Athletics (Springs) vs Red Sox (Early): 9/16/25, 6:45pm

[Brandon Glick]

Another start for Early vs the A's. Hopefully this one goes just as smoothly as the last.

[jad]

So an Early Winn?

[moonslav59]

Facing a lefty means R & R could be keys to a win (Romy & Ref.)

I'm projecting this line-up:

1. R Romy 1B

2. R Bregman 3B

3. R Story SS

4. R Refsnyder DH

5. R Narvaez C

6. L Duran LF

7. R Eaton RF

8. R Sogard 2B

9. R Rafaela CF

Last time, they used Wong with Early, so maybe Wong catches and Narvaez DH's, again. Then Refsnyder would be in RF (no Eaton) or LF (no Duran and a 9 RHB line-up.)

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

5 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Facing a lefty means R & R could be keys to a win (Romy & Ref.)

I'm projecting this line-up:

1. R Romy 1B

2. R Bregman 3B

3. R Story SS

4. R Refsnyder DH

5. R Narvaez C

6. L Duran LF

7. R Eaton RF

8. R Sogard 2B

9. R Rafaela CF

Last time, they used Wong with Early, so maybe Wong catches and Narvaez DH's, again. Then Refsnyder would be in RF (no Eaton) or LF (no Duran and a 9 RHB line-up.)

Duran should be in there so he can hit another Stanton shoulder-high triple off the Monster.

[d-money]

No roommate for error anymore. They need to sweep the As at home. 

[Nick]

Cleveland at Detroit for 2 and Texas at Houston for 2. At worst it should be a split. We have a chance to win the next two (three).

[Maxbialystock]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Facing a lefty means R & R could be keys to a win (Romy & Ref.)

I'm projecting this line-up:

1. R Romy 1B

2. R Bregman 3B

3. R Story SS

4. R Refsnyder DH

5. R Narvaez C

6. L Duran LF

7. R Eaton RF

8. R Sogard 2B

9. R Rafaela CF

Last time, they used Wong with Early, so maybe Wong catches and Narvaez DH's, again. Then Refsnyder would be in RF (no Eaton) or LF (no Duran and a 9 RHB line-up.)

Roughly what he's been doing against lefty starters lately--so good work.  Plus I like your mentioning the Wong possibility moving Narvaez to DH and Reg to the outfield.  If Wong plays, I'd put Ref back in RF and keep Duran, but would not complain if Duran sat tonight.  Wong's September OPS is .938 and Narvaez's is .934. 

 

1 hour ago, Nick said:

Cleveland at Detroit for 2 and Texas at Houston for 2. At worst it should be a split. We have a chance to win the next two (three).

Thanks.   

 

 

[Maxbialystock]

2 hours ago, d-money said:

No roommate for error anymore. They need to sweep the As at home. 

I don't think they need a sweep but would be delighted if they did.  

 

2 hours ago, jad said:

So an Early Winn?

I saw him pitch in person at the old Griffith Stadium in DC. a double-header between the Indians and the Senators  

[notin]

Hopefully they can hit Springs as hard as they did last time they faced him.  5 IP 9.00 ERA 1.087 OPSA

[notin]

13 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

I don't think they need a sweep but would be delighted if they did.  

 

I saw him pitch in person at the old Griffith Stadium in DC. a double-header between the Indians and the Senators  

I assume he did well, pitching against a hockey team.

[mvp 78]

29 minutes ago, notin said:

Hopefully they can hit Springs as hard as they did last time they faced him.  5 IP 9.00 ERA 1.087 OPSA

I wouldn't put money on it. He's been much better on the road than at home.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hope Springs eternal.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

I wouldn't put money on it. He's been much better on the road than at home.

I would never put money on the Sox offense period.

[moonslav59]

6 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Facing a lefty means R & R could be keys to a win (Romy & Ref.)

I'm projecting this line-up:

1. R Romy 1B > Romy 1B

2. R Bregman 3B> Bregman 3B

3. R Story SS> Story SS

4. R Refsnyder DH> Refsnyder DH

5. R Narvaez C> Narvaez C

6. L Duran LF>>> EATON RF

7. R Eaton RF>>>SOGARD 2B

8. R Sogard 2B>>> DURAN LF

9. R Rafaela CF> Rafaela CF

Last time, they used Wong with Early, so maybe Wong catches and Narvaez DH's, again. Then Refsnyder would be in RF (no Eaton) or LF (no Duran and a 9 RHB line-up.)

I had the right players, just juggled 6-7-8 batters.

See above.

[Larry Cook]

We got to jump out to a quick start. Put the pressure on springs early 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Eaton and Sogard continue to impress.

[FredLynn]

Rafaela up. 

Next batter

[FredLynn]

Useless 

[FredLynn]

Bases loaded

No one out

= no runs

[FredLynn]

Disgusting team 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

OB sounds surprised.

[FredLynn]

How much more of Rafaela’s incompetence are the flops going to take?

[iortiz]

I would bet hands down Red Sox lead the league in LOBs. Not sure how you address that. Psychologist? It’s really annoying. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not scoring with the bases loaded and no outs is harder than it looks, but the Sox make it look easy.

[cp176]

If you can’t hit worth a crap maybe just trying to make contact isn’t so bad.  I would like to see a cf who could hit.

[FredLynn]

Just now, cp176 said:

If you can’t hit worth a crap maybe just trying to make contact isn’t so bad.  I would like to see a cf who could hit.

I would like to see Rafaela benched.

[FredLynn]

More little league baseball 

Unwatchable bums

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Another HP chUMP inspired by Leslie Nielson.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice grab by Rafaela.

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Another HP chUMP inspired by Leslie Nielson.

The home plate ump has been awful-for both sides.