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

[moonslav59]

When Narvaez homers, they should check the water supply in the clubhouse.

[moonslav59]

Nice to see Gamboa helping the pen out, here.

Who was that poster all upset about the Coulombe DFA?

[mvp 78]

5 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

and for all the Harrisons, Priesters and Drohans we trade away, there are the Bennetts, Tolles and Riveras we add.

I'd rather have some of those guys we traded away help fill out the bullpen or provide depth since pitcher injuries are so common. If they are going to build up the depth again, fine. I just wouldn't continue to trade what they have left. 

[mvp 78]

In my mind, Walls hits well against the Sox, but his career OPS is 502 against BOS. 

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

I'd rather have some of those guys we traded away help fill out the bullpen or provide depth since pitcher injuries are so common. If they are going to build up the depth again, fine. I just wouldn't continue to trade what they have left. 

You win some- you lose some, and the final score on those two trades is still TBD.

Brez also traded away a slew of pitchers and pitching prospects that nobody mentions (yet?)

He's added a ton of pitchers and pitching prospects, too. Some feel he has focused too much on pitching and not hitting.

I'm not sure we'd have added Gray, Suarez, Bennett and Oviedo has we kept Harrison, Drohan and Priester.

[vegasbob]

Abreu picks his spots to hit carefully. lol

[moonslav59]

They ended up getting Yoshida one more shot at the cycle... OH WELL!

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, vegasbob said:

Abreu picks his spots to hit carefully. lol

Career:

.781 OPS

.671 Late & Close

.570 High Leverage

[moonslav59]

Anybody else notice how the bottom 4 batters on the Rays are at .650 or lower?

[moonslav59]

3 hit 4 K shut out!

[mvp 78]

Red Sox win a squeaker. 

[jgar658]

Crochet who? 

We have Bennett!!!!!!!😀

[vegasbob]

17 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Career:

.781 OPS

.671 Late & Close

.570 High Leverage

Those numbers support the "eyeball" observation 

[moonslav59]

We are tied for the last WC slot with 2 other teams (SEA & MIN.)

We have 1 less loss than both and just one more than TEX and 2 more than CLE.

Hell, we are only 6 losses behind the Yanks. (9 behind TBR.)

With that 10-0 win, we just passed the CWS for the second best run diff in the AL (+37.)

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Those numbers support the "eyeball" observation 

.430 High Leverage in 2026, although .788 Late & Close.

[Duran Is The Man]

40 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

You win some- you lose some, and the final score on those two trades is still TBD.

Brez also traded away a slew of pitchers and pitching prospects that nobody mentions (yet?)

He's added a ton of pitchers and pitching prospects, too. Some feel he has focused too much on pitching and not hitting.

I'm not sure we'd have added Gray, Suarez, Bennett and Oviedo has we kept Harrison, Drohan and Priester.

if the Harrison and Priester trades are still TBD, doesn't that mean others (like Perales/ Bennet) are as well?

[moonslav59]

10 minutes ago, Duran Is The Man said:

if the Harrison and Priester trades are still TBD, doesn't that mean others (like Perales/ Bennet) are as well?

Yes, of course.

The Suarez signing as well.

I'd say the book is closed on the Sale trade. (Ziehl is all we have from Grissom.)

[jad]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

The more I bash Duran the better he does.

I will continue.

Yup.  Every time I rag on Duran, he does well.  I like the guy, so I'm going to continue criticizing him.  Same with Romy, although didn't work today.

[JoeBrady]

3 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

I'm not getting the anti-Romy sentiments.

Every week, there is a new RS player to hate.  I don't even bother trying to keep track anymore.

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, Duran Is The Man said:

if the Harrison and Priester trades are still TBD, doesn't that mean others (like Perales/ Bennet) are as well?

Priester, sure.  But right now, we don't even know who won the Harrison trade.

[moonslav59]

17 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Every week, there is a new RS player to hate.  I don't even bother trying to keep track anymore.

I usually avoid the game threads but felt a 10-0 game would be on the tame side.

[moonslav59]

10 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Priester, sure.  But right now, we don't even know who won the Harrison trade.

I had higher hoped for Holobetz, YRod and Phillips before this season began, but since Priester has been out all year, it seems very TBD.

Drohan has done pretty good in 9 GS, too, so Durbin, Seigler and Monasterio have much to prove.

It's hard to imagine Perales doing as well as Bennett, but Bennett's sample size is actually smaller than Drohan's. (Yes, different trades, but we are making some conclusions already.)

Think of all the other pitchers traded by Brez- some ranked higher than Harrison, Drohan & Priester were:

4 Perales

8 Clarke

10 Fajardo

12 Sandlin

(DRohan was #18 when traded with 11 pitching prospects ahead of him.)

20 Travieso

Harrison was once ranked pretty highly with SFG but dropped heavily, Priester was once ranked pretty highly, too. However, Fitts & Wikelman were once ranked 8th, Dobbins 11th, Elmer Rodriguez 18th and Luis Guerrero 23rd, too.

Brez also traded (best rankings)...

9 Chris Murphy

19 Bazardo

28 Hoppe

33 Aita

We know why we don't hear talk about trading away that pitcher "depth." Some were more highly regarded as the ones we did trade away.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

I usually avoid the game threads but felt a 10-0 game would be on the tame side.

If this game thread got any tamer, it wouldn't qualify as a game thread.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I hope the Sox sell most of their players and lose the rest of their games so they can obtain a high draft pick. Because w/o high draft picks there is no future.

[FredLynn]

17 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I hope the Sox sell most of their players and lose the rest of their games so they can obtain a high draft pick. Because w/o high draft picks there is no future.

You’ve finally come around!

[FredLynn]

Too many BBs

[vegasbob]

Rivera digging his own hole.  Time to trade him after the inning . 

We demand Bello get hot in the pen

[FredLynn]

Gonna walk in a run

[FredLynn]

2-0

Game over

[vegasbob]

Rivera great at getting the 2nd strike but cannot close the deal on 4 straight hitters