I was following last night's game on Gameday. When we made it 6-5, I was momentarily pleased, but then I thought about our bullpen and guessed the final score as 14-5.
Shaughnessy's latest column trashes every single Boston team, in the wake of the Celtics' scandal and the Pats' QB injury. I didn't even read it. Didn't have to.
All true. We know the Sox farm has improved and we know there's a bunch of money freed up. Whether that translates into a good 2023 team is very much yet to be seen.
The one thing that worries me is Bloom's judge of pitching talent. That's supposed to be his forte, and I'm not quite seeing it yet. Our pitching in general has been abominable this year, even when you factor in the injuries.
Signing Diekman over McHugh bothers me more than the Bradley trade. In spite of the salvage job he did by trading Diekman.
Boone strikes again? Bottom of 10th, man on second, two outs, Vlad up. Boone elects to pitch to him instead of issuing IBB, which seemed to be a no-brainer since Vlad is the Jays best hitter and it would have set up the force out at every base.