Marlins (Junk) vs Red Sox (Crochet): 8/17/25, 1:35pm

[FredLynn]

Shoulda used Chapman. 
Cora needs to go. Hes an idiot

[Jasonbay44]

Bullpen sucked today but I blame Isaiah Campbell for this. He is most useless player on the 40 man roster. Just launch him into the sun 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

And then you’ll bitch and moan when he’s injured or overused. 

Exactly.

[vegasbob]

Final Forty update : 2-1, 1 failed sweep

[moonslav59]

These losses seem to hurt more than a blowout one.

[d-money]

Missed opportunities with the jays losing. These are playoffs games now. You have to win. 

[iortiz]

This should be called Campbell’s collaterals. 

[moonslav59]

Just now, FredLynn said:

Shoulda used Chapman. 
Cora needs to go. Hes an idiot

Chapman was used, last night, thanks to I Campbell.

Do we want to burn Chapman out? Wouldn't that be more idiotic?

[illinoisredsox]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

Chapman was used, last night, thanks to I Campbell.

Do we want to burn Chapman out? Wouldn't that be more idiotic?

Consider the source.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

Chapman was used, last night, thanks to I Campbell.

Do we want to burn Chapman out? Wouldn't that be more idiotic?

Moon, you kind of created this poster by remarking how smart Fred's posts are.

[vegasbob]

Score 3 runs at home and see how many you win

[Nick]

All I hear is how great Whitlock is.......same old Whitlock to me. Another Matt Barnes....

[Randy Red Sox]

16 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Maybe Chapman said he’s not available today.  He certainly didn’t get his normal warm up routine/time yesterday.

We sometimes have to accept that Cora knows who is available and who isn’t.  We don’t have that info.

well as soon as I saw GW come in I knew it wouldn't go well.

[illinoisredsox]

1 minute ago, Randy Red Sox said:

well as soon as I saw GW come in I knew it wouldn't go well.

Which is totally legit.  But it has nothing to do with whether Chapman was available or not.

[Randy Red Sox]

3 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Which is totally legit.  But it has nothing to do with whether Chapman was available or not.

i just know Cora has some splaining to do his post game

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Which is totally legit.  But it has nothing to do with whether Chapman was available or not.

Some here would like Chappy to be an everyday ballplayer.

[moonslav59]

11 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Moon, you kind of created this poster by remarking how smart Fred's posts are.

No. I said he's been right about us flopping often. He has been right on that,and I just told the truth. I never used the word "smart" and often argue with his positions.

Have we flopped in more seasons than not since 2021?

I'm not gonna lie, just because I don't like his negativity.

[Maxbialystock]

Bullpen gave up 8 runs in just 5 IP in the last 2 games.  Obviously, Cora was using the wrong pitchers.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

No. I said he's been right about us flopping often. He has been right on that,and I just told the truth. I never used the word "smart" and often argue with his positions.

Have we flopped in more seasons than not since 2021?

I'm not gonna lie, just because I don't like his negativity.

I guess 'negativity' is the polite way to describe his posts.

[Randy Red Sox]

8 minutes ago, Nick said:

All I hear is how great Whitlock is.......same old Whitlock to me. Another Matt Barnes....

 

3 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

No. I said he's been right about us flopping often. He has been right on that,and I just told the truth. I never used the word "smart" and often argue with his positions.

Have we flopped in more seasons than not since 2021?

I'm not gonna lie, just because I don't like his negativity.

who are you talking about moon??

[moonslav59]

14 minutes ago, Nick said:

All I hear is how great Whitlock is.......same old Whitlock to me. Another Matt Barnes....

Please. Nick, come on.

He's had way more good games than bad, and many in high leverage games.

Whitlock is 3rd on the Sox in High Leverage PAs Against and has a .681 OPSA in those games, before today.

He has the 2nd most PAs Against in Late & Close situations (141 PAs to Chapman's 152) 

.377 Chapman

.526 Whitlock B4 today

.699 Weissert (117 PAs)

.709 Wilson (84)

.520 Slaten (70)

.983 Hicks (40)

Whitlock is a big plus who had a bad game, today.

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, Randy Red Sox said:

 

who are you talking about moon??

Fred.

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I guess 'negativity' is the polite way to describe his posts.

I think that sums him up, perfectly. I think he borderlines on being a troll, but he seems like he is a real Sox fan who just is a super pessimist.

[vegasbob]

19 minutes ago, Randy Red Sox said:

well as soon as I saw GW come in I knew it wouldn't go well.

Matz gave up the 2 run line drive HR to a LH hitter. Good pitch but got drilled.

Where were the Sox hitters ? Top 4 in.line up went 1 for 15

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I think that sums him up, perfectly. I think he borderlines on being a troll, but he seems like he is a real Sox fan who just is a super pessimist.

Pessimists are rarely disappointed. occasionally surprised 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

10 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I think that sums him up, perfectly. I think he borderlines on being a troll, but he seems like he is a real Sox fan who just is a super pessimist.

Being pessimistic about the Sox after the last 3 seasons is completely understandable, but having zero understanding of the difficulties of playing baseball is a completely different thing.

[Maxbialystock]

11 minutes ago, Randy Red Sox said:

i just know Cora has some splaining to do his post game

Going into this game Weissert had given up 1 run in his last 7 games and 7.1 IP.  Plus he had not pitched since Wednesday.  

Going into this game Whitlock had given up 1 ER in 18 games/innings and had not pitched since Friday.

Chapman pitched both Friday and Saturday.  

I'm not saying Chapman wouldn't have gotten the save, but am saying the other guys in the bullpen need to do their jobs.  

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Going into this game Weissert had given up 1 run in his last 7 games and 7.1 IP.  Plus he had not pitched since Wednesday.  

Going into this game Whitlock had given up 1 ER in 18 games/innings and had not pitched since Friday.

Chapman pitched both Friday and Saturday.  

I'm not saying Chapman wouldn't have gotten the save, but am saying the other guys in the bullpen need to do their jobs.  

 

Max, some here think this is a super good baseball team. It's not. Winning 3 game series should be good enough. Obviously, it's not.

[Maxbialystock]

11 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I think that sums him up, perfectly. I think he borderlines on being a troll, but he seems like he is a real Sox fan who just is a super pessimist.

Oh, heck.  I agree with him every time I think he's made a good point, which he has in fact done.  

Plus I myself am finding it a littler harder to be optimistic when the bullpen has been absolutely rotten in the last 2 games.  

And let's not forget that today Anthony, Story, Yoshida, and Rafaela were all hitless.  Anthony was especially egregious because he left a lot of guys on base.  Twice he made the last out with 2 men on base.  

What's most painful to me is that Crochet pitched another gem, 7 IP and 1 ER, and the bullpen butchered it.  

[FredLynn]

52 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Exactly.

Guess what I’m “bitchin and “moanin” about right now….you get three guesses and the first two don’t count