For the lineup
1 Crisp
2 Loretta
3 Ortiz
4 Youks
5 Lowell
6 Nixon
7 A Gonz
8 Harris
9 Mirabelli
Wily Mo is put on the DL today, Manny scratched, and Harris in LF.
Also announced Paps has been given the day off.
I wish schill would start today's game thread...
Manny won't be in the lineup again today. Along with the sore back, he's experiencing tendonitis in the knee.
It looks like Coco will be making his Fenway debut today!
From http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/redSox/?p=316
To make room on the roster I wonder who will be sent down to AAA...
Tonight's lineup:
LF Youkilis, Kevin
2B Loretta, Mark
DH Ortiz, David
RF Nixon, Trot
C Varitek, Jason
3B Lowell, Mike
1B Snow, JT
CF Pena, Wily Mo
SS Cora, Alex
I'd like to see red hot Mike Lowell batting 4th or 5th, not Tek.
Quote pulled from http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/scorecard/05/26/truth.rumors.mlb/index.html
I can't see the Sox, while in 1st place on 5/26, trading one of the leagues best hitters. Doesn't make sense...
Yeah, all the signs seem to suggest Clement is a head case and probably the Boston market isn’t the place for him. But I’m still in hopes that given the right balance of managing, coaching, and psychotherapy he can still be a viable option for the Sox rotation.
It would be great if Lester was ready for the call but he's only been in AAA for about 6 weeks. He still needs time to develop his secondary pitches. He wasn't a college pitcher and at 22, he still has some maturing to do IMO.
At this point I'm getting tired of the Hendricks group pimping Roger with all of these dog and pony shows that really are just a means of driving up his price.
Agreed. This suggests that there is some element where he is looking for the biggest payday so there is still a good chance that he’ll go wherever (Houston, NY, Boston) he’s offered the most money.
So with that in mind I wouldn’t mind if the Sox did overpay for his services. And a deal like this wouldn’t involve parting with any prospects. I hope Theo can land him regardless of the $$$. Get it done!
This seems the more likely scenario. Lester would be brought up as spot starter with the full understanding that he's not taking Clement's place permanently. His stay would be extremely limited at first.
I'd like to see what Wells has left in his tank before I run Clement out of town. At the same time I hope Theo is looking for a more permanent solution.
Your points are right on!
Isn't throwing an unproven prospect out on the mound just as much, if not more, of a gamble as trotting Clement out there every 5 days? Tito and the FO don't want the Cla Meredith redux.
This goes to show the scarcity of decent starting pitching that's out there now when a big money team like the Mets sees El Duque as something good. I would have stuck a fork in this guy years ago.
I’d like to see the Sox continue with Clement but with Tito pulling him out of the game quicker if he starts to show signs of blowing up. He does have good stuff when he’s on.
Relying on unproven prospects to fill the holes in the rotation doesn’t seem to be the solution at this point in the season.
Watching last night's game has caused me to wonder how much better/worse/same Wakefield's performance has been since the return of Mirabelli. Are there any pitching stats (like better ERA with Belli than with Bard) that substantiate his return as an improvement?
A few positives from the game:
An effective outing from Schilling with a relatively low pitch count, no walks, good control, and most importantly he was able to put the Yankees away, unlike his last start against them.
Many 0-2 hits for the Sox, as was pointed out earlier on in this thread.
Manny breaking out of his offensive slump with 3 RBI.