4/16 - vs Cleveland - in which Dalbec finally gets a hit
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Will he actually be playing? Is Devers actually okay? Any update on O’Neill? Hopefully just out for tonight…?
No fears, Bobby got plenty of OF reps last season. I saw him in RF in a game at WOOstah last year. He looked tentative at best, but it didn't affect his offense. 0-4 with 4 Ks.
Wrap around is more common.
Most common opponents have been NYY, Wash Senators and Philly A's. And they've probably had home games on Sunday, I would think.
through 2010,
They've had west coast opponents only thrice, angels in 2007, Mariners in 2006, and Oakland in 2000
https://www.bostonspastime.com/patriotsday.html
Yay for plane travel, especially charters.
I am pretty sure an old CBA prevented a first game of a series starting before noon because it came up one Patriot's Day in the past. The solution thereafter was to have the weekend team stay and play on Monday as well. Maybe this is a byproduct of the AppleTV deal?
I was looking up the BOS aggregate defensive numbers (which are pretty bad) and noticed this early season oddity:
Our best OF by fewest errors, fielding %, total runs, and range factor? Jarred Duran.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2024.shtml
Also, Trevor Story is one of five position players to accrue a positive WAR at this point on the season.
Our best OF by fewest errors, fielding %, total runs, and range factor? Jarred Duran.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2024.shtml
Also, Trevor Story is one of five position players to accrue a positive WAR at this point on the season.
Well they've played 17 games, so I'd guess at least 12. I'm going to try to find it.
Sportscenter this AM had the Angels logo up once and one of the anchors said Angels were the opponent.
So i just went thru my mlb app and looked at all the box scores for the season, and unless I'm mistaken and missed something, tonight will be the 18th different starting lineup in 18 games. Wow.
This has been a thing for a couple years. I do not know if it is Cora or the front office doing it, but I went through a sheet last fall and they hadn't used the same lineup twice in a row more than 3 times all season if I remember correctly.
It has to be hard for the players to really get into a routine when they are changing the lineup every day.
View: https://twitter.com/TomCaron/status/1780347067530953198
Jonathan Papelbon apparently got a Tattoo to honor Wake
Jonathan Papelbon apparently got a Tattoo to honor Wake
It's been a thing for more than that, and it's not exclusive to the Red Sox. The consistent lineup thing is a myth.
2004 AL playoff teams by number of different batting orders
Red Sox 141
Twins 131
Angels 126
Yankees 116
2013 AL playoff teams by number of different batting orders
Rays 147
A's 133
Red Sox 126
Cleveland 121
Tigers 109
2023 AL playoff teams by number of different batting orders (plus Red Sox)
Twins 156
Rays 152
Orioles 150
Red Sox 146
Blue Jays 141
Astros 140
Rangers 114
Every year on it's anniversary, I re-read Grants Brisbee's "Here Comes the Pizza" article from a few years ago, which includes this beautiful line "...a soggy ninja star sailing through the air, too floppy to be aerodynamic, too ambitious to be earthbound."
I wonder if there's not some stability there though. Durran, for example, has led off every game he's played in.
Remember when Tony Kemp made that great catch in the Orioles series? The Os have DFA'd him and the Twins have signed him to a minors deal. I guess he couldn't hit, but I think he's a better infielder than some of our subs.
He has become the answer to the trivia question of who was released when the O’s called up Jackson Holliday.
