D-backs (Kelly) vs Red Sox (Suarez): 08/18/26, 7:10 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Red Sox hand the ball to Suarez against Kelly and the D-backs tonight at Fenway Park.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Wyatt Olds	0	0	0	0	12	12
Tyron Guerrero	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jovani Morán	0	27	0	0	13	40
Greg Weissert	17	0	0	0	13	30
Erik Miller	0	0	11	0	0	11
Brayan Bello	0	0	0	0	76	76
Aroldis Chapman	0	0	15	0	0	15
Alec Gamboa	0	36	0	0	14	50

[vegasbob]

It is time to see if Ranger can get 5 or 6 innings of efficient pitching done

The Sox will need Suarez to be part of any playoff rotation, even in a 3 of 5.  He has not shown much lately

[mvp 78]

Last time out, he went 5 IP and pitched well. He also increased his pitch total by 10 pitches from his previous post-injury starts. My guess is that he can go to 90 pitches today as long as everything looks good. He's never thrown 160 IP before and he's at 108 right now. This is just kind of his workload TBH. They also want to save him for the playoffs. 

[Maxbialystock]

This season's Sox remind me of the little girl with a curl.  When she was good, she was very, very good, and when she was bad, she was horrid.

By the above I mostly mean the lineup, not the pitching, and that's almost certainly because Breslow is more comfortable going after MLB pitchers--which he was for 10 seasons--than lineup players.  

Nevertheless, I give him good marks for letting Devers and Bregman go and for bringing in Contreras and Durbin and maybe Monasteros.  Also, Bloom left him with Yoshida and Story who have not earned their pay at the plate--together they get $40M/year through next season.  Ugh.  I'm down on Rutschman because he ain't hitting and because spelling his name is a pain.  But he can catch and isn't too pricey.  Mead, meanwhile, is hitless since July 29 and won't return to the lineup until September, if that.  

All in all, I think Breslow has done an excellent job.  Let's not forget that two of his best players, Crochet and Anthony, will miss 2/3 or more of this season.