GAME #152 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 - BOSTON RED SOX @ TEXAS RANGERS

[markj]

8:05PM Eastern

Red Sox

Tanner Houck (R)

Alex Verdugo (L) RF
Rafael Devers (L) 3B
Justin Turner (R) DH
Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
Adam Duvall (R) CF
Trevor Story (R) SS
Connor Wong (R) C
Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
Luis Urias (R) 2B

Rangers

Nathan Eovaldi (R)

Marcus Semien (R) 2B
Corey Seager (L) SS
Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B
Josh Jung (R) 3B
Robbie Grossman (S) DH
Adolis Garcia (R) RF
Jonah Heim (S) C
Leody Taveras (S) CF
Evan Carter (L) LF

Gametime Temp: 90F
Chance of Precip: 15%

[MongoLikeSox]

I still can't believe I fell asleep during the last couple of innings. I remember Murphy hitting someone and then woke to TC yelling at us. Oh well, so another loss. 6-4.

Bobby Dalbec looks much better. The ugly is and probably will always be his K-rate, but this year's AAA numbers show us a lot more than just HR/Whiff. Slashing roughly a 270/380/555 with 33 HR's and a 938 OPS in 114 AAA games is not shabby. Curious to see him in RF. Tough to judge OF'ers on MiLB-TV.

[Sea Dog 23]

Looking forward, there isn't a slot for Dalbec in Boston - it seems so.  First base is locked up by a future star, 3rd base goes to the big ticket slugger.  However, Dalbec is a righty on a team with several left handed bats.   Possibly he gets a utility role if Boston chooses not to replace Turner and Duvall with like-minded replacements.  Of course Ceddanne has one of those slots.

[longgame]

I've never checked out on the Sox like this.  I guess it was being away for a couple of weeks and seeing them losing seemingly every time I checked the score.  Watched a couple of innings last night while doing other stuff and then caught the last 2. Can't get excited about them. 

Anything worth commenting on will happen in the offseason.

[elktonnick]

I am the same.  We are traveling out country so we are not getting much sports news.  Can not believe that they would stick with Cora.