7:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Nick Pivetta (R)
1. Kyle Schwarber (L) DH
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. J.D. Martinez (R) LF
4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
5. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
6. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
7. Christian Vazquez (R) C
8. Jarren Duran (L) CF
9. Yairo Munoz (R) 2B
Rays
Luis Patino (R)
1. Brandon Lowe (L) 2B
2. Nelson Cruz (R) DH
3. Wander Franco (S) SS
4. Austin Meadows (L) LF
5. Yandy Diaz (R) 1B
6. Joey Wendle (L) 3B
7. Manuel Margot (R) RF
8. Kevin Kiermaier (L) CF
9. Mike Zunino (R) C
Gametime Temp: 92°F
Chance of Precip: 1%
To add to the bullpen bodies, CBS is reporting Ryan Brasier is in Tampa with the Sox. He could be activated in a day or so depending who will be optioned out. The Sox also signed reliever Michael Feliz for depth and assigned to Worcester. He was released by the Reds. He throws heat, but also has a history of walks and home run balls.
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on August 30, 2021, 09:48:11 AM
To add to the bullpen bodies, CBS is reporting Ryan Brasier is in Tampa with the Sox. He could be activated in a day or so depending who will be optioned out. The Sox also signed reliever Michael Feliz for depth and assigned to Worcester. He was released by the Reds. He throws heat, but also has a history of walks and home run balls.
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Quote from: Bill-806 on August 30, 2021, 10:26:26 AM
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on August 30, 2021, 09:48:11 AM
To add to the bullpen bodies, CBS is reporting Ryan Brasier is in Tampa with the Sox. He could be activated in a day or so depending who will be optioned out. The Sox also signed reliever Michael Feliz for depth and assigned to Worcester. He was released by the Reds. He throws heat, but also has a history of walks and home run balls.
A HISTORY of WALKS & HOMERUNS ????? Sounds like a winning combination !!!!! iono iono iono
Sounds like he'll fit in well with the rest of the bullpen.
Write the name Martin Perez down as another player to test positive and on the IL. I’d say they activate Brasier today or tomorrow, unless they retain Houck on the roster.
Perez and Barnes both out now.
From Sunday Arauz is apparently dinged up. At least the young infielders will debut. Is Downs not far behind? Munoz tonight, and we know Cora love Santana.
Casas may be waiting awhile if Dalbc keeps raking. Now 25 career homers.
Infield bumbling. Keystone Kops.
More Keystone Kops. This time it's Raffy.
AAA call up Espinal did ok.
This team is toast right now AND dealing with COVID.
So very sad that this team that was so hot and in first place
in early July has fallen so hard.
Just sad . . .
Guess you don't win many scoring only 1 run.
I fully expect them to get swept. They're no match for the Rays.
That was a tough pitching matchup for Sox. Pitino will shut down a lot of AL clubs.
But I don’t really understand what Cora is up to with the pitching. He said he is not using Eovaldi at Tampa this week, giving Sale an extra days rest, and using an opener for Eovaldo’s slot this week. Did they exhaust the staff with Twins and Indians? Otherwise it looks like he just put up a white flag. I dunno.
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on August 31, 2021, 04:50:07 AM
That was a tough pitching matchup for Sox. Pitino will shut down a lot of AL clubs.
But I don’t really understand what Cora is up to with the pitching. He said he is not using Eovaldi at Tampa this week, giving Sale an extra days rest, and using an opener for Eovaldo’s slot this week. Did they exhaust the staff with Twins and Indians? Otherwise it looks like he just put up a white flag. I dunno.
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Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on August 31, 2021, 04:50:07 AM
That was a tough pitching matchup for Sox. Pitino will shut down a lot of AL clubs.
But I don’t really understand what Cora is up to with the pitching. He said he is not using Eovaldi at Tampa this week, giving Sale an extra days rest, and using an opener for Eovaldo’s slot this week. Did they exhaust the staff with Twins and Indians? Otherwise it looks like he just put up a white flag. I dunno.
Something about pushing an extra day of rest which gets Sale two starts against the Rays. But there's no flow right now and after losing this game we're basically surrendering tonight's game.
Also the Sox have had a lot of "touch pitching matchups" lately. Basically any major league starter against this lineup is a "tough pitching matchup" for them.
Just getting harder to watch by the day.
Quote from: longgame on August 31, 2021, 08:00:56 AM
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on August 31, 2021, 04:50:07 AM
That was a tough pitching matchup for Sox. Pitino will shut down a lot of AL clubs.
But I don’t really understand what Cora is up to with the pitching. He said he is not using Eovaldi at Tampa this week, giving Sale an extra days rest, and using an opener for Eovaldo’s slot this week. Did they exhaust the staff with Twins and Indians? Otherwise it looks like he just put up a white flag. I dunno.
Something about pushing an extra day of rest which gets Sale two starts against the Rays. But there's no flow right now and after losing this game we're basically surrendering tonight's game.
Also the Sox have had a lot of "touch pitching matchups" lately. Basically any major league starter against this lineup is a "tough pitching matchup" for them.
Just getting harder to watch by the day.
Ted---I am about as close to throwing in the towel tis season as never before. Today is a throwaway game from where I sit. The only saving grace is that since Martin Perez is on the IL he can't go out there and make my blood boil with his miserable ineffectiveness. Still, a bullpen game is the outlook tonight since they want to give Sale another day of rest---for what I do not know. He can throw six innings, or should be able to. Alex Cora has his hands tied with all the sudden absences but he still causes problems for himself with his stubborness. Devers CANNOT hit well in the second spot. T his has been proven over and over so guess where he was last night? Second and an 0 for 4. Doesn't Cora ever learn? Yet in a way you have to feel a little sorry for him. His table is getting a little short of bodies and we're shorthanded. As for Devers, if JDM ops out at the end of the season Raffy must be taken off third base and made DH where his defense will no longer be an albatross around our necks. Dalbec play third and with work be a better man there than Devers because Raffy has not improved his defense since he was brought up. And I now see that Dalbec may have turned a corner and may just become the power hiter we hoped he would become,