Red Sox (Sandoval) vs Blue Jays (Cease): 08/11/26, 7:07 PM

[notin]

21 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Don't worry, he's safely stored in WOO hitting singles and striking out. 

Tiant and Evan’s are playing in WOO?

[moonslav59]

17 minutes ago, notin said:

Tiant and Evan’s are playing in WOO?

How did you not know this?

[notin]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

How did you not know this?

I guess I assumed both were no longer there when the Sox called up Burgos and traded for Eli White…

[FredLynn]

35 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

He's lacked plate discipline his whole career. He's looked bad, worse and okay for stretches on and off.

How is this different? For some reason we are supposed to think he'll continue being "lost" or something.

Does he look worse now than other times (5 games, 10 or 20 games at a time?)

I didn't claim to know whether he will continue to look worse for the rest of the year or for any specific length of time. I claimed (as did others) that over the past several games he has begun to regress and lose the plate discipline he had before the past several games. He was instrumental in our long winning streaks and he is also contributing for the recent losing streak.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, FredLynn said:

I didn't claim to know whether he will continue to look worse for the rest of the year or for any specific length of time. I claimed (as did others) that over the past several games he has begun to regress and lose the plate discipline he had before the past several games. He was instrumental in our long winning streaks and he is also contributing for the recent losing streak.

Yup, his HR last night contributed to the loss.

Also, why do you continue to call a team that made the PO's last season and went from the worst team in the AL to a PO contender this season the 'Flops?'

If I didn't know better, I'd believe you were a Yankem plant on this forum. And your continuous criticism of Rafaela also seems suspect.

Oh well, whatever floats your boat.

[mvp 78]

13 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Yup, his HR last night contributed to the loss.

Also, why do you continue to call a team that made the PO's last season and went from the worst team in the AL to a PO contender this season the 'Flops?'

If I didn't know better, I'd believe you were a Yankem plant on this forum. And your continuous criticism of Rafaela also seems suspect.

Oh well, whatever floats your boat.

Any team that doesn't win the WS is a flop! The 99 Sox when Pedro came out in relief? Flops!! The 21 Sox that went to the ALCS after being one of the worst teams in baseball the year before? Flops! 

Try not to put to much brain power towards thinking about it. It's not worth it. 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

13 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

He's lacked plate discipline his whole career. He's looked bad, worse and okay for stretches on and off.

How is this different? For some reason we are supposed to think he'll continue being "lost" or something.

Does he look worse now than other times (5 games, 10 or 20 games at a time?)

We just live in modern times when MLB batters are all big whiffers. Half a century ago they weren't -- back then it was shameful to strike out.

And yet, Rafaela leads a current playoff team with 5.2 WAR. He'll most likely add to that total in the next month and a half.

Jim Rice had more than 5.2 WAR four times in his Hall of Fame career. Dwight Evans had more than 5.2 three times. Fred Lynn only did it twice...

[FredLynn]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Yup, his HR last night contributed to the loss.

Also, why do you continue to call a team that made the PO's last season and went from the worst team in the AL to a PO contender this season the 'Flops?'

If I didn't know better, I'd believe you were a Yankem plant on this forum. And your continuous criticism of Rafaela also seems suspect.

Oh well, whatever floats your boat.

If you were paying attention(which you obviously are not) you would know that while last year I was content to make a brief guest appearance in the playoffs this year I’m not going to be content with that. If BresLOW had completed his job over the winter we wouldn’t be trying to squeak by as a third wild card team. Year after year we finished last because our owner is too CHEAP to pay for top rate talent. Mookie Betts. Schwarber. Alonso. Etc. 

This is a big market team. We should be competing for a ring nearly every year. Hence, we are the FLOPS. 
And yes, Rafaela has had a great year. Now he is in “swing at everything” mode as other posters here noted on last night’s game thread. Merloni mentioned it too, because it’s true. Only those who senselessly defend him disagree.