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Their hard hit % has fallen off a cliff early on. Was he bad at his job last year when they were towards the top of the league at hitting the ball hard? Is this just small sample size? Duran is hitting the ball better recently. Others may pick it up sooner than later. Swapping Bregman for Durbin may have been a big mistake if Durbin can't get the ball in the air.

Midlock

Posters that wanted Duran playing everyday and leading off have been vindicated.

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When you have a bullpen with Kelly, Watson and Gamboa.

Since Cora was fired, Masa has started in 1 of 8 lineups as of tonight. 😃 The last time he started, he got a hit of Trey Yesavage.

Opener for tonight. Ty Madden to follow at some point.

Durbin ----> Bench

Someone else is stating that his elbow needs surgery due to loose bodies... Good for Detroit!

Skubal being scratched!

I turn it off the second a batter reaches base. What's the point after that? And this season, if the Sox are down by more than two, IT'S OVAH.

His GB/LD/FB rates are similar to last season. The HR's will come. He's just in the thick of it right now.

Read an article on Boddy and wanted to pull out a few interesting items: Boddy confirmed the staffer — who felt Rice’s advice strayed from the Red Sox’ approach — was never employed by Driveline or associated with his company. “It does bother me,” Boddy said, adding Rice “is one of the best players to ever play the game.” Boddy said he would never discourage a player from seeking advice from a Hall of Famer because it might differ from what Driveline or the Red Sox teach. In fact, he said the Red Sox’ offensive approach aligns with what Ted Williams preached – pulling the ball in the air — and he added, “a lot of this stuff is not new.” “The best teams make a lot of contact,” Boddy said. That played out in 2025. The American League champion Blue Jays produced the lowest strikeout (17.8%) and whiff (21.6%) percentages among the 30 major league teams. They put more balls in play (4,488) than any other team, 291 more balls in play than the Red Sox hit. “It’s really convenient for radio hosts or whoever to knock him,” an NL GM said about Boddy, “Anyone that has actually gotten to know him and understood what he’s actually about, they don’t think that.” “You probably can’t tell looking at me, but tennis was probably my No. 1 game for a while,” Boddy said, poking fun at how he’s built. In multiple games around Little League-age, Boddy threw over 200 pitches. It was when nobody knew any better and his own arm injuries caused him to lose love for baseball for a period of time. “I loved baseball when I was really young. I fell out of love with it,” he said. “Arm injuries. That’s kind of why this company exists.” In June, Boddy said veteran third baseman Alex Bregman’s value was unquantifiable, even making teammates more valuable by giving them suggestions to improve their games. Boddy said that’s something that the “nerds … don’t think about” as much as they should. Boddy cautioned against too much focus on the numbers during a game. “When the old-school people get pissed off, is when these numbers dominate the discourse rather than what happens on the field. And I agree with that,” Boddy said. “Between the lines, we should not talk about any of that stuff. Outside the lines is where it matters.” “It’s a power-on-power game these days and maybe I actually agree with talk radio hosts that I don’t think that leads to a very entertaining product, in my opinion,” Boddy said. Research shows fans want to see balls in play and more players involved, Boddy pointed out.

I agree. When they are playing this bad, it's nice to be able to skip a few of the games or at least only check in towards the end. They'll slowly trudge back closer to .500 over the course of the summer as long as the rotation can get healthy.

Hunter Noll had an article on KC today. In 2026, Campbell is pulling the ball less (38.2%). His opposite field percentage has actually dropped to 33.8%, while he’s hitting the ball to the center of the field 27.9% of the time. Campbell’s also hitting the ball on the ground less this year, going from 52.2% to 41.2%. His line drive rate has dropped from 30.1% to 26.5%, meaning his fly ball rate has jumped significantly from 17.7% to 32.4%. Almost all of those numbers point to positive progression for Campbell; some of the numbers (notably the slugging percentage) haven’t caught up yet. If you aren’t just box score watching, you’ll see that Kristian Campbell is making strides and has every chance to still become the impact player that the Red Sox need. Don’t be surprised if he returns to the majors at some point in 2026 and helps the team as they try to right the ship, but he still needs more time to prepare for that promotion.

Looks like the right handed Sultan of Swat to me!

Let's see him swing! Maybe he can hit has 110 exit velo in him.

Anthony is 85th percentile in LA sweet-spot%. Rafaela is 71st (up from previous years).

Since we don't want to move the goalposts, how about this goalpost? Is that what you're going with?

You also have Brandon Clarke listed and he's not here anymore.

That would make the game watchable. We can't even get that kinda fun this year.

Arias shouldn't come up until Sept anyway. You move Story because you are turning the page as an org.