mvp 78

45% hard hit rate 14% barrel That's a no from me dawg.

@alexspeier Triston Casas rolled his ankle while tagging up on a flyball in the Triple-A WooSox game and was removed from the game for precautionary reasons.

Off for 2+ weeks. 5/13 .2 IP 3 ER 2 H, 2 BB, 1 HB, 1 K 5/15 .1 IP 0 ER 0H, 0 BB, 1 K 5/17 1 IP 0 ER (1 R), 1 HB, 1 BB, 0 K

So… about that famed Plawecki CERA…

Rizzo's 10 HR's would equate to 3 in SF. Weird. 1064 Home OPS 621 Away OPS Interesting....

Franchy has a 122 wRC+ since May 1. He needs to run into a HR or two. That damn Manfred rolled up sock ball...

Hernández CF, Devers 3B, Martinez DH, Bogaerts SS, Verdugo LF, Story 2B, Cordero 1B, Plawecki C, Bradley RF

It was basically allowing Air Bud to do a touchdown dance in your endzone.

Have the announcers been announced yet? Probably not DO again?

@SmittyOnMLB Red Sox top pitching prospect Brayan Bello making his Triple-A debut tomorrow when he starts in Worcester

One bright spot to note. Batter of the week for SP was Blaze Jordan who had just been awful so far. Blaze Jordan, 3B/1B, Salem Red Sox 5 G, 22 AB, 9 H, 4 2B, 2 HR, 5 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, .409/.458/.864 Jordan had quite the impressive week a the plate, leading the organization's qualifiers in slugging percentage by nearly 100 points, while finishing second in batting average. He was also one of four players to hit multiple home runs this week. The 19-year-old has some swing and miss in his game, but has impressive power. While he hasn't tapped into that as much this year, with three home runs, two of which were this week, the Mississippi native is in the midst of a 12-game hitting streak, hitting 18 for 47. If he can keep the strikeouts down, Jordan could be a special hitter.

Bello and Politti promoted. If Politti still pitches well, they could throw him up to BOS. He spent all of last year as a starter in AA, but was moved to the pen this season where he was lights out.

With Barnes, I don't DFA him. I just put him in for mop up duty only going forward. Maybe he figures it out at some point. He had the stuff at some point. There's a chance he figures it out.

My team usually starts off a little slow, but yuck...

Neither will happen

Runs in two different innings?

It’s JD running. Dive for that.

Verdugohno

Kiké’s glove still works

A run!

At least our #2 hitter isnt Semien.

Fix with what?

@SmittyOnMLB Red Sox lineup vs. Rangers on Friday: Hernández CF, Devers 3B, Martinez DH, Bogaerts SS, Verdugo LF, Story 2B, Cordero 1B, Vázquez C, Bradley RF, Pivetta P

Manfred, killing baseball since 2002. Manfred negotiated MLB's first drug testing agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association. That deserves one Rafael Palmeiro finger waggle.

@SmittyOnMLB Tim Hyers calls Boston Red Sox hitting coach Pete Fatse ‘brother in this game,’ confidence in successor despite offensive struggles “Pete is really smart,” Hyers said. “He’s a great hitting coach. I have all the confidence in the world in Pete. He made me a better hitting coach being a partner with him and co-worker. He’s really, really good. I’m sure him being the head guy, there’s things he’s going to have to learn and things you don’t see until you walk in those shoes. Adjustments to make. To me, it’s brand new every year. You have to maneuver how you want to help each hitter and how you want to help this team. And what’s the makeup of your team? When they go through slumps, how do you help them? Is it push or back off? What do you do?” Hyers also added, “I had all the confidence in the world with Pete. They’re going to be in great hands. So if there was a time for me to walk away, it was the time.” Hyers said he’s sure the Red Sox have implemented some new systems and hitters are still adjusting. “But overall, hitting is down this year,” Hyers said. “There’s a few clubs tearing it up. But for the most part, there’s a lot of clubs that are trying to find their footing here early in the season. I think pitching has put it to us offensively. No excuses, but I do feel that kind of the late start, maybe some of the hitters didn’t get their footing, their timing like they are usually accustomed to. And that could play a part in it.”