July 16 @ the Cubs

[E5 Yaz]

Yes, both catchers in the starting lineup

1. Rob Refsnyder (R) CF
2. Justin Turner (R) 1B
3. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
4. Adam Duvall (R) RF
5. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
6. Jorge Alfaro (R) DH
7. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B
8. Connor Wong (R) C
9. Yu Chang (R) SS

1. Mike Tauchman (L) CF
2. Nico Hoerner (R) SS
3. Christopher Morel (R) 2B
4. Ian Happ (S) LF
5. Cody Bellinger (L) 1B
6. Seiya Suzuki (R) RF
7. Yan Gomes (R) C
8. Trey Mancini (R) DH
9. Miles Mastrobuoni (L) 3B

Crawford v Steele (LHP)

 

[Coachster]

@E5 Yaz steps up to the plate after the historic @JohnnyTheBone run. Good luck man.

I like any lineup that does not include one Enrique Hernandez. Alfaro at DH? Sure.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

@E5 Yaz steps up to the plate after the historic @JohnnyTheBone run. Good luck man.

I like any lineup that does not include one Enrique Hernandez. Alfaro at DH? Sure.

Showcase before he goes away?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Showcase before he goes away?

Or Cora going to lengths NOT to start Keekay today. Refsnyder in LF, KeeKay in CF and Masa at DH would have worked

 

[Coachster]

Or Cora going to lengths NOT to start Keekay today. Refsnyder in LF, KeeKay in CF and Masa at DH would have worked

But he'll be in the lineup tomorrow, probably in the 6-hole to be sure to disrupt any rally. Cora loves him some Keekay.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Yes, both catchers in the starting lineup

1. Rob Refsnyder (R) CF
2. Justin Turner (R) 1B
3. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
4. Adam Duvall (R) RF
5. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
6. Jorge Alfaro (R) DH
7. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B
8. Connor Wong (R) C
9. Yu Chang (R) SS

Crawford v Steele (LHP)

I feel another rip a-comin' on!

 

[I Miss Maalox]

I'm trying to figure out this "deal" from mlb.tv. if i want access to all out of market games for all teams for the rest of the season, it's $50. if i want access for just one team, it's $75. what am i missing here

First Prize -- 1 week of Phillies games...

 

[E5 Yaz]

@PeteAbe
Air quality issues in Chicago today. It's listed as "unhealthy" and apparently will be all day.

 

[Ale Xander]

2 catchers? Gross.

Casas or Verdugo hurt?

 

[Salem's Lot]

@PeteAbe
Air quality issues in Chicago today. It's listed as "unhealthy" and apparently will be all day.

I just walked a half mile from where we parked to the ballpark. It’s a little hazy but it’s otherwise not noticeable.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Tayler Scott DFA. Jake Faria up.

 

[Ale Xander]

Taylor Scott DFA

Ort still respires

 

[joe dokes]

Yu Chang in the lineup. The rest is window dressing.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Tayler Scott DFA. Jake Faria up.

Faria would be the 28th* pitcher to appear for the Red Sox this season

*includes one position player

 

[LogansDad]

2 catchers? Gross.

Casas or Verdugo hurt?

Really good LHP. They will come off the bench.

 

[Humphrey]

Yu Chang in the lineup. The rest is window dressing.

I got the urge last night to compare Kike to the legendary (or would it be infamous) Don Buddin.

Buddin was the starting shortstop for 4, nearly 5 years (took over in 57, lasted until 61).

The most errors he made in a season was 35, in a little over 150 games. Extrapolate Kike's 61 games at short into 150...and you get 35 as well.

Even worse, Buddin's worst fielding percentage was in 1959 at .949. The league average fielding percentage* at short that year was .959. Meanwhile, Kike SS at .934 is 38 points below the league average in 2023 of .972.

*I guess .959 versus .972 supports the long standing claim that scoring decisions these days favor the batter and not the pitcher.

 

[E5 Yaz]

@PeteAbe
A few injury updates:
* Bleier could rejoin the roster in Oakland.
* Sox want Schreiber to go back-to-back this week. He could return during the next homestand.
* Reyes will play again today in AAA. He's also close.
* Whitlock not playing catch, so this is now two weeks.

 

[LynnRice75]

Game 94
A loss to the Cubs showed one of our themes.
If the Sox really have post-season dreams,
we have to start beating the lesser teams.
I don’t think we need to go to extremes,
making massive trades or changing regimes,
but as the deadline approaches, it seems,
that benching Kike is one of the schemes
that could increase wins and cut down our screams.

 

[donutogre]

Any time you can get Alfaro in the lineup, you gotta do it.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

RoBBie Ref$nyder

 

[Ale Xander]

Primo seats behind HP and between HP and 3B still available

 

[Ale Xander]

Wtf RR

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

The incomparable RAFAEL DEVER$!

 

[InsideTheParker]

Yikes. Reffy caught stealing before Raffy homer. What a waste.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

That’s why you don’t try and steal with Raffy hot.

 

[Ale Xander]

Deverage!!!

 

[mauidano]

So awkward RR. And then boom goes Raffy!

 

[joe dokes]

Primo seats behind HP and between HP and 3B still available

And there's an opening at 1B, too.

Raffy!!!

 

[mauidano]

Put the biscuit in the basket!

 

[Curt S Loew]

Saw that coming. Still glad it did.

 

[donutogre]

Love to see Devers having a big weekend out of the All-Star break... a few days off has done him some good!

 

[mauidano]

Any time you can get Alfaro in the lineup, you gotta do it.

Yes! I have the man crush on Jorge.

 

[joe dokes]

Whoever said Crawford's delivery is Foulk-ian was spot on..

Effectiveness maybe notsomuch.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Crawford stinks.

 

[InsideTheParker]

I am not now, nor have I ever been, a fan of Kutter Crawford. Sigh.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

GOT THEEM!

 

[E5 Yaz]

I mean, not the best first two batters, but it's not a disaster yet

edit: See?

 

[Sprowl]

That was a graceful exit from an awkward beginning.

 

[mauidano]

I am not now, nor have I ever been, a fan of Kutter Crawford. Sigh.

I get where you are coming from and I feel the same way. That being said, I want him to keep us in the game.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Alfaro looks like Hurley from Lost.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Smooth as velvet by Nico.

 

[mauidano]

Kike doesn't make that play.

 

[patinorange]

Verdugo or Masa, each with a broken arm, would have a better shot at a hit than Alfaro.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Don't give Bellinger anything hit

 

[strek1]

That's a bonus. I never expect Bellinger to make an out anymore.

 

[strek1]

Throw strikes!!

 

[InsideTheParker]

That's a bonus. I never expect Bellinger to make an out anymore.

That was my reaction. Good job, Crawford, I guess.
As for Alfaro, I thought that all he could do was hit. What happened?

 

[Van Everyman]

Who is this PBP guy on NESN?

 

[Rovin Romine]

Looks like a normalish lineup, except maybe having Alfaro in there. . .depends on if Cora's willing to lose a catcher by PHing for him later when they (hopefully) get into the pen.

Crawford looked pissed at himself there. Good. Stay pissed.

 

[Rovin Romine]

Who is this PBP guy on NESN?

Mike Monaco. A normal human being.