2018 official Boston Red Sox thread

@bronco2078 said:

@erikthredd said:
Its good to see Jackie Bradley Jr coming thru at the plate lately,heading into last night he's batted .319 since June 23 with 3hrs & 19rbi while raising his batting average from .189 to .210 heading into tonight's game.

No trade this good for one month a year bum for a pack of smokes

They wouldn't get anything of value for him when he's hitting .210. Most teams would probably view him as a 4th OF/defensive replacement type of player. I have no problem with him in Center & batting 9th. This lineup has plenty of hitting in it to allow JBJ to have his moments.

Catching us won't be the problem once the playoffs start,its our pitching staff showing they can actually win in the playoffs.
Who are the other two players from the three you just mentioned?

I'm with you on Price and we might as well throw Pomeranz name out there after giving up 2 leads the hitters gave him tonight.

Looks like the Yankees made a deal for Zach Britton from the O's. Their bullpen is gonna be brutal to face come playoff time.

edit: Sox made a deal for Ray's starter Nathan Eovaldi
**"Eovaldi, 28, returned this season following Tommy John surgery performed in August 2016, going 3-4 with a 4.26 ERA in 10 starts. He started 2018 on the disabled list after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on the elbow at the end of spring training.

He is well aware of the New York-Boston rivalry, going 23-11 with a 4.45 ERA in 51 games while playing for the Yankees in 2015-16."**
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24190337/boston-red-sox-acquire-nathan-eovaldi-tampa-bay-rays-jalen-beeks

Yes, but doesn't everything get erased, including the homers?

Shouldh've postponed the game before it began, given the weather forecast...wasted a pitcher.

Seems to me...and, no, I haven't researched the MLB rule, but...

As I understand it, a "delayed game", resumes at the same point when the delay was enacted. Same base runners, same count on the batter, etc, etc.

However, when a games is "postponed", it's like it never happened. I can see several serious implications of this rule, most of them negative. In the case of the Sox/Orioles last night, the 5-0 lead is erased and the 3 home runs are erased. IMO, the postponed game, when rescheduled, should resume at the same point (pitcher being the exception) of where the game was called.

As an example: Assume its a one game playoff, say a wild card situation. Given last night's game, with the Red Sox up 5-0, and apparently cruising to a win, vs the game is erased and played the next day. The previous day's losing team, now wins that game. The implications are huge in pennant race situations, not too mention home run stats, among others.

There must be some logic to zeroing out everything last night, but I just don't see the benefit in doing so. The Orioles could care less (in this case), they're 41.5 games back, but, the half game loss to the Red Sox, could have implications in late September.

Yea stats are erased for that stupid 2 innings or whatever they played, that game never should have even started

Last night Boston couldn't get the big hit when they needed it,tonight they got it in the 9th & 10th.

Betts!!!

Nathan Eovaldi's first start in Boston couldn't have gone any better. Seven innings,four hits, zero runs and gets the win.

@erikthredd said:
Damn Devers to the DL again with a strained hamstring last night. He just came off the DL not to long ago. They barely have any tradeable prospects for a reliever and now they might be looking for another 3rd baseman.

.Swihart did a great job today at third and he is also hitting which is more than the present catcher is doing. Why is he not in the lineup every day?

There's talk here in Boston that the Sox might be interested in trading for Adrian Beltre to play third. He has a no-trade clause and what he's owed for the rest of the season,roughly 6M, would put the Sox in luxury tax territory. I'd rather see them use any/all prospects on adding a bullpen arm or two.

Took them forever but still a good win.

@tommyrusty7 said:
Swihart with a 10 game hitting streak. Hitting well now that he is getting more playing time. Nice clutch hit tonight.
Kinsler gives them a great fielding 2nd baseman.
Now they don't need Beltre.

I like the Kinsler pickup but Swihart's value probably won't get any higher than it is today which happens to be the trade deadline. If he does get dealt hopefully a legit setup man comes back in return. Kinsler over Beltre saved them just over 4M,normally I could care less when it comes to their payroll but from everything I've been reading they're trying hard to not take back much in salary.

I guess we'll see how it goes today. He & Devers are literally their best two prospects and Devers isn't going anywhere. It's great to see Swihart finally contributing but there is no way Cora makes him the full time catcher over Leon or Vasquez when he comes back. When it comes to hitting from a catcher, I put that third behind how he calls a game and defense. Not to mention they're not losing games because of who is behind the plate,or in center field as some others like pointing out. What does cost this team wins is their bullpen giving up leads and if Dombrowski doesn't add any bullpen help by the end of today it will be an epic fail on his part IMO. Adding a part time 2nd baseman is a temporary fix until Devers comes back. Adding Eovaldi was a solid move just for the fact he's better than any other pitcher they threw out there as the fifth starter. I got nothing against Swihart it's just he's become their best expendable asset at the worst possible time.

@1970s said:
I know this is a Red Sox thread, but you have to be iimpressed with that Aaron Nola from Philadelphia. Let's see if Pomeranz can get his curve ball down in the zone tonight. Thank goodness the Philly bats are a little soft since their series in Cincinnati. I expect the Sox to unload on Arrieta tonight. His kind of pitching style is suited for the Sox lineup.

That was a pretty great pitching duel last night between Nola & Price. We Sox fans love ripping Price,and deservedly so, but he kept them in the game for 8 innings which isn't always the case lol.

Pomeranz is crap and is only starting til Rodriguez gets back. Putting him in the bullpen doesn't fix their problems.
Eovaldi might but why take him out of the rotation when he's clearly better than the 4th & 5th starters with Rodriguez out.
As for the luxury tax, they're in the midst of arguably their greatest regular season ever and their Achilles heal is their bullpen. They're the Boston Red Sox and can afford to go into the luxury tax for one season. Their payroll will settle itself in the off-season. The real reason Dombrowski thinks they're all done dealing is because he's traded away all of their best prospects while not being able to replace them thru the draft.
Kinsley was a decent pickup but second base defense wasn't a problem,third base was. Once Devers comes back he'll be back starting and if they really needed late inning defense they could have just had Nunez slide to 3rd with Holt going to 2nd. Kinsler will only be needed for a couple weeks and isn't some replacement for Pedroia when it's been well known this team wasn't getting anything from him this season.

I'm not trying to knock Swihart he's just their best tradeable asset right now who has been playing his best ball the past week plus. I just want to see the GM go all in with this team by adding another bullpen arm. Playing the waiver game later will be tough when they literally will be the bottom team able to put in a claim seeing they'll probably still have the best record in baseball. Houston and NY can pretty much block them from claiming certain players. Get a deal done today and you don't have to worry about all that not to mention adding money now or a month from now really won't make much difference.

Their defense outside of third has been great and even with Devers 20 errors,the team just has 50 total putting them 6th best in baseball. Cora has shown he's willing to let him figure things out on his own in the majors. His power numbers more than make up for his defensive deficiencies.

We only have three hours to go so we'll see if anything else happens.

They're not gonna send Devers to the minors when he gets back. He just came back from injury a couple weeks ago and wasn't sent down. The most Cora will do regarding his defense is what he's done at times this season,take him out late in games then slide Nunez or Holt to third but even then that might not happen because of what he brings to the plate. If the Sox are up in a close game,sure take him out but if it's a game like Friday night where they needed a big hit, his homer in the 9th tied it,you can't take his bat out of the lineup.

No deals for Boston by the deadline.

Chris Sale just got put on the 10day DL with a shoulder inflammation.

Great team win. That bottom of the fourth was a thing of beauty especially JBJ's dive at the plate. Its too bad they pitched around Pierce that last at-bat,would have loved to see him hit that 4th homer.

Great win.

@1970s said:
Can you believe those Red Sox fans. Chanting Yankees suck during that game last night.
How dare they.

Back in the 90's when NY was a dynasty with the Sox basically their btch my fellow Red Sox fans were saying this then. I think babies in this area we're taught to say mama,dada & yankees suck for their first words.