Red Sox vs Yankees Doubleheader: Bennett vs Rodón (Game 1: 1:05pm) ; Bello(?) vs Fried (Game 2: 7:15pm)

[Brandon Glick]

Lotta moving parts in this game thread.

1. Max Fried is back tonight.
2. Roman Anthony is NOT back today (and probably not until the end of the weekend).
3. No Sox starter is confirmed for Game 2. Bello is expected to handle bulk duties.

[Brandon Glick]

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	TOT
Wyatt Olds	0	18	25	0	11	54
Tyron Guerrero	0	26	0	0	6	32
Jovani Morán	0	0	33	0	0	33
Greg Weissert	0	12	0	0	5	17
Erik Miller	16	13	0	0	0	29
Brayan Bello	42	0	0	0	0	42
Aroldis Chapman	18	0	0	0	0	18
Alec Gamboa	0	20	0	0	0	20

[notin]

35 minutes ago, Brandon Glick said:

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	TOT
Wyatt Olds	0	18	25	0	11	54
Tyron Guerrero	0	26	0	0	6	32
Jovani Morán	0	0	33	0	0	33
Greg Weissert	0	12	0	0	5	17
Erik Miller	16	13	0	0	0	29
Brayan Bello	42	0	0	0	0	42
Aroldis Chapman	18	0	0	0	0	18
Alec Gamboa	0	20	0	0	0	20

As mentioned in another thread, Whitlock is back and Burgos is up as the 27th man.  Presumably Olds is back in Worcester….

[vegasbob]

Jones is a chaser

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

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[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Pure ugliness on the mound for the Yankems. Not his pitches, but the pitcher himself.

[vegasbob]

I guess we could hold a 1-0 win to match the Yankees last night.

Just need another pitching gem with perfection by Bennett and Chapman

[vegasbob]

Bennett performing very well. once again giving the Sox a chance to break this game open.

But remind me, what is it that AR does well ?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Contrares' stats are dropping as fast as an Acme anvil.

[iortiz]

So Gasper can't hit left hander pitchers or what? Is White better?

[iortiz]

6 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Bennett performing very well. once again giving the Sox a chance to break this game open.

But remind me, what is it that AR does well ?

My guess he's not even 50% healthy. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Bennett performing very well. once again giving the Sox a chance to break this game open.

But remind me, what is it that AR does well ?

He's at 35% in throwing runners out. That's all I've got 

[iortiz]

Seems like old good Bennett is back. 

[vegasbob]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Contrares' stats are dropping as fast as an Acme anvil.

Willson is concerning because the Sox need a hitter to be effective in mid lineup

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If the Sox had gotten Rutschman thru Amazon, there's a 30 day return policy.

[vegasbob]

Sogard's saved the run after the GG CF misjudged the ball.

Durbin provided no help earlier

Bennett showed up as a real pitcher to shut the BS down

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

6 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

If the Sox had gotten Rutschman thru Amazon, there's a 30 day return policy.

But I don't believe that return policy is in effect if you purchase a damaged item.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

But I don't believe that return policy is in effect if you purchase a damaged item.

The Sox FO is addicted to obtaining damaged items.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rodon is as stupid as he looks.

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Rodon is as stupid as he looks.

Only to be matched by the umpires 

[jad]

Why is Sogard not on third?   I didn't see anyone call time, but I assume someone did.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rodon needs anger management. Good-bye dip shite.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, jad said:

Why is Sogard not on third?   I didn't see anyone call time.

 

No one did. Don't know why Chad didn't question it.

[iortiz]

22 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

If the Sox had gotten Rutschman thru Amazon, there's a 30 day return policy.

My guess he's still not 100% healthy and obviously out of rhythm. Gonna take little more time for the latter. What I like about him is his discipline at plate and pitch recognition. One of the best of the game especially for a catcher —from there, you can (re)build a lot of good things. Not worried at all. 

He's in his lowest though, one more reason to extend him now. You don't give that haul for a year and half of service. 

[iortiz]

Unlike Gasper or Adley, Rafaela's discipline at plate is horrible.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, iortiz said:

My guess he's still not 100% healthy and obviously out of rhythm. Gonna take little more time for the latter. What I like about him is his discipline at plate and pitch recognition. One of the best of the game especially for a catcher —from there, you can (re)build a lot of good things. Not worried at all. 

He's in his lowest though, one more reason to extend him now. You don't give that haul for a year and half of service. 

As a Sox fan I hope you're right. My stance is the Sox didn't need a catcher, they needed another starter, which Brez could have gotten with the haul he gave the O's.

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, iortiz said:

My guess he's still not 100% healthy and obviously out of rhythm. Gonna take little more time for the latter. What I like about him is his discipline at plate and pitch recognition. One of the best of the game especially for a catcher —from there, you can (re)build a lot of good things. Not worried at all. 

He's in his lowest though, one more reason to extend him now. You don't give that haul for a year and half of service. 

There may be preliminary discussions about contracts but nothing will get done until the new CBA gets finalized  next summer.

Owners/FO need to know the rules and any limitations before making $100 million commitments 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good shut down inning.

[vegasbob]

Bennett looking great.

Only disappointed that we can no longer win this game 1-0

[moonslav59]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

As a Sox fan I hope you're right. My stance is the Sox didn't need a catcher, they needed another starter, which Brez could have gotten with the haul he gave the O's.

I think we needed both.

Narvaez has been even worse than .535 with BOS (.295 w BAL,) and Wong is not very good on defense and inconsistent on offense. If Rut was raking, we'd be saying this is what we needed. I think it was a good stab at boosting the offense- just as getting Mead was.

I totally agree on the "shoulda added a SP'er" point... just not instead of a catcher.

BTW, Wong is at .671 since the trade and .572 in his last 15 games. We needed a bat, and Catcher was our weakest area on offense- this year and going into 2027.

We just need Rutschman to start hitting just .725 or better. If he can hit .800+ we will see things differently.