Red Sox (Gray) vs Tigers (Flaherty): 4/20/26, 11:10AM

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

And this team can't bunt. Not sure why they keep trying. 

And when IKF returned to the dugout he got a nice pat on the back from his manager for a job well done. Pathetic

[FredLynn]

Rafaela will strike out

[mvp 78]

1 minute ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Red Sox pinch-bunt for a guy who was the All-Star Game MVP for hitting a homer.

And he strikes out. I coulda done that.

We're going to build a team around pitching and defense that doesn't do well at either. Also, we'll lay down a bunch of terrible bunts. 

[FredLynn]

Or not. Good AB!

[mvp 78]

Just now, FredLynn said:

Rafaela will strike out

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Ceddanne touched the ball!

[mvp 78]

1 minute ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Ceddanne touched the ball!

His contact percentage is about league average (72.9%). Lowest on the team is Duran at 59.7%.  

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Ceddanne touched the ball!

He's actually had a good season so far. Plate discipline has improved to decent, though still not great.

[mvp 78]

Ryan Watson... 

[illinoisredsox]

7 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Ryan Watson... 

successfully bridged the way to Chapman

[Bellhorn04]

So Gray's issue was a tight hamstring.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Love the fake bunt two-run single.

[illinoisredsox]

1 minute ago, Bellhorn04 said:

So Gray's issue was a tight hamstring.

Not the worst news.  Now we wait to see if it’s true.

[illinoisredsox]

7 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

successfully bridged the way to Chapman

or maybe Chapman won’t be used.  Does Watson stay in to try for his first save?

[mvp 78]

8 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

successfully bridged the way to Chapman

It's not a bridge I'd be comfortable crossing myself. 

[mvp 78]

Just now, illinoisredsox said:

or maybe Chapman won’t be used.  Does Watson stay in to try for his first save?

🤐

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 minute ago, Bellhorn04 said:

So Gray's issue was a tight hamstring.

Thirty-six year-old hamstring. He'll never be the same...

... but he will have his good days and bad months. And then he'll bend to pick up a pencil in his office and the whole thing will seize up on him. But that won't compare to the night he rolls over in bed and wakes up screaming when the tissue feels like it's tearing off the bone. Screwed.

[Tedballgame]

7 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

🤐

Chapman will be needed

 

[mvp 78]

Ryan Watson bridging to Chapman:

[mvp 78]

Watson deserves those runs. Get rid of him. 

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, Maxbialystock said:

As far as I'm concerned. those two stats are directly attributable to Craig Breslow.  He needed to get another good bat. 

While that could certainly be true, the vast majority of our under-production is due to the guys we came in with.  Our regular lineup was always going to be:

• Narvaez -.277
• 1B
• 2B/3B
• Story   -.219
• Mayer
• RA   -.185
• Raffy
• Abreu
• Duran  -.255

We weren't replacing Narvaez, Story, Anthony or Duran.  But if those four guys were hitting the same as they did in 2025, our team OPS would be .737, good for #6.  One could go to the next step and make the assumption that there was no one out (as of today) that would've been a better acquisition than Contreras.  That would leave only Durbin as someone to upgrade.  And adding Bichette (.538), Bregman (.623), Marte (.663) or Paredes (.565), instead of Durbin (.495), scarcely qualifies as an upgrade, particularly considering the alternative use of the money (Suarez).

[JoeBrady]

2 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Try to keep in mind this Red Sox team is never as good as they look when they're bad.

Some of the truest sports words ever.  No one is ever as good as they look when they are going well.  And no one is ever as bad as they look when they are going poorly.  The BJs, Phillies, Mariners and Mets are unlikely to finished as badly as they are playing.

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Come for the offense; stay for drinking out of a dirty shoe.

I'm pretty happy where I am, but occasionally miss being 18 again.

[moonslav59]

57 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

He's actually had a good season so far. Plate discipline has improved to decent, though still not great.

The improvement has been steady, yet you kept predicting doom & gloom for Ceddanne.

[moonslav59]

The whole leagues seems like it's about 50 points lower than the norm on OPS (not actually true,) but add 50 points to these guys and they still have sucked:

.545 Durbin

.547 Duran

.549 IKF

.589 Story

.592 Narvaez

.599 Mayer

 

 

[Bellhorn04]

9 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

The whole leagues seems like it's about 50 points lower than the norm on OPS (not actually true,) but add 50 points to these guys and they still have sucked:

.545 Durbin

.547 Duran

.549 IKF

.589 Story

.592 Narvaez

.599 Mayer

 

 

Positive regression coming.  Either that or a new hitting coach... 

[mvp 78]

14 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

The whole leagues seems like it's about 50 points lower than the norm on OPS (not actually true,) but add 50 points to these guys and they still have sucked:

.545 Durbin

.547 Duran

.549 IKF

.589 Story

.592 Narvaez

.599 Mayer

April/May OPS is always low across the league. Sox are underperforming bigly though.

[mvp 78]

9 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Positive regression coming.  Either that or a new hitting coach... 

No clean sweep just yet.

[mvp 78]

22 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

The improvement has been steady, yet you kept predicting doom & gloom for Ceddanne.

Most of his swing metrics have been league average this year. So far, so good. 

[mvp 78]

28 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

I'm pretty happy where I am, but occasionally miss being 18 again.

24 maybe?