2023 ST Game Thread
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Cora chatting with Mike Lowell in the dugout. Anybody know if the latter is one of the coaches for P.R.?
Triston Casas out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Henry Ramos. Jorge Alfaro scores.
no he’s not
He works for MLBN
PR hitting coaches are Juan Gone (asst) and Victor Rodriguez
Old friend Luis Rivera is the 3rd base coach and I’mguessing is the one that does the IF drills
Boy, do I miss the clock. It should be at least the bottom of the 8th. This game is too s l o w.
So what's the consensus? Are the Sox going to be good this season or this ST performance "Fools Gold"?
I think they are going to be good this year. Maybe not ALCS good, but not getting routed in the AL East like last year. My bet: Win a wild-card game.
I don't know how we can tell when at least half of the innings and half of the at-bats are going to guys who won't play a single regular season game (and they're facing opponents that are in a similar situation).
Duvall is a career 75 wRC+ hitter in March/April, compared to 96 overall. Part of my concern with him is that he will start so slowly he'll get booed out of town & be of no value to the Sox.
Tapia is 79 in March/April & 80 for his career, so he's probably not the answer, though.
Red Sox beat Puerto Rico 9 to 3.
Red Sox still undefeated.
Xander and JD who?
Joking lol. Ha ha
Red Sox still undefeated.
Xander and JD who?
Joking lol. Ha ha
Well we can hope it points to a strengthening of the farm system like we've been hoping for. OR it can just be a small sample size of blind luck (LOL)
Can't help but think there's an element of Tapia playing for a job versus Duvall having a job and just getting his reps in when it comes to perceptions right now. Duvall is a demonstrably better player than Tapia over the course their careers (97 OPS+, 10.4 career WAR vs 83 OPS+, 0.8 career WAR). He's the guy the team will be better off with during the regular season.
It seems that every ST game within the division is streaming on nesn 360 rather than on Directv:
https://nesn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/Boston-Red-Sox-2023-Spring-Training-Schedule.jpg
I have to figure out my log-in on roku now.
https://nesn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/Boston-Red-Sox-2023-Spring-Training-Schedule.jpg
I have to figure out my log-in on roku now.
I looked up last seasons ops from both Duvall and Tapia. Duvall had .677 and Tapia .672. So not much difference. Tapia is younger and maybe could be expected to improve.
Lineup for today 1 pm at Yankees
Valdez 2B
Raffaella CF
Palka 1B
Goodrum DH
McGuire C
Crook RF
Sogard 3B
Hamilton SS
Dearden LF
Pivetta SP
Valdez 2B
Raffaella CF
Palka 1B
Goodrum DH
McGuire C
Crook RF
Sogard 3B
Hamilton SS
Dearden LF
Pivetta SP
Good news. A few days off just means he will be more well rested for the playoffs.
If the Sox are undefeated after today, I'll start believing in Santa Claus.
@Red(s)HawksFan are you sure you have to "pony up" for nesn 360? I didn't but maybe that's b/c I have nesn already through Directv.
Apparently you can use NESN 360 if you have a cable/satellite subscription that includes NESN. I wasn't aware of that.
Beware it will be the Yankee broadcast.
Yeah. There's a difference between starting slow for the Reds & Braves and starting slow for the Red Sox when the fanbase was already fairly vitriolic over the off season. But who knows? I'm just not particularly optimistic about the Duvall experience regardless. He doesn't even particularly mash lefties. I'm hopeful Mondesi gets in soon & plays well enough to move Hernandez to CF & Duvall to more of a 50-60% role than an 80-90% role.
Tapia is 29, so not exactly young, & is a worse defender.
Having the same issue. Streaming NESN or NESN+ through a browser works, but not the game stream. Not that I should be surprised that NESN doesn't work properly.
edit to add: if Twitter is any indication, it's not working well on various streaming apps either.
If anyone is having success with roku, please let me know. I am clicking on the game, but then it is taking me to Sports Starts of Tomorrow.
I think "NESN 360" is a separate entity, even though you can log in with cable provider credentials and such.
I'm on nesn.com/watch and it has a link to watch the "NESN 360 Exclusive" stream of the game, but it leads to a page where the video fails to load.
Even the folks paying for NESN 360 aren't getting the game.
View: https://twitter.com/EmilyPittsley2/status/1633892890702168070
Sogard has to do better to try to knock that down; not expecting him to get anyone out there, but could have prevented the 2nd run.
I have also logged in to the site on my browser, and after finding out that the ad-blockers, which I don't even notice b/c they're built in, were the problem, I was hopeful. I disabled them. But now I am stuck at a page with the game, apparently, and can't get it to begin: https://nesn.com/watch/6305845763112/
I am listening to 'eei and looking at mlb's gameday. Tyler Danish just gave up a homer to Dearden. The odd bit is that gameday is well ahead of 'eei on the internet.
Happy Palka time!
Sox lead 5-3 in the 6th.
Palka is a burly guy, I will be calling him Beer-Barrell Palka from now on.
Danish getting devoured this inning.
Sox lead 5-3 in the 6th.
Palka is a burly guy, I will be calling him Beer-Barrell Palka from now on.
Danish getting devoured this inning.