3/29/24 - Red Sox at Mariners

[BaseballJones]

They've won one game. Let's get another. That would make two. A 2-0 (1.000) start is a hell of a lot better than a 1-1 (.500) start.

Tonight Nick Pivetta takes the mound, and this dude is a baller. Over his last 24 games in 2023, he had a 3.14 era, striking out 12.5 guys per 9 innings, and allowing an ops of just .597.

He's the right man for the job tonight.

Get it done.

 

[Kliq]

Nick Pivetta, nobody bettah!

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Just win today

 

[absintheofmalaise]

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

1 down, 95 to go for the fabulous no-prize.

 

[Rovin Romine]

1 down, 95 to go for the fabulous no-prize.

Please, kick all of our collective asses.

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

As close as Nick gets to pitching in his hometown. It would be excellent to see him hit the ground running and give them a quality start.

 

[JOBU]

Let’s kick em in the (Big) Dick (Nick).

 

[Cassvt2023]

I'm expecting a pitcher's duel tonight. 2-1 type of game. Pivetta will be fired up, has looked really good, and Kirby is just a very good pitcher.

 

[BostonFanInCanesLand]

That was fun. Do it again!

 

[brandonchristensen]

Really hate the late start

 

[pedro1918]

Really hate the late start

Last night I made through the entire…..first inning. I hope to do better tonight.

A win would make that easier.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

Almost understandable that it's a night game today, but tomorrow's 9:40PM ET start time on a Saturday is a middle finger to the Eastern time zone.

 

[tims4wins]

Almost understandable that it's a night game today, but tomorrow's 9:40PM ET start time on a Saturday is a middle finger to the Eastern time zone.

It's all a middle finger. Seattle's opening day couldn't have been at 1pm or 4pm local time? And ditto tomorrow?

 

[chrisfont9]

It's all a middle finger. Seattle's opening day couldn't have been at 1pm or 4pm local time? And ditto tomorrow?

We have work to do! Oh and skiing and/or little league on Saturday.

Gonna be nice weather all weekend but I am pretty sure the roof will be closed at night to warm the place up. Sunday, not sure.

 

[LogansDad]

I just hope everyone has fun.

 

[Stan Papi Was Framed]

I'm expecting a pitcher's duel tonight. 2-1 type of game. Pivetta will be fired up, has looked really good, and Kirby is just a very good pitcher.

well, they got to Castillo last night--why not do the same to Kirby?

 

[Rovin Romine]

Really hate the late start

Yeah, not only is it hard to get through the whole game, but the full days between them makes it feel like "a day without baseball."

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Last night I made through the entire…..first inning. I hope to do better tonight.

A win would make that easier.

I made it through Campbell's inning! 9:40 tonight! Hope that helps us all.

 

[RS2004foreever]

So now we enter the unknown - past Bello the rotation is a giant question mark. The Mariners, on the other hand, run out a guy who made the All-star team.
Is Pivetta the guy who we say in the second half, or is the the guy we saw prior to 2023: an up and down back-end of the rotation guy.

 

[pokey_reese]

Pivetta feels like just the kind of pitcher who can frustrate for years, and then will have a season where he puts it all together finally, just in time for one big payday. Well, this is the year. He is a FA next year, 31 years old. It's now or never. I say he has an epic season as a starter, where everyone will look back at his second half from last year and realize that it was all right there in front of our eyes.

Might as well start earning that next contract tonight.

 

[Ale Xander]

Sink Seattle

 

[Rovin Romine]

So now we enter the unknown - past Bello the rotation is a giant question mark. The Mariners, on the other hand, run out a guy who made the All-star team.
Is Pivetta the guy who we say in the second half, or is the the guy we saw prior to 2023: an up and down back-end of the rotation guy.

The Pivetta takes on this board are absolutely unreal sometimes.

In the AL, by bRef's pitcher WAR, Pivetta was #34 in 2023. If we exclude relievers, he was #28.

He was #30 in 2022. If we exclude relievers, he was #22.

He was #31 in 2021. If we exclude relievers, he was #24.

Out of the 15 AL East Teams 75 starting pitching slots, that puts him firmly not in the "an up and down back-end of the rotation guy" category.

 

[jacklamabe65]

I saw the Seattle Pilots play at Fenway in '69. We all thought their caps were almost as awesome as the Los Angele's Angels hats. God bless Joe Schultz.

 

[Stan Papi Was Framed]

That Pilots hat is great--looks like something the caddy could have worn on board the rich guy's boat in Caddyshack. Did Jim Bouton pitch in that game? I loved Ball Four.

 

[Joe D Reid]

Seattle can't properly assemble an airplane, let alone a baseball team. 2-0 here we go.

 

[ColdSoxPack]

Fact: Seattle Slew is not from Seattle! 2-0!

 

[joe dokes]

Fact: Seattle Slew is not from Seattle! 2-0!

And Seattle Slaw is apparently not made from Seattle Slew. (Though it sounds kinda awful).
Seattle Slaw (bigoven.com)

 

[ColdSoxPack]

And Seattle Slaw is apparently not made from Seattle Slew. (Though it sounds kinda awful).
Seattle Slaw (bigoven.com)

Hard pass.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

That sounds terrible. 1/2 cup of butter?

 

[Helen of Troy O’Leary]

Seattle can't properly assemble an airplane, let alone a baseball team. 2-0 here we go.

Low Bloeing.

 

[Ale Xander]

Seattle can't properly assemble an airplane, let alone a baseball team.

Tough but fair

 

[JOBU]

Low Bloeing.

If it’s a Boeing I ain’t going!

 

[chrisfont9]

Seattle can't properly assemble an airplane, let alone a baseball team. 2-0 here we go.

I'm staying out of this one.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

My wish for tonight is that the children of Washington and Massachusetts get treated to a contest in which athletes who have reached the pinnacle of their profession inspire hopes and dreams by trying to be the best versions of themselves. I imagine a little girl watching Trevor Story extend to catch a line drive, realizing that she can achieve whatever she wants and getting back to her math so she can invent interstellar travel. I also hope that the players show respect for themselves and their opponents, and the various employees of the clubs, and focus more on process than result, helping elevate the species through the wonder of athletic competition. Last, and most important, I hope the pre-game catering in the Mariners' stadium puts bad ham in their locker room and all the Mariners players come down with dysentery in the second inning and go running off the field with shit running down their legs as the Red Sox point and laugh at what fucking asshole idiots they are, while the ump declares a forfeit, because fuck the Mariners and their stupid fucking fans.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Lineup:

Duran LF
Devers 3B
Story SS
Casas 1B
O'Neill RF
Yoshida DH
Rafaela CF
Valdez 2B
McGuire C

Pivetta P

 

[LogansDad]

Same lineup outside of catcher for two nights in a row??

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH ALEX CORA???!!

 

[joe dokes]

Same lineup outside of catcher for two nights in a row??

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH ALEX CORA???!!

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Uh, why is Wong not starting already? Hmm

 

[steeplechase3k]

I'm going to be at the game tonight, are any other members going tonight?

 

[Sprowl]

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Your agonizer please.

 

[SoxinSeattle]

Beautiful day here in Seattle. Roof will be open. Mariners have essentially the same record open or closed. I looked for info on if the roof effects home runs but couldn't find any.

Lets go Sox!

Edit: Have fun Steeplechase. I'm hoping to go tomorrow night.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Starting the season in Korea at 5am, having 10pm start times on the east coast, putting Astros-Yankees only on Apple TV. Great job by MLB marketing the start of a new season /s.

 

[ngruz25]

Devers out with a sore left shoulder. Dalbec starting at 3B tonight, per Pete Abraham.

 

[simplicio]

Oh good, Dalbec vs one of the best RHP in the game, I'm sure this will go well.

 

[Ale Xander]

Uh, why is Wong not starting already? Hmm

Night game after a night game

 

[Ale Xander]

Devers out with a sore left shoulder. Dalbec starting at 3B tonight, per Pete Abraham.

Fuck


Ok

 

[simplicio]

Amended lineup:
Duran LF
O’Neill RF
Yoshida DH
Story SS
Casas 1B
Rafaela CF
Valdez 2B
Dalbec 3B
McGuire C

 

[Ale Xander]

Amended lineup:
Duran LF
O’Neill RF
Yoshida DH
Story SS
Casas 1B
Rafaela CF
Valdez 2B
Dalbec 3B
McGuire C

No Raffy makes it worse all the way down the lineup

ffff

 

[steeplechase3k]

Have fun Steeplechase. I'm hoping to go tomorrow night.

I wish I could be here tomorrow too but I have to be back in Portland. Next year we should try to organize a bunch of members for a game