Red Sox (Bennett) vs Orioles (Young): 09/03/26, 7:15 PM

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Another A+ job by Whitlock.

[FredLynn]

1 minute ago, Bagwell Anderson said:

Always on his heels pulling of the ball limited barrel coverage and opposing pitchers know it 

I don’t want to blame his utter incompetence on his psychological problems but I’m sure it’s part of it. He totally lacks confidence. 

[FredLynn]

Finally!

Anthony is going to be just fine. So is AR. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Roman is very strong.

[Bagwell Anderson]

4 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

I don’t want to blame his utter incompetence on his psychological problems but I’m sure it’s part of it. He totally lacks confidence. 

 

4 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

I don’t want to blame his utter incompetence on his psychological problems but I’m sure it’s part of it. He totally lacks confidence. 

Needs to take a page out of Anthony’s book.  Balanced swing late in the pitch going the other way. 

[Randy Red Sox]

11 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Duran has trouble with high fastballs and has trouble with balls with spin unless it's hanging and has little concept of the strike zone.

But other than that he's fine.

i sure hope we move on from him in the offseason.

[FredLynn]

4 minutes ago, Bagwell Anderson said:

 

Needs to take a page out of Anthony’s book.  Balanced swing late in the pitch going the other way. 

He’s got to fix his head

[Tedballgame]

Roman's HR looks big now.

[FredLynn]

Unbelievable 

[Tedballgame]

Abreu almost messed that up

[FredLynn]

That’s Whites ball

[Tedballgame]

That's a good road win.

[Bailey_Fox]

Chapman seems to be slowing down a bit. He’s getting old. As somebody who’s been watching him basically all year. Even as much as a year ago, he’s lost 2-3 MPH. 

[FredLynn]

Unhittable pitch-100 on the corner 

Time  to walk my bitch dog and her consort 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, Tedballgame said:

Abreu almost messed that up

Abreu 90% physical and 10% mental.

[Bailey_Fox]

1 minute ago, Bailey_Fox said:

Chapman seems to be slowing down a bit. He’s getting old. As somebody who’s been watching him basically all year. Even as much as a year ago, he’s lost 2-3 MPH. 

You can just see it in the way he pitches. He’s giving up hits, he’s not automatically shutting down games anymore. He’s giving up hits but still winning the game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rutschman picked a good time to get off the schneid.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

13 minutes ago, Tedballgame said:

Roman's HR looks big now.

When Contrares returns, I would like to see Anthony in left and Gasper and Jones platooning at DH.

[illinoisredsox]

Biggest play of the game IMO was Jones’s slide that prevented the double play.  Without it, Sogard never comes up in that inning..

[JoeBrady]

2 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Keep hoping troll.

Poor Fred has gone pure stoney tonight.

[FredLynn]

2 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Poor Fred has gone pure stoney tonight.

How would you know? You allegedly have me blocked. 

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, BostonSouth said:

This is gonna be death by a thousand cuts...they could still finish below .500...no pitching, no hitting, no defense, no heart.....

 

Y'all Bostonians are cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

[FredLynn]

1 hour ago, JoeBrady said:

Y'all Bostonians are cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

And y’all New Yorkers are closet Yankmee fans 

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

When Contrares returns, I would like to see Anthony in left and Gasper and Jones platooning at DH.

Roman's fragility is worrisome.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

When Contrares returns, I would like to see Anthony in left and Gasper and Jones platooning at DH.

So...

1. L Anthony LF

2. R Rafaela CF

3. L Abreu RF

4. R Contreras 1B

5. S Rutschman C

6. S Gasper v R/ R Jones v L DH

7. R Story SS

8. R Durbin 3B

9. R IKF v R/ S Sogard v L 2B

(Seiler would be fine v R, but he's in AAA)

[Deja Doh]

Adley's getting well.

[vegasbob]

2 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

So...

1. L Anthony LF

2. R Rafaela CF

3. L Abreu RF

4. R Contreras 1B

5. S Rutschman C

6. S Gasper v R/ R Jones v L DH

7. R Story SS

8. R Durbin 3B

9. R IKF v R/ S Sogard v L 2B

(Seiler would be fine v R, but he's in AAA)

This is the lineup to finish the regular season. 

But they need to give both Abreu and Durbin  each 2 consecutive nights off in separate sets of games. Both are struggling 

[vegasbob]

Duran's hitting technique and approach at each AB has been mentioned several times here as a problem. 

Either he is uncouchable or unable to adjust. Either way , he is unreliable. 

I expect him to be gone by start of short season 2027