Red Sox (Bernardino) vs Orioles (Sugano): 8/25/25, 6:35 PM

[mvp 78]

[mvp 78]

 

[moonslav59]

Are we still babying Narvaez by resting him so much?

I'm not against the idea, and Wong has actually done better on O, recently.

[Maxbialystock]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Are we still babying Narvaez by resting him so much?

I'm not against the idea, and Wong has actually done better on O, recently.

My thought is that playing Narvaez less makes him better.  Catching is strenuous,  

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

My thought is that playing Narvaez less makes him better.  Catching is strenuous,  

I agree. He needed the rest and may still need more. Let's make sure he's okay, and in the meantime, let's watch Wong improve on O and keep playing much better defense than he ever has, before.

[Maxbialystock]

Not going to bluesky, but I do like the lineup:  6 lefty bats and 3 righty; Rafaela in CF and Hamilton at 2b, Not a Yoshida fan these days, but why not with Mayer and Abreu both out?  

The first five hitters--Anthony, Bregman, Duran, Story, and Lowe--look pretty good.  The next four--Yoshida, Rafaela, Hamilton, and Wong--not so good.  

The Orioles are going with 4 lefty bats, 4 righty bats, and one switch hitter. 😁

[Maxbialystock]

4 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I agree. He needed the rest and may still need more. Let's make sure he's okay, and in the meantime, let's watch Wong improve on O and keep playing much better defense than he ever has, before.

If Wong keeps improving, it will be nice to two catchers rather than 1 1/2.  

Need Abreu and Ref back.

Love to see Payton Tolle pitch, but not before he's ready.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Sox are 16-4 against the Yankems and the Rays, which means the Sox are 1 game below .500 against the rest of MLB.

[Maxbialystock]

2 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Sugano was tough 5 days ago vs Sox:  5 IP, 0 ER.  

The Sox were 0/13 with RISP in that game.  Lowe tied it in the 9th with a dinger and Gonzalez on 1b.  The Sox first run was on a balk.  

The Sox bullpen went 7 freaking innings giving up just 1 ER.  

 

[Maxbialystock]

1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

Sugano was tough 5 days ago vs Sox:  5 IP, 0 ER.  

The Sox were 0/13 with RISP in that game.  Lowe tied it in the 9th with a dinger and Gonzalez on 1b.  The Sox first run was on a balk.  

The Sox bullpen went 7 freaking innings giving up just 1 ER.  

 

Here's hoping the good Sox show up this week.  

[Maxbialystock]

5 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The Sox are 16-4 against the Yankems and the Rays, which means the Sox are 1 game below .500 against the rest of MLB.

Whoa, Nellie.  Neat freaking stat!  

[Maxbialystock]

Baltimore ain't much, but Camden Yards is--and so is the inner harbor.  Home of Johns Hopkins U.  

[moonslav59]

18 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The Sox are 16-4 against the Yankems and the Rays, which means the Sox are 1 game below .500 against the rest of MLB.

Yup, and...

TOR is 1-11 v TBR, NYM & HOU (They'd be behind us without just 2 of those teams.)

NYY is 5-15 v BOS & TOR (They'd be at .500 w/o those two teams)

SEA is 1-11 vs 3 teams...

and on and on...

[moonslav59]

25 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The Sox are 16-4 against the Yankems and the Rays, which means the Sox are 1 game below .500 against the rest of MLB.

So, after the get rid of playing your own division so much, we start mopping up?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

SUG on that.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good shutdown inning.

[Maxbialystock]

Good IP by Bernardino.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I didn't think it was possible for me to dislike Roger Clemens more than I already do until I watched YouTube this morning.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Fitts pitching to contact.

[Nick]

Fitts is horrible......put him in the bullpen.

[Nineintime]

So this bullpen by committee strategy is better than either WB or Harrison, or even Fitts pitching as a starter.  So we exhaust the arms in our pen to experiment with this strategy?  Don’t get it.  I realize a few guys can come up and go down to supplement the pen but this feels disruptive for no reason 

[Maxbialystock]

Double by Wong, including aggressive baserunning.  

[Maxbialystock]

Horrible at bat by Anthony.  But that's how to get him out--throw him low stuff, especially breaking ball.  The third pitch was a fat fastball which he took.  

[Maxbialystock]

Horrible Sox top of the 3d.  

Fitts need to do  no worse than he did at Philly on July 22.  4 IP, 2runs. 

[Maxbialystock]

Decent changeup--hammered by Holliday for out #1.  

[CanadianRedSoxFan]

23 minutes ago, Nick said:

Fitts is horrible......put him in the bullpen.

I am thinking the waiver wire 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This guy's giving me Fitts.

[Nineintime]

1 minute ago, CanadianRedSoxFan said:

I am thinking the waiver wire 

He’s proven to either not be ready or not talented enough but we pedal him out there expecting a different result.  

[Nineintime]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

This guy's giving me Fitts.

I’m Fitts to be tied 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

There's nothing wrong with the Sox scoring double digit runs in 20 games this season until you realize that they're averaging 3.5 runs per game in the other 111 games.