Dodgers (Sheehan) vs Red Sox (Bello): 7/25/25, 7:10pm

[Brandon Glick]

For the third straight series, the Red Sox are playing a division-leader in the National League.

[mvp 78]

Dodgers are 4-11 in their last 15. 

Sheehan generates a lot of chase, so his numbers may be a little deceiving. Sox may do worse than the 4+ ERA suggests. 

Bello has been great at home (648 OPS). Overall since June 1: 2.81 ERA, 3.87 FIP, 7.2 IP per start. 

Kiké is out with an elbow injury and is most likely missing the series. Mookie may miss tonight's game due to personal reasons. 

[Maxbialystock]

3 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Dodgers are 4-11 in their last 15. 

Sheehan generates a lot of chase, so his numbers may be a little deceiving. Sox may do worse than the 4+ ERA suggests. 

Bello has been great at home (648 OPS). Overall since June 1: 2.81 ERA, 3.87 FIP, 7.2 IP per start. 

Kiké is out with an elbow injury and is most likely missing the series. Mookie may miss tonight's game due to personal reasons. 

Thanks.  It has occurred to me that playing the Rays, Cubs, Phillies, and Dodgers is like playing in the postseason--except for how many starters (3?) you need in the postseason.    

The Dodgers have great hitting and so-so pitching.  The Sox have good hitting and good pitching.  

Tonight sure looks like another game when Rafaela moves to 2b so Cora can get three lefty OF bats into the lineup.  Plus Yoshida at DH and Toro at 1b.  Righty bats would be Bregman, Story, Rafaela, and Narvaez.

Mayer had his MRI yesterday.  

[mvp 78]

No MRI update yet. 

[Maxbialystock]

28 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

No MRI update yet. 

I know.  Mayer had injury issues in the minors.  And this one was caused by swinging the bat (!!??).  

 

[mvp 78]

32 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

I know.  Mayer had injury issues in the minors.  And this one was caused by swinging the bat (!!??).  

 

He injured the same wrist in '22. Maybe it was something that still kind of lingered? 

[mvp 78]

Kiké most likely out.

Mookie probably out.

Aramark concession workers now most likely out for the full series. 

Will fans be sneaking in food and beverages in the way I did back in the 90's and early 00's? We'll see! 

[FredLynn]

1 hour ago, Maxbialystock said:

Thanks.  It has occurred to me that playing the Rays, Cubs, Phillies, and Dodgers is like playing in the postseason--except for how many starters (3?) you need in the postseason.    

The Dodgers have great hitting and so-so pitching.  The Sox have good hitting and good pitching.  

Tonight sure looks like another game when Rafaela moves to 2b so Cora can get three lefty OF bats into the lineup.  Plus Yoshida at DH and Toro at 1b.  Righty bats would be Bregman, Story, Rafaela, and Narvaez.

Mayer had his MRI yesterday.  

The FLOPS are 4th in ERA in the AL and second in OPS and runs scored. 

So why it that they are struggling to even maintain a wild card spot in the playoffs instead of competing for the division lead??

[mvp 78]

2 hours ago, Maxbialystock said:

I know.  Mayer had injury issues in the minors.  And this one was caused by swinging the bat (!!??).  

 

 

[vegasbob]

Making a very wild card call that Connor Wong will get a key hit tonight, tripling  his RBIO totals for 2025. Wishing him luck !

[dgalehouse]

Something going on with Mookie. He is slumping badly. He has had injury issues. Now, there is talk that he could miss the game for some personal reason. 

[Nick]

I have pretty much given up on us getting anything significant at the trade deadline. Bres thinks he can go with what we have.......well good luck. 

[Nick]

The biggest thing Bres can do is to extend Bregman. Give the man what he wants.

[Nick]

Despite Dodgers' $407M luxury tax payroll, they are not a shoe in this year. Their starting pitching seems a bit shaky against playoff teams.

[Duran Is The Man]

2 hours ago, vegasbob said:

Making a very wild card call that Connor Wong will get a key hit tonight, tripling  his RBIO totals for 2025. Wishing him luck !

i'll take that bet.

[Nick]

Yoshida needs to improve his slugging %. I don't give a damn about sample size. We can't have a DH with .333 slugging %.

Compare that with Gonzalez's team leading .544. Are you telling me that he just can't hit right handed pitchers?

I rather Gonzalez DH than Yoshida. To me, he only plays because of his contract.

 

[Nick]

Tampa Bay is not trailing Texas. They are both 1 1/2 games behind the Sox.

Our Sox announcers spew tons of erroneous information. Very unprofessional.

[Nick]

Here comes a groundball to 2B by Yoshida.

[FredLynn]

Another K out of the zone 

 

[FredLynn]

Yoshida Ks on a ball in the dirt. This team isn’t going anywhere and one reason is that too few hitters have any plate discipline at all

[FredLynn]

Can’t waste opportunities by swinging at pitches out of the zone 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Can’t waste opportunities by swinging at pitches out of the zone 

The Sox can. They've been doing it all year. And they do it better than most teams.

[FredLynn]

That’s what happens when you waste opportunities like the Flops did

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, Nick said:

I have pretty much given up on us getting anything significant at the trade deadline. Bres thinks he can go with what we have.......well good luck. 

Good to know. Less disappointment at the end of September.

[Hugh2]

1 hour ago, Nick said:

I have pretty much given up on us getting anything significant at the trade deadline. Bres thinks he can go with what we have.......well good luck. 

Who has made a big move yet? almost no one has moved so far. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

8 hours ago, Maxbialystock said:

Thanks.  It has occurred to me that playing the Rays, Cubs, Phillies, and Dodgers is like playing in the postseason--except for how many starters (3?) you need in the postseason.    

The Dodgers have great hitting and so-so pitching.  The Sox have good hitting and good pitching.  

Tonight sure looks like another game when Rafaela moves to 2b so Cora can get three lefty OF bats into the lineup.  Plus Yoshida at DH and Toro at 1b.  Righty bats would be Bregman, Story, Rafaela, and Narvaez.

Mayer had his MRI yesterday.  

Is good the new mediocre ?

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

Who has made a big move yet? almost no one has moved so far. 

The Ms got Naylor. We could have used him.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

 

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The only thing guaranteed to go up regarding the Sox is the ticket prices.

[FredLynn]

Here comes the hammer. Game almost over already.