8/16 @ NatsTown!

[Rovin Romine]

I know you don’t ever plan on good relievers getting shelled but it always looks bad when you pull a starter a little early and give extra chances for a different pitcher who may or may not have it that night.

I don’t blame Cora for this one per se, just how it goes sometimes. It feels worse because the offense was so shit all night then suddenly tied it.

I'd blame the staff for not noting he was flat in the pen and going with another option. Probably not a ton of blame, but still.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Silver linings….

1) We disproved the four runs theorem.

2) We never have to speak of blue buttons ever again.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

I'd blame the staff for not noting he was flat in the pen and going with another option. Probably not a ton of blame, but still.

Right, if that is the case. Although I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that much. And we know pitchers generally aren’t ones to come out and say “I don’t have it.”

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

It shouldn’t have taken six pitchers to beat the freaking Nationals yesterday. That led to tonight.

 

[Curtis Pride]

Silver linings….

1) We disproved the four runs theorem.

2) We never have to speak of blue buttons ever again.

What about Red Buttons?

 

[Salem's Lot]

Put him into some lower leverage games to begin with. Granted, he would have to have used one or two of the relievers that pitched last night and maybe he didn't want to do that.

Someone had to pitch that inning.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

I did think Gore looked great tonight.

Corbin tomorrow - no more excuses.

 

[normstalls]

No way this is on AC. That is hindsight BS. I liked the call to go to Whitlock. He just didn’t have it tonight

 

[mauidano]

I will never forget Garret Stone’s first two HR game.

Neither will he. Garrett was selling real estate a couple years ago.

 

[Remagellan]

Well, that was a real teaser of a game. Major bummer

I went through this this morning with Australia-England. In a flash it was tied, and almost as quickly it wasn't. Such is sports.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

I'd have more empathy for the naysayers if they complained about him coming into the game before he started to pitch

Especially when there is a thread in the main board about how awesome it is to have Whitlock, a multi inning impact pitcher, back from the IL and in the pen.

 

[patinorange]

Hopefully, that's an aberration for Whitlock. I'm much more worried about the putrid offense.

 

[8slim]

Well, how was supper? Priorities.

Far better than this game.

 

[Rovin Romine]

 

[E5 Yaz]

What about Red Buttons?

He never had a dinner

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

What about Red Buttons?

Ahh, he was a giant. Oscar winner, you know.

 

[Rovin Romine]

He never had a dinner

Too subtle.

 

[Salem's Lot]

Hopefully, that's an aberration for Whitlock. I'm much more worried about the putrid offense.

This

 

[E5 Yaz]

Ahh, he was a giant. Oscar winner, you know.

Oddly enough, the Sox chances in this game are about to go sayonara

 

[Sam Ray Not]

If we can just get it to Reyes…

 

[S. H. Frog]

Get 'em tomorrow, boys

 

[barclay]

Well it was mostly a Tale of Two Pens. Nats? Quite decent. Sox not so much. That said, it is beyond time for the O to wake up. For the sake of baby Jesus. And Blasphemer Bergs.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Masa is just so good at grounding out to the right side.

 

[Harry Hooper]

He never had a dinner

 

[normstalls]

Definitely true. Offense needs to wake up.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Oddly enough, the Sox chances in this game are about to go sayonara

We’re going down like the Poseidon.

 

[bosockboy]

Masa is just so good at grounding out to the right side.

Shades of JD Drew who was a 4-3 machine.

 

[Salem's Lot]

This offense has sucked for a long time now. That’s the issue. Awful approaches at the plate. No power. A fuck ton of week ground balls. That’s the issue.

 

[Sam Ray Not]

Boooo

MFY lost, at least. And (more importantly) Jays down 8-4.

 

[E5 Yaz]

We’re going down like the Poseidon.

They shoot dead horses, don't they?

 

[Remagellan]

We’re going down like the Poseidon.

But there has to be a morning after.

 

[Salem's Lot]

Well it was mostly a Tale of Two Pens. Nats? Quite decent. Sox not so much. That said, it is beyond time for the O to wake up. For the sake of baby Jesus. And Blasphemer Berg.

Other than the blown save right?

 

[patinorange]

Masa is just so good at grounding out to the right side.

I think rookie of the year chances are drifting away. Super slump at the worst time.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

They shoot dead horses, don't they?

If you could have gotten Viva Knievel in there, you would have become a legend.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

This offense has sucked for a long time now. That’s the issue. Awful approaches at the plate. No power. A fuck ton of week ground balls. That’s the issue.

Have basically seen everyone but Casas spend a month doing nothing but swinging like it’s the 14th inning and everyone wants to go home.

 

[barclay]

Other than the blown save right?

Quite Decent. But not Magnifico

 

[Bergs]

Have basically seen everyone but Casas spend a month doing nothing but swinging like it’s the 14th inning and everyone wants to go home.

Yep. I wonder if maybe the whole "totally different lineup every single fucking night" is suboptimal.

 

[E5 Yaz]

If you could have gotten Viva Knievel in there, you would have become a legend.

I'd already emptied my pockets

 

[patinorange]

Can Cora lay off the Refsnyder against lefties for a while? He looks like shit the last 6 or 7 games. And Duran has to learn how to hit lefties.

 

[Bergs]

I'd already emptied my pockets

Fucking masterpiece

 

[Harry Hooper]

Per Cotillo, Reyes is the backup 1b as Turner will not play the field for a while:

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I'd already emptied my pockets

Boom

 

[radsoxfan]

As someone who didn't see the game, did Whitlock looked cooked or just bad luck? How was the velocity?

2 trips to the injured list for his elbow doesn't exactly give me warm and fuzzy feelings. Maybe low leverage until he proves himself....

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Left handed pitching weakens the lineup. Duran sits, Verdugo and Casas usually sit, Wong hits .174 against them.

 

[LogansDad]

This game sucked ass

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

As someone who didn't see the game, did Whitlock looked cooked or just bad luck? How was the velocity?

2 trips to the injured list for his elbow doesn't exactly give me warm and fuzzy feelings. Maybe low leverage until he proves himself....

Velocity down. Didn’t look great at all.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Left handed pitching weakens the lineup. Duran sits, Verdugo and Casas usually sit, Wong hits .174 against them.

Oddly, they are 21-13 vs LHP. But they are a totally different team when Duran isn’t playing well, IMO.

 

[normstalls]

This offense has sucked for a long time now. That’s the issue. Awful approaches at the plate. No power. A fuck ton of week ground balls. That’s the issue.

This is the issue.
Cooled off Duran, cooled off Masa, Ref can’t hit lefties right now. Devers hasn’t ever really ‘clicked’ this year in my opinion. Cold right now too. I’m sure others too…

 

[AB in DC]

It’s going to be the games against Pittsburg, St Louis and Washington that cost them in the end.

Don't forget Colorado.

2-9 against the bottom four teams in the NL.

(And all but the last two were at home)