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  1. illinoisredsox
    If he’s out that long, they’ll move Mayer over. If it’s a week they won’t.
  2. illinoisredsox
    The thing is, there is no indication that Story has ever been a JD Drew and balk at playing with the slightest discomfort. This an example of that and it certainly hurt the team. I recall in 2024 when he got hurt in the first 10 games and was supposed to be out the whole season but busted his butt rehabbing and was able to join the team in September in an unsuccessful playoff drive. What's the old saying, you can play hurt but you can't play injured; a player needs to know the difference.
  3. illinoisredsox
    Also a whole lot of birds.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Only thing I can think of is he thought Elder might grab it. But I tend to agree, another brain fart by Duran.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Problem is they also near the top in ORS (Offensive Runs Saved). What they are saving them for I have no idea.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Like I said, could a lineup with 6 pitchers in it do much worse than one with the current regulars? At the very least, it would increase interest due to an increased possibility of a no-hitter.
  7. illinoisredsox
    You are assuming Tracy has full control over the lineup. I don’t think he does, and if he defies orders from above, they aren’t going to send him back to Worcester to manage the WooSox, they are going to show him the street. Duran in any slot in the lineup is problematic, but the place you font want him is shortly after Abreu and Rafaela, who are the only guys who actually seem to get on base with some regularity. Leadoff really only means something in the first inning. After that, anyone can lead off an inning.
  8. illinoisredsox
    You didn’t like my lineup with 6 pitchers in it?
  9. illinoisredsox
    I don’t expect him to actually answer. I personally would leave Mayer at 2nd for now. He’s having a tough enough time at the plate so far without adding a position change on top of it. There may be times when he moves over in a game given pinch hitters or whatever, but a permanent change right now, no. Monasatario and IKF can handle short defensively and let’s be realistic, are they really going to be much of a downgrade on offense?
  10. illinoisredsox
    Don’t leave us hanging, what do these scenarios say?
  11. illinoisredsox
    I don’t think it’s totally phantom; watching him run the bases over the past week or 2 (on those rare occasions he’s been on), he didn’t seem to be moving well. He’s a pretty fast guy and he seemed to be taking it easy. He needs a mental reset but he definitely has something physical going on as well.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Here’s my lineup tomorrow: 1B Slaten 2B Weissert SS Kelly 3B Watson LF Samaniego CF Rafaela RF Abreu C Gasper P Tolle No DH. This lineup can’t do much worse than the regulars have been doing offensively. Abreu, Rafaela and Gasper play because they at least hit the ball most of the time.
  13. illinoisredsox
    Which is weird since one of them was oppo and barely fair.
  14. illinoisredsox
    Durbin can’t hit, but he sure can pick it.
  15. illinoisredsox
    Ever since he hit the 2 homers in 3 games, he’s been crap. He was going to left more and now looks like he’s trying to pull everything again.
  16. illinoisredsox
    The booing on Early’s toss to first reminded me I heard quite a few last night near the end of the game. They were sort of drowned out by Philly fans, but they were definitely audible.
  17. illinoisredsox
    That ball fooled Cedanne. He looked like he had a beat on it and it just kept carrying. I think if he gets to the wall a little quicker, he goes more straight up and takes the homer away.
  18. illinoisredsox
    I can understand being picked off by a lefty. There’s virtually no excuse for it happening with a righty on the mound.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Hit one over the fence and go clockwise around the bases? Okay, the first half of that sentence is pure fantasy.
  20. illinoisredsox
    Nah. SBF could never write posts that take longer to read than War and Peace.
  21. illinoisredsox
    You mean soft law is Old Red? Because I definitely see resemblance.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Except TYPM is the ultimate Breslow apologist. Or maybe I should have said was; I don’t think he’s posted since the day Cora was fired. Too bad, because he definitely provided comic relief.
  23. illinoisredsox
    Luzardo has been wildly inconsistent this year. Tonight was his 9th start. In the previous 8: In 4 games totaling 24 2/3 innings, he’s allowed 4 runs (all earned) and 20 hits for a 1.46 ERA In the other 4 games totaling 19 innings, he’s allowed 26 runs (24 earned) and 26 hits for a 12.32 ERA. He had no average games this year; he’s either been great or he’s been terrible. I’m not saying he was great tonight, but the Sox needed terrible guy to show up to have a chance and he didn’t.
  24. illinoisredsox
    See my post above about Mayer’s use under Tracy. It may not be a complete 180 from his use under Cora, but there’s a galaxy of difference. And let’s be realistic, it’s not like he setting the world on fire against pitchers of any side arm.
  25. illinoisredsox
    Hasn’t really been the case with Tracy at the helm. The Sox have played 15 games under Chad. Mayer has started 13 of them, played in 14 and played the complete game 12 times. He was lifted for a pinch hitter one time. Yes. both times he didn’t start it was against a lefty (one was the Framber game) and he was pinch hit for against a lefty. But he has faced multiple southpaws under Tracy and has handled them pretty well. It certainly isn’t automatic that he sits against a goofysider like it was under Cora. Given his injury history, maybe they give him one day off a week in ann effort to keep him available all year.
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