to see the correlation of Duran on base %  and Devers BA  + RBIs  when Duran reaches 1 or more times .

Absent those 2 players , not much happens until Abreu hits a mostly solo HR.

Toro is becoming my favorite player.

[vegasbob]

I think we do overlook something Merloni pointed out and has been mentioned in some TalkSox threads.

There is a rookie at Catcher, AAAA Bench  player Toro at 1B, rookie at 2B, rookie at 3B, defensive specialist  in CF ( starting to hit a little, but otherwise K machine ),  a big time slump at SS .      A $30 million DH .

What the heck did you expect ?   

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Toro is becoming my favorite player.

.I jinxed him.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

I can't even watch this team consistently anymore. It not even f'ing JUNE and the season is already over, just like last year and the year before and the year before and the year before etc etc etc..  Henry doesn't care as long as his wallet is padded. They haven't been truly competitive since 2021. Its pathetic. I guess its back to "wait til next year" bs. Screw this franchise.

Anthony is coming soon, but be prepared for slumps, struggles and Ks -- just like with Campbell and now Mayer. 

Will it suck to watch? Yup, mostly. But such growing pains are normal, even for future stars. It doesn't mean the entire Big Three will dominate this final and ultimate level, like they did in AA and AAA... but most who do that usually at least become pretty good big leaguers.

This summer -- with the Red Sox treading basepaths again -- is as good a time as any for the future core to go through such adjustments.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, vegasbob said:

I think we do overlook something Merloni pointed out and has been mentioned in some TalkSox threads.

There is a rookie at Catcher, AAAA Bench  player Toro at 1B, rookie at 2B, rookie at 3B, defensive specialist  in CF ( starting to hit a little, but otherwise K machine ),  a big time slump at SS .      A $30 million DH .

What the heck did you expect ?   

 

He left out the below average starting pitching. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Campbell striking out doesn't look so bad when the rest of the team is also striking out.

Btw, my prediction of another 78-84 season might be too optimistic.