Blue Jays (Yesavage) vs Red Sox (Gray): 6/18/26, 1:35pm

[illinoisredsox]

2 minutes ago, UtahSox said:

Wong blows another win

Not an easy play in that wind; Durbin gave up on it and could have rescued that play.

Bad teams find ways to lose.

[vegasbob]

Heart of the lineup in the 9th cannot make anything happen

Swept

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

0-32.

1-40.

[mvp 78]

Well, the Pythagorus Sox did it again. Got swept, but came back in the last game to get the score close. Great job! 

[illinoisredsox]

Just now, vegasbob said:

Heart of the lineup in the 9th cannot mske anything happen

Swept

Notice what happened in the bottom of the 9th with the wind, Duran’s pop up specifically.  Looked like there was no wind on that play at all.

[vegasbob]

Just now, illinoisredsox said:

Notice what happened in the bottom of the 9th with the wind, Duran’s pop up specifically.  Looked like there was no wind on that play at all.

Did notice that , odd, I think Wong may not have seen the ball early , then got after it slowly. Durban should have broken on it a lot harder,

his HR is now meaningless

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, vegasbob said:

Did notice that , odd, I think Wong may not have seen the ball early , then got after it slowly. Durban should have broken on it a lot harder,

his HR is now meaningless

As are most of the Sox few HR's.

[dannycater]

Sox only hit home runs when they are behind. 

[moonslav59]

9 minutes ago, dannycater said:

Sox only hit home runs when they are behind. 

Almost always solo jobs, too.

[Tedballgame]

2 hours ago, dannycater said:

at least the Sox evaluation team and analytics crew sped up the Sox games by having players who swing first pitch and pop up

 

2 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

May is pitching lights out for STL this year. Why couldn't Bailey do that? 

5-6 with a 3.75 is not exactly lights out. May still sucks although he did just have a complete game shutout.

[moonslav59]

21 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

5-6 with a 3.75 is not exactly lights out. May still sucks although he did just have a complete game shutout.

He was at 4.59 before his 6 IP ER game on June 9th and 4.21 before the shutout.

Last 2 games:

15 IP Zero ERs

5 Hits

2 BBs

15 Ks

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Just checked. Counting this game the Sox have hit 39 solo jobs out of a total of 60  homers. That's a 65%.

Here's a correction: The Sox have hit 40 solo homers out of their team total of 61. Still close to 65%.

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Here's a correction: The Sox have hit 40 solo homers out of their team total of 61. Still close to 65%.

BR shows 24 HRs with men on base. 35 with nobody on base + 2 today=37.

37/61 is about 61%.

[Duran Is The Man]

on pace to lose 97 games. yippeee!

[moonslav59]

Just now, Duran Is The Man said:

on pace to lose 97 games. yippeee!

I think 97 was the highest projected win total among site posters.

LMAO!

[moonslav59]

All Time Worst Sox Winning %

The post Ruth era... (7 of worst 8)

.279 1932

.301 1926

.309 1925

(#4 was in 1906 was .318)

.338 1930

.373 1928

.277 1929

Plus #11 at .396 in 1922, #13 in 1923 at .401 and #15 in 1931 at .408

10 of the worst 15!

__________________________

#9 in 1965 at .383

#10 in 1907 at .396

#12 in 2020 at .400 (short season)

#14 is 2026 at .403!

This is the 2nd worst team since 1965 and the 3rd worst team since 1932!

[Duran Is The Man]

10 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I think 97 was the highest projected win total among site posters.

LMAO!

the last Sux team to lose 90 games was in 2014, when they went 71-91. they had Papi, MOokie, JBJ, Xman and Pedey. they also had a 33 year old RP that posted a negative -1.4 bWAR. his name: Craig Breslow.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

13 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I think 97 was the highest projected win total among site posters.

LMAO!

I predicted the Sox would win 90. I didn't know at the time that Anthony and Mayer were going to be complete washouts. Along with Duran, Story, Crochet and Bello.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

9 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

All Time Worst Sox Winning %

The post Ruth era... (7 of worst 8)

.279 1932

.301 1926

.309 1925

(#4 was in 1906 was .318)

.338 1930

.373 1928

.277 1929

Plus #11 at .396 in 1922, #13 in 1923 at .401 and #15 in 1931 at .408

__________________________

#9 in 1965 at .383

#10 in 1907 at .396

#12 in 2020 at .400 (short season)

#14 is 2026 at .403!

This is the 2nd worst team since 1965 and the 3rd worst team since 1932!

There's still plenty of games left to reduce that.403.

[notin]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

He was at 4.59 before his 6 IP ER game on June 9th and 4.21 before the shutout.

Last 2 games:

15 IP Zero ERs

5 Hits

2 BBs

15 Ks

He also only pitched 28 innings for Boston

[notin]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

BR shows 24 HRs with men on base. 35 with nobody on base + 2 today=37.

37/61 is about 61%.

I can at least promise wuth no research every team in MLB has at least 50% solo home runs, probably more…

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, notin said:

I can at least promise wuth no research every team in MLB has at least 50% solo home runs, probably more…

Agreed:

59/109 NYY

35/58 TBR

44/72 TOR

48/88 BAL

[notin]

5 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

May is pitching lights out for STL this year. Why couldn't Bailey do that? 

May pitched 28.1 IP for Boston and had a 5.40 ERA.

After 28.1 IP with St Louis this year, May had a 5.72 ERA

Probably Bailey’s fault…

[jad]

I guess JH is sitting back thinking "Wow. Look at that!  What a series!--thousands of cheering fans deleriously happy.  That's what it's all about.  That's what I bring to this city!  Sure it would be nice to win, but I don't do this job for sports reporters and  scoreboard watchers.  I'm about bringing joy to the people and I can't do that if I have to overspend  simply to satisfy some crassly materialistic stats geek.

[mvp 78]

15 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

All Time Worst Sox Winning %

The post Ruth era... (7 of worst 8)

.279 1932

.301 1926

.309 1925

(#4 was in 1906 was .318)

.338 1930

.373 1928

.277 1929

Plus #11 at .396 in 1922, #13 in 1923 at .401 and #15 in 1931 at .408

10 of the worst 15!

__________________________

#9 in 1965 at .383

#10 in 1907 at .396

#12 in 2020 at .400 (short season)

#14 is 2026 at .403!

This is the 2nd worst team since 1965 and the 3rd worst team since 1932!

I'm pretty sure that nothing in this franchise before '67 counts. The 2020 season isn't a full year. This could be the worst team of all time. 

[vegasbob]

Keep in mind that it is only the results that look bad.

We must respect the process and the data to guide us

[drewski6]

18 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Well, the Pythagorus Sox did it again. Got swept, but came back in the last game to get the score close. Great job! 

I look forward to someone telling me the issue is my expectations then pointing to our record vs vegas spread.

Heres my expectations - over a 10 year period, more playoff series wins than fourth or fifth place finishes.  And Im even willing to punt on a couple years in between competitive teams.  I feel like my bar here is not particularly unfair.  The one thing I will not compromise on, is my expectation that they treat human beings like human beings, and that doesnt always seem to be the case.

[drewski6]

3 hours ago, jad said:

I guess JH is sitting back thinking "Wow. Look at that!  What a series!--thousands of cheering fans deleriously happy.  That's what it's all about.  That's what I bring to this city!  Sure it would be nice to win, but I don't do this job for sports reporters and  scoreboard watchers.  I'm about bringing joy to the people and I can't do that if I have to overspend  simply to satisfy some crassly materialistic stats geek.

He can bring me joy by firing Breslow.

[drewski6]

16 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

All Time Worst Sox Winning %

The post Ruth era... (7 of worst 8)

.279 1932

.301 1926

.309 1925

(#4 was in 1906 was .318)

.338 1930

.373 1928

.277 1929

Plus #11 at .396 in 1922, #13 in 1923 at .401 and #15 in 1931 at .408

10 of the worst 15!

__________________________

#9 in 1965 at .383

#10 in 1907 at .396

#12 in 2020 at .400 (short season)

#14 is 2026 at .403!

This is the 2nd worst team since 1965 and the 3rd worst team since 1932!

I understand but some random guy on a sox forum suggested that we get Bichette and hes struggled so this proves that the architect of the worst RS team in my life (throw out the short season) needs to keep his job.

[drewski6]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I'm pretty sure that nothing in this franchise before '67 counts. The 2020 season isn't a full year. This could be the worst team of all time. 

Those are grapes?