5/4 Grissom needs a day off

[Reggie's Racquet]

Do you send little Raffy here?

 

[Dewey's 'stache]

Find that guy and hire him like now

And apparently we need the baserunning savant Andrew Bailey as well

 

[Al Zarilla]

Time to go to left with it, Jarren.

oops, Ref up.

 

[Beomoose]

Surprised Rob didn't check his bat after that check swing foul, sounded weird

 

[Reggie's Racquet]

Man! Ref missed a cookie.

 

[TrotNixonRing]

HUGE AB for Devers here

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Great at bat

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Forget sausage, how about a grand salami?

 

[Reggie's Racquet]

Just a single will do Raffy. Don’t try to do too much.

 

[Al Zarilla]

HUGE AB for Devers here

Watch him try to hit it to the moon.
He just might!

 

[Al Zarilla]

Just a single will do Raffy. Don’t try to do too much.

Kind of like asking Tom Brady to play for a tie.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

 

[canyoubelieveit]

Poop

 

[mauidano]

Damnit.

 

[TrotNixonRing]

Empty.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Raffy never listens to me. Rats.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Owned by sliders.

 

[Al Zarilla]

David Ortiz he’ll never be

 

[AB in DC]

Those last two pitches were filthy. Can't find the zone all inning (without blue help) and then those two.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

I hope Alcala has never been on The Dating Game.

Obscure, but this was the impetus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala

 

[Reggie's Racquet]

Your best hitter cannot come up small like that with this anemic lineup. Just can’t.

 

[ngruz25]

Bad time for that guy to suddenly figure out how to locate.

 

[NWsoxophile]

ouch

 

[Max Power]

Brutal. Is it too early to worry about this lineup? When Raffy goes into one of his yearly extended slumps, runs are going to be really hard to come by.

 

[LynnRice75]

Sigh. Seemed inevitable that he’d straight he out. We are much better at getting base hits when they don’t really matter.

 

[ShaneTrot]

I thought this team had power.

 

[Al Zarilla]

But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.

 

[AB in DC]

Two singles, two walks, zero runs. How very Sox-ian.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

I thought this team had power.

Quite a lot of it is on the 60-day IL.

 

[dynomite]

Brutal. Is it too early to worry about this lineup? When Raffy goes into one of his yearly extended slumps, runs are going to be really hard to come by.

Grissom's return should help, as should getting Dalbec out of the metro Boston area and (hopefully) Yoshida back soon.

So far 12th highest Runs scored, 7th highest OPS in MLB (which also speaks to how depressed offense has been league-wide). I don't love a lineup filled with Dom Smith and David Hamilton types, but with Cooper/Smith on the roster I think they'll be cromulent until Casas comes back.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Quite a lot of it is on the 60-day IL.

The rest only comes with the bases empty

 

[Harry Hooper]

Runs, please.

 

[E5 Yaz]

That's the type of squander that can lead to the end of a long winning streak

 

[TrotNixonRing]

Houdini. LFG

 

[TrotNixonRing]

Grissom's return should help, as should getting Dalbec out of the metro Boston area and (hopefully) Yoshida back soon.

So far 12th highest Runs scored, 7th highest OPS in MLB (which also speaks to how depressed offense has been league-wide). I don't love a lineup filled with Dom Smith and David Hamilton types, but with Cooper/Smith on the roster I think they'll be cromulent until Casas comes back.

difference between OPS and runs ranks probably due to (1) bad base running (2) OPS overweighting SLG?

 

[mauidano]

Their Duran is a thick MoFo.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

SMASH ONE THE FUCK ON OUT OF HERE, CONNOR!

 

[InsideTheParker]

Has O'Neill consistently been struck out by breaking balls?

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Suggested thread title for tomorrow:

5/5 The Entire Offense Needs a Day Off

 

[E5 Yaz]

Suggested thread title for tomorrow:

5/5 The Entire Offense Needs a Day Off

Why? they've just had 2

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Cooper, Hamilton, McGuire.

 

[Papo The Snow Tiger]

That sucked

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Damn, Santana must be practicing Black Magic. Sumbitch needs to change his Evil Ways.

 

[budcrew08]

Hopefully we can salvage the last one. Angel Hernandez behind the plate so good fucking luck.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Yuck

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Play like this against the Yankees once in awhile assholes.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Imagine being a 23 year old man and your manager doesn’t think you can play two games in a row.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Play like this against the Yankees once in awhile assholes.

I’m sure we will.

 

[budcrew08]

Imagine being a 23 year old man and your manager doesn’t think you can play two games in a row.

The kid had two injuries during the spring and then the flu when he’s ready to come back. I’m not 23, if I get the flu, I’m down for at least a couple days and then not at 100 percent after.
I think this is Cora protecting him for later, maybe for Grissom himself.

 

[RS2004foreever]

4 runs in 3 games.