As an outfielder, Santander is a good hitter.Santander looks plenty clumsy in left field today.
He’s hurrying to close in 5 minutesSantander looks plenty clumsy in left field today.
I think what Raffy was called for was not being "attentive to the pitcher". He even got an extra 1-2 seconds but was still flipping the bat around. Attentive means ready to swing.Devers did look at him before 8 seconds though. He looked up on time, saw that the pitcher wasn't even on the mound, and looked back down again. He was ready when he needed to be, and any rule that penalizes that is stupid.
Ten walks will do that.Game’s almost three hours old. What the hell, pitch clock?
Unfortunately we have a rotation chock full of guys who I imagine will be yanked in the 4th or 5th quite frequently. Not sure if its feasible to have better bullpen options there than the stiffs we trotted out, but our relievers who pitch in those situations are gonna get a lot of work this season.Even with the off day tomorrow you do n't use your high leverage guys in the 4th and 5th inning of a game getting away, in a regular season game.
Brasier is anything better than utter crap and this could have been a game.
Wong kind of stinks, doesn't he?
By the end of the season, I'd guess Wong will have .200 points of OPS on Plawecki.Plawecki could have done that
Fire Bloom tomorrowAll of our alleged strike throwers are walking dudes.
Youk is great and he's the best thing about Opening DayYouk nows what is coming.... "Connor will throw him out"
It really is. Bloom didn't construct it well and Cora's staff didn't coach it well.This fucking team is embarrassing.
Because he made one bad play in 38 degree weather? Are you fucking for real with this?Man. If they chose the wrong of the three guys to pay…
I get that it's a game thread, but this is unhinged.Fire Bloom tomorrow
Of course I’m not saying it with certainty. We have years and years to go. It’s just the biggest decision the franchise has made in years and today sucks!Because he made one bad play in 38 degree weather? Are you fucking for real with this?
Another bright side of today. There haven't been many.Just tuning in. A 17 run game in the 9th in 2:50 isn’t bad.
His future is at DH.I've only seen 3 innings and Raffy has made 3 horrific defensive plays. Not great.
They're gonna lose like 90+ games.My 75 or so win prediction looks lofty lol
He made two very good plays earlier: one on a sac bunt by Mateo that could easily have been a single, and another as a the cutoff man to nab Rutschman stretching an RBI single.I've only seen 3 innings and Raffy has made 3 horrific defensive plays. Not great.
The Red Sox have allowed 25 baserunners today (15 hits, 9 walks, 1 HBP). Only once in team history have they allowed more on Opening Day, when they gave up 26 runners on Opening Day of 1926.