Last time out for WOO, he only got to 3 ball counts 6 times in 5 innings. That's like a perfect game for him. He's on a roll. Had to call him up. He's also a guy you can throw innings at and blow out their arm and it doesn't matter.
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Red Sox pulling out all the stops tonight with the City Connect uniforms.
21-4 record all-time while wearing them.
Badly need another one of those wins tonight.
Should have done this during the Jays series?
I could see this coming back last offseason. When the starting rotation was set up in this manner, the injuries piled up and the bullpen just got overtaxed. I think they are most likely sticking with Bloom another year. However, Carrabis did say that he heard ownership was frustrated that moves weren't made at the deadline. We'll see.
Me being pissed off about a .500 season isn't going to fix the Red Sox. I'm also not sure it's a season worth getting pissed off over. They keep building that bridge longer. If they don't make some major moves this offseason and plan on really gunning for the playoffs, I may not up my home MLB package. I'll just stick paying for my grandfather's and go over there when I want to watch a game.
Yeah, if they can't beat up on the Royals/Tigers/Nats, they are going to get smoked when they have to play HOU/LAD/HOU at the end of the month.
The schedule after the Nats series ends on 8/17:
9 series against Wild Card or better teams
3 series against teams out of the playoff picture (NYY, CWS, KC)
The cheap options have worked out poorly. Unless they were nabbing Dansby, we were going to be disappointed with the SS output from our new SS FA. They weren't going to get Dansby though.
Next season is year 5. If he gets there, it's probably time for him to try to push for the postseason a little harder than he did in 22 and 23. This is his team now.
We said last offseason that it was a big offseason for him, but if he can't figure out the starting rotation going into next year (and a plan for its future), he needs to go.
Sale - #5/IL, can't count on
Whitlock - put him in the pen
Bello - fine for a #2
Houck - back of the rotation arm/bulk arm
Crawford - back of the rotation arm/bulk arm
Pivetta - back of the rotation arm/bulk arm
Drohan - depth at the end of the year at best
They clearly need to add two arms IMO.
Bello
Yamamoto
Montgomery
Sale
Houck
Depth: Crawford/Pivetta/Drohan(late)
I feel comfortable with that rotation. You won't count on Sale to go the distance, but have two bulk guys in the pen that can fill in during his last season. I don't want Whitlock in the rotation anymore. He just can't stay healthy.