9/8 - Win It For James Collins

[Joe Shlabotnick]

Amazing what good defense can do.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

"Defense matters." ~ Louis Merloni, in a subtle jab at the team that employs him.

 

[JOBU]

Fuck everything

 

[JOBU]

"Defense matters." ~ Louis Merloni, in a subtle jab at the team that employs him.

It was a beautiful dig

 

[derekson]

Damn. That's a HR in 23/30 ballparks too

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Walter flat out sucks.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Walter flat out sucks.

He sucks, he blows, he's barely breathing

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Murphy, Walter, Crawford all revealing themselves to be the JAGs we thought they were.

 

[patinorange]

This stiff pitching shows us there is nothing in the minor leagues for the future.

 

[Joe Shlabotnick]

Walter flat out sucks.

I’d prefer other Walter.

 

[mauidano]

I feel bad for Walter. Must be fucking wild to not be able to throw a strike.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Is any of the current AAA pitching staff going to be on the next great Red sox team? Sure is looking like an emphatic no right now (Drohan?)

 

[mauidano]

Credit to the Orioles for not pulling up.

 

[E5 Yaz]

I feel bad for Walter. Must be fucking wild to not be able to throw a strike.

Especially with Laz Diaz behind the plate

 

[mauidano]

Especially with Laz Diaz behind the plate

He's on third; Estabrook has the plate.

 

[soxhop411]

Murphy, Walter, Crawford all revealing themselves to be the JAGs we thought they were.

You talking about Kutter Crawford? He has blown past his career high in IP. Not shocking he is out of gas. He was fine until he hit a wall.

 

[Papo The Snow Tiger]

He's on third; Estabrook has the plate.

Maybe Laz Diaz is contagious

 

[Max Power]

This is what happens when you ask Walter to throw on Shabbos, dude.

 

[E5 Yaz]

You talking about Kutter Crawford? He has blown past his career high in IP. Not shocking he is out of gas. He was fine until he hit a wall.

You forget. There's several posters who believe that the "innings wall" is a mythical creation ... like unicorns and political moderates

 

[derekson]

Boiled ass

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

You talking about Kutter Crawford? He has blown past his career high in IP. Not shocking he is out of gas. He was fine until he hit a wall.

He threw 143 innings in 2018. 110 this year.

 

[Joe Shlabotnick]

Gee wouldn’t it be nice to have relievers who could actually pitch?

 

[patinorange]

A valiant effort in the bottom of the ninth.
Nothing a 19 game winning streak won't fix.

 

[Beomoose]

You forget. There's several posters who believe that the "innings wall" is a mythical creation ... like unicorns and political moderates

It seems Chaim Bloom is one of those posters.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

1-11 in homestand openers. Unbelievable.

 

[aksoxfan]

A valiant effort in the bottom of the ninth.
Nothing a 19 game winning streak won't fix.

I do not think they are capable of winning 19 games in a row.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

It seems Chaim Bloom is one of those posters.

Chaim and the vaunted Red Sox pitching program seemed to have a lot of guys fizzle out at the 80-100 inning mark.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Maybe Jason Carrabis will be right and Bloom doesn’t make it past November.

 

[Papo The Snow Tiger]

Chaim and the vaunted Red Sox pitching program seemed to have a lot of guys fizzle out at the 80-100 inning mark.

The $1,000,000 question is whether it’s the program or the guys the front office is picking to participate in it.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Imagine if we had kept Brasier.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Maybe Jason Carrabis will be right and Bloom doesn’t make it past November.

That they got all the guys back from the IL and have stunk this bad down the stretch doesn’t look good for Cora, Bloom, or anyone really.

They were 68-60 after routing the Astros on 8/24. Have lost 9 of 13 since the Dodger series.

 

[soxhop411]

The $1,000,000 question is whether it’s the program or the guys the front office is picking to participate in it.

That they got all the guys back from the IL and have stunk this bad down the stretch doesn’t look good for Cora, Bloom, or anyone really.

They were 68-60 after routing the Astros on 8/24. Have lost 9 of 13 since the Dodger series.

The sox have been terrible at developing any home grown pitching going all the way back to the 2005 (Theo)
SP the red sox have drafted and developed (domestic draft not international FA’s)
2005: Buchholz
2006 Masterson
2017: Houck, Crawford

And i think thats pretty much anyone of note.

This isnt a bloom thing. Its pretty clearly an organizational issue given its spanned multiple GM’s

 

[E5 Yaz]

Let's look at the positive: They do a swell job developing DHs!

 

[brandonchristensen]

Let's look at the positive: They do a swell job developing DHs!

Don't cut them short, they can sign DHs really well too!

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

1-11 in homestand openers. Unbelievable.

10-12 at Fenway overall since the All Star break.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

What happened to the yellow jerseys?

 

[Ale Xander]

It would be fitting if Roseanne sings the SSB in about 15 1/2 hours hence.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

What happened to the yellow jerseys?

They last wore them on August 13 against Detroit and won. Don’t know why they stopped.

 

[Harry Hooper]

They last wore them on August 13 against Detroit and won. Don’t know why they stopped.

John Henry loves the tomato jerseys, so maybe he's been attending more?

NESN is re-running the postgame with Papelbon right now, FYI.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Yeah it's something Bello will have to improve on. But he's so good otherwise that it's ok. I think Houck is what he is, which is a tremendously capable reliever that should be able to give them 90-100 innings of excellent pitching. He's just not cut out to be a starter unless he adds some sort of weapon that he's not yet discovered.

This is what I think, but most important, I hope it's what the Sox think during the off-season.

 

[54thMA]

This is what I think, but most important, I hope it's what the Sox think during the off-season.

"I think Houck is what he is, which is a tremendously capable reliever that should be able to give them 90-100 innings of excellent pitching. He's just not cut out to be a starter unless he adds some sort of weapon that he's not yet discovered."

This can't be stated enough; stop trying to shoehorn pitchers into roles they are not cut out for in an attempt to have a traveling yard sale of a team from a payroll perspective.

Same for Whitlock; he was a great weapon out of the bullpen, put him and Houck back in there, open your wallet and sign some pitching talent.