Red Sox/MLB 2023 Regular Season IV - 71 games to go - 119-43 still possible

[CDJ]

107 OPS+, 0.3 WAR


I only saw the box score today, but what did Walter do that was so bad?

He was fine, rough start to his outing but he settled in

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Red Sox optioned Walter and recalled Chris Murphy. Let’s hope Murphy is up for good. Have to love what he’s done so far. More than earned a look in a BP with openings.

Sox going to keep the BP games going every 5th day? Wonder if Barraclaugh gets a look at that 5th spot.

 

[IveGotToBeMe]

Didn’t throw either guy today. Great job Alex.


I don’t mind that one, there was a lefty on the mound and they had their best LHP masher to replace him with. It was a big spot in the game and it’s not like the doubles he hit were missiles off the wall or anything


Still though I’m starting to wonder if he has any idea what he’s doing

Said it before and I’ll say it again, Bloom takes a large share of the blame but Cora is more concerned with being the player’s friend than an actual manager. Don’t get me wrong a good relationship between the manager and the roster is helpful but the inability for Cora to effectively MANAGE when it counts in game has been evident far too often.

 

[CDJ]

this may be the streakiest Sox team of my lifetime

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Didn't see yesterday's game.

God was good to me.

 

[GatorMike]

Bobby Dalbec is back...

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Bobby Dalbec is back...

Hoping to see Casas and Dalbec hitting (or at least swinging) back-to-back.

 

[CDJ]

Might rather see Bobby at SS over Kikè

He hit a ball 115 mph at estimated over 500 ft off of a train last week

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Might rather see Bobby at SS over Kikè

He hit a ball 115 mph at estimated over 500 ft off of a train last week

Absolutely!

 

[CDJ]

Cora is starting Refsnyder over Duran against a righty

He might be more of an idiot than Farrell

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Cora is starting Refsnyder over Duran against a righty

He might be more of an idiot than Farrell

I didn’t care for him sitting Duran the night after he pulled him (3 2B’s straight game). Since the whole thing, Duran is 0-9. I know you made a good point about the lefty in the game at the time of the switch.

Duran is hitting .250 against lefties this season as well.

Not going back to him the next day against a righty (Ober) was dumb and now Duran is all out of whack again. It’s frustrating to watch stuff like that.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Hoping to see Casas and Dalbec hitting (or at least swinging) back-to-back.

don’t care
don’t care
Casas
Dalbec


Need this 3-4 in my veins.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

I didn’t care for him sitting Duran the night after he pulled him (3 2B’s straight game). Since the whole thing, Duran is 0-9. I know you made a good point about the lefty in the game at the time of the switch.

Duran is hitting .250 against lefties this season as well.

Not going back to him the next day against a righty (Ober) was dumb and now Duran is all out of whack again. It’s frustrating to watch stuff like that.

I don't think sitting Duran one night threw him "all out of wack".

Right now the Sox are loaded in the outfield. Someone good is sitting every game.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

I don't think sitting Duran one night threw him "all out of wack".

Right now the Sox are loaded in the outfield. Someone good is sitting every game.

I think it’s more the timing of it all. Pulls him after an amazing start in a game. Sits him the game after.

 

[Mione134]

Dalbec has been tearing it up in Worcester. He earned the call up. Now let's hope he sustains it.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

So we are back on the Cora sucks train?

 

[CDJ]

Starting to wonder if Cora is deliberately trying to get fired? Does he know Giolito is a righty? I figured he just have reverse splits- nope

 

[McGarnagle]

Starting to wonder if Cora is deliberately trying to get fired? Does he know Giolito is a righty? I figured he just have reverse splits- nope

I've been saying that for months. After Bloom let Xander go and didn't bring in any of his friends like Correa in free agency, he wanted out but he doesn't want to quit because he'll lose the money left on his contract, so he's trying to get fired

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

So the answer to my question is yes

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Watching Devers in this slump is getting old.

 

[CDJ]

Watching Devers in this slump is getting old.

Sox fans were taking credit for bullying the team into re-signing him at the winter classic, I don’t want to hear them complain about Devers if he underperforms!

Ultimately I was happy for sentimental reasons but it wasn’t a smart gamble and I explained the many reasons why the entire off-season

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Sox fans were taking credit for bullying the team into re-signing him at the winter classic, I don’t want to hear them complain about Devers if he underperforms!

Ultimately I was happy for sentimental reasons but it wasn’t a smart gamble and I explained the many reasons why the entire off-season

Well I wasn't one of those fans, I remember hearing he re-signed that's about it. I don't follow close enough to have an opinion.

 

[CDJ]

Hamilton turning a walk into a home run

 

[Mione134]

Hamilton turning a walk into a home run

I told you. He is legitimately the Flash on the basepaths. He makes things happen. And he's fun!


And he's a good defender. I hope he stays up a bit.

 

[GatorMike]