Rays (McClanahan) vs Red Sox (Gray): 7/19/26, 1:35pm

[Tedballgame]

Sonny isn’t sharp but he knows how to pitch 

[vegasbob]

Just now, Tedballgame said:

Sonny isn’t sharp but he knows how to pitch 

Ahh, the difference between a thrower and a real pitcher. 

[Tedballgame]

Big situation here

[vegasbob]

Breslow's primary advisor sitting next to him , working on the trade desk

[vegasbob]

Rays reminding me of prior year Sox D's 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 runs on no hits. Earlier in the season the Sox would get 3 hits and no runs. 

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Good shut down inning.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, notin said:

It’s been revealed lately.

Sadly though his Midas Touch does work both ways and the players he trades away often turn to hold as well…

Exactly.

The guy made a lot of good moves, and many discounted them based on the team record. Some pointed to DHam and Jordan, Tibbs and Meidroth as Brez blunders.

I can't help but chuckle.

Several moves from last year or the winter before are just starting to show value.

How about the Tolle draft pick? When's the last time a Sox GM got this much value from a pitching draftee so soon after a draft?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Tampa not having any ABS  challenges left this early in the game is huge.

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Tampa's 1-2-3 hitters have to be the best in MLB.

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Contrares!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Contrares!

Excellent pickup by Breslow.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Excellent pickup by Breslow.

If Breslow had acquired Bregman, would he have gone after Contrares? I'm guessing no.

[vegasbob]

Congrats to Willson,

Imagine if we had 2 like Contreras or Abreu  to rotate through DH.

 

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

If Breslow had acquired Bregman, would he have gone after Contrares? I'm guessing no.

Signing Bregman over anyone would have been a major error .  I'll take what we have now but they did test all patience before July

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I luv DP's.

[vegasbob]

BULLETIN: NO SOX PITCHER HAS TAKEN AN "L" IN A LONG TIME (OVER 2 WEEKS)

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Signing Bregman over anyone would have been a major error .  I'll take what we have now but they did test all patience before July

I agree. Bregman was nowhere near good bang for the buck.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Signing Bregman over anyone would have been a major error .  I'll take what we have now but they did test all patience before July

The baseball season has always been a marathon, never a sprint.

[vegasbob]

Are there many opinions out there as to whether the firing of Cora and the plugging in of the INTERIM Tracy made any real difference?

Recall that the Sox went from 7 under quickly in April under Cora to 14 under by late June under Tracy. 17-2 since.  

Or was it firing Driveline?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

9 straight quality starts for Sonny. That's amazing!

[vegasbob]

It is easy to see why Sonny G was left off the All Star roster.  

Total bizarre selection process.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Are there many opinions out there as to whether the firing of Cora and the plugging in of the INTERIM Tracy made any real difference?

Recall that the Sox went from 7 under quickly in April under Cora to 14 unSoxder by late June under Tracy. 17-2 since.  

Or was it firing Driveline?

The Sox lost a ton of close games before this winning started. So they were really never a truly bad team. Their run differential proved that.

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3 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

It is easy to see why Sonny G was left off the All Star roster.  

Total bizarre selection process.

That one loss disqualified him.

[notin]

48 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

3 runs on no hits. Earlier in the season the Sox would get 3 hits and no runs. 

All of the extra bases, too…

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Is Junior gonna be the next Mike Schmidt?

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Is Junior gonna be the next Mike Schmidt?

Caminero is pretty good on D, big arm. big bat. can run

5 Tools !

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

There's no excuse for a player who has speed and isn't a power hitter to not know how to bunt.

Every LH hitter in the minors should be taught to lay down a routing bunt.  There are 3Bs out there playing in the SS hole against lefties, because they can't bunt and cannot go the other way.  If you can lay down any type of reasonable bunt, you'll tie the 3B to within 10 feet of 3B.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Caminero is pretty good on D, big arm. big bat. can run

5 Tools !

There's a two tool player making 50 mil a year.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, JoeBrady said:

Every LH hitter in the minors should be taught to lay down a routing bunt.  There are 3Bs out there playing in the SS hole against lefties, because they can't bunt and cannot go the other way.  If you can lay down any type of reasonable bunt, you'll tie the 3B to within 10 feet of 3B.

100%.