7/15/2023 Boston @ Chicago - We Gonna Pitch! (a Wang Dang Doodle)
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For those putting it mostly on Paxton: That inning should have been 2 runs at the most with competent infield D. Wong & Devers both messed up that other play too. You at least should have had a reasonable comeback chance.
Ha, I was about to post something very similar. Just turned it back on and don’t like this one bit!
Looking at Scott’s major and minor league stats and trying to understand why he is in the majors.
Losing happens. Giving up in the 4th by pitching a guy that should find a new profession happens way too often with the Sox manager.
I think Cora's given up on the game. You save Paxton's arm instead of making him take one for the team, as long as Scott can give you many innings.
Hernandez will stay in and continue to make almost-errors in hopes he will "start hitting" or figure it out.
But. . .always a chance Cora can burn some other bullpen arms! I mean, maybe you use a defensive replacement for your shit SS. . .stretch those Scott innings out or something.
Its the needless fucking Cora bullshit that converts a maybe-win into a loss.
For me anyway, at any rate.
31 games and a career ERA over 10.
And his minor league stats stink too.
What’s the deal with this guy?
And his minor league stats stink too.
What’s the deal with this guy?
The only positive from Cora throwing in the towel was not pitching Paxton another couple innings.
Rodriguez throws 10 pitches. 4 innings to go.
Bullpen is technically: Bernardino, Jaques, Murphy,Pivetta, Walter, Winckowski, Martin, Jansen.
You have to think Pivetta, Murphy, Walter, and Winckowski are going to be held for the bullpen games? Plus Winckowski and Bernardino pitched yesterday.
So Jaques? Then Walter? or Murphy?
Bullpen is technically: Bernardino, Jaques, Murphy,
You have to think Pivetta, Murphy, Walter, and Winckowski are going to be held for the bullpen games? Plus Winckowski and Bernardino pitched yesterday.
So Jaques? Then Walter? or Murphy?
So I wasn't able to watch the 3rd inning and Paxton looked good in the first two. Did he lose the zone or what? He hasn't had a start like this in a long time, maybe all year, but it looks like just one crap inning.
Pretty much. The Keekay misplay didn't help, but Paxton still wasn't sharp. Combo of him having an off-day and the Red Sox due for a streak-breaker
Several innings of Jacques then sending him down & DFA'ing Scott to add Schreiber/Bleier makes sense.
ETA - didn't even realize Jacques was in when I posted this.
Stroman is pretty much a top-5 NL pitcher. An ace by any measure. He's at 91 pitches though, and is ready to come out, but may have one more inning in him.
I really don't get this game though.
If Cora was hoping to get at the Cubs in the later innings with a weak pitcher thrown in there to suck up some innings (5 down), why not Rodriguez first? Keep the score close and see if you get lucky with a kind of blitz of scoring. I mean, if you have to use Rodriguez anyway? (Because he knows Scott sucks and pitched last night.)
If punting, why not get a couple of more outs from Scott?
Broke the wrong way on a ground, made the stop but had no where to go with the ball. He also, apparently, didn't catch Bellinger's slam
And we all thought he was fixed at SS.
https://nesn.com/2023/07/red-soxs-alex-cora-praises-kike-hernandezs-defensive-improvement/
Hernandez also had a botched tag, and airmailed a ball on a tough double play.
If you're going to try to sneak out an inning of Scott, the right handed hitting 8th & 9th & 1st hitters seems like the correct place for it. Unfortunately he's not good enough for that.
Because he waited to make sure the ball stayed in the park before he decided to run?