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What's the over/under on how many games Leon can catch before he gets his first hit, not counting balls hitting him ? I'd go 5 full games

Combine with 2019 Pedey, Holt, Nunez, Leon, Pearce and JBJ and you have 6 guys that were counted on for some contribution hitting no higher than Nunez's 159. Lin is next in line at a very early .200

The other thing with Jackie is that he isn't exactly a lower tier salary player at $10million+ . What will he expect from arbitration next year , $15M?

JBJr gets ahed 2-0, watches 2 strikes in the upper middle, crushable by a LH'er. Then K's on a low inside curve ball taken straight from his opponents highlight reels. Not much going on behind the eyes

Rick reaching the Vesuvius moment in this game. Settle down and shutdown. Wasted a lot of pitches to put two on base At least Rick can follow direction with a one pitch DP. Thank you

Pearce now has 25 AB's.. With ZERO walks, he has K'ed 12 times. He is truly clueless this year.

With clean living and good intentions, Rick P. has his ERA down to 9.39 through the 4th. Keep in mind the 5 primary starters are still 2-10 for the season. Massive fail so far, and that's with EO at 0-0

Yet another triple to score Choi. Porcello may be winning but he is giving up some shots. This could be a tough game.

Fat Boi Choi triples to set Rick up for giving up another.

What is Kenobi's starWAR rating?

Back spasms per Obie

Not unnoticed, and for all we know last night's HR/double and a hit today already may mark the reawakening of Mookie in all phases of the game.

I was wondering about that odd swing also. Hard to describe but not a natural LH power swing.

Rick surprises all concerned and in attendance by surrendering the obligatory Porcello. Leon's fault

Going to be exciting to see what Rick does with the huge lead early in the game.Better not cough it up

two on, no outs . The kid pops up. JBJr draws a rare walk to load them up. A guy from Taiwan impersonates a hitter and watches 3 called strikes. Leon who can't hit, gets hit to drive in a run and reload the bases. Beni makes them all pay with the slam. red Sox rolling when the 7-8-9 hitters participate.

JDM, unlike some others, hits'em where they ain't.

Going to be missing Eovaldi for about 3-4 weeks, and possibly he will come back via the BP to rebuild his pitching arm condition. Poyner came up but he isn't a stater . Who gets the ball? or does the Opener concept reach Boston ? i think of Velasquez as an opener good for about 3 innings.

Well, it is a night game after a night game. Maybe Vaz didn't sleep well. Or more likely, Cora is hoping Leon can "assist" Porcello in reducing the # of Porcellos allowed.

Not totally fair since Lin just re-arrived but the combined BA's of these 3 guys is .338, with a combined OPS of .750. The Red Sox are a much better team when the bottom 3 hitters account for any combination of 3 hits or walks in a game. Get some OBP in front of Beni-Betts etc.

Cora has already said that next year , pitchers and catchers will report on January 2nd with position players due in late Jan 3rd. There will be 4 days of nothing but jumping jacks, squats and bunting exercises to get started.

Interesting that the pickup of Swihart was with Lovullo as manager and Hazen in the FO. At least they will recognize Blake.

The reason most often given for keeping JBJr is the exceptional defensive play in the large yard known as CF, Fenway Park. There is also the expectation that later or later (sic) he will magically find his stroke and start a 2 month run of hitting like many other MLB OF'ers. The Sox should hold JBJr until it becomes obvious that they are either in or out of the pennant chase around trade deadline. He may be in a hot streak mode by then , either helping the team or of some value to another. My argument has been that if the other 7 guys in the lineup are hitting near their career averages or better, then the Sox can carry two lightweight bats (catcher & JBJr) The problem to start this season is that with the exceptions of JDM, Bogey, Beni to a degree , MM to a degree nobody else was hitting .200 . Last night's game with the Rays reminded me of one of the 2018 story lines: When Betts is hitting and on base, JDM gets rbi's. When the lower third of the lineup participates (Vazquez last night) good things happen. When you get HR's just over the fence instead of 2 ' short, they win. All that came together vs the Rays, and that team looked much different than the prior 4 games.

A certainly necessary and welcome win. Notice what happens when Betts hits. JDM always hits, and Mitch Moreland can get you home from time to time. Also Vaz in the lower part of the lineup makes a huge difference when he hits.

Mookie has a 2 hit game including this HR. Way to wake up