2018 Boston Red Sox Thread

[cuseinseattle]

Epic beat down.

I can hit Eovaldi.

Pathetic

You can hit a 98 mph fastball on the black. Impressive.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Vazquez and Pierce have to stay in the lineup tomorrow against CC.
I would start Holt as Sabathia isn’t a power lefty. He is hitting well.
If Cora wants Nunez over Devers fine.

This lineup doesn’t have any automatic outs now. I love Leon’s D but we can’t afford his nonexistent bat.

I agree regarding Vazquez unfortantely it's not happening. Leon will be in there I think. I would start Nunez but I'm also fine either way. None of this will matter if Porcello doesn't exercise his bronx demons. The confidence we have to have offensively hopefully we can get to CC early.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Epic beat down.

I can hit Eovaldi.

Pathetic

No, you can't. Just like the yanks, you'd be swinging with futility.

I thought going for the two point conversion after each touchdown may have been a bit excessive.

 

[Alsacs]

Epic beat down.

I can hit Eovaldi.

Pathetic

Eovaldi’s average fastball 97.8 mph.
He was flithy.
This is the 3rd straight time against the Yankees he has been shutdown.
He is just one of those pitchers who owns one team.

 

[Alsacs]

I agree regarding Vazquez unfortantely it's not happening. Leon will be in there I think. I would start Nunez but I'm also fine either way. None of this will matter if Porcello doesn't exercise his bronx demons. The confidence we have to have offensively hopefully we can get to CC early.

Porcello has a sub 2 ERA against the Yankees at Fenway.
That was one of the reasons I wanted him to start game 2.
Price is as bad against the Yankees as Eovaldi is solid against them.
Price should never start against the Yankees again.

Pearce is the guy I think be the X factor for the Sox tonight.
He hit a HR off Sabathia in that first game of the 4 sweep that turned the game around and he ended up with 3 HRs in that game.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Porcello has a sub 2 ERA against the Yankees at Fenway.
That was one of the reasons I wanted him to start game 2.
Price is as bad against the Yankees as Eovaldi is solid against them.
Price should never start against the Yankees again.

Pearce is the guy I think be the X factor for the Sox tonight.
He hit a HR off Sabathia in that first game of the 4 sweep that turned the game around and he ended up with 3 HRs in that game.

I agree regarding Porcello. I would have started him game 2 and Eovaldi game 3 and had price for game 4 with a full compliment of bull pen help. That way the series would be over or you would at least be up 2-1. I think Porcello will struggle tonight but hopefully he labors through it and we get to CC. I think tonight is a high scoring game. 6-5 or 8-6 or something like that.

 

[KaiserUEO]

Eovaldi’s average fastball 97.8 mph.
He was flithy.
This is the 3rd straight time against the Yankees he has been shutdown.
He is just one of those pitchers who owns one team.

They needed to hit him like the rented beat mule that he is in order to avoid Sale again.

Provided they decide to hit tonight...

 

[Alsacs]

They needed to hit him like the rented beat mule that he is in order to avoid Sale again.

Provided they decide to hit tonight...

Angel Hernandez is going to eject one of the starting pitchers tonight when they pitch inside after the Yankees being butt hurt at the Red Sox not letting up when the game was 10-0 in a freaking playoff game.

Darling was such a moron. You never let up in the playoffs.

 

[dasher]

Angel Hernandez is going to eject one of the starting pitchers tonight when they pitch inside after the Yankees being butt hurt at the Red Sox not letting up when the game was 10-0 in a freaking playoff game.

Darling was such a moron. You never let up in the playoffs.

The yanks didn't say a word about that. They know baseball. Darling was way out of line. He was talking about the Red Sox running it up in the 5th inning???? What a dope.

 

[Alsacs]

The yanks didn't say a word about that. They know baseball. Darling was way out of line. He was talking about the Red Sox running it up in the 5th inning???? What a dope.

Your right their manager is probably more worried about covering for their starting pitcher who started warming up eight minutes before the game started and pretended like it was part of the normal routine.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Angel Hernandez is going to eject one of the starting pitchers tonight when they pitch inside after the Yankees being butt hurt at the Red Sox not letting up when the game was 10-0 in a freaking playoff game.

Darling was such a moron. You never let up in the playoffs.

Exactly. And especially not against these yankees, with the most ever HR. If the Sox could score 7 in an inning, the Yanks coulda done the same thing the next inning. And as a hitter, if you're feeling hot, you gotta do anything you can do to stay feeling hot.

I didn't see the game after it was 12-1, though. Sox didn't do anything crazy, did they? I remember Kinsler was at third, and didn't try to get home on a passed ball. He certainly would have in any other situation.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Exactly. And especially not against these yankees, with the most ever HR. If the Sox could score 7 in an inning, the Yanks coulda done the same thing the next inning. And as a hitter, if you're feeling hot, you gotta do anything you can do to stay feeling hot.

I didn't see the game after it was 12-1, though. Sox didn't do anything crazy, did they? I remember Kinsler was at third, and didn't try to get home on a passed ball. He certainly would have in any other situation.

It happened more than once, so he actually ended up scoring on a passed ball that went all the way back to the wall.

And Brock admitted to trying for a home run in the 9th in order to complete the cycle. I'm sure someone will take offense to that. it was historic though, so they can blow it out their ... if you know what I mean.

 

[Alsacs]

Exactly. And especially not against these yankees, with the most ever HR. If the Sox could score 7 in an inning, the Yanks coulda done the same thing the next inning. And as a hitter, if you're feeling hot, you gotta do anything you can do to stay feeling hot.

I didn't see the game after it was 12-1, though. Sox didn't do anything crazy, did they? I remember Kinsler was at third, and didn't try to get home on a passed ball. He certainly would have in any other situation.

Red Sox did nothing wrong the whole game.
There are no unwritten rules in the playoffs.
The Yankees have power and the short porch. Until Eovaldi was out of the game they had to go for the jugular.
The Yankees would have done the same thing to the Red Sox at Fenway if they could have.
Plus after the attempted troll job by Judge after game 2 it goes around.

They need to play game 4 like it is game 5. Finish them off.

 

[upperdeck]

if it was me i would have pitched price in the mop up to see what he did. you cant start him again anyway and used the guy they ended the game with to start gave 4. price blows up when you are ahead 10 who cares..

 

[cuseinseattle]

Did anyone see Pedro in the studio after the game on TBS. Someone was like not a good night for Angel Hernandez. Pedro was like it just like every other night. He beyond terrible and MLB needs to step in. I don't care if I get fined. He needs to go. The look on Gary Sheffield's face was like yep. Probably the only thing Pedro said Sheff agreed with.

 

[Alsacs]

if it was me i would have pitched price in the mop up to see what he did. you cant start him again anyway and used the guy they ended the game with to start gave 4. price blows up when you are ahead 10 who cares..

Apparently Price is slated to be in the rotation if the Sox advance so they didn’t want him pitching a mop spot.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Apparently Price is slated to be in the rotation if the Sox advance so they didn’t want him pitching a mop spot.

What a great idea. Why don't we stretch out Joe Kelly really quick while we are at it. Good lord. Sadly I don't know what other options we have. Sale, Eovaldi and Porcello and then who. I don't want to through Eduardo out there. This whole situation is really magnified by not starting Porcello in game 2. Now we can't start him at Fenway this coming series. He is going to pitch at Minute Maid and will lose in the post season just like he did twice before. We really need Price to come through 1 time. I don't feel like that is too much to ask considering the law of averages.

 

[Alsacs]

What a great idea. Why don't we stretch out Joe Kelly really quick while we are at it. Good lord. Sadly I don't know what other options we have. Sale, Eovaldi and Porcello and then who. I don't want to through Eduardo out there. This whole situation is really magnified by not starting Porcello in game 2. Now we can't start him at Fenway this coming series. He is going to pitch at Minute Maid and will lose in the post season just like he did twice before. We really need Price to come through 1 time. I don't feel like that is too much to ask considering the law of averages.

If the Sox win tonight I would go
1. Sale
2. Eovaldi
3. Porcello
4. Rodriguez
with Price in the role he was last playoffs.
I think Cora would make it
1. Sale
2. Price
3. Eovaldi
4. Porcello
With Porcello in the pen games 1 and 2.

If the Sox lose tonight and win game 5.
It will be
1. Price
2. Eovaldi
3. Sale
4. Porcello

However this current series isn’t close to over yet.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Vasquez tonight and no Leon. Sweet

 

[dasher]

Vasquez tonight and no Leon. Sweet

That bothers me a lot. Leon is Porcello's binky. He loves pitching to him. I want Porcello happy and comfortable more than anything.

 

[cuseinseattle]

That bothers me a lot. Leon is Porcello's binky. He loves pitching to him. I want Porcello happy and comfortable more than anything.

I have no faith in Getting a quality start out of RP. So I would rather have Vasquez out there. I can see the argument either way. I would have started Holt over Kinsler

 

[OrangeDW]

Lol, at the concept of “running up the score” in a playoff game.

I’m trying to score 100 runs and make you use ALL your pitchers up if I can.

 

[bpo57]

What a great idea. Why don't we stretch out Joe Kelly really quick while we are at it. Good lord. Sadly I don't know what other options we have. Sale, Eovaldi and Porcello and then who. I don't want to through Eduardo out there. This whole situation is really magnified by not starting Porcello in game 2. Now we can't start him at Fenway this coming series. He is going to pitch at Minute Maid and will lose in the post season just like he did twice before. We really need Price to come through 1 time. I don't feel like that is too much to ask considering the law of averages.

Let's win tonight and worry about the ALCS afterward.

 

[Alsacs]

If Porcello is done after 5 I am not going to sleep tonight unless the bullpen is better than usual.
If Joe Kelly even warms up my TV is in danger.

 

[dasher]

If Porcello is done after 5 I am not going to sleep tonight unless the bullpen is better than usual.
If Joe Kelly even warms up my TV is in danger.

This is insane. 65 pitches?????????????? It must mean they are going to use Sale tonight for a inning.