Rays vs Red Sox Doubleheader: Jax vs Bennett (1:35pm) ; Englert vs Rivera (7:10pm)

[Brandon Glick]

Who's ready for some second half baseball?

[Brandon Glick]

MLB Gameday doesn't have a placard for the second matchup... FanGraphs currently lists Rivera as the starter for the Sox, but I wouldn't be surprised if Bello piggybacks.

[mvp 78]

[mvp 78]

 

[moonslav59]

Durbin at clean-up for game 1.

He's doing well and has shown some power, but man, this team really needs a power RHB.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

49 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

 

Jahmai will interview Jahmai postgame.

Jones: "Jahmai, how satisfying was it to finally get asked this question by another Jahmai on the same team?"

Webster: "Here comes the blue Gatorade!"

[vegasbob]

Any of you Romy G. fans are welcome to him.  He is not capable of hitting a RH'er

[mvp 78]

8 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Any of you Romy G. fans are welcome to him.  He is not capable of hitting a RH'er

They still scored 2. 

[mvp 78]

A lot of people really questioned that Perales for Bennett trade this offseason. 🫢

[vegasbob]

Masa challenges the Pesky Pole and wins the match. Nice swing

[moonslav59]

22 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Any of you Romy G. fans are welcome to him.  He is not capable of hitting a RH'er

He had more PAs against RHPs than LHP, last year and the year before.

While .718 in not great, it was near the league average.

Who know how he does going forward. 

He's also coming back from a long time off.

[mvp 78]

Masa bomb. Stop playing Duran. 

[mvp 78]

Just now, moonslav59 said:

He had more PAs against RHPs than LHP, last year and the year before.

While .718 in not great, it was near the league average.

Who know how he does going forward. 

He's also coming back from a long time off.

He shouldn't be playing vs RHP. He's only in there because Contreras is suspended. 

[vegasbob]

This 4 game series will help sharpen the pencil on the buy/sell debate.

A 3-1 outcome for the Sox would be a major milestone. 

[jad]

2 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Masa bomb. Stop playing Duran. 

no no!  jarren and Romy need their ABs.  You know, 'trade value' ... or whatever bs argument keeps them in there.

[moonslav59]

Don't wanna jinx the kid, but Bennett now has the starter ERA lead on the team:

2.44 Bennett

2.49 Gray (Just don't call him even a "number 2.")

3.11 Tolle (What a boost!)

3.15 Suarez (Everything we coulda hoped for)

3.44 Early (We'll need him back.)

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Masa bomb. Stop playing Duran. 

I think Duran's "bomb" for a sac fly was longer.

I agree on stop playing Duran, though.

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

This 4 game series will help sharpen the pencil on the buy/sell debate.

A 3-1 outcome for the Sox would be a major milestone. 

Winning this series is HUGE. Really sets them up for coming out strong against the O's and Jays. 

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, jad said:

no no!  jarren and Romy need their ABs.  You know, 'trade value' ... or whatever bs argument keeps them in there.

I'm not getting the anti-Romy sentiments.

[mvp 78]

3 minutes ago, jad said:

no no!  jarren and Romy need their ABs.  You know, 'trade value' ... or whatever bs argument keeps them in there.

They have hated Masa since 2024 and have always found a way to bench him. He deserves to be traded so that he can actually just play. 

[mvp 78]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

I'm not getting the anti-Romy sentiments.

He struck out twice and it's a gamethread. 

[moonslav59]

One thing Bennett is doing that many past Sox pitching phenoms could not is keeping his pitch count low.

[vegasbob]

Just now, mvp 78 said:

He struck out twice and it's a gamethread. 

Not just K'ed 2x, but every single time he came up , both of them

[mvp 78]

6 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

One thing Bennett is doing that many past Sox pitching phenoms could not is keeping his pitch count low.

Pitch to contact? What's that? 

[mvp 78]

5 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Not just K'ed 2x, but every single time he came up , both of them

Ok? 

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Pitch to contact? What's that? 

It works.

He's not a nibbler gone wacky.

B4 Today Pitches/PA

3.42 Sandoval (1 GS)

3.60 Bennett

3.63 Gray

3.73 Tolle

3.85 Suarez

(League Avg 3.87)

3.91 Early

[vegasbob]

One of Bello's issues to overcome.

Maybe his return will show the nibbling cured

[mvp 78]

Abreu with his 2nd K.

Time to DFA? 

[mvp 78]

Just now, vegasbob said:

One of Bello's issues to overcome.

Maybe his return will show the nibbling cured

One can only hope. 

[vegasbob]

6 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Abreu with his 2nd K.

Time to DFA? 

I noticed that and concur.

Wilyer has been slumping of late when you would have expected him to be a key part of the 9 game streak.

He did catch the 3rd out of the 6th