Braves (Strider) vs Red Sox (Suarez): 5/26/26, 6:45pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Alright, so now the Sox have the honor of facing the resurgent Braves. Yippee.

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Tyron Guerrero	0	16	0	14	0	30
Ryan Watson	0	0	20	20	0	40
Justin Slaten	0	28	0	0	0	28
Jovani Morán	0	0	15	14	0	29
Greg Weissert	0	23	0	19	0	42
Garrett Whitlock	0	0	0	14	0	14
Danny Coulombe	0	0	0	22	0	22
Aroldis Chapman	0	0	0	0	0	0

[mvp 78]

Last time out for Strider vs Sox:

5.1, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K

Sox do better away from Fenway so maybe they have a better shot? Suarez will have to be near perfect though. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The little offense that says "I think I can, I think I can "

[mvp 78]

18 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The little offense that says "I think I can, I think I can "

This offense is the tawny scrawny lion. 

[iortiz]

When is Roman "The Fragile" Anthony going to play again?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

20 minutes ago, iortiz said:

When is Roman "The Fragile" Anthony going to play again?

This Roman is not exactly a gladiator.

[illinoisredsox]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Last time out for Strider vs Sox:

5.1, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K

Sox do better away from Fenway so maybe they have a better shot? Suarez will have to be near perfect though. 

Game’s at Fenway; how do they have a better shot?

[mvp 78]

31 minutes ago, illinoisredsox said:

Game’s at Fenway; how do they have a better shot?

Thought it was an away game. 

Sox are losingl

[mvp 78]

 

[mvp 78]

Caleb Durbin:

598 OPS April

384 OPS May

The bench is that way...

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, illinoisredsox said:

Game’s at Fenway; how do they have a better shot?

Sox team has to be hypnotized into believing they're not at Fenway.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Sox team has to be hypnotized into believing they're not at Fenway.

Also need to be hypnotized into believing they can hit with RISP.

[Old Red]

8 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Caleb Durbin:

598 OPS April

384 OPS May

The bench is that way...

7-48 in May. 5 RBI. He hit his 1 HR in April against that non pitcher.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Last time out for Strider vs Sox:

5.1, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K

Sox do better away from Fenway so maybe they have a better shot? Suarez will have to be near perfect though. 

Sox starters have to be near perfect, not so much to achieve a win, but mainly to avoid achieving a loss. Pitching with this offense must be fun as hell.

[drewski6]

20 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Caleb Durbin:

598 OPS April

384 OPS May

The bench is that way...

yowser

[moonslav59]

Gasper catching his third game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

16 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Gasper catching his third game.

Gasp!

[illinoisredsox]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

Caleb Durbin:

598 OPS April

384 OPS May

The bench Worcester is that way...

Fixed that for you

[iortiz]

Imagine trading Kyle Harrison, David Hamilton and Shane Drohan for two players who don't have the level to bench Isaiah Kiner-Falefa

I don't know if it makes me want to laugh or cry more.

[illinoisredsox]

44 minutes ago, iortiz said:

Imagine trading Kyle Harrison, David Hamilton and Shane Drohan for two players who don't have the level to bench Isaiah Kiner-Falefa

I don't know if it makes me want to laugh or cry more.

Waaaay too early to do either.

1)  Folks here couldn't wait to get rid of Hamilton last year.  He's had a slightly better start this year, but let's not pretend he's done a whole lot better than he did last year here.  He's pretty much at his career numbers and those are nothing to be excited about.

2) Harrison has had a good 9 games covering 45 innings.  Maybe its a hot streak or maybe he's matured.  There is nothing from his years in SF that screams keeps me and he only pitched in 3 games for the Sox last year.  Let's see what happen going forward.  He has potential, that's it.

3) Drohan has all of 25 innings pitched. That means nothing other than maybe he could be a decent pitcher. 

[FredLynn]

Nice start but the Flops should really be trying to lose every game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Duran strode into that one.

[FredLynn]

We have a Strider and a Ranger out there….sounds like an episode of Lord of the Rings

[vegasbob]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

Gasper catching his third game.

A fact that is happening without known injury to Narvaez or Wong

If anyone had made that call on April 1 , it would have been a joke

[vegasbob]

2 of our first 3 hitters went full yard. The 3rd went to a warning track death. 

Maybe the Sox read the story on Talksox about why they weren't hitting sharply

[vegasbob]

Mayer hits quite a few foul HRs before K'ing

[moonslav59]

7 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

A fact that is happening without known injury to Narvaez or Wong

If anyone had made that call on April 1 , it would have been a joke

One reason it would be a joke is that Narvaez was highly regarded on defense and his batting seemed very promising. Many here disliked Wong, who had improved his defense, but had a horrible season at the plate in 2024. 

Another reason might be that Thaiss and Delay were viewed as AAA catching depth.

Our offense is so bad, this is how desperate we've become. Yes, it's a joke. 

The conditional tense has become the present tense.