vegasbob

I assume Schwarber is not in the greatest shape in his hamstring area and they do not want to put him in the field at all.

Final 40 game forecast : 20W- 20L ; after 8/18 0-1

The truly sick part of that game with NYY was losing to Andrew Heaney who may be a worse pitcher than any of our own . But this wasn't a pitching failure ( all 3 games in NY). It was an utter failure of the hitters, or more generously those who stood in the batter's box

2 hits in 5 innings vs a pitcher with a 5.62 ERA, that even the Angels dumped.

Plenty to pick from here Swi, start with JdM's inability to recognize pitches thrown by LH'ers

Now they need to hit Heaney like the bad pitcher that he is. Could he wear an O's shirt so our batters will feel at more comfortable?

Having Richards relieve for you is not unlike having the DFA'ed Marwin Gonzales pinch hit for you

As has been pointed out in other threads the Red Sox by some metrics are the worst defense in AL further exacerbating the pitching weakness. Absolutely killing them in this inning aside from Dever's save which did not matter when Stonehands Dalbec coughed up the next play

f*** Dalbec in the field. Where is that jackass Schwarber, not even in the lineup. Shaw must be resting. The ball hit BD i n the glove.

The #8 and #9 hitters put the Yankees in the lead . Devers saves Pivetta's butt. Can he now get the third out?

bases loaded ?? Nobody told Gardner he was supposed to strike out or DP.

I assume we have a much stronger defense with JDM in right otherwise WTF is going on here ?

9-15 over the last 24 games; 15-21 over last 36; and 33-30 since the Yankee sweep in June (credit to Moon ) tells you that the pumpkin of overachievement and enthusiasm for late game comebacks disguised the fact that this was always a .500 team based on roster. 3 legitimate regular lineup hitters (Bogey, Devers, JDM) , a mid range catcher (Vaz) , maybe Verdugo as a decent player. The right side of the IF never stabilized, Renfro would be a good filler off the bench , Duran is a premature callup with potential , Dalbec is another whose future is fading, Plawecki is a backup who helped somewhat, Arroyo couldn't stay on the field . Kike would be another great guy on your bench. Arauz, not quite prime time , may never be. Cordero, long Gonzales, and Danny Santana were trash. Pitching, you can figure it out. Starters averaging less than 5 innings, a BP who helped the run up in the first half but can't find their command now. Nice to see Chris Sale back but even he was held back a start or two from coming to the rescue. For the time being he can't change the momentum by going 5 innings every fifth day. So I contended early on that this was a .500 team with a nice couple winning streaks ( 9 and 8 gamers) but in no way was the roster playoff ready. Bloom confirmed that with the trade deadline minor moves. Nothing that said we can compete. 40 games to go with a reasonable schedule. I'll take the odds now on a 20W-20L rest of season resulting in a just missed WC spot. Personally, I root for them to win the WS, but it isn't with this crew.

All about free agents

2 run game with 9 outs to go, get up off your butts and play like a Champion ( reference to '04, '07, '13, 18)

Easy to hit HR's in their park is another reason

The popup queens in the Bronx. Gil is only that good due to our heroes, lol

A Red Sox rally----BB-PB-GO-FO

I think I dislike Luke Voit within .001% as much as Gardner

I know, problem is that nobody is clutch

A Red Sox batter coming up with men on base, no outs/one out, must induce a paralytic brain fog rendering them incapable of hitting the ball

For all the commenting on Cora's move pulling Houck before the 5th in game 1- how about the buttwipe at bats by Hernaddez and Renfroe with the vbases loaded. Put the f'ing ball in play. Yankees , overall, showed much better plate discipline than the Red Sox.

Given Houck's history ( stats, fwtw) a ready BP of Whitlock/Taylor , and with the lead , Cora tried to win. His job was not to stretch out Houck, whpo may be a reliever after all unless he develops a changeup.

Especially in light of the doubleheader with a short game, get the most out of Houck and then go BP. Cora's team had the lead with 9 outs to go, and he like many of us would have looked to Whitlock to shut theY's down. A quick hook was likely to win the game at hand , not to be set up for the nightgame. Total Backfire.

The instant 3 up/down puts more pressure on Cora to make the right call but we are down to 3 outs with no life signs present.