Red Sox (Sandoval) vs Pirates (Bachar): 08/16/26, 1:35 PM

[moonslav59]

Tommy John passed away.

[moonslav59]

Story went 1-2 with Woo today.

They probably think that makes him ready for the call.

[moonslav59]

The Yanks pulled it out in the 10th over the Jays.

The O's beat the Rays and passed the Jays to tie for the WC3 slot with TEX.

Some games are pending, but DET lost, too.

WC race

69-65 NYY +8.0

66-57 BOS +5.5 (game pending)

61-63 TEX & BAL (tied)

61-65 TOR -1.0

60-64 CLE, MIN, DET -1.0

58-66 SEA -3.0 (gasping for air)

6 teams within one game of the last WC slot.

TEX is -2.0 from HOU for ALW lead.

CLE & MIN are -5.5 from CWS for the ALC lead.

NYY are -6.0 from TBR and BOS is -8.0.

[jad]

2 hours ago, Tedballgame said:

Wong is a pathetic excuse for a major league hitter.

He's outhitting the new guy,

[Nick]

Monasterio is fourth among AL shortstops in OPS with at least 243 at bats, .770.

Why in the hell do any of us want Story back?

165 AB, .547 OPS? I hope he stays injured.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 hours ago, FredLynn said:

It’s already over

i I called it

You called it yesterday and you were wrong again.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sandoval Sux! Thank you, Capt Obvious. It's gonna be tough finishing the season with 2 good starters.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Sandoval Sux! Thank you, Capt Obvious. It's gonna be tough finishing the season with 2 good starters.

F you, Crochet.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

30 minutes ago, Nick said:

Monasterio is fourth among AL shortstops in OPS with at least 243 at bats, .770.

Why in the hell do any of us want Story back?

165 AB, .547 OPS? I hope he stays injured.

Actually, as a member of the Sox he pretty much has stayed injured.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I wonder if Breslow will refuse any offer he receives for Duran during the off season? That's if Breslow is still employed.

[Bailey_Fox]

11 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I wonder if Breslow will refuse any offer he receives for Duran during the off season? That's if Breslow is still employed.

This team is the equivalent of having a stripper as a girlfriend. Life had never felt better until you accept it as the norm. Then…? The team does THIS garbage.

[FredLynn]

56 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

You called it yesterday and you were wrong again.

Occasionally-rarely-I get it wrong. Hit the nail on the head today though. It was ovah at 2-0. 
But hey! No worries! Story is coming back soon and Crochet….will be starting games again next year. So, the Flops mantra should be repeated over and over again: “just wait till next year “. 

[FredLynn]

4 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Now we just have to fix Rutchsman. 

Rutschman isn’t going to be a great offensive player. I think he’s only about a career.250 hitter. He’s just better than what we have. 

[notin]

2 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I wonder if Breslow will refuse any offer he receives for Duran during the off season? That's if Breslow is still employed.

Theres like zero chance Breslow gets fired.  Zero.

He made the postseason last year, is on pace to do so again.  And did it all without any of those ugly long term contracts Henry clearly hates. In fact, he unloaded the biggest one in the process.

And this year, it’s been happening without his ace, his starting LF/DH, now his backup LF/DH, his starting SS, his starting 2b, and his 2nd and 3rd best bullpen arms, plus other various assorted nicks, bruises, sprains and strains.

Why on Earth would Henry fire him?

 

[notin]

2 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Sandoval Sux! Thank you, Capt Obvious. It's gonna be tough finishing the season with 2 good starters.

Sandoval isn’t the issue.  Not getting anyone when Bennett times out was a bigger deal.  Given their depth, I’m glad they still have Sandoval.

What bothers me more is having to rely on Holobetz or Paez or Wehunt…

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, jad said:

He's outhitting the new guy,

The 19th best catcher OPS is Nick Fortes at .718. The 20th is Caratini at .710.

Top 8 Sox OPS with 190+ PAs:

.912 Contreras

.808 Abreu

.786 Rafaela

.,764 Monasterio

.746 Yoshida (IL)

.727 Durbin

.714 Wong (Not the reason our O struggles.)

.615 Duran

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Next Tier by PAs:

.724 Seigler

.705 IKF

.675 Anthony

.663 Sogard

.613 Gasper

.600 Cheng

.572 Romy

.563 Eaton

.547 Story

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Tiny Sample Sizes:

1.433 Jones

.544 White

.500 Mead

.332 Rutschman