7:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Connor Seabold (R)
1. Enrique Hernandez (R) 2B
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
4. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
5. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
6. Triston Casas (L) 1B
7. Rob Refsnyder (R) LF
8. Reese McGuire (L) C
9. Abraham Almonte (S) CF
Orioles
Jordan Lyles (R)
1. Cedric Mullins (L) CF
2. Adley Rutschman (S) C
3. Anthony Santander (S) DH
4. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B
5. Gunnar Henderson (L) 3B
6. Austin Hays (R) RF
7. Rougned Odor (L) 2B
8. Kyle Stowers (L) LF
9. Jorge Mateo (R) SS
Gametime Temp: 66°F
Chance of Precip: 1%
It’s fortunate for Story that he’s on the IL. Lyles would surely be throwing at him.
If we lose every game from here on in would Prune Face finally fess up to the mess he helped create and finally sweep the Cora, Bloom and the rest of the garbage out of Boston and help to start a badly needed turnaround? Right, we wouldn't because it would cost him money to pay off those two contracts and pay even more for new blood, men who know the game and how to teach it and how to build winning teams. I wonder if John Henry even gives a shit about his team anymore?
Quote from: markj on September 26, 2022, 10:31:55 AM
7:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Connor Seabold (R)
Orioles
Jordan Lyles (R)
Gametime Temp: 66°F
Chance of Precip: 1%
Connor Seabold!!!!!! Well that pretty much spells how it will go again tonight.
Boo to the city of Toronto !!! They put the Sox through all that vaxx protocol crap the whole year, but then lift it with the MFY coming to town.
Sebold with his absolutely mind boggling era of 11 plus gives up a leadoff home run. Bloom certainly out did himself with this acquisition.
God Seabold is awful. So much work to do this offseason and no competence in the organization to do it.
This game is over already. Where did they find this Almonte clown?
And the clown show goes on. McGuire tries to pick off a runner at 3B and lofts the throw into left field. What a joke this team has become.
The Red Sox triple A lineup is playing double A quality baseball.
Bases loaded, one out. Raffy ends it with a GIDP. Of course.
End of the night for the SPs anyway. This storm will last a while.
The rain does what Cora wouldn't, get Sebold out of the game. He is so bad that his 11plus era actually went up.
Raffy is just phoning this game in.
Sox got close, but the BP cratered once again.
Quote from: markj on September 26, 2022, 06:44:53 PM
This game is over already. Where did they find this Almonte clown?
They dug the turd out of the dumpster somewhere. Still he does carry the first name of my all time hero so I will cut him a little slack until the end of the week and then tear the bum apart. It is Connor Shitbowl who makes me want to throw something at someone. Two innings, five runs, five hits, two walks and another horsedung performance. He and Crawford, and Winchowski, and Brasier are four pitchers who need to be released as soon as this rotten season is over. But it doesn't stop there; there are many others who should be outside when the truck backs up to take the excess garbage out of Boston.
9 games to go and Sox fans will no longer have to sit near this dumpster fire. But after all the mess arising from a team with the 4th highest MLB payroll, MGT can no way sing kumbaya. Good business sense says something needs a change. If not Bloom or Cora as they say, at least fire the frikking bullpen coach.
The question isn't who to fire. It is who to keep. The answer is only the bat boy!
This Almonte kid can hit but has no other skills period. It’s embarrassing to have a guy like that on the field, never mind as a starting center fielder. Other than Casas I’d call the Sox minor leaguers a total bust and I’m giving him a lot of credit for how he looks as a ball player versus his numbers.
The real problem is there are no pitching solutions without spending some big bucks because there just aren’t many guys that have MLB talent.
Re Casas From what I have seen leads me to believe that he is a left handed Bobby Dalbec who plays better defense.
Quote from: elktonnick on September 27, 2022, 08:22:53 AM
Re Casas From what I have seen leads me to believe that he is a left handed Bobby Dalbec who plays better defense.
But Elk, he does seem to hit against the Yankees and right now we need all the positive reinforcement we can get to keep ourselves from going over the edge by the horse dung play of this train wreck of a team.
Fred I seen too many September call ups crap the bed the following year. Except for his 4 Yankee hits 3 of which were home runs Casas has failed to impress me at all. He has only 7 hits the whole month of September, 4 of which came against the Yankees. He has struck out 16 times. I do not like the strike out rate at all. The fact that most of hits are home runs tells me he is swinging for the fences during every at bat. He needs more work or he will be just another big strong kid like Franchy Cordero with batting practice power who can not hit a breaking ball and who strikes out twice as often as he hits.
At least Casas can play defense but to me that just means he is a left handed Will Middlebrooks or Bobby Dalbec.
Another milestone has passed, Michael Chavis got DFAd by the Pirates. Another failed 1st round pick (2014), batted .242 with a 29% K rate. Bloom, don’t even try it. I’d like to se him bring Benintendi back, he batted over.300 thisyear.
But if we have a chance for Michael Brantley to fill an outfield spot, I'd love that deal. Always liked his clutch hitting. There arent too many good FA outfielders for 2023, behind Judge.