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
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 6 April 2023 07:30 (one year ago) link
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?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 April 2023 08:02 (one year ago) link
xxp wasn’t there a three run homer that got ruled out as well
― limb tins & cum (gyac), Thursday, 6 April 2023 08:48 (one year ago) link
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
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 6 April 2023 08:56 (one year ago) link
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
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 8 April 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link
What is Brasier’s problem
― limb tins & cum (gyac), Saturday, 8 April 2023 22:49 (one year ago) link
My wrist feels good. https://t.co/bO93by7DPg— Adam Duvall (@AdamDuvall) April 10, 2023
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
(That is another person named Adam Duvall I am sad to say)
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 10 April 2023 17:08 (one year ago) link
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
― limb tins & cum (gyac), Monday, 10 April 2023 21:08 (one year ago) link
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.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 10 April 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link
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.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 10 April 2023 23:13 (one year ago) link
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)
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 09:01 (one year ago) link
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.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 09:22 (one year ago) link
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
― limb tins & cum (gyac), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
Who calls their kid Kutter anyway? Grow up
Partially retract my Kutter slander, he pitched a gem today.
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Monday, 17 April 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Monday, 17 April 2023 20:57 (one year ago) link
this team is fun
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 29 April 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
Since I posted that, Brasier seems to have evolved into a semi-decent closer?!
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Saturday, 29 April 2023 21:49 (one year ago) link
don’t believe his lies
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 29 April 2023 21:51 (one year ago) link
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.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
makes you think…. maybe this guy’s a reliever
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:07 (one year ago) link
then I saw his FIPNow he’s a reliever
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
I thought Houck was only good in fairy talesMeant for someteam else but not for meChoke was out to get meThat's the way it seemedDisappointment haunted all of my dreams
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
I thought Houck was more or less a short-term thingSeems the more he played the less he gotWhat's the use in five inningsAll you get is pain?When I needed shutouts, I got slain
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
from the associated press story on sunday's win over the guardians:
Sale... got an out in the seventh inning for the first time since Aug. 8, 2019.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
what’s the use in startinall you get is painwhen i needed strikeouts i got raked
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:32 (one year ago) link
xpost yowza
the fifth was out to get meor that’s the way it seemedhanging sliders, feeling loose at the seams
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:54 (one year ago) link
Cheer up, weeping teamOh, what can it meanTo a leaky relieverAnd an ERA of fifteen?
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link
from the associated press story on sunday's win over the guardians:_Sale... got an out in the seventh inning for the first time since Aug. 8, 2019._
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 20:03 (one year ago) link
The Red Sox are #3 in runs behind only the Rays and Rangers, and #2 in extra base hits
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 4 May 2023 09:36 (one year ago) link
And #1 in swag
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Thursday, 4 May 2023 09:46 (one year ago) link
Boston's much-maligned (by me) catching tandem of Connor Wong and Reese McGuire have more hits than any other team's catchers do
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 4 May 2023 22:51 (one year ago) link
I really like Gausman but he is getting absolutely mauled by this lineup rn
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Thursday, 4 May 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
Boston's much-maligned (by me) catching tandem of Connor Wong and Reese McGuire have more hits than any other team's catchers do― Tracer Hand, Thursday, May 4, 2023 3:51 PM (six minutes ago)
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, May 4, 2023 3:51 PM (six minutes ago)
Maybe in the AL? The Red Sox Cs have 35 hits, and I know Atlanta's Cs have 39.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 4 May 2023 23:00 (one year ago) link
I was just blithely repeating the NESN commentators, I should know better I guess!
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 5 May 2023 06:41 (one year ago) link
Atlanta Cs are on 29 I think? the gloriously named Chadwick Tromp with 2, Sean Murphy with 27
Wong and McGuire have 37 between them
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 5 May 2023 14:54 (one year ago) link
d'Arnaud has 11 but I don't know how that breaks down between C/DH.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Friday, 5 May 2023 14:58 (one year ago) link
9 at DH and 2 at catcher.
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Friday, 5 May 2023 15:04 (one year ago) link
Damn the race is on
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 5 May 2023 15:10 (one year ago) link
ty gyac!
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Friday, 5 May 2023 15:16 (one year ago) link