Royals (Dobnak) vs Red Sox (Suarez): 9/12/26, 4:10pm

[vegasbob]

Suarez reaching his limit, surprised Tracy is leaving him out facing the RH'er

[FredLynn]

Nice outing by Suarez. Just one mistake. He seems to be finding his groove at the right time. Finally 

[vegasbob]

Durbin proves he is alive and gets a needed run

[FredLynn]

Anthony with yet ANOTHER hit

He is going to be just fine 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A very good start today by Suarez 

[Bagwell Anderson]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

A very good start today by Suarez 

Exceptional.  Found his spots and mixed things up nicely. 

[FredLynn]

Whitlock is a machine out there 

[moonslav59]

Good to see Suarez getting to 7 IP. It's nice to have a guy able to go 5 IP for a large percentage of his starts, but 7 IP for two straight starts is very encouraging.

Nice job by Whitlock!

Sox are 3 for 6 with RISP. Can this be correct?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

When he's healthy, Whitlock is arguably the best set up reliever in the AL.

[vegasbob]

Whitlock with a few days off was unhittable. Outstanding 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Except for Lugo, the Sox have faced 3 very good pitchers in their last 4 games.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Except for Lugo, the Sox have faced 3 very good pitchers in their last 4 games.

That includes this game.

[vegasbob]

Story is 1 of the 9 hitters in the Sox lineup.  Ripping doubles

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Let's hope the Sox don't need Chappy warming up.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

29 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Nice outing by Suarez. Just one mistake. He seems to be finding his groove at the right time. Finally 

He had an excellent start prior to this one against the O's. So 'finally' is inappropriate here.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Let's hope the Sox don't need Chappy warming up.

Didn't expect to see Chappy. I guess he needs some work.

[notin]

16 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

When he's healthy, Whitlock is arguably the best set up reliever in the AL.

Until next year when the Sox sign Adrian Morejon.  (Breslow isn’t passing on a lefty reliever.)

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The object isn't to hit the base runner.. Two wrongs don't make an out.

[moonslav59]

Nice extra run.

The O looked good today. One downside: no BBs by the starting line-up.

Our staff has 11 Ks and 1 BB.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sox prove they can hit. Let's see more proof tomorrow.

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, notin said:

Until next year when the Sox sign Adrian Morejon.  (Breslow isn’t passing on a lefty reliever.)

I really like this idea, but I also hope we can replace Gray in kind. I don't trust counting on Crochet, Houck, Crawford and Oviedo.

Bringing Gray back would be fine with me, but not at 3 guaranteed years. (I'd try hard for 1 with an option year with hefty buyout.) 

I'm not sure we try and add a big bat, as Brez is likely going to count on Mead & Anthony to provide the boost. (Yoshida, Campbell, Casas, Jones/White, Romy/Gasper, Sogard may provide some minor to moderate boosts.) Removing Duran, IDK, Won and Story maybe be addition by subtraction.

[moonslav59]

We only K'd 5 times. (2 by Story)

[notin]

Remember Sam Travis?  
 

Kyle Schwarber’s former college teammate drafted in the second round of the 2014 draft by the Sox, who then eventually traded him to Texas for LHP Jeffrey Springs.  Springs was then packaged to Tampa along with RHP Chris Mazza for a package that included Brock Holt Redux AKA Nick Sogard.

Nice to see that 2014 second round pick paying off…

[moonslav59]

Updated ERAs (in order of most IP) Over 30 IP

2.76 Gray

3.33 Suarez

3.15 Tolle

3.69 Bennett

4.82 Bello

(3.44 Early)

3.34 Moran

(4.53 Watson)

4.58 Sandoval

3.60 Weissert

1.99 Capman

1.84 Whitlock

3.26 Guerrero

9 of the 11 current roster pitchers with more than 30 IP ave an ERA below 3.70.

 

For the playoffs, we could see the big 6 as such:

3 starters: 2.76 Gray, 3.15 Tolle & 3.33 Suarez

3 relievers: 1.99 Chapman, 1.84 Whitlock & 3.69 Bennett

 

 

[NHNative]

A great game! This is the kind of play O and D that made that streak.

 

[vegasbob]

Yankees lose, but BJs win.

.500+ season now guaranteed mathematically

[moonslav59]

8 minutes ago, notin said:

Remember Sam Travis?  
Kyle Schwarber’s former college teammate drafted in the second round of the 2014 draft by the Sox, who then eventually traded him to Texas for LHP Jeffrey Springs.  Springs was then packaged to Tampa along with RHP Chris Mazza for a package that included Brock Holt Redux AKA Nick Sogard.

Nice to see that 2014 second round pick paying off…

I love seeing strings like this.

Here is another:

Nomar for OCab and others.

OCab's comp picks netted us Ellsbury & Lowrie.

Lowrie later got us Holt.

Ellsbury's comp pick got us Kopech

Kopech was a major piece in the Sale trade.

Sale got us Grissom, and Grissom got us I Jackson, who might be playing 25 years after the Nomar trade,

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Yankees lose, but BJs win.

.500+ season now guaranteed mathematically

Is the BJ's loss significant?

13 games to go and 7 games apart.

[vegasbob]

4 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Is the BJ's loss significant?

13 games to go and 7 games apart.

In line with Yogi's, It ain't over til it's over, no team is eliminated until they are.  

Do I think Toronto is a challenge to Boston at #2 WC ? No

Are the Sox going to have to beat NYY in the Stadium, yes. Is '26 a repeat of '25 in the WC ? 

[vegasbob]

Indians lost too.