Rays (Martinez) vs Red Sox (Tolle): 5/9/26, 4:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Alright, a win against the Rays last night. Run that back. Today, the responsibility falls on Payton Tolle.

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	TOT
Zack Kelly	0	0	25	0	0	25
Tyler Samaniego	0	0	31	6	0	37
Ryan Watson	0	0	0	51	0	51
Jovani Morán	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Weissert	0	0	11	11	0	22
Garrett Whitlock	26	0	0	0	10	36
Brayan Bello	0	94	0	0	0	94
Aroldis Chapman	13	0	0	0	18	31

[notin]

Nick Martínez is proof the Rays can just get the most out of any player somehow…

[JoeBrady]

Minor technicality, but Moran threw 38 pitches on Tuesday, albeit as an opener.

[Old Red]

The Great Gasper catching today.

[moonslav59]

Yoshida up 4th, again.

Story still up 5th, while the hit hand Rafaela bats 8th.

I like seeing the attempt to boost the offense by using Gasper at Catcher, but I worry about the defense and how he works with Tolle. (Did he ever catch Tolle in the minors?)

11 hits in the last 21 innings is not a good sign, and it's a bit concerning to think Rafaela has been our third best hitter as we near the one quarter mark of the season.

.873 Abreu

.843 Willson

.758 Rafaela

.728 Yoshida

.702 Wong

.675 Anthony (IL)

.631 Mayer / .628 Monasterio

.599 Narvaez/ .583 Duran

.514 Story/ .513 Durbin

.449 IKF

n/a Gasper

That being said, our team OPS was .636 after 25 games and it's .721 over the last 14 games. Cherry-picking, of course, because it's .524 over the last 3 games.

 

[Old Red]

21 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Yoshida up 4th, again.

Story still up 5th, while the hit hand Rafaela bats 8th.

I like seeing the attempt to boost the offense by using Gasper at Catcher, but I worry about the defense and how he works with Tolle. (Did he ever catch Tolle in the minors?)

11 hits in the last 21 innings is not a good sign, and it's a bit concerning to think Rafaela has been our third best hitter as we near the one quarter mark of the season.

.873 Abreu

.843 Willson

.758 Rafaela

.728 Yoshida

.702 Wong

.675 Anthony (IL)

.631 Mayer / .628 Monasterio

.599 Narvaez/ .583 Duran

.514 Story/ .513 Durbin

.449 IKF

n/a Gasper

That being said, our team OPS was .636 after 25 games and it's .721 over the last 14 games. Cherry-picking, of course, because it's .524 over the last 3 games.

 

And does this all say it adds up to being 25th in the league in runs scored while being 27th in HR? If it doesn’t it doesn’t tell much of a story!🤔

[moonslav59]

Big game for Tolle and the Sox. Yes, it's just May 9th, but the Rays are likely a team we will need to pass to get into the dance.

A loss means -1 to them.

A win means +1 vs them.

It's a 2 game swing with the Rays, today.