Red Sox (Crochet) vs Yankees (Yarbrough): 6/7/25, 7:35pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Okay, Crochet is on the mound. Can he stop the bleeding again?

[Old Red]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Okay, Crochet is on the mound. Can he stop the bleeding again?

The Red Sox are only 7-6 in his starts, so he hasn’t stopped much bleeding even though he’s tried.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

32 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Okay, Crochet is on the mound. Can he stop the bleeding again?

Tonight will be their best shot at winning a game in this series obviously.

I predict the Sox will win tonight, but I wouldn't bet any money on it.

[Bellhorn04]

I'd like the Sox to win.  That's about all I can say.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Right at this moment Toro is my favorite everyday player on the Sox.

Of course, this is subject to change.

[Jasonbay44]

47 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Right at this moment Toro is my favorite everyday player on the Sox.

Of course, this is subject to change.

He is this seasons Dom Smith

[moonslav59]

There can never be a do or die game on June 7th, but this sure feels like it.

[Bellhorn04]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

There can never be a do or die game on June 7th, but this sure feels like it.

It's not a do or die game.  But us Red Sox fans tend to look at a lot of games that way.     

[moonslav59]

16 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

It's not a do or die game.  But us Red Sox fans tend to look at a lot of games that way.     

A loss would be a huge gut punch, with Crochet being our best hope.

Yes, no game in June, July and usually August is "do or die."

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

Yarbrough last 7 games:

Duration	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
Last 7 Games	3	0	1.76	7	5	0	30.2	18	6	6	27	0.78

[Old Red]

7 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

A loss would be a huge gut punch, with Crochet being our best hope.

Yes, no game in June, July and usually August is "do or die."

The Red Sox are only 7-6 in Crochet’s starts, so even if he pitches well, and they lose it will just be just another loss, and no different than the team other loses when he’s pitched.🤭

[Old Red]

28 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

It's not a do or die game.  But us Red Sox fans tend to look at a lot of games that way.     

Especially against the Yankees.

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, Old Red said:

The Red Sox are only 7-6 in Crochet’s starts, so even if he pitches well, and they lose it will just be just another loss, and no different than the team other loses when he’s pitched.🤭

I figured you'd see it that way.

[Old Red]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

I figured you'd see it that way.

Overly dramatic on the gut punch for a game on June 7th.🤔

[dgalehouse]

It goes without saying, but the pitching matchup favors Boston by a lot. They really do have to win this one. 

[moonslav59]

7 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Overly dramatic on the gut punch for a game on June 7th.🤔

I figured you see it that way.

So much less dramatic than "Clean house of all of them."

[Nick]

50 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

There can never be a do or die game on June 7th, but this sure feels like it.

Well Cora is managing with one hand tied behind his back, courtesy of Breslow.

[Nick]

97 pitches thrown by 3 relievers last night, thanks to Buehler.

Luckily Crochet if going. It would be nice to see him go 8, then close out with Chapman.

[Old Red]

7 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I figured you see it that way.

So much less dramatic than "Clean house of all of them."

Cleaning house is not only based on how the whole season thus far has played out, but the last 4 years as well. The gut punch is only for 1 game of 162. Also cleaning house is the majority opinion of a lot of other venues out there that I have heard recently that if you ventured off talksox once in a while you would know that.

[Old Red]

12 minutes ago, Nick said:

Well Cora is managing with one hand tied behind his back, courtesy of Breslow.

How is Cora managing with one hand tied behind his back? There is plenty of blame to go around from top to bottom for the Red Sox lackluster effort.

[mvp 78]

3 hours ago, Bellhorn04 said:

I'd like the Sox to win.  That's about all I can say.

I’m skipping it. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

Yarbrough last 7 games:

Duration	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
Last 7 Games	3	0	1.76	7	5	0	30.2	18	6	6	27	0.78

He's due for a bad outing.

[moonslav59]

44 minutes ago, Nick said:

Well Cora is managing with one hand tied behind his back, courtesy of Breslow.

I thought Brez did a nice job over the winter, and the beefed up rotation depth has helped. His biggest weak area for the winter looked like the pen, and it's done better than expected. The Bregman signing looked great, but I guess Brez should not have body-slammed him onto the IL. The Narvaez trade was awesome, and the Abreu non trade looks okay. Lack of 1B depth and the Campbell experiment look pretty bad, but I'm pretty sure Cora was okay with Campbell, although he did want Bregman at 2B, early on.

Brez did not tie Cora's hands on Devers playing 1B.

That being said, Buehler has been bad, and the results are horrible.

I find it hard to bash the GM, when I liked his winter moves.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

15 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I’m skipping it. 

Now that is a gut punch.

[mvp 78]

30 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Now that is a gut punch.

It’s my anniversary. I’m sure I’ll have something better to do. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

It’s my anniversary. I’m sure I’ll have something better to do. 

Congrats.

[Bellhorn04]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

I thought Brez did a nice job over the winter, and the beefed up rotation depth has helped. His biggest weak area for the winter looked like the pen, and it's done better than expected. The Bregman signing looked great, but I guess Brez should not have body-slammed him onto the IL. The Narvaez trade was awesome, and the Abreu non trade looks okay. Lack of 1B depth and the Campbell experiment look pretty bad, but I'm pretty sure Cora was okay with Campbell, although he did want Bregman at 2B, early on.

Brez did not tie Cora's hands on Devers playing 1B.

That being said, Buehler has been bad, and the results are horrible.

I find it hard to bash the GM, when I liked his winter moves.

He's an aggressive fellow.

One wonders if the surprising Priester trade is biting us in the butt, though.  Priester has at least been able to survive the first inning.

[moonslav59]

11 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

He's an aggressive fellow.

One wonders if the surprising Priester trade is biting us in the butt, though.  Priester has at least been able to survive the first inning.

Priester has 7 starts and a 3.88 ERA and 1.311 WHIP, and has looked better than Fitts and maybe Dobbins. It's weird how Brez traded to get him, then traded him away for an OF prospect- like we need more of those.

We don't know his reasoning, but overall his winter moves:

Plus:

Bregman (until the injury)

Narvaez- wow!

Chapman- wow!

Wilson- wow!

 

Meh/TBD:

Y Rodriquez and P for Priester

Sandoval

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Bad (so far)

Buehler

Hendriks ('24 signing)

 

All-in-all, this looks good. Kinda reminds me how Bloom did better with Wacha, Strahm & Hill in '22 than his '21 signings, but we saw how those two seasons worked out.

[moonslav59]

Facing the lefty:

L Duran

L Devers

R Refsnyder

R Narvaez

R Romy 1B

S Toro 3B

R Story

R Rafaela 

R Campbell 2B

 

[mvp 78]

11 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Priester has 7 starts and a 3.88 ERA and 1.311 WHIP, and has looked better than Fitts and maybe Dobbins. It's weird how Brez traded to get him, then traded him away for an OF prospect- like we need more of those.

We don't know his reasoning, but overall his winter moves:

Plus:

Bregman (until the injury)

Narvaez- wow!

Chapman- wow!

Wilson- wow!

 

Meh/TBD:

Y Rodriquez and P for Priester

Sandoval

 

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Bad (so far)

Buehler

Hendriks ('24 signing)

 

All-in-all, this looks good. Kinda reminds me how Bloom did better with Wacha, Strahm & Hill in '22 than his '21 signings, but we saw how those two seasons worked out.

Priester does not look better than Dobbins. His numbers are only better than Fitts’ because Fitts is rehabbing in MLB than WOO.