8/8 Dressed to the 9s

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Chaim Bloom may well have been right not to do anything at the deadline. Who knew what he could get for the Duvalls, Paxton etc and going for it is a bit aggressive given the AL East meatgrinder. If they can still fight into the WC great but this team has so many question marks at present.

 

[Bergs]

Raffy has been absolutely awful.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Unfortunately, tonight would have been the last night he could have been on rehab assignment

I had assumed it was at least a couple more days due to the online bru-ha-ha over him wanting to finish the rehab assignment.

But, fantastic that he's here to K for the major league club.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Raffy has been absolutely awful.

If I made 300 million dollars I’d probably coast a bit too.
I have enough money for the next several centuries.

 

[twibnotes]

Chaim Bloom may well have been right not to do anything at the deadline. Who knew what he could get for the Duvalls, Paxton etc and going for it is a bit aggressive given the AL East meatgrinder. If they can still fight into the WC great but this team has so many question marks at present.

But he’s also got to be accountable for them once again not being a team worth investing in. He’s had time to make the mlb roster better

(now I brace myself for the avalanche of comments about injuries etc)

 

[Harry Hooper]

Casas put away with aplomb.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

But he’s also got to be accountable for them once again not being a team worth investing in. He’s had time to make the mlb roster better

(now I brace myself for the avalanche of comments about injuries etc)

Accountable to whom?

 

[Bergs]

If I made 300 million dollars I’d probably coast a bit too.
I have enough money for the next several centuries.

I don't think he's coasting, I think he's pressing.

 

[twibnotes]

Raffy has been absolutely awful.

this is far and away the most important issue for this team and its future. He either needs to become a substantially better fielder (not likely) or improve his approach and overall offensive production

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Can we at least fire Bush? This pitching staff is terrible and never changes anything.

Bush hasn’t had a chance to ruin/help the new guys. Might be the unis are too tight

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

At least Robertson took one for the team and didn’t burn the bullpen more.

 

[twibnotes]

Accountable to whom?

us. “We’re all Britons!!”

In short, while there are some things to be excited about farm wise and in terms of the core, this is still a big market with really high prices and really shitty on field performance

ownership will 100 pct send him packing if they feel the fans are losing interest and not confident in the approach and future

 

[Rovin Romine]

Robertson's efficiency numbers took a huge swing with those last 2 pitches.

 

[Harry Hooper]

So they had PFP this afternoon, and Bernardino still tossed the pickoff throw into CF?

 

[E5 Yaz]

So they had PFP this afternoon, and Bernardino still tossed the pickoff throw into CF?

He missed the cutoff man

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

us. “We’re all Britons!!”

In short, while there are some things to be excited about farm wise and in terms of the core, this is still a big market with really high prices and really shitty on field performance

ownership will 100 pct send him packing if they feel the fans are losing interest and not confident in the approach and future

To me, that's the only entity Bloom is accountable to. Not SoSH or EEI or the Fens faithful. His timeline is exactly as long as FSG tolerates his team building. Frankly, this season they have exceeded my expectations but its abundantly clear that many others here are done with him. But again, it really doesn't matter what "we" think. FSG signs his paychecks.

 

[Humphrey]

Agreed. Time to move on from Cora and his coaches. This team over the last few years is the worst Red Sox team defense ever, plus bone head plays on the base paths. In other words Cora and his coaches don't prepare good.

Wasn't exactly a brilliant move batting Story third in his first game.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

this is far and away the most important issue for this team and its future. He either needs to become a substantially better fielder (not likely) or improve his approach and overall offensive production

Devers career is a 124 OPS+ guy with below average defense. This year, he’s been a 125 OPS+ guy with below average defense. Giving a guy a ton of money isn’t going to change the kind of player he is. If we were expecting a lot more than we’ve gotten, that may be on us.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Wasn't exactly a brilliant move batting Story third in his first game.

Wanted to get him some pitches to hit with Devers behind him. Not that it turned out that way

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Better team lost again, tonight. Shake it off and try again tomorrow against this minor league wanna be crap squad.

 

[Bergs]

Devers career is a 124 OPS+ guy with below average defense. This year, he’s been a 125 OPS+ guy with below average defense. Giving a guy a ton of money isn’t going to change the kind of player he is. If we were expecting a lot more than we’ve gotten, that may be on us.

I would say Raffy's 2023 is a really weird and abnormally shitty 125 OPS+ thus far. The numbers are what the numbers are, but it's been HR or bust, and a lot of legit awful AB's.

 

[Blizzard of 1978]

The good news the Blue Jays lost, so still a chance, but time is running out .

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

I would say Raffy's 2023 is a really weird and abnormally shitty 125 OPS+ thus far. The numbers are what the numbers are, but it's been HR or bust, and a lot of legit awful AB's.

He’s .025 off his career best OBP and .034 off his career best SLG. He has the exact same SLG as last year (going into tonight’s game). I feel like everyone expects him to be a different player because he got a ton of money, when he’s pretty much been the guy he’s always been….just getting paid more.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Better team lost again, tonight. Shake it off and try again tomorrow against this minor league wanna be crap squad.

They've got 8 "easy" games coming up.

Unfortunately they've played themselves into a corner where they have to win 7 or 8 of those to claw back into contention.

Unless they tread water and go on a torrid streak against more difficult teams later in the summer.

 

[Doc Zero]

stinky poop team

a team full of farts and doodoo

 

[brandonchristensen]

I don't think he's coasting, I think he's pressing.

Coasting/Pressing. Tomato Tomato.

 

[LogansDad]

What an absolutely incredibly disappointing week.

Fuck.

 

[soxin6]

Bush hasn’t had a chance to ruin/help the new guys. Might be the unis are too tight

Has he helped the old guys?

 

[twibnotes]

Devers career is a 124 OPS+ guy with below average defense. This year, he’s been a 125 OPS+ guy with below average defense. Giving a guy a ton of money isn’t going to change the kind of player he is. If we were expecting a lot more than we’ve gotten, that may be on us.

Fair enough but he’s at an age where some players DO improve. I think the $300 million was a bet on some improvement at the plate, in the field or both

 

[E5 Yaz]

Pivetta starts Wednesday

 

[teddywingman]

I wish they had signed Xander and eventually moved him to third base.

Devers will have an injury. Probably from swinging out of his shoes.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

How can Duvall who looked liked Babe Ruth early in the year be such trash now?

Remember that week where Duvall got a bunch of hits?

Despite the rampant Duvall frustration, the man is still sporting an .817 OPS on the season. That includes his struggles since returning from the broken wrist. I think we'd take .817 every time.

 

[Ale Xander]

The pitching blows

Witt
Salvy
Isbel, whose unit would be batting .400 if he had at bats only against the Red Sox
And 6 no names