The Red Sox officially placed Chris Sale on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to July 19, after the southpaw fractured his pinky on a comebacker during his final start before the All-Star Break. Brayan Bello has been recalled from Triple-A Worcester to take his active roster spot. Boston also selected infielder Yolmer Sánchez and optioned out catcher Connor Wong.
Sale’s timetable for a return remains unclear. He underwent surgery earlier this week, with the team announcing they anticipated he’d be back at some point this season. Manager Alex Cora acknowledged today he has “no idea” when the southpaw could return, adding “hopefully he can get back with us and dominate” (via Steve Hewitt of the Boston Herald). Sale has pitched just twice this season after missing the first three months of the year with a rib fracture.
Boston also placed second baseman Trevor Story on the IL just before the Break, necessitating Sánchez’s call-up. The righty-hitting infielder adds some depth on the dirt, although rookie Jeter Downs looks the favorite for playing time at second base. Sánchez, a former Gold Glove winner with the White Sox, adds a solid defensive specialist to the bench. He’s a career .245/.300/.359 hitter through just under 2500 plate appearances at the big league level.
Sánchez also saw brief action as a COVID substitute earlier this season, appearing in a game during a series in Toronto. That promotion was always temporary, but this call-up represents a permanent addition to the 40-man roster. Boston was able to send the 30-year-old back to Worcester without passing him through waivers last time around, but they’d have to designate him for assignment to remove him from the MLB roster this time. Signed to a minor league deal over the offseason, Sánchez has posted a .247/.377/.413 line with the WooSox, walking in a massive 16.5% of his 303 plate appearances.
Boston had a vacancy on the 40-man roster, so no additional move was necessary to accommodate Sánchez’s promotion. Josh Winckowski is temporarily not counting against the 40-man while on the COVID list; Boston will need to create space to reinstate Wincowski whenever he’s ready to return.
Hope he makes a full recovery but I also hope he takes his time about it.
The red Sox have wasted enough time on him with 30 starts in 3 yrs. time to get rid of him.
Package him with Devers? That contract won’t be easy to move unless they attach value to it.
Devers ain’t going anywhere.
Congrats to you Jim Edmonds for having easily the stupidest comment ever. I really hope it was meant to be sarcastic in some way but I don’t think it was.
Roy – Do you mean at the trade deadline? Or offseason?
I agree he won’t be traded by the deadline, but there’s a good chance he will during the offseason.
Remember the Red Sox are now Rays North, except without the winning.
I agree. Trade them all. Didn’t you see(not watch) Friday night’s game? Time to Jack this team up and send them all packing. They have to heart and no fight left in them. Start over with new players and new ownership too.
Joe says: Classy comment.
Didn’t say I wanted anything bad for him at all. Just take his time and make sure he’s completely healed.
I took your comment as a nice gesture but as a fan from another team. Come back healthy but don’t be quick about it. I understood it. All good bro.
Youre looking for sarcasm where there was none. Some people dont know how to take a complement.
Meh, Boston.
It sure beginning to look that way. Sellers at the deadline? Lose this weekend Series against the Blue Jays tells us a lot and then against your tribe first part of next week. 2-5 should do us in and 3-4 I would say as well.
While I’m at it in the third inning in tonight’s game, Nathan Eovaldi sucks. I’m done.
Ace of the staff on the hill in the game back after the All-Star break. Must win for a struggling team and it’s 6-0 already. Sox are done.
Eovaldi should never have been the ace.
Casas will be ready soon. Prob before Sept.
Yeah I’m sure he’s the key to them reaching the payoffs he sucks
Yeah, because his comment alluded to that?
Who hurt you, Hideki?
Hideki is a major Sox hater, although he doesn’t seem old enough to be bitter about 2004.
He wrote just one sentence and still managed a misspelled word and missing punctuation. I suppose it could be drunk posting, who knows.
Does anyone really care about punctuation in a one sentence comment that is a statement?
I guess that depends what else they were planning to write before passing out or getting distracted by a butterfly or something?
My point is this: If a posted comment looks like it was written by an uneducated child, then what they were trying to express probably doesn’t have much (if any) value.
We’re not making the playoffs. We can’t even win in our own division.
pwndroia – I don’t think even the worst critics would have predicted 12-27 against the AL East. How do you go nearly four months without winning a divisional series?
Any other big payroll team in this situation would have fired the manager by now. Not the Red Sox though, John Henry already gave Cora a free pass with his “this is a building year” excuse.
Maybe they’ll fire one of the dozens of coaches and coordinators.
pwndroia – Picture a scenario where Wacha, Eovaldi, Hill, Whitlock, Taylor, Hernandez, Devers, Xander, Story, and JD are all healthy by the trade deadline and both Sale & Paxton are healthy by September.
You don’t think they could make the playoffs then? Provided of course Bloom doesn’t sell off any of them.
@Native American: What would be the sense in bringing in Casas and starting his service time clock?
If I remember right, everyone knew Sale was injured during the World Series run so why did the Red Sox extend him?
Everyone knew Sale’s mechanics were going to get him in trouble, he defied people, much like Tim Lincecum, for a while but all that torque on his joints caught up to him. Granted that come backer was a fluke but I don’t think his more significant injuries are.
They wanted to avoid another John Lester fiasco. They obviously learned sale is no Lester.
Gary – Dombrowski’s biggest mistake was rushing to give Sale that extension. He should have waited until the All-Star break, to ensure he was healthy.
Instead he gave Sale the extension after one brief ST start, inexcusable.
Well, Dombrowski unwisely extended him and got fired for it. Nature ran its course.
DD has never been shy about spending money. It’s the only trick he has up his sleeve. Get hired, trade prospects, extend/sign players where the back end cripples the teams budget down the road, finish .500, resign, repeat. Wonder what kind of dirt he has on the owners.
When he was in Boston I heard announcer mention just that but also used the term “sell your soul” and thar Dombroski “leaves your team in ashes”. And this was during the Red Sox World Series run.
Which made the Sale extension even more confusing to me… why extend a guy when he is hurt? Why do it after you win a World Series as well? Then the nationals did the same stupid thing with strasburg, granted he wasn’t hurt but his injury list is as long as my….
Dombrowski made moves to help the Red Sox win the World Series in 2018. He acquired Sale, Kimbrel, JD Martinez, Eovaldi and Pearce (who else?) and deserves some credit. I don’t mind bashing him for bad decisions, but he deserves credit for his good decisions. World Series are not easy to come by.
I respect the way the Red Sox have ran their organization since 2004… imo, I believe they should go ahead and sell this season, get some returns on Martinez, Bogaerts and Eovaldi then build with their current “core”. Go spend next season on Turner or Correa and Bell.
Not with Bloom as the GM. He is the other extreme of Dombroski. Give me someone in the middle of these two. Already tonight they are behind 10-0 to Toronto. This team cannot beat good teams particularly in the AL East. They will be selling off pieces of this team very soon. Spendthrift Bloom is not going to pick up anyone. They will not sign anyone big.
14-0 in the 4th inning lol
This coming off season will tell us if you’re right or not. They will have money to spend and roster spots to fill. How about we take a wait and see approach?
Give the man a chance to build the franchise a little bit especially from the ground up. If he stays on the sidelines this off season then I’m with you. But I’m giving him this chance this coming off season..
If a nothing, Bloom has built the farm. Aside from that he has not done much.
Matsui try to keep up. 21-3 lol.
My bad 25-3 now in 5th lol
25-3 now. Toronto’s going for the most runs scored in a game record
Lol !!! Oh my goodness, now who’s slow LOL..
Jackie Bradley Jr should be warming up in the bullpen pretty soon. He throws Heat, 92-93.
Finally a successful inning !!
No crooked numbers in the 5th for Toronto. Lol.
Al – I agree, those saying Bell would be a legit target by Bloom are crazy.
I will crap my pants if Bloom trades for Bell, really don’t think it will happen.
“Bloom has built the farm. Aside from that he has not done much.”
Because that is probably his plan. It looks to me like Bloom’s top priority is building a strong farm system. After that is in place, I think he will focus on winning at the major league level. This should have been obvious when he took on Ottavino’s salary to get prospects and traded Renfroe for prospects.
That is certainly a fair thing to do, give him a chance. Additionally, I would be patient next season if they bring up kids and just let them play as well. Cost containment has been their modus operandi for the past two seasons, it’s not likely to change in the near future.
Agreed, Bobby.
suit – There’s no doubt Henry hired Bloom to “do what he did in Tampa” which of course includes building a strong farm system.
Two questions: Do you think Bloom has done that yet? And what year should Bloom start focusing on, ya know, winning?
Let’s not forget, it was Dombrowski who left Bloom with Bello & Duran & Casas & Mata & Walter & Gonzalez & Murphy & Groome & Lugo & Ward & Jimenez & Paulino.& Bonaci.& Crawford.
Bloom is responsible only for Winckowski & Seabold & Jordan & Downs & Yorke & Mayer & Bleis & McDonough.
And I honestly don’t see any reason why the Sox can’t build the farm system while simultaneously being competitive, they have the resources.
Fever: Good thoughts and questions. I wish I knew all the answers. I’m guessing Bloom wants to have one of the best farm systems in baseball. I get the feeling they are not there yet and I don’t know how long it will take to get there. I think the Rays have a better farm system and Bloom probably wants something similar to that. I get that there is enough money to build the farm and compete at the same time. I think it may be that they don’t want to sign big free agents to long-term contracts that eventually block prospects. It sure would be nice to compete and build the farm at the same time. I just don’t know the finer points to say if it is possible. I sure hope Bloom knows.
Who from the farm system who has recently been brought up has wowed you? I cannot think of one. Seabold looks awful. When the GM counts on prospects then he is buying time for himself to see if they develop. I would say that Kopesch and Moncado involved in the Sale trade are not superstars? I remember when the Red Sox had two top pitchers in Brian Rose and Carl Pavano and Dan Duquette would not bring them up in the September call-ups. He then flipped them off for Pedro Martinez to Montreal. He was afraid if they bombed in September that their value would drop. Well, neither of them were anything special. I will take an established player anytime over a prospect whether highly regarded or not
Players take several years to develop in the minors. Since Bloom took over 3 years ago. sicne Bloom’s talent is still developing, your limit to just players brought up to majors, is a loaded question.
As far as Seabold: Wasnt he the second best player received for Workman and Hembree? Did you expect those relievers to get a return of 2 all-stars for them?
Fever: Bloom could also be employing a sustainment approach, as Joe pointed out, where some moves are made with the future in mind and some are made with the present in mind. I hope this is not the case. I would rather focus on one or the other instead of partially focusing on both. The Trevor Story signing seems to indicate Bloom has a sustainment approach or Story is just an aberration as a way to sell letting Xander go. I see the Cubs basically tanking and they will probably be in the draft lottery. I would rather the Red Sox do that if they really want to build up the farm because it will have quicker results.
Chicken: Who do you miss that Dombrowski traded away from the farm system? I can’t say I miss anyone he traded away unless I am forgetting someone. I never worried about who he traded and it helped win a World Series. That’s the way I saw it.
AL34: Chicken is correct. Right now the Red Sox best prospects, except for Bello who is with the Red Sox, are in A, A+ and AA. So, it will take some time to see good people coming up. Jeter Downs may turn out pretty good. If they sign established players, they will be older and may face fast. If you want younger established plsyers, you need prospects to trade for them. So, it pays to build the farm.
may fade fast
Moody and now homophobic too?
I’ll respond to your other post, as this one of yours will likely get removed.
Moody – Good prospects are usually promoted after three years in the minors. For example Xander and Devers both were promoted after three years in the minors.
That means Bloom’s 2020 draft, in which he had good positioning because of the team’s dismal 2019 record, should be ready to contribute next year.
Yorke was taken 17th overall, Jordan 89th overall. Nobody else from that draft is currently ranked Top 20 for Red Sox prospects. Let’s see how those two do next year.
suit – Check out Kopech’s numbers this year, if he stays healthy he could dominate for years to come.
Margot has developed into a solid player, batting .302 until he got injured.
Espinal made the All-Star team this year.
Beeks is having a very good season, would love to have him back.
There’s others, but Dombrowski did what he had to do to make the postseason multiple times and win a championship. It takes good prospects to acquire talent.
suit – A lot of teams make moves for both the present and the future, not sure why you’d be against that? For instance trading for a player with more than 2 years of control remaining, rather than trading for just a 2-month rental.
Story was absolutely a lower-cost replacement for Xander. Bloom has said this many times, he will not get into bidding wars or be overly aggressive in pursuing players. He will wait for other teams to sign the players they want, and then he’ll go after the remaining players with little competition.
I don’t think the Cubs intended to tank this season. The Suzuki signing, yet another example of Bloom allowing other teams to outbid him, was definitely a “win now” move. The Sox sure could have used his .845 OPS this year. And I fully expect Suzuki to improve.
Sale never had an injury history before 2018 as far as I know.
All right just bring up another Worcester and keep that train moving Bloom !!!!
This tells me Nathan Eovaldi wants out. He wants to be traded at the deadline to a contender. It helped him get a big contract last time and he wants to do it again. Finish strong, pitch seven Innings of relief in a playoff game etc. Then sign a big fat 4-year deal. He Figures it’s a better scenario than finishing the season with the Red Sox as a standard starting pitcher with a 4.00 era and a so-so season.
How else do you explain walking a guy to load the bases in an important game on 4 Straight pitches. How else would you explain his overall crap performance tonight? Nathan is a better pitcher than this. He knows it, I know it, we all know it. He is on the first plane out August 2nd.
The guy has never really had an ERA in the 3’s. Everyone bases his success off the 2018 postseason alone. Don’t get me wrong- Eovaldi is solid but he’s far from an ace. Career 4.14 ERA.
Isn’t that what I’m saying? I’m saying if he stays the way he is and pitches the way he always does he’s not going to get much in free agency. If he’s traded to a contender and pitches in the playoffs like he did in 2018 he’ll get a big fat contract. I don’t understand your post?
pwndroia:
‘never really had an ERA in the 3’s”
Not sure what your talking about. His ERAs with Red Sox: 3.33, 5.99, 3.72, and 3.75. You can’t have a career ERA of 4.14 without some ERAs in the 3’s.
“Everyone bases his success off 2018 postseason alone”
How about 2021:
32 Starts (led league)
125 ERA+
2.79 FIP (led league)
9.6 K per 9
1.7 BB per 9 (led league)
4th in Cy Young voting.
I think 2021 is honestly his one great season. Others are good. He still gets his ERA close to 4 every season.
I never denied he wasn’t solid. I agreed. I’m simply saying he’s not an ace. I would not sign him to a hefty contract moving forward and even questioned this one.
I’ve been satisfied with him but he still tends to get that ERA close to 4. Keep in mind, he has never thrown over 200 innings once either, so a lot of small sample sizes.
And with all that being said, he still was 11-9 in those 32 starts on a team that scores tons of runs (cue the analytics folks who will argue all those stats and will make wins an irrelevant stat)…….and he’s still under water career in wins/losses and has never won 15 games…….2018 definitely set the tone…the comment about him being solid but not ACE-like is very correct.
Agree…and as I said with all of those terrific 2021 stats, he still only won 11 games on an offensive juggernaut….was the Sox bullpen that bad when they took over the game? Did he pitch in bad luck?
Moody – Finally a post I can agree with.
Who in today’s baseball besides Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander is throwing over 200 innings anymore? They don’t even want the pitchers to see a lineup 3 times because of analytics that’s not on Nate that’s a team philosophy and on Cora.
Dont need analytics to know Wins and Losses in todays baseball are useless. Only people ever bringing them up, do it when most all other stats contradict their point.
“I never denied he wasnt solid”
I listed my two sentences that you posted that I had issue with. 3 sentences, 2 were completely wrong, but you want to be absolved because, you put a “solid” comment in.
Kingbum – I’d give you ten thumbs up if I could, SPOT ON!!!!
Ugly loss last night. This season is on Bloom. He signed and depended on Wacha who is hurt again, Hill, 44 years old, depending on Dalbac, not signing Schwarber who wanted to stay or any first baseman, not picking up a closer, counting on Barnes, weakening a lousy bullpen by taking Whitlock out of it and putting him into the rotation, signing Story who was awful in the beginning of the season, insulting Boggarts with that contract extension, trading Renfro forSingle A prospects and getting Hackie Bradley Junior back who cannot hit and is overpaid. Paxton was paid 11 million to rehab this season with no guarantees he pitches this year. That money could have been used elsewhere to help the immediate team now.
Tell me what he has done right this season. Are you kidding me.
Gary: Eovaldi is still returning from injury. That’s how I look at it. He missed a lot of time.
Eovaldi is ALWAYS returning from injury. Not a huge point there, the guy has never pitched 200 innings and his ERA has been consistently around 3.70 to 4.00. You could say injuries but that’s his norm. I don’t know what else you are expecting.
This was Eovaldi’s second start after missing a lot of time and he had 6 days off between the starts. Do you think he might not be at his best? He is not ALWAYS returning from injury. You just wanted say something negative.
pwndroia – Last year Nate led the league in starts!!
He also led the league in FIP, finished 4th in Cy voting, and 15th in MVP voting.
You’ve been spot on with many of your other complaints, but Nate is not the problem here.
I’m with you guys 100%. I guess I just phrased it wrong when I said he’s an ace because what I meant was.., with THIS pitching staff we have, he is our ace. By no means is Eovaldi an ace. In fact I hope Beyond all hope that the Red Sox deal him next week and if not, don’t give him a new contract in the offseason. As the guy said, really only one good season and a bunch of so so seasons.
Sorry for the confusion. I guess he’s just our ace which doesn’t mean much with the guys we have available right now. On another team he’s a number 3 starter.
I wanted to say something negative? I started with Eovaldi being a solid pitcher but not an ace. You can’t tell me the guy is always healthy.
I’ve said time and time again (if you look at my posts @Fever Pitch Guy) that Eovaldi is solid and that 2021 was his best year. He is a career 4.00 ERA pitcher, solid, but not an ace. Still worth trading at the deadline.
pwndroia – I think the best way to describe Eovaldi is a top part of the rotation pitcher when he’s healthy. Certainly his injuries have been disappointing, but when he’s healthy there’s not many pitchers I’d rather have facing the Yankees or in any big game really.
My reply was strictly in response to your saying he is always returning from injury. Other than Pivetta, which Red Sox starters have managed to remain healthy?
Suit – You made some good points.
And I’m guessing you remember just as well as I do, May 17th he gave up 9 runs in less than 2 innings (including 5 homers) and what happened in his next 4 games?
26 IP
1.35 ERA
30 K’s
3 BB’s
Sox won all 4 games
I am not worried in the least about Nate, as long as he’s healthy.
Fever: Well done. Bashing Nate makes no sense.
GaryWarriorsRedSox3 hours ago
This tells me Nathan Eovaldi wants out.
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Giving up 9 runs in 2+ inning isn’t the way to get out. Giving up 2 runs in 8 innings with 9 Ks, would’ve had GMs knocking on the door.
Joe, but if Eovaldi pitched a shutout then the Red Sox would still be pushing for a playoff spot and NOT deal Nathan away. See what I’m getting at? And when do you ever have to be good lately for GMS to come knocking on the door? They’re just has to be a glimmer of hope that you can throw the ball well and they’ll come calling.
Now on the other hand Christian Vasquez hitting the heck out of the ball is looking to get dealt also. Get me out of here, look at what I’m doing. I guess that’s both sides of the coin but when do I ever make sense LOL
Gary – I have to side with Joe here, a player has to show he’d bring value to a new team for anyone to acquire him. That’s why likely nobody will be trading for JBJ or Diekman or Brasier unless they are included in a package as a dump.
And to think Nate would intentionally try to sabotage Boston’s playoff chances is just absurd. I’ve been saying since March that if the Red Sox are around .500 or worse by the deadline, they will be sellers. Nate doesn’t need to throw games to make that happen.
And I do remember you making sense once, I think it was around August 14th last year.
Don’t give up Red Sox fans…I’ve been watching the Toronto team for awhile and they are a hot mess. Immature hitters and a “party like it’s 1999” ethos in the clubhouse with Springer and Bichette trading dance moves even both have not been hitting in any dynamic way. Remember their manager just got axed cuz of all this. The Tampa Bay Rays are extremely hampered with injuries and inconsistent offense. I believe Seattle to be the only stalwart force in the WC thru the end of season. SO don’t be crying over your Wheaties quite yet !!! I see hope with a turnaround!!!
Yeah that hot mess is up about 30-3 on them today
Good take and probably has a lot of sense to it. I just figured they’d come out of the gate for the second half with a little more than this. Team Ace on the hill to start things off you figure they would represent at home especially.
I’ll try to keep my composure, I usually burn my hat in August but I’m getting the matches ready for tonight. Thank you for talking me off the ledge.
If we turn it around and somehow make the playoffs (with the 30% chance we have according to baseball reference), we are a first round exit. Any deterrent from selling at the deadline is a huge mistake. We are not in a winnable position this season. Our offense hasn’t even been that great and that’s how we win games. Our injuries alone indicate we need to sell.
Way too early to predict what will happen in the postseason.
Again, remember last year? Remember how crappy they looked the last couple months of the regular season? Remember how they did in the postseason?
Sox down by 3 TDs and the Jay’s are driving.
4 td now
7/22/22 THE DAY BOSTON BUMS & THIER BUM MANAGER & BIGGER BUM BLOOME LEFT UP A NEVER BEFORE SEEN 28 RUNS IN THEIR BUM HOUSE! A WORDS FOR OWNERSHIP…SELL, TRADE & FIRE NEARLY EVERY BUM PLAYER NOT INKED PAST 2022 & THIS MGMT & COACHING STAFF IS TRASH!
Walk outside. Take a deep breath and hold it for 10 seconds. Take 10 seconds to exhale that breath. Repeat 3 times.
Now ask yourself, was this necessary?
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
C’mon folks, the shellaking put on the Red Sox by Toronto is only ONE game, only one blip, don’t extrapolate from the small sample size, effectively means very little in the grand scheme of things…they will get up, dust themselves off, and play again tomorrow…and may even win the game. They still can win the series. (I’m a Seattle guy BTW, but my Boston friends have been sulking rather predominantly, so here to boost morale.)
Oh dear lord I don’t know what happened there. Overexuburance or something. How do I contact the Help Desk?
That’s ok. We needed some comic relief here.
after yesterday’s embarrassing score, the red sox should be looking to add a wide receiver.
Yolmer (aka Carlos) is back in the big leagues!
Good for him!
They needed him to pitch the 9th. Of course they brought him up.
lol
He pitched better than half the bullpen last night make him a two way player
Starters kill this bullpen by not going deep into games. This bullpen is a mess for the next two games. If I was Henry I would call Bloom on the “Carpet”.
And tell him what?
“You’ve had an unbelievably bad rash of injuries this year. Last year, you guys were lucky, and greatly overachieved, yet very few gave you credit for it, especially over at MLBTR, the whining was ridiculous. This year, you’ve had the opposite luck, which is how luck usually works. Lets be sellers at the deadline, trade off veterans with expiring contracts, lock up Devers and try again next year. Oh and by the way Good Job.”
I agree with you AL34.