vegasbob

Barnes pitches are all over the lot. Very little evidence of command/control. I guess it keeps the batters off balance. Good for Matt. This is a good example of your "closer" used in a high leverage situation , in mid game.

Nice, another choke up by the pen. Just to make it interesting

7th inning is tough for our starters. My guess for Barnes is a quick DP, then a K. Or 2 walks for 2 runs.

Maybe make a change now ?? Should have been after the first hit

And won the one game concluded by hitting HR's with a man on base, then getting walked to a winning opportunity. That loss still smells

Even when Jackie B gets a hit off the wall, he is still out, but the try for second with 2 outs was worth it.

Maybe grow some cojones too, so he can compete at the MLB level again. BTW, he is chubby

Sure hope all those K's make everyone feel better and rationalize what happened to the Win/Loss, the only stat that counts in the end. Brasier , for whatever good he did last year, has lost his confidence and ability to throw strikes. Benintendi will never be the player some think he is. Average but nothing special. Sale does not seem to get the support that he is due given his abilities. Overall, a ridiculous loss and wasted effort.

Sale with 8 K's through 3 innings. The guy throws too many pitches because no one can hit his stuff.

He can bang it a looooong way . Been a great catalyst .

I know it's not a popular opinion but maybe Beni could learn to hit a ball once in awhile. he is as streaky as they come.

Ok, Pearce just keeps digging the hole a little deeper each AB. This is not likely to end well for him. Over 40% K's. Even Nunez and Leon can make contact

You are discounting the long time AAA team, the Denver Bears which predate you by a lot more

I thought we were not going to Panik this early ? Overall, this deal sounds way too soon, and what would it cost in players and luxury tax?

In a 13 pitcher scenario ( 5+ inning starters) , the Red Sox bench is well worth noting. Pearce, Nunez and Leon . Holt in the wings, coming off a long rest after a terrible start to his season. Pedroia is truly stuck in no man's land with his balky knee and is one positional, unlike Nunez. Who else is waiting and staying ready ; Lin or Sam Travis ? These same guys contributed to a record WS winning season in 2018, but a year older , fatter and no further development of the young guys, except Chavis. Hard to see the Red Sox going real deep with the current bench players.

In retrospect (hindsight) , Pearce's signing independent of the BP and Swihart situations was understandable . Moreland, while a tough guy playing with injuries has had weak splits in second halves (.853 pre A-S; .600 post A-s in '18) so a backup RH hitter, who should be hitting .250 with 3-4 HR's by now, was not a bad choice. The price was probably a little rich, but Pearce was the WS MVP ( not the basis for a big payday). Now he is truly in a deep slumps with a high K ratio (40%), no HR's and a.336 OPS. Not DD's fault, and there are still about 120 games to go. The Sox have to pay him anyway and none of the IL list returnees are pressing the 1B position. You may say that if the 2Bmen (Pedey/Holt) return that Chavis becomes the pressure point to leave second base and go to first as the RH power hitter Pearce was supposed to be. Well if that's the case, come up with a phantom IL problem for Pearce so he can do a rehab at Portland and maybe find his swing again. Right now Steve Pearce is contributing nothing and the FO can't ignore it completely. I think the decision point becomes whether you want Chavis to get reps at 1B in Pawtucket or at 2B in MLB until one or another player drops out before Pearce does.

Look for Steve Pearce at a bus stop near you this summer. He be going somewhere if he can't catch up.

The ball girl saved Beni, who couldn't save himself

My mother and grandmother were Red Sox fans but as Tom Hanks said, " There's no pink in baseball !" . It really looks bad on Vazquez

When is the last time Encarnacion not drive in a run ?

In that case Big Rick ought to focus on pitching to spots that aren't likely to be Porcellos. There's a reason they are named after him. No way you can pitch that first inning, then total shutdown without something wrong with Rick.

Carolina showed a lot of speed on the ice , but Rask got the big saves and the third period Bruins outmuscled the 'Canes to get a couple in the net. Would love to see Boston get to the Cup finals.

Max's thought on the inability to keep the ball down , particularly to RH hitters may well be the key. As mentioned before I have been at Porcello games and watched his pregame routine of about 45 minutes, so it's not for lack of prep that he starts off the game by dealing "rocket" balls.

Good comeback win with plenty of participants contributing.

No way Brewer was going to have a clean inning and sure enough he comes through. The Thornburg-Brewer duo is a rare match.