Red Sox (Bello) vs Orioles (Young): 4/24/26, 7:05pm

[Brandon Glick]

Need to see a bounce back from Bello tonight.

	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	TOT
Zack Kelly	0	27	0	11	0	38
Tyler Samaniego	0	0	20	0	23	43
Ryan Watson	16	29	0	0	12	57
Jovani Morán	0	14	0	0	0	14
Greg Weissert	0	10	0	0	12	22
Garrett Whitlock	0	12	0	0	0	12
Danny Coulombe	0	15	0	0	18	33
Aroldis Chapman	0	13	0	0	0	13

[mvp 78]

3 out of 4 starts for Bello have been pretty bad so far. I don't know what's going on with him. 

He's dialed back his sweeper usage and increased his cutter and sinker. The sinker used to be his best pitch, but it looks like he's leaving it up and it's getting rocked. Lots of hard contact. Velo seems down across the board too. 

[jad]

Another game??  Oh God, do we have to?

[mvp 78]

Just now, jad said:

Another game??  Oh God, do we have to?

[Tedballgame]

33 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

3 out of 4 starts for Bello have been pretty bad so far. I don't know what's going on with him. 

He's dialed back his sweeper usage and increased his cutter and sinker. The sinker used to be his best pitch, but it looks like he's leaving it up and it's getting rocked. Lots of hard contact. Velo seems down across the board too. 

He nibbles too much, especially against bad hitters. He needs to challenge guys.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

48 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

He nibbles too much, especially against bad hitters. He needs to challenge guys.

Bello's gonna be nibbling on Triple A buffets soon if he doesn't. 

Tolle took a big bite outta the rotation last night. 

[mvp 78]

Just now, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Bello's gonna be nibbling on Triple A buffets soon if he doesn't. 

Tolle took a big bite outta the rotation last night. 

Early will get sent down for his additional year of control before Bello is sent down. 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 minute ago, mvp 78 said:

Early will get sent down for his additional year of control before Bello is sent down. 

Because in six years when he's earned market value, the smartest men in last place won't have to pay him what he's worth.

[mvp 78]

31 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Because in six years when he's earned market value, the smartest men in last place won't have to pay him what he's worth.

Because after KC, they're never giving another extension again. 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

8 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Because after KC, they're never giving another extension again. 

That one is still mystifying. 

If it was just a Boston front office mistake, we could understand because that's where each Assistant Vice President is the smartest guy in a phone booth.

But all the minor league evaluators and presumably observers got together and named Campbell Minor League Player of the Year. 

Something had to happen besides pitchers writing a book on how to exploit KC's swing. Right now he's got a 33% K-rate in Triple A with one homer (geez, he'd fit right in on the parent club).

But I've watched him carefully many times in person, and he still does not look like a big leaguer at any position. And tonight's preview -- not starting line-ups yet -- lists him back at 2B?

[a700hitter]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Early will get sent down for his additional year of control before Bello is sent down. 

I hope not.  Watching Early pitch is enjoyable and he keeps the team competitive in his games.

[mvp 78]

1 hour ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

That one is still mystifying. 

If it was just a Boston front office mistake, we could understand because that's where each Assistant Vice President is the smartest guy in a phone booth.

But all the minor league evaluators and presumably observers got together and named Campbell Minor League Player of the Year. 

Something had to happen besides pitchers writing a book on how to exploit KC's swing. Right now he's got a 33% K-rate in Triple A with one homer (geez, he'd fit right in on the parent club).

But I've watched him carefully many times in person, and he still does not look like a big leaguer at any position. And tonight's preview -- not starting line-ups yet -- lists him back at 2B?

He's played zero games in IF this year. Hard to see him getting put there tonight as they already have a few guys that can already play decent defense there. I think he's just still listed as 2b on MiLB's site so it has his defensive position put there for the preview. 

[alsoason]

Just another chance for Cora to snatch a loss from the jaws of victory, with his awesome bullpen moves like last night, where he chose to keep Whitlock chewing bubblegum in the pen, while two arsonists did their work. Cora is a effin genius. Bello??? Oh dear God i felt compelled to compare him to Dave Morehead, and then I Remembered that Morehead did pitch a no hitter for a very bad Red Sox team of the early 60's, think it was 63 off the top of my noggin. Bello the way he tries to get too cute with batters seriously reminds me how the Oil Can used to drive me nuts trying to nibble at the corners with .230 hitters.

[mvp 78]

43 minutes ago, alsoason said:

Just another chance for Cora to snatch a loss from the jaws of victory, with his awesome bullpen moves like last night, where he chose to keep Whitlock chewing bubblegum in the pen, while two arsonists did their work. Cora is a effin genius. Bello??? Oh dear God i felt compelled to compare him to Dave Morehead, and then I Remembered that Morehead did pitch a no hitter for a very bad Red Sox team of the early 60's, think it was 63 off the top of my noggin. Bello the way he tries to get too cute with batters seriously reminds me how the Oil Can used to drive me nuts trying to nibble at the corners with .230 hitters.

I love Oil Can because he looked cool as hell and it seemed like he was the starting pitcher every time I went to Fenway when I was younger.

[Nick]

4 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

3 out of 4 starts for Bello have been pretty bad so far. I don't know what's going on with him. 

He's dialed back his sweeper usage and increased his cutter and sinker. The sinker used to be his best pitch, but it looks like he's leaving it up and it's getting rocked. Lots of hard contact. Velo seems down across the board too. 

He can't throw strikes. What, 35+ pitches in inning #1 in his last start. He needs to be traded as soon as he hits a hot streak.

[Nick]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Early will get sent down for his additional year of control before Bello is sent down. 

I've decided its STUPID to try to get an extra year. Can you name a player that we benefitted from holding back a player?

[moonslav59]

Running back the same line-up, tonight.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 hours ago, jad said:

Another game??  Oh God, do we have to?

Now we know how the Rockies' and White Sox fans of recent seasons felt.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, Nick said:

He can't throw strikes. What, 35+ pitches in inning #1 in his last start. He needs to be traded as soon as he hits a hot streak.

Can we go with a warm streak?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

That one is still mystifying. 

If it was just a Boston front office mistake, we could understand because that's where each Assistant Vice President is the smartest guy in a phone booth.

But all the minor league evaluators and presumably observers got together and named Campbell Minor League Player of the Year. 

Something had to happen besides pitchers writing a book on how to exploit KC's swing. Right now he's got a 33% K-rate in Triple A with one homer (geez, he'd fit right in on the parent club).

But I've watched him carefully many times in person, and he still does not look like a big leaguer at any position. And tonight's preview -- not starting line-ups yet -- lists him back at 2B?

Seriously, I had completely forgotten about Campbell.

Hopefully, a year from now I can completely forget about this current team.

[Duran Is The Man]

2 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

I love Oil Can because he looked cool as hell and it seemed like he was the starting pitcher every time I went to Fenway when I was younger.

i saw him pitch a few times against the Rangers. awesome dude. great nickname. 

[Duran Is The Man]

2 hours ago, Nick said:

I've decided its STUPID to try to get an extra year. Can you name a player that we benefitted from holding back a player?

i agree. put Early in the rotation and trade Bello.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I've never seen anything this bad cost more than 200 million dollars.

[iortiz]

9 pitches and is already over LOL!

[Deja Doh]

Already down 3 before we get an out.

[Deja Doh]

Now 4 nothing.

[iortiz]

I’m out of words man. This is getting from bad to worse to ugly. 

[jad]

Let's see:  3 HR per out, is ... uh ... times 27  ... 81 .... no wait, 4 runs per out is 108, minus 12 for bottom of ninth is ... wait ...

[FredLynn]

4-0

Game over

BUMS BUMS BUMS

Outta here

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If I had to guess, Bello's best years are behind him. Same is true for Duran and Story.

Time to rebuild with a new manager and a new GM and a new owner.