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

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, vegasbob said:

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 

While I agree they need some rest, Abreu is far from struggling.

He's been our best batter post ASB (qualifying PAs)

He's at 1.007 since the start of the Yankee series (8 gms)

1.006 last 30 games

We do have Sept 10th and then quickly the 14th off. (The 21st is our last off day before the Sept 27 final game. 3 days off in the next 24 days.

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, vegasbob said:

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

It's not "unable to adjust," IMO: he tries to adjust too much.