Red Sox (Gray) vs Blue Jays (Taillon): 08/10/26, 7:07 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Red Sox visit the Blue Jays as Gray takes on Taillon at Rogers Centre.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	TOT
Tyron Guerrero	7	9	0	0	15	31
Justin Slaten	0	17	0	14	0	31
Jovani Morán	15	14	0	0	15	44
Garrett Whitlock	11	13	0	0	23	47
Erik Miller	0	33	0	0	17	50
Brayan Bello	0	28	0	0	51	79
Aroldis Chapman	0	18	0	0	23	41

[iortiz]

Rafaela's "swinging at everything" mode is back. Give him a couple of days off to refocus in his pitching recognition. 

[notin]

And this is why bullpen games are such bad ideas.  Only Slaten is rested and 3 others coming off 17 or fewer pitchers are likely available but possibly not at the top of their game.  Bello is off, and Whitlock and Chapman likely as well.

Hopefully Gray can go 7 strong…

[mvp 78]

2 minutes ago, notin said:

And this is why bullpen games are such bad ideas.  Only Slaten is rested and 3 others coming off 17 or fewer pitchers are likely available but possibly not at the top of their game.  Bello is off, and Whitlock and Chapman likely as well.

Hopefully Gray can go 7 strong…

The schedule doesn't list stalwart Seth Martinez! 

[mvp 78]

Also, they could have saved more arms if Bello went longer than 4 IP.

[JoeBrady]

Ouch!  Today's chart feels like we used a lot of BP time in a loss.

[FredLynn]

Rafaela needs to get back to taking more pitches

[FredLynn]

And Contreras needs to stop swinging at balls a foot outside 

[iortiz]

3 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Rafaela needs to get back to taking more pitches

As I said earlier he’s on swinging at everything mode again. He should take a day or two to reset. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

When a team has come back to Earth, it may take a while to get their land legs working.

[FredLynn]

This offense is asleep 

[Tedballgame]

Duran with a weak pop up. He needs to be better. 

[FredLynn]

Duran stinks. He shouldn’t be playing in Boston. He’ll get demoted soon. 

[FredLynn]

Just now, Tedballgame said:

Duran with a weak pop up. He needs to be better. 

He needs to be optioned. Send him to Worcester to try to get his act together. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

8 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

This offense is asleep 

How long did you think the Sox would play .865 baseball? That's what their winning percentage was from 6/25-8/07.

[Tedballgame]

Conner will be Wong gone when Adley is activated. I'd definitely keep Rogers over him. Rogers is a power threat.

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

How long did you think the Sox would play .865 baseball? That's what their winning percentage was from 6/25-8/07.

The rest of the year. 
Duran still needs to go

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, Tedballgame said:

Conner will be Wong gone when Adley is activated. I'd definitely keep Rogers over him. Rogers is a power threat.

Unfortunately, it appears it will be Rogers being sent down.

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Unfortunately, it appears it will be Rogers being sent down.

I think he’s out of options 

[Tedballgame]

Terrible AB by Abreu with runners on. Swung at a bad pitch.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, FredLynn said:

I think he’s out of options 

Just reporting what I heard on the pregame show.

[FredLynn]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Just reporting what I heard on the pregame show.

He has five years of service so he would have to clear wavers before he’s sent down 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

So far this looks like the pre 6/25 Sox. As did the last two games against the A's.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

He has five years of service so he would have to clear wavers before he’s sent down 

Wong's all that's left from the Betts' trade.

[jad]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

So far this looks like the pre 6/25 Sox. As did the last two games against the A's.

 long-time RS fans like many of us here must feel that the collapse (or 'reversion to [the recent] mean') is just around the corner.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

So far this looks like the pre 6/25 Sox. As did the last two games against the A's.

But that 32-5 run was amazing.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, jad said:

I was on my way here to say that long-time RS fans like many of us here must feel that the collapse (or 'reversion to [the recent] mean') is just around the corner.

It definitely wouldn't be the first time.

[FredLynn]

5 minutes ago, jad said:

 long-time RS fans like many of us here must feel that the collapse (or 'reversion to [the recent] mean') is just around the corner.

You almost expect it. 
Wong has options. He could be sent down 

[jad]

It's like ... "One more strike!  Schiraldi needs just one more strike!"