4/13 Kluber at Springs
- Thread starter Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat
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Fun fact: a Red Sox starter has yet to make it to the sixth inning this season. Every other team in baseball has done that at least once.
I think everyone in the front office and on the coaching staff should be getting those resumes updated. The whole thing needs to get blown up and started from scratch.
Looking at a 3rd last place finish in 4 years. Probably time to clean house and start over in the FO and manager's seat.
Nothing this team does works.
Nothing this team does works.
Meanwhile McGuire almost gets tossed for arguing a textbook strike on the outside corner, which explains a fair amount of his career.
That's kinda the bummer about sucking at baseball. At least in the NFL and NBA, you get to see the result of high picks in a short period of time.
I poked fun at Bleier, but he is what he is. The decision to turn to him in a high leverage situation to face 5 straight righties is mind blowing.
In his defense, it's been a long time since he's been behind the plate for a pitch that wasn't a foot outside the strike zone or right down the middle. He probably thought he saw a unicorn.
SSS but here are Bleier's numbers now on the young season....
23 batters faced
- 9 hits
- 1 walk
- 1 HBP
- 6 earned runs allowed
- 2 inherited runs allowed
Opponents are hitting .391 against him. Unreal.
23 batters faced
- 9 hits
- 1 walk
- 1 HBP
- 6 earned runs allowed
- 2 inherited runs allowed
Opponents are hitting .391 against him. Unreal.
Trading prospects is basically the one lever Bloom hasn’t pulled yet. A little scary to think about what their scouting may yield if they decide to go in that direction.
I have had enough of this garbage.
I really want to have a ballgame on when I am working, and I just noticed that. the Orioles are playing the A's now, so time to switch over to that one. Maybe it will bring better luck to the Red Sox, they can't get much worse anyway.
I really want to have a ballgame on when I am working, and I just noticed that. the Orioles are playing the A's now, so time to switch over to that one. Maybe it will bring better luck to the Red Sox, they can't get much worse anyway.
It's almost like they are trying to lose. I know they are not, but what kind of decision is this?
This Ump has been screwing up the bottom part of the zone all day. But that swinging K outside the zone was vintage Dalbec
Instead of looking at the over/under on runs scored, strikeouts or how many hits a guy gets during a game it would be entertaining if DraftKings started laying odds for Cora getting fired by the All-Star break, Bloom gets canned by Labor Day and John Henry selling the team by New Year’s. The parlay could pay off handsomely
He was the callup for Kelly's injury — that despite the fact that the team wants him starting in Triple-A. Not sure if the 40-man just doesn't have any other viable relievers on it or what.
At this point, having Bloom managing any trading of assets around the deadline cannot happen. Dude has already caused enough long term damage.
Is Varitek ready to manage? Give him the rest of the year and see if there's any improvement. Reassess at the end of the season.
Yep. Absolutely don't allow him to make any moves that push us over the luxury tax and allow him to make minor deals around the margins. Any big decisions need to wait for the next person.
Because Cora doesn't give a shit about winning, just like Bloom, Henry, and anyone else associated with the management and ownership of this team.
Arroyo is borderline unplayable against right-handed pitchers (.689 OPS against them career, .718 last year, 5-for-23 this year) and yet the FO just ... didn't bother getting a left-handed hitter who could play second? Why?
The only pitchers on the 40 man are: Crawford, Mata, Walter, Murphy. Crawford was already called up this year, so I don't know how that works with the new option rules.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2023-roster.shtml
I just didn't realize he was available.
Because someday in late August when both Mondesi and Story are healthy at the same time they’ll have too many infielders
Seriously, how long can this kind of play be tolerated for? I can't believe how bad this franchise has gotten. From a top 2 or 3 team in Sox history in 2018 to this absolute dumpster fire.
There isn't really much they do better than average. You have to either hit on the draft a lot, suck for a long time, or unearth gems at a high rate and they don't do any of that. If the FO was good at filling out the back of the roster and bullpen or developing castoffs from other teams, you could see a shot at a title if they had a good core and hit on a few mid-tier FAs (like in 2018) but the pitching they have picked up for free almost entirely sucks.
The only hope outside of all the prospects panning out is a long rebuild, and while the farm is looking better, they don't even have that many prospects right now anyway.
They extended the wrong guys. They traded away the good players, or let them walk. While they did extend Devers that's clearly not enough.
I honestly don't think Bloom has any kind of coherent plan.
