Astros (Bolton) vs Red Sox (Suarez): 5/3/26, 1:35pm

[Brandon Glick]

Let's win a series for once.

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Zack Kelly	20	0	0	19	0	39
Tyler Samaniego	8	0	0	0	26	34
Ryan Watson	18	0	0	0	39	57
Jovani Morán	0	39	0	0	0	39
Greg Weissert	0	13	0	0	0	13
Garrett Whitlock	0	15	0	16	0	31
Danny Coulombe	0	0	0	8	0	8
Aroldis Chapman	0	0	0	16	0	16

[moonslav59]

No Story today.

Duran LF .394 last 7 days/.513 last 14 days

Contreras 1B 1.021 last 7 days/.798 last 14 days

Anthony DH .675 last 7/ .658 last 14 days

Abreu RF .900 last 7/ .815 last 14 days

Monasterio SS .286 last 7/  .656 last 14 days

Mayer 2B .666 last 7/ .846 last 14 days

Rafaela CF .684 last 7/ .654 last 14 days

Narvaez C .644 last 7/ .933 last 14 days

Durbin 3B .473 last 7/ .656 last 14 days

[Old Red]

7 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

No Story today.

Duran LF .394 last 7 days/.513 last 14 days

Contreras 1B 1.021 last 7 days/.798 last 14 days

Anthony DH .675 last 7/ .658 last 14 days

Abreu RF .900 last 7/ .815 last 14 days

Monasterio SS .286 last 7/  .656 last 14 days

Mayer 2B .666 last 7/ .846 last 14 days

Rafaela CF .684 last 7/ .654 last 14 days

Narvaez C .644 last 7/ .933 last 14 days

Durbin 3B .473 last 7/ .656 last 14 days

Duran is 3-27 the last 7 days. Roman Anthony is 6-26 with 3 of those hits coming in 1 game. 0 HR, and 1 gift RBI when the pitcher fell off the mound fielding his little tapper.

[moonslav59]

23 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Duran is 3-27 the last 7 days. Roman Anthony is 6-26 with 3 of those hits coming in 1 game. 0 HR, and 1 gift RBI when the pitcher fell off the mound fielding his little tapper.

We have limited options, but yes, we keep playing the cold bats and on top of that, they bat in the top 3 slots almost exclusively. How long is the leash?

Yoshida is at .321 OPS since April 21st.

Maybe an extreme line-up shake-up could send a message, but I'm not sure Yoshida deserves to play more. Bat Duran 9th maybe? Move Anthony to the 5 slot?

Who bats 1-2-3-4 besides Contreras and Abreu? Maybe try Mayer & Rafaela? Hell, .650 and .700 beats .550 by a lot.

[vegasbob]

Checking on Bolton's numbers, if the Red So9x can't hit him today, then all the concerns from the winter about needing bats  will be realized after 32 games.   The stats are not good.19th in BA, 26th in runs scored, 19th in hits, 29th in HRs, 26th in RBIs, 23rd in BBs, 29th in slugging, 23rd in OBP, , 28th in OPS.

After 31 completed games, those results are not just a couple guys slumping, that is an unmitigated disaster of roster construction and preparation for the season. 

 

[JoeBrady]

31 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Duran is 3-27 the last 7 days. Roman Anthony is 6-26 with 3 of those hits coming in 1 game. 0 HR, and 1 gift RBI when the pitcher fell off the mound fielding his little tapper.

11-64 with one HR over the past 7 days for Story, Anthony, and Duran.

On the bright side, maybe the days off will give the entitled Story a chance to meet the president of the company to discuss long-term strategy.  Instead, you know, just doing his fracking job.

[JoeBrady]

Not for nothing, but the ball person down the LF line is moving in slow-motion.  You're supposed to at least jog after the foul balls.

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

11-64 with one HR over the past 7 days for Story, Anthony, and Duran.

On the bright side, maybe the days off will give the entitled Story a chance to meet the president of the company to discuss long-term strategy.  Instead, you know, just doing his fracking job.

Maybe Story ends up having the same fate as Devers, except some money will have to be included in the dump.

(How many teams want Story? Hint: the number is very rounded.)

[vegasbob]

On a better note, Ranger Suarez who looked like a 5 year mistake in the wBC and his first few starts for Boston appears to have found his stride and should deliver a lot of effective innings. 

ready for the boston offensive explosion ?  Never happens in the 1st inning.

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Not for nothing, but the ball person down the LF line is moving in slow-motion.  You're supposed to at least jog after the foul balls.

You know I noticed that yesterday, if the same sluggard is out there. makes the LF'er chase every ricochet.

probably JH's grandson

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just checked Suarez's career numbers. They're quite good. The only thing worrisome is he's never pitched more than 157 innings in a season.

[JoeBrady]

8 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Checking on Bolton's numbers, if the Red So9x can't hit him today, then all the concerns from the winter about needing bats  will be realized after 32 games.   The stats are not good.19th in BA, 26th in runs scored, 19th in hits, 29th in HRs, 26th in RBIs, 23rd in BBs, 29th in slugging, 23rd in OBP, , 28th in OPS.

After 31 completed games, those results are not just a couple guys slumping, that is an unmitigated disaster of roster construction and preparation for the season. 

 

While there is no such things as sure wins, this is the type of game we have to win if we are going to compete.  At home with a huge pitching advantage.

[JoeBrady]

Hard to believe the ump called Anthony safe.

[JoeBrady]

Always interesting to see a batter challenge a called ball.  Fortunately the umpire questioned Abreu's logic.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, JoeBrady said:

Always interesting to see a batter challenge a called ball.  Fortunately the umpire questioned Abreu's logic.

The Sox are also near the bottom in ABS challenges. This team is a bottom feeder.

[vegasbob]

13 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

While there is no such things as sure wins, this is the type of game we have to win if we are going to compete.  At home with a huge pitching advantage.

Failure to win today puts the Sox at risk 9 if NYY wins )  of being 10 games out of AL East on May 3rd .

Consider that , Craig Breslow.  You didn't solve the OF crowd by using it to upgrade another position,  Duran's value is in the dumpster for now. You are burying Yoshida now, and consequently he isn't hitting anything anyway. .   Your selection at 3B is barely pulsating at bat.   

Lineup and batting order flexibility may be a wonderful thing, but I wonder if you have a bunch of players wondering if they aren't all utility guys.

[alsoason]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

No Story today.

Duran LF .394 last 7 days/.513 last 14 days

Contreras 1B 1.021 last 7 days/.798 last 14 days

Anthony DH .675 last 7/ .658 last 14 days

Abreu RF .900 last 7/ .815 last 14 days

Monasterio SS .286 last 7/  .656 last 14 days

Mayer 2B .666 last 7/ .846 last 14 days

Rafaela CF .684 last 7/ .654 last 14 days

Narvaez C .644 last 7/ .933 last 14 days

Durbin 3B .473 last 7/ .656 last 14 days

Those numbers still equate to not enough offense and the quarter pole approaches.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

12 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The Sox are also near the bottom in ABS challenges. This team is a bottom feeder.

That's why they're near the bottom in ABS challenges. Or actually not challenging.

[alsoason]

They have his pitch count up at least

[Nick]

Red Sox plan calls for Brayan Bello to make next start, but perhaps with aid of an opener

I called this couple of weeks ago. 

[vegasbob]

Just now, Nick said:

Red Sox plan calls for Brayan Bello to make next start, but perhaps with aid of an opener

I called this couple of weeks ago. 

They can use the opener but keep the pull tab handy to jerk him back out of there

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The old adage about shaking a baseball tree. A lot of gloves will fall and very few bats. It appears that's how Breslow put this team together.

[alsoason]

The only grace I see with Durbin is that one of my grandsons is called Caleb. My grandson can hit better then he.

[vegasbob]

So the LoBster parade continues with Durbin fouling out.  What a weak effort.

Based on last year and now this mess of a season, I remain convinced the Sox batters have real trouble ripping an MLB fastball. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, vegasbob said:

So the LoBster parade continues with Durbin fouling out.  What a weak effort.

Based on last year and now this mess of a season, I remain convinced the Sox batters have real trouble ripping an MLB fastball. 

I believe the Sox can 'rip,' but I wouldn't want to be in the same room when they do.

[Deja Doh]

This offense is terrible.  How does batting Monasterio 5th make any sense?  It doesn't.  We have one player with 20+ RBIs.  The Pirates, yeah, the Pirates, have 4 guys.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This disgustingly bad Sox vehicle has a broken clutch.

[vegasbob]

More LoBs , it never ends.   How does a Sox starting pitcher even stay in the clubhouse with these bottom feeders.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This HP chUMP sux, but only one team knows it.

[vegasbob]

Rafaela would not know a strike if it him

But then neither would Laz Diaz