5/21 Bloom's Gambit

[derekson]

Can Kluber and Bleier go away on a package deal?

 

[LesterFan]

Kluber and Bleier moves have been disastrous.

 

[LogansDad]

Ah, gas can Bleier is in. Could have just punted with Kluber.

 

[moonshotmanny]

I see Kluber didn't last long.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Bleier, Bleier, bats on fire.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Bleier successfully pitches to contact.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Bleier certainly has not been good

 

[stobo]

Bleier has been "Klubered"

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Team ERA with McGuire is well over 6. An insane amount of homers with him too.

 

[LogansDad]

Does Bleier even average 5+ pitches per run allowed?

 

[YTF]

Can Kluber and Bleier go away on a package deal?

I know a guy who knows a guy....Just sayin'

 

[AB in DC]

I hate this shit. Farrell did this, Cora does it. Stop trying to steal outs here. You’ve seen how bad this guy is today. Stop fucking around. Two more runs isn’t worth 17 Bleier pitches.

...

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Pivetta warming, wow. He's below Crawford now in the pecking order?

 

[LogansDad]

One thing about Yoshida is that he puts up a professional at bat every single time.

 

[BringBackMo]

Quick funny story during the commercial break: Did you know Xander Bogaerts and Raffy Devers went to dinner the other night—they’re best friends, by the way—and, get this, XANDER FORGOT HIS WALLET! He had to ask his buddy to pay. I mean, hey Bogie, there’s easier ways to get a free meal! Haw, haw, haw!

 

[LogansDad]

Wacha's changeup is still kind of a turn on for me. That is a sexy pitch.

 

[LogansDad]

Nice job, kid.
Lets go Devers.

 

[Doc Zero]

...

Still would’ve put Bleier in sooner!

 

[budcrew08]

Hey a homer by Devers cuts the lead in half!

 

[stobo]

Quick funny story during the commercial break: Did you know Xander Bogaerts and Raffy Devers went to dinner the other night—they’re best friends, by the way—and, get this, XANDER FORGOT HIS WALLET! He had to ask his buddy to pay. I mean, hey Bogie, there’s easier ways to get a free meal! Haw, haw, haw!

it's become the equivalent of Shank mentioning Holy Cross is every column

 

[Harry Hooper]

Pivetta warming, wow. He's below Crawford now in the pecking order?

Merloni on the radio a couple of innings back said he saw Pivetta prepping in the locker room pre-game as if he were going to start.

 

[LesterFan]

Offense has been pretty bad this series.

 

[LogansDad]

Balls

 

[LogansDad]

That was a great play.

 

[mauidano]

Sadly but fortunately I am blacked out for the Padres games. So I missed the klubbing of Kluber.

 

[LynnRice75]

The “can’t get a hit with runners in scoring position” narrative has switched to the Sox for the day.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Pivetta seems really motivated to get outs.

Wonder why?

 

[strek1]

Just got in and saw the score. Padres with 6 runs on 4 hits?? The Kluber effect I presume?

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Pivetta seems really motivated to get outs.

Wonder why?

You figured this out based on two pitches?

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Just got in and saw the score. Padres with 6 runs on 4 hits?? The Kluber effect I presume?

Walks and an error on him making them unearned

 

[JOBU]

What the shit was that?

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Bad throw, bad catch, bad backup/chase by Mcguire

 

[patinorange]

Embarrassing

 

[LogansDad]

Oh no. Valdez pull a hammy?

 

[YTF]

E nmanuel.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Oof

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

Oh no. Valdez pull a hammy?

Sure looked that way

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Sure looked that way

Next man up

 

[LynnRice75]

Do we have a second base curse?

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Guess he’s fine, was just a horrible play

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

MC Hamilton time!!!

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Do we have a second base curse?

You can't really dust for vomit

 

[Wallball Tingle]

Yikes. Not a great day for the team's standings or depth.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Pivetta is back and he’s back big

 

[Harry Hooper]

Get a good pitch to hit...and then do nothing with it [Casas].

 

[LogansDad]

Yeah, but those 3 games were against KC, Minnesota and Cincinnati. Minny is okay but not great, the other two are pretty bad offenses.

Okay, so I was wrong.

 

[LogansDad]

Seriously, Wacha might be on a HoF track if he had a second pitch as good as his changeup. Good golly.

(Obvious hyperbole, but still)

 

[barclay]

He's also quite a bit worse vs LH batters and Cora, knowing this, has absolutely stacked it as a result. I say fireworks!

And I was....misinformed.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Let’s just be thankful Carpenter and Dixon popped up those Jansen pitches and get the hell out of town with a series win.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

I don’t think bringing back neither of Nate or Wacha was a bad idea- they both had serious red flags that suggested a big downward slide was likely. I don’t think the Kluber experiment was a good idea but I think they needed a vet to hold down a spot while the Houck/Whitlock/Crawford/Winchowski situations developed (and they needed more time to develop)

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Bloom's Gambit: FAILED