Maxbialystock

Now another low and inside pitch that is hit weakly to 2b by Gonzalez. Apparently, few Sox hitters recognize that pitch is low and inside and not in the strike zone.

FWIW, a low inside anything to Anthony gets you a swinging strike. That area is a big hole in his swing and his vision. Gonzalez batting for Hamilton, so the Yanks bring in a righty, their 5th reliever and 6th pitcher. De los Santos ERA is 2.56.

Yankees' Hill totally screwed by the ump. Awful Single for Bregman to lead off 8th.

I don''t think so either, but I like what Weissert and Matz have done.

Here are the ones I think are truly contributing this season--Bregman, Anthony, Story, Gonzalez, Narvaez, Duran, Rafaela, Abreu, Ref--and Crochet, Chapman, Bello, Giolito, Chapman, Whitlock, Wilson (but not tonight), and Bernardino. That's 17 out of 26. I also think Wong contributes as an excellent backup catcher and despite his rotten OPS this season. His CERA is better than Narvaez's. I would love to add Dobbins and Mayer, but they didn't play enough. Latecomer May has an ERA of 2.87 in 3 starts so far. Lowe is also a latecomer who just batted in the go ahead run with a double. His 3 game Sox OPS is well over 1.000. So, if you give me May and Love to add to my list because both look awfully good so far, that's 19 total

We agree!

I double dare you. I'm pissed off too, but the Sox have the players this season. Well maybe Duran stinks with his atrocious RISP hitting.

Our best hitter pops up for an infield fly rule.

Plus the SS was cheating toward 2b.

Hamilton did most of that. He got the balk. Then, because he stole 3b earlier. the Yankees SS was cheating toward 2b which left a big gap for Anthony, hit a very nice single for the rbi.

Wilson has thrown 13 pitches, 10 of them balls. That's our bullpen, yessiree. Game ain't over, but so far it's gigantic choke job by the Sox--especially the rotten hitting--1/10 with RISP.

Just a reminder. Giolito is facing a red hot Yankees team that leads MLB in dingers by 10 and are 2d in runs scored The Sox are facing an up and own pitcher who neverthless walked 5 Sox and whose team committed 3 freaking errors. The Sox are still in this because of Giolito. The error by Narvaez was made doubly painful when Hamilton failed to block the bad throw.

The Sox know both players very well. There is no way either one would not have been brought up if they had been ready For now Gonzalez owns 2b and Lowe 1b. However, right now Gonzalez's OPS for August is .379, so Hamilton gets a shot. And I think Grissom is on the IL and his Worcester OPS is .783.

Something like that.

Boy, is it ever.

He can play defense and is a good baserunner. As for his lousy hitting, he is now a part of a very big crowd called the Boston Red Sox non-hitters. If you just watched the Sox 4th, I rest my case.

Sweet double by Yoshida to the opposite field. All at bats hereafter are RISP--the kiss of death for the Sox.

It was a horribly bad play, but cost the Sox nothing because they can't hit the dang ball. The Sox have `1 run because of throwing errors and a balk.

Good OP, as usual.

Great point. I Iook forward to a sweep against the Yankees now that the lineup has been fixed.

Sox will definitely miss Abreu's lefty bat. Hamilton an interesting choice at 2b, but that gives the Sox a good infield, a good outfield and a good defensive catcher. All that remains is for the Sox to hit the freaking ball with RISP and the Yankees to be held to less that 9 dingers.

i'm reporting you to mods for plagiarism. 😁 Does this mean we finally get to see Love at 1b?

Duran can't hit lefties, period. Abreu has the higher OPS and the same rbi's, 69, despite playing in fewer games. And anyone who claims Duran is in any way comparable to Rafaela in CF is out of his mind. He's got the wheels, but absolutely no instinct on where the ball is going.

One more time. Abreu's OPS vs lefties is .721 and Duran's is .583.

Interesting, but dead wrong on Abreu. His DWAR is 1.2 vs Duran's 0.3 primarily because he has the arm to play RF which Duran does not have, which is why he is in LF. Abreu's OPS is .811 vs Duran's .787. Duran's better against righties, .886 vs .828, but Abreu is better against lefties, .721 vs .583. Duran has the higher WAR, 3.8 to 3.3, because he's great on the basepaths and has played in more games. Both have 69 rbi's. For my money, the two best Sox outfielders by a wide margin are Anthony and Rafaela. Anthony is another Ted Williams (not really) and Rafaela is fantastic in CF. His OPS in June and July combined was .860--so maybe he can hit too. I think the reason why the Sox want to keep Duran and why other teams want him more than Abreu is that he has terrific crowd appeal--which Abreu lacks. I have argued the Sox should keep all 4 outfielders, but now I think it makes sense to trade Duran or Abreu. If Ref stays, he can be the 4th outfielder. So could Campbell if he doesn't get 1b next spring. Cora's mistake was in playing Rafaela at 2b so that Anthony, Duran, and Abreu could all play the outfield against righty starters. I understand the logic, but it absolutely did not work.