Red Sox (Early) vs Orioles (Bradish): 4/26/26, 1:35pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, yesterday was wild. Are the Red Sox going to see a bounce after that early-season housecleaning?

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Zack Kelly	0	11	0	0	0	11
Tyler Samaniego	20	0	23	0	12	55
Ryan Watson	0	0	12	43	0	55
Jovani Morán	0	0	0	36	0	36
Greg Weissert	0	0	12	0	21	33
Garrett Whitlock	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Coulombe	0	0	18	0	15	33
Aroldis Chapman	0	0	0	0	0	0

[Hitch]

Can't wait to see this first line up. 

[notin]

35 minutes ago, Hitch said:

Can't wait to see this first line up. 

Nothing posted. I’ll take a guess despite all I know about Tracy is he is a former Dbacks infielder who just saw his career evaporate by age 26, but hung on for several more years.  Ok that saud

Duran LF

Anthony/Yoshida DH. (Is Roman back yet?)

Contreras 1b

Abreu RF

Story 2b

Mayer SS

Durbin 3b

Rafaela CF

Wong C

[Hitch]

Line up is in - 

 

J. Duran LF

W. Contreras 1B

R. Anthony DH

W. Abreu RF

C. Rafaela CF

M. Mayer 2B

C. Durbin 3B

C. Wong C

A. Monasterio SS

 

C. Early SP

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Oh no -- two lefty batters hitting back-to-back, 3rd and 4th in the order. 

What could possibly happen if foes bring in a southpaw reliever with the game on the line?

How about: anything.

[notin]

8 minutes ago, Hitch said:

Line up is in - 

 

J. Duran LF

W. Contreras 1B

R. Anthony DH

W. Abreu RF

C. Rafaela CF

M. Mayer 2B

C. Durbin 3B

C. Wong C

A. Monasterio SS

 

C. Early SP

I had a couple changes right - Duran back to leadoff (first suggested by 5Gold but I agreed), and keeping Wong’s hotter bat in the lineup.

 

Not at all on board with Monasterio starting at SS instead of Mayer.  But I shouldn’t be so shocked to see him starting today either…

[notin]

2 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Oh no -- two lefty batters hitting back-to-back, 3rd and 4th in the order. 

What could possibly happen if foes bring in a southpaw reliever with the game on the line?

How about: anything.

The Sox seem to be struggling with RHP, too.  In fact, some of those lefties - notably Duran - have been doing better vs southpaws…

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Just now, notin said:

The Sox seem to be struggling with RHP, too.  In fact, some of those lefties - notably Duran - have been doing better vs southpaws…

And some of their righty hitters are pathetic vs. southpaws. The season is so Pretzel Logic.

Yes, I'm dying to be a star

And make them laugh.

[Hitch]

6 minutes ago, notin said:

I had a couple changes right - Duran back to leadoff (first suggested by 5Gold but I agreed), and keeping Wong’s hotter bat in the lineup.

 

Not at all on board with Monasterio starting at SS instead of Mayer.  But I shouldn’t be so shocked to see him starting today either…

I'm good with Monasterio starting (I like what I see with him), but surprised to see him at SS.

[iortiz]

1 hour ago, Hitch said:

Line up is in - 

 

J. Duran LF

W. Contreras 1B

R. Anthony DH

W. Abreu RF

C. Rafaela CF

M. Mayer 2B

C. Durbin 3B

C. Wong C

A. Monasterio SS

 

C. Early SP

I said on other post they need balls and common sense to realize Story is not an everyday SS anymore. This is more or less the best we have IMO. Let’s go!

[alsoason]

Seriously??? great base running

[Hitch]

Got to challenge there!

[Tedballgame]

It didn't long to criticize Tracy. How does he not challenge that call?

[moonslav59]

14 minutes ago, iortiz said:

I said on other post they need balls and common sense to realize Story is not an everyday SS anymore. This is more or less the best we have IMO. Let’s go!

Mayer is a better defensive SS than Story, IMO. Since both suck equally at bat, why not play Mayer at SS and Story at 2B?

Let's see if Tracy has the same "loyalty" issues as Cora.

While Durbin has the worst numbers than anyone but IKF, he has shown some signs of life- unlike many others on this team.

.773 last 11 games

[alsoason]

2 minutes ago, Hitch said:

Got to challenge there!

 

2 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

It didn't long to criticize Tracy. How does he not challenge that call?

easy, he got told not too

[iortiz]

Mona looking great at SS man. Let’s go!

[Hitch]

2 minutes ago, alsoason said:

 

easy, he got told not too

Yup the guy at the end of the phone blew that one.

[iortiz]

We need to steal bases again. That was key last year. 

[JoeBrady]

11 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Since both suck equally at bat, why not play Mayer at SS and Story at 2B?

Because Mayer is a platoon player, and the players that he platoons with are better at 2nd.

[JoeBrady]

I'm not a fan of the sacrifice, but if you don't sac the #9 hitter, with a guy on 1st, -0- outs, and a 0-0 game, then you will never sacrifice.

[iortiz]

20 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Mayer is a better defensive SS than Story, IMO. Since both suck equally at bat, why not play Mayer at SS and Story at 2B?

Let's see if Tracy has the same "loyalty" issues as Cora.

While Durbin has the worst numbers than anyone but IKF, he has shown some signs of life- unlike many others on this team.

.773 last 11 games

For me, Story and Yoshida should be role players moving forward. They are not everyday players in my book. Let the youngsters play & take the load, no matter what. If you are going to die, die of something at least. 

[alsoason]

Once again Early has exactly no room for error.

[Tedballgame]

Well, the Bruins are done

 

[alsoason]

going to call a dinger for Rafaela

[Hitch]

1 minute ago, Tedballgame said:

Well, the Bruins are done

 

Fred currently waiting for something bad to happen so he can come in and say 'just tuned in...'

[Tedballgame]

Two baserunners lost today so far. Not much changing. Stupid baseball.

[alsoason]

more great base running, Cora's fault

[alsoason]

1 minute ago, alsoason said:

going to call a dinger for Rafaela

wrong, very wrong

[iortiz]

1 minute ago, alsoason said:

more great base running, Cora's fault

It’s gonna take time to eradicate bad practices. 

[alsoason]

2 minutes ago, iortiz said:

It’s gonna take time to eradicate bad practices. 

I was not serious about blaming Cora, that was all on the sleepwalking ballplayer, what you see is what we got, and it is not amounting to much.