the 2019 Boston Red Sox have lost four in a row

dombrowski out!

I’m still laughing at the Eovaldi contract.

And yet DiPoto still has a job

the cano/diaz deal is making dipoto look like a genius. until you look at the rest of his deals

This is kind of a shock, but Cherington was fired about a year and a half after winning a title, and wasn't Dombrowski's contract up at the end of this year anyway?

p sure he had a year left

*really* pushing the whole mike yastrzemski thing last night; guess they do need some sort of distraction

I honestly thought Pedroia had already retired, but I guess not.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2020/01/27/boston-red-sox-dustin-pedroia-contract

congrats to john henry and the people of new england for getting under the luxury tax line. also, yikes (and soon deleted)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eg2DlZLXsAM1GlS?format=jpg&name=small

who are these people pitching tonight for this team that appears to be called the boston red sox? r. leyer? m. kickham? a. triggs? r. brasier? (ok, i mean, i know who brasier is. how bad did he have to be this summer to *not* get traded? does *he* know who leyer, kickham and triggs are?)

pretty sure they run a comedy law firm

that was m. kickham's first MLB appearance since 2014

respect the grind, i guess

Literally lol’d at the comedy law firm

kickham when they're down, as don henley once sang.

Red Sox on a big tank job.

That 10th inning was glorious.

triston casas' career numbers to date: 41 at bats, 4 hits, 3 home runs.

display name determinism here

12 Ks as well 😬

and now another homer

and he's got 12 BB to go with with his 14Ks.. this guy's like the dictionary definition of the "3 true outcomes"

At least he could hit the ball unlike b***y d****c

his ops (.702) is five and a half times his batting avg (.130) which is really really not easy to do.

so i guess they'll be scoring nine runs every game this year? is that the plan? not a bad plan if they can continue to execute on it!

the plan will fall apart if the opposing teams catch on and plan to score 10 runs

The starting pitching though 🫣

well the last two games they only came to bat eight times so they're scoring even more than 9 a game 🤓

Pitching help is coming. Bello and Whitlock will be ready in 2-3 weeks. Kelly and Ort get sent down, Houck and Cutter become long guys.. This will be a pretty deep pen. But.... yeah. A lot hangs on the fragile appendages of two former aces now in their mid-30s. If this team hangs in there, and management really want to make a run, they have to deal for an elite starter imo

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/72/a7/9c/72a79c02418c6125656901c11861c860.gif

Yeah not great!

The defence... yikes

1 - Casas botched the bunt; he should either have just charged it or headed for the bag, instead he got hung up in no man's land, waiting for it to come to him

2 - In the seventh, Casas' very risky throw to third which put runners on the corners, rather than just taking the out at first

3 - Devers inexplicably not cutting off Yoshida's off-line throw home, allowing Bryan Reynolds to take THIRD

That said even though they were losses it's good to see some low-scoring games. Quality starts from Klubes and Pivetta

I think one high quality starter will be needed this season, and a catcher upgrade. Otherwise.. I'm not so doom and gloom as the chicken little Globe commenters

pirates have been waiting like six years for a dominant mitch keller start, and i guess this was it, if only because that game-tying three-run homer went just foul

at this point there may be little difference -- they both got rocked in their first starts -- but why did kluber get the opener last week and sale the second game?

xxp wasn’t there a three run homer that got ruled out as well

apparently Cora thought the bright lights of Opening Day would mess with Sale's head

which, if you think about it, probably messed with his head

Duvall like the new Steve Pearce over here

Raffy’s slam to the opposite field a beaut, did not think it was going out

Houck back with the nasty stuff, let’s see how long he lasts

What is Brasier’s problem

My wrist feels good. https://t.co/bO93by7DPg

— Adam Duvall (@AdamDuvall) April 10, 2023

(That is another person named Adam Duvall I am sad to say)

More to come, but the initial story on Adam Duvall being diagnosed with a broken wrist:https://t.co/DG1pk5tCaU

— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) April 10, 2023

Sounds like he'll be out til July. The way I'm looking at it, we got his best games.

Early yet but Pivetta is looking sharp against the mighty Rays.

Looks like the book on Casas is for lefties to bust him in and down with breaking stuff. Hard for those long arms to pull in enough and come around on it.

Well that was tough, but a real grown-up baseball game. Some sensational defensive plays, fantastic pitching, what can you do. (Swing at anything near the zone if you're Rafael Devers, maybe, just a tip for next time, just sayin)

Probably also worth saying, though it doesn't show up in the box score, Boston absolutely roped a good number of pitches but they just happened to go right at somebody. Many days those fall. But TB did a great job of keeping walks down - I think they only issued one. Just a real tight game, felt like the playoffs. Fun stuff.

The Red Sox today reinstated RHP Garrett Whitlock from the 15-Day Injured List.

To make room for Whitlock on the active roster, the club optioned RHP Kutter Crawford to Triple-A Worcester following last night’s game.

— Red Sox (@RedSox) April 11, 2023

WOW!!! 😳😳😳

— Ryan Brasier (@ryanbrasier) April 4, 2021

Who calls their kid Kutter anyway? Grow up

Partially retract my Kutter slander, he pitched a gem today.

Partially retract my Kutter slander, he pitched a gem today.

this team is fun

Since I posted that, Brasier seems to have evolved into a semi-decent closer?!

don’t believe his lies

Houck has a 1.00 ERA through the first three innings this year. In innings four through six, however, Houck’s ERA stands at 10.38.

makes you think…. maybe this guy’s a reliever