Brewers (Drohan) vs. Red Sox (Gray): 4/8/26, 1:35pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Yesterday's pitching matchup lived up to its billing. Drohan is a recent call-up, so he's a wild card.

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Whitlock	0	0	0	27	15	42
Slaten	9	19	0	0	0	28
Chapman	21	17	0	0	6	44
Coulombe	0	8	2	23	0	33
Watson	0	26	0	10	0	36
Weissert	17	0	18	0	0	35
Moran	0	0	0	45	0	45
Kelly	0	9	17	0	11	37

[mvp 78]

3-9

[moonslav59]

With Drohan being a lefty, could we see this?

1. L Anthony DH

2. R Rafaela CF (maybe Durbin or Story or go with LHB Duran?)

3. R Contreras 1B

4. L Abreu RF

5. R Story SS

6. L Duran LF

7. R Narvaez C

8. L Mayer 2B

9. R Durbin 3B

[mvp 78]

 

[RedneckRedSoxFan]

I like this lineup. 

[Old Red]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

With Drohan being a lefty, could we see this?

1. L Anthony DH

2. R Rafaela CF (maybe Durbin or Story or go with LHB Duran?)

3. R Contreras 1B

4. L Abreu RF

5. R Story SS

6. L Duran LF

7. R Narvaez C

8. L Mayer 2B

9. R Durbin 3B

Not even close.🤭

[moonslav59]

So, Story shows a little life and gets the day off.

Same ole Cora.

(Same day Mayer gets a day off, although vs a LHP, I'm okay with that.)

[Old Red]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

So, Story shows a little life and gets the day off.

Same ole Cora.

(Same day Mayer gets a day off, although vs a LHP, I'm okay with that.)

Story has the day off? DH is a part day off.🤔

[mvp 78]

Two off days in one series for Duran. Crazy. 

I bet they'll get him in the game once Drohan is finished. 

[moonslav59]

12 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Story has the day off? DH is a part day off.🤔

Opps, my mistake.

(See how easy it is to admit one. Try it sometime.)

[moonslav59]

10 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Two straight off days for Duran. Crazy. 

I bet they'll get him in the game once Drohan is finished. 

It's only 10 PAs vs LHPs, but Abreu is at 1.000 with that split. 

I think Duran is now the one who will be sitting vs many lefties going forward, if any LHBs sit.

[mvp 78]

 

[mvp 78]

15 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

It's only 10 PAs vs LHPs, but Abreu is at 1.000 with that split. 

I think Duran is now the one who will be sitting vs many lefties going forward, if any LHBs sit.

Duran used to be the guy who posted every day. It's just wild to have him sit so much because they couldn't figure out the roster this offseason. 

[mvp 78]

Drohan pitch mix: 4 seam/slider/cutter/change/curve

Drohan last season: 

 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

35 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Duran used to be the guy who posted every day. It's just wild to have him sit so much because they couldn't figure out the roster this offseason. 

Of all the batters Miz was making mizerable, Duran looked like he just decided to swing at everything and hope a pitch would hit his bat. None of his swings and misses were at pitches even in the zone.

Today AC had mercy on OB, so we wouldn' have to hear: DrOhan fans DUran.

[Nick]

 Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been even worse. He’s also received a whopping eight plate appearances this season, and a -58 wRC+ is all he has to show for it. The team committed $6 million to the veteran journeyman during the offseason and it looks now like that could be wasted money.

Breslow to Henry...."Yes, but I was smart enough only to give a guy a one year deal".

[mvp 78]

So far, Gray throwing a lot of strikes and Drohan is not. 

[mvp 78]

Drohan has no command today, but the Sox are unable to do anything about it. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm really not being sarcastic about the Sox, but I've actually seen better line-ups on DRAGNET.

[drewski6]

4 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Drohan has no command today, but the Sox are unable to do anything about it. 

Dont worry , we have IKF coming up this next inning.

[mvp 78]

1 minute ago, drewski6 said:

Dont worry , we have IKF coming up this next inning.

He may put in a more professional AB than some of the guys in front of him. At least Narvaez and Durbin were able to work the count a bit. 

If a guy is in his MLB debut is having trouble finding the plate, don't swing at the first strike! 

I just feel like I'm taking crazy pills following this dumb team.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

15 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I'm really not being sarcastic about the Sox, but I've actually seen better line-ups on DRAGNET.

Ironically, when Dragnet was aired on TV, LA had the crookedest law enforcement in the world.

Jack Webb was known to hang with many shady individuals.

[mvp 78]

Wow, take pitches and you can get some runs...

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Keep the line moving.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Too many teams and not enough good pitching. This will go on into infinity.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Too many teams and not enough good pitching. This will go on into infinity.

Especially, when one team has so many of the good pitchers.

[mvp 78]

One of those starts where the Sox should have come away with more than just 3 runs. 

[JoeBrady]

48 minutes ago, Nick said:

 Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been even worse. He’s also received a whopping eight plate appearances this season, and a -58 wRC+ is all he has to show for it. The team committed $6 million to the veteran journeyman during the offseason and it looks now like that could be wasted money.

Breslow to Henry...."Yes, but I was smart enough only to give a guy a one year deal".

7 ABs, so I not overly concerned.  And we didn't hire him for his bat.

But that was a nice bunt.  I always like when the bunter can put some pressure on the defense, even in an obvious bunting situation.

[JoeBrady]

Now we have to hope that Gray hasn't cooled off in that long half-inning.

[JoeBrady]

4 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Now we have to hope that Gray hasn't cooled off in that long half-inning.

I love having gray on the mound.  I had to respond to an E-mail, and by the time I finished, he had already retired the side.