Rockies (Freeland) vs Red Sox (Bello): 7/8/25, 7:10pm

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, Jasonbay44 said:

His career OPS+ is also in only 1 and 1/2 seasons and he’s 24. There is room for growth 

 

regardless. With how good his defense is, he has immense value, even with a 94 OPS+

Rafaela will be a fixture in CF for many years as a Red Sox.

[Jasonbay44]

Romy Gonzalez is on fire 

[iortiz]

1 minute ago, Jasonbay44 said:

Watching Connor Wong hit leads me to believe I could play in the majors. 

Wonder what happened to him. I mean he was kind of reliable in the past, at least offensively. 

[Soxlover]

77 pitches in 7IP! Wow! 
 

For Bello, double wow!

[iortiz]

2 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

Watching Connor Wong hit leads me to believe I could play in the majors. 

Wonder what happened to him. I mean he was kind of reliable in the past, at least offensively. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Romy has been quietly making a lot of noise.

[Soxlover]

Just now, iortiz said:

Wonder what happened to him. I mean he was kind of reliable in the past, at least offensively. 

His D improved.

His O looked on the lucky side in ‘24 but not by this much!

[FredLynn]

5 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

His career OPS+ is also in only 1 and 1/2 seasons and he’s 24. There is room for growth 

 

regardless. With how good his defense is, he has immense value, even with a 94 OPS+

Even Moon gave up on him. He’s had a great month. But his lack of K zone control will be his downfall. He’s a newer version of JBJ.

[Soxlover]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Romy has been quietly making a lot of noise.

Loudly, at times,

To those who hate platoons, take note of the Abreu-Ref and Toro-Romy platoons or semi platoons.

[FredLynn]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Romy has been quietly making a lot of noise.

I can’t believe the WS waived him

[Jasonbay44]

Just now, FredLynn said:

Even Moon gave up on him. He’s had a great month. But his lack of K zone control will be his downfall. He’s a newer version of JBJ.

A newer version of one of best fielders of the 2010s who won an ALCS mvp? I’ll take it

[Jasonbay44]

The Rockies really really suck 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hard to believe the Rockettes have only won 21 games.

[vegasbob]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Romy has been quietly making a lot of noise.

Banging on trash cans ?   Oh, you mean with his incredible hot bat !     You would think he will be a popular  name in upcoming trade talks, but he is so far and above guys like Hamilton, Sogard, Eaton that Breslow should keep Romy.  

No explaining Wong. He cannot even hit a hard ground ball.     

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, Jasonbay44 said:

A newer version of one of best fielders of the 2010s who won an ALCS mvp? I’ll take it

How’d you like him when he proved he couldn’t hit the baseball? Very similar to Rafaela. He had a brief moment in the sun just like Cedanne. Then he sucked offensively though he was obviously great in CF.

[Jasonbay44]

Just now, FredLynn said:

How’d you like him when he proved he couldn’t hit the baseball? Very similar to Rafaela. He had a brief moment in the sun just like Cedanne. Then he sucked offensively though he was obviously great in CF.

He had 6 solid seasons. He had a very solid career with some great moments. 

[vegasbob]

Not expecting Bregman to be raking upon his return, but if Story can continue his rampage, then the left side of the infield makes the lineup really stronger.

Put Story on 2B and Mayer at SS ( or just leave it as is)  and this team can roll

Also hold on to Duran just for grins

[Jasonbay44]

Duran absolutely crushed that one 

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

He had 6 solid seasons. He had a very solid career with some great moments. 

And Rafaela has had a great …..month. 
JBJ was even worse with a bat despite his “moments”

[FredLynn]

Meanwhile Bello is pitching a gem

[Maxbialystock]

1 hour ago, vegasbob said:

i know, it's nuts that he can't find one.  But then he has trouble catching them too

With a score of 10-0, who needs a hot-hitting catcher.  Wong just might have been of some value to Bello who is pitching in the 8th freaking inning.    

[vegasbob]

Baseball is funny.   Rockies slop tossing LH pitcher in Fenway stymies them for 6 innings.  Then the manager overmanages and gets the Sox up to 10 runs

[Jasonbay44]

4 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

And Rafaela has had a great …..month. 
JBJ was even worse with a bat despite his “moments”

Rafaela had a solid rookie year too. I’m not going to complain about a 23 year old putting up a 2 WAR season despite playing out of position 

[notin]

1 minute ago, vegasbob said:

Baseball is funny.   Rockies slop tossing LH pitcher in Fenway stymies them for 6 innings.  Then the manager overmanages and gets the Sox up to 10 runs

Baseball is funny.  For the last 5 games, Cora has filled out a lineup card that puts a hitter with a career .274 OBP in the leadoff spot.  And the Soxare 4-0 in those games, and have a ten run lead in the seventh inning of the fifth.  
 

At this point, it’s just Streak Mentality aka Superstition…

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

19 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Hard to believe the Rockettes have only won 21 games.

Colorado is still paying Kris Bryant 27 mil/yr. He will continue to be paid that for 3 more years. The next highest paid player is the guy who started tonight, Freeland. He's getting 16 mil/yr.

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

Rafaela had a solid rookie year too. I’m not going to complain about a 23 year old putting up a 2 WAR season despite playing out of position 

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Let’s see where he is in September.

[Maxbialystock]

5 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Baseball is funny.   Rockies slop tossing LH pitcher in Fenway stymies them for 6 innings.  Then the manager overmanages and gets the Sox up to 10 runs

Freeland has pitched 8 of the 19 quality starts by the Rockies and tonight was 1 out from his 9th quality start.  I thought he had excellent breaking stuff which he mixed well with this fastball.  

[FredLynn]

Wong should start warming up. Maybe he can pitch

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

8 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Colorado is still paying Kris Bryant 27 mil/yr. He will continue to be paid that for 3 more years. The next highest paid player is the guy who started tonight, Freeland. He's getting 16 mil/yr.

Colorado's team payroll is almost 40 million more than the Rays.

[Maxbialystock]

4 minutes ago, notin said:

Baseball is funny.  For the last 5 games, Cora has filled out a lineup card that puts a hitter with a career .274 OBP in the leadoff spot.  And the Soxare 4-0 in those games, and have a ten run lead in the seventh inning of the fifth.  
 

At this point, it’s just Streak Mentality aka Superstition…

It took some pressure off of Duran.  Eaton's OPS, season to date, is .333.   What you don't know about managing a game and a team would fill volumes.  

And why the blatant animosity toward Cora?