Red Sox (Bello) vs Padres (Cease): 8/10/25, 4:10pm

[Brandon Glick]

Hopefully, Cease doesn't make the Sox regret not trading for him today.

[vegasbob]

Cease  should be hittable and beatable. We'll see in person.  

Could be a big step up for Bello if he can throw 6 shutout innings to set up a series win.

[moonslav59]

I'd swap Abreu with Yoshida in the line-up, but Cora seems to get things like this right more than wrong.

L Anthony

R Bregman

L Duran

R Story

L Yoshida

R Romy (no Toro- thank you, Cora!)

L Abreu

R Rafaela

R Wong

[vegasbob]

Toro got a Cease and desist order

[notin]

Dylan Cease is on the list of ball players whose name is a complete sentence…

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

27 minutes ago, notin said:

Dylan Cease is on the list of ball players whose name is a complete sentence…

Dustin May.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

13 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Dustin May.

The response to who may have a short stay in Boston?

[vegasbob]

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

That was Vegas recording live from Petco where no pets are allowed.

[FredLynn]

Stellar DP!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4.60 ERA.     1.300WHIP

Doesn't sound like Cease fire to me. More like Bombs Away.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Once Machado retires he can audition for the part of Mickey Mouse.

[Maxbialystock]

That double play was a thing of beauty.  More than that, it had to be hugely beneficial to Bello's state of mind after walking the first batter.

The freaking total errors by the Sox are hugely misleading.  This Sox team can play defense, even with Rafaela at 2b and not in CF.  

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

That double play was a thing of beauty.  More than that, it had to be hugely beneficial to Bello's state of mind after walking the first batter.

The freaking total errors by the Sox are hugely misleading.  This Sox team can play defense, even with Rafaela at 2b and not in CF.  

I don’t think number of errors is regarded as the most important defensive metric. Just a piece of the pie.

[Maxbialystock]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

I don’t think number of errors is regarded as the most important defensive metric. Just a piece of the pie.

Well it sure gets brought up on talksox a lot.  Plus during games by the so called analysts who don't know spit from shinola.

 

[Maxbialystock]

Nice grab by Duran.  Oh, wait, that doesn't count because Duran drops the ball all the time.  

[Maxbialystock]

Good golly, miss molly, did that double play put Bello in a groove or what?  

[FredLynn]

7 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Well it sure gets brought up on talksox a lot.  Plus during games by the so called analysts who don't know spit from shinola.

 

Errors as a metric aren’t irrelevant. I think it’s fair game to criticize the Sox for the number of errors they commit because they lead the league in errors. It’s just that they aren’t the most important metric when deciding which teams are good or not so good defensively. 
Errors give the other team extra outs.

[Maxbialystock]

I swear Bello is the only pitcher onthe Sox with a decent changeup, which works really well.  Why do the other Sox pitchers avoid changeups like they're the plague?  

[vegasbob]

2 out single to the #9 hitter, HBP, followed by a 2 run double. Still 2 outs¹

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hitting Tatis in the azz came back to bite Bello in the azz.

[Maxbialystock]

That hurt.  Two very bad pitches.  First the HBP, then the fast ball in the geometric center of the strike zone on an 0-2 count.  

Does Bello simply lose focus?  

[FredLynn]

Just now, vegasbob said:

2 out single to the #9 hitter, HBP, followed by a 2 run double. Still 2 outs¹

You’re at the game; you allowed that to happen.

[vegasbob]

5 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

You’re at the game; you allowed that to happen.

Don't worry, I warned Bello about Arraez

[vegasbob]

There is a promo on at Petco for free fries if Sox K 9 times or more. Laughed when I saw that one.

I think we are going to need a bigger fryer

[FredLynn]

Too many Ks

Again

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I certainly hope I won't be employing Michael Corleone's line from Godfather 3 in the near future.

[d-money]

f***ing pitiful offense today. When was the last time we won a series on the road against a good team?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

"Don't Bogaerts that joint my friend;; pass it over to me."

[Nineintime]

This offense appears incapable of hitting a change up.  Back to the approach at the beginning of the year with less discipline and more swings and misses