Chris Martin looks to be on the verge of a return to the Red Sox bullpen, as manager Alex Cora told reporters (including Alex Speier of the Boston Globe) that the reliever will likely be activated from the 15-day injured list prior to Sunday’s game with the Guardians. The corresponding move has already been made, as the Boston Globe’s Julian McWilliams reports that right-hander Kaleb Ort has been optioned to Triple-A.
The Sox retroactively placed Martin on the 15-day IL back on April 13, so he’ll return to the field in just slightly more than the minimum 15 days. Right shoulder inflammation sidelined Martin, but an MRI revealed no structure damage, and it seems as though Martin’s discomfort subsided in relatively quick fashion. It’s possible he might have been back exactly after 15 days, were it not for a stomach bug that delayed his appearance in a Triple-A rehab outing. Martin finally took the hill on Friday, and assuming that he doesn’t report any setbacks prior to tomorrow’s game, the Red Sox will reinstate the veteran righty.
Martin signed a two-year, $17.5MM free agent deal with the Sox in December, after posting strong numbers with four different teams (the Rangers, Braves, Cubs, and Dodger) from 2019-22. With a 2.57 ERA over his first seven innings with Boston, Martin looked to be continuing that trend, though he had an uncharacteristically low two strikeouts over those seven frames.
Ort has struggled to a 7.30 ERA over 12 1/3 relief innings this season, including a rough performance on April 25 that saw him allow five runs (four earned) over just one-third of an inning against the Orioles. Inserting Martin in Ort’s place will certainly help Boston’s relief corps, and Martin’s experience in high-leverage situations will be particularly useful if there’s any uncertainty over Kenley Jansen’s health status. Jansen battled some back stiffness during today’s game, as the closer blew his first save of the season and labored through 29 pitches during his inning of work.
big improvement replacing Ort with Martin
Kale Abort
Understatement of the year right here
Today’s game. Sigh. Bello good. Resiliency good. Bullpen? Yikes. The one thing going for this team is their offense and their ability to grind it out.
Hayzee – Brasier was brutal again today, and Bleier not much better.
Meanwhile Nathan Eovaldi just pitched a Complete Game 3-hit 0-Walk 8-Strikeout Shutout against the Yankees … and on 113 pitches!
Where are all the Nate haters now?
Ya know, the ones who said Nate is too old & not a workhorse & can’t pitch effectively third time through a lineup blah blah blah.
In time the Bloom suckups always get proven wrong!
FPG – Great point!!
How good would this team be with Bogey, Nate, JD and Vazquez? Not to mention Schwarber, Renfroe, Mookie and Benny!!
I love the young pitching. It’s something to get excited about. If CLE wins on Sunday the forecast I published would be spot on after the first month 14-15.
May’s prediction is 11-16 so 25=31 after the first two months. A 74 win pace.
As Sale gets in the groove and the young pitchers keep getting better I think the team can outperform the 74 win season but we can only hope. A few games over 74 won’t mean a playoff spot. So keep developing the young talent for 2024.
Imagine basing the success of a three-year contract on a single start lmao
Fletch – Imagine assuming I have labeled a three-year contract a “success” based solely on what I wrote. LMAO
Fletch – There is no reason for me to engage any further with you, as your responses are often nonsensical and filled with juvenile namecalling and personal insults.
For instance you claim if Nate was still with the Red Sox I’d be “complaining and saying he’s washed up” … this despite the fact NOBODY here has been a more vocal supporter of Eovaldi during the past few years. I’ve frequently praised him and supported him through both the highs and injury-plagued lows. Maybe somebody like YOU would instantly turn on a player, but I have never and would never do something so irrational.
I’ve given you multiple chances to get your angry psychotic anti-social issues under control. I’ve even encouraged you to ignore me because it’s asinine to continue reading and responding to posts of people you hate. And yet your obsession with me and frequent episodic outbursts continue. Apparently I continue to live in your head rent-free.
So congratulations, you are now added to the short list of people I will no longer bother with.
I do hope you find the help for which you are in dire need, and please don’t shift your fixation with me onto any other good person here. I know misery loves company, but please keep yours to yourself.
Fever- His velocity drop last season was concerning, it was also reported he was offered the same contract by the redsox and went to the rangers instead
rsfan – He missed 13 starts last year because of shoulder issues, and yes the shoulder inflammation caused his velocity to diminish.
As for the contract, it was reported the Red Sox made a multi-year offer to Nate early in the offseason and then pulled it later on. Maybe it’s true both contracts were the same, we will never know because neither party has stated what the Red Sox offered.
Fever: I am happy Eovaldi shut out the Yankees tonight. He pitched a great game. However, coming into tonight, Eovaldi had a 5.20 ERA over 27.2 innings (5 starts). He wasn’t pitching well or deep into games. I am happy the Red Sox moved on from Eovaldi.
suit – Where are you getting that bad information from?
He had only one bad game, April 12. Every other start he gave up 3 ER or less.
Remove that one bad game, his ERA is 2.88
Even by including that one bad game, his ERA is 3.93 which is extremely consistent with his performance going back to 2018:
2022 = 3.87
2021 = 3.75
2020 = 3.72
2019 = Injury year (just 12 starts and 67 IP)
2018 = 3.81
I mean come on … it’s fair to say he’s an injury risk without knowing his medicals, but look at how consistently good he has been each year since 2018.
And he’s gone 6 or more innings in each of his last 3 games, which Red Sox starter can say the same?
Fever: I got all that info from baseball reference. Eovaldi had an ERA of 5.20 after 5 starts. If he did that on the Red Sox, you would be bashing Bloom for signing him.
suit – I know you’ve recently gone at it with others here, but it’s disappointing to see you starting to get personal with me now too.
You leave me no choice.
First of all: If Nate had stayed with the Red Sox, would you have criticized Bloom for keeping him? Ya know, considering every single time Bloom keeps or acquires a player, you praise the move. And every single time Bloom sends a player packing, you praise the decision. See how I can play your game too.
Second of all: Pivetta currently has a 5.11 ERA. Have I bashed Bloom for acquiring him? Have I demanded Bloom get rid of him? Are you gonna deny I’ve been a huge supporter of Pivetta since 2020?
Don’t make foolish accusations about me, you should know better. We all saw how you went after GASox and others because of their criticizing Bloom, and how you tried to run him off. Not cool buddy.
I don’t tolerate false accusations against me. If you don’t want me to respond to your posts anymore because you can’t handle the few times I disagree with you, just say the word.
Fever: You said I posted “bad information” when I posted Eovaldi’s 5.20 ERA going into last night’s game from baseball reference. You saying that true information is bad leads me to think you have a hidden agenda which is most likely to bash Bloom.
suit – That’s not the bad information, the bad information was “not pitching well or deep into games”. Nobody on this planet would claim a guy “isn’t pitching well” when he has had only ONE bad start and that was 17 days and 3 starts earlier. Not to mention he has a K/BB ratio of 7.80 on the year, a stat that all the analytics worshipers say is the most important for pitchers. And I posted the 2.88 ERA on the season if you take away the one bad start.
Maybe you’re confusing me with others, but I don’t understand why after all the times I’ve defended Bloom. Just yesterday I defended him on letting JD walk, I would think you saw that.
Fever: My info was accurate. You had some different info and concluded something different. That does not make my info bad. I am left to wonder what is really going on.
suit – Why do you continue to ignore the facts that I’ve presented numerous times? He had one bad game 17 days earlier, that’s it.
You said you have seen the BR page, you have seen the game logs, and yet you continue to insist that coming into last night’s game he wasn’t pitching well. It’s not like you to be that irrational, you’re better than that. But I definitely noticed you’ve changed with others, perhaps being surrounded by all the Bloom & Henry criticism – and I don’t mean just here – has gotten to you.
Just stay polite, stay focused on the actual baseball talk and avoid the personal stuff, and you’ll be fine.
Fever: I’m not buying that I am completely wrong and irrational here (working with 5 Eovaldi starts instead of 3) and I don’t think there is a problem with speculating that someone has bias or a hidden agenda. I don’t see why things should be taken personally here.
suit – If you have two starting pitchers in the same game who each give up 4 runs in 4 innings, the first one is pulled immediately, the second one is left in to give up 5 more runs the next inning, how can you possibly ignore the fact that the second pitcher was left in to take his lumps even though both pitchers didn’t have it that day?
You want to talk hypocrisy? You (and others) saying Bello pitched well last year despite the 4.71 ERA. All of you said the same exact thing, “Look at his last six games, he was great”.
So with Bello you want everyone to disregard his first seven games, but you’re not willing to even acknowledge it was just ONE bad game Nate has had this year.
As for accusing people of being biased, that in itself is “getting personal”. Instead of directly addressing what they write, you are trying to cancel them by portraying them as being biased. It’s unfair and it’s wrong, no different than GASox being accused of being racist after the TRUTH he posted made someone feel uncomfortable. Getting personal is a copout.
Fever: If I think someone is biased, I will say so, at least regarding the Red Sox. You should do the same. The truth needs to be told as we see it. No one will be hurt here in the comments section. We will all be ok. You just called me a hypocrite. I will be fine.
He wanted out, you could of offered Nate a billion dollars he was done with Boston. That’s on John Henry, using the Red Sox and NESN to pay for getting into European Soccer and NASCAR. Now that he’s overextended he wants to get cheap and hires Bloom because Dombrowski is a veteran guy who uses prospects to get veterans. Chaim Bloom’s job is to sacrifice veterans, especially star veterans and get prospects. Nate knows this and left…..
FPG – These Bloom guys never stop. Eovaldi was NOT offered a comparable salary and had he received it when he should have during last season he’d be a Red Sox right now. So BS to that story.
Next, Eovaldi is a quality pitcher and one game doesn’t define him. He’s had good and bad games as many top pitchers have this year. In the end, he will out perform Kluber, Sale, and probably all of the young guns. Maybe not Houck but he’s simply that good and should have been offered a contract before last season.
No prospects replaced Eovaldi. He left to go play with a contender after his team chose to ignore him. This is on Bloom entirely. Nate with the youngsters looks a lot better than Kluber with the youngsters. Plus, he was a quality guy in the clubhouse according those that are privy to the clubhouse behavior. Team leader and positive influence on younger players.
The fact that he finished 4th in the CY Young voting in 2021 should have gotten him an extension in 2022. Another example of why Bloom is a bad GM and needs to go NOW!!!!
I didn’t say Bloom was good at his job, he botched Bogey and JD Martinez. He’s not committing to the tear down which leaves the club in mediocrity. Make no mistake though he’s there to do what Dombrowski wouldn’t which is a full scale tear down because Henry is overextended.
king – I think Bloom was hired to reduce payroll, which he has done. The remaining core players from Dombrowski’s 2018 championship team got the Sox to the 2021 ALCS.
As for JD, it was always a question of his health and we don’t have access to his medicals. Considering he’s currently on the IL with the same back injury he had last year, it’s hard to say letting him go was a bad decision.
it’s a little premature to take a victory lap after one start for a guy who’s ERA is still almost 4.00 and was over 5 before the start of the game. The question could also be asked: Where were you two weeks ago when he gave up 6 runs in 5 innings to an abysmal Royals team?
acel – I have posted consistently every week, and nearly every day. I was here.
Last night’s start proves Nate is just as good as he has been in the past, as long as he’s healthy. He’s still a highly effective workhorse.
And are you really complaining about his 3.93 ERA when the Red Sox starting pitcher ERA is a whopping 6.44 which is the 2nd-worst in MLB? Seriously?
you aren’t posting everyday after an eovaldi start or after the start he got bombed.
acel – How is it possible you missed the word “nearly”?
Yes, I have a life.
No, I don’t post every single day. I still work, I’m not retired.
And I would never not post all day just because of something as trivial as Nate having a bad game.
I can tell you right now I won’t be posting next Tuesday thru Thursday, and won’t be posting May 20th thru May 24th. Since you’re trying to track my activity you might as well put those dates on your calendar.
I meant that after Evoladi’s terrible start I didn’t see you on here hyping him like you are now. I was pointing out how hypocritical it is for you to be puffing your chest out after his so far one good start this year and calling out all the “haters” when you were no where to be found earlier in the season where he was struggling and got bombed by the worst teams in baseball. Almost like you were waiting for him to actually have a good start four weeks into the season before you felt like you could say anything.
Joe – Interesting how you misspell Nate’s last name the exact same way on both of your accounts. LOL!
I know what you’re trying to do. You obviously have been reading my posts in this thread, so you already know that before last night 4 of his 5 starts were rock solid. I’m not gonna waste my time re-posting the stats yet again.
Did I praise Nate here after any of those 4 great starts? No, I didn’t even know about them because I spend enough time following the Red Sox without trying to follow every game of every former Red Sox player … and as we all know, there are a LOT of former Red Sox players thanks to Bloom.
Finally, since you can’t comprehend WHY Nate’s game last night was so special and deserving of all the attention it’s gotten throughout the world, here’s more facts to educate you:
1) Only ONE other pitcher in the league has a Shutout this year, Gerrit Cole
2) Only TWO other pitchers in the league have a Complete Game this year, Cole and George Kirby
3) The last Red Sox pitcher to throw a shutout? Nate Eovaldi.
4) Nate threw 113 pitches last night, a true workhorse
Now don’t you feel ashamed for saying I was “hypocritical”. If you’re gonna criticize someone, be prepared to back it up.
it’s hilarious that every time your wrong and just don’t want to admit it you accuse me and joe of being the same person and also try to obfuscate with specious reasoning.. Again your timing is dubious about Eovaldi in that you waited until after his best start to make a comment about him in an article about Chris martin. You brought it up solely to troll and you’re still being hypocritical.
I never said what Eovaldi did wasn’t praiseworthy. Just in the grand scheme of things and in terms of his contract not as praiseworthy as you’re making it seem..
I’ve already proven time again why Eovaldi isn’t a work horse so need to rehash that.
I don’t need to try and make people ashamed when they’re wrong but clearly if it affects you that much that’s not a me problem.
Joe – If you want to continue downplaying Nate’s performance on Saturday and his overall performance this year, that’s 100% a you problem. Obviously you have personal issues against me by saying it’s not as praiseworthy as I’M making it seem, even though the whole damn baseball world is praising it just as much if not more than I did. In fact I didn’t even mention it was the first time since 2015 that a pitcher threw a complete game shutout against the Yankees.
But hey, by all means go ahead and ignore THAT along with all the other facts I’ve presented. It’s always SSDD, I go out of my way to provide concrete evidence to support my stance and you brush it off with a simple “I don’t care what you have to say, I’m right and you’re wrong”.
Okay Joe, whatever you say. Ignore the pitch counts and IP when Nate is healthy. Ignore the K/BB Ratio. Ignore the ERA in all but ONE game this season. Your choice, that’s on you.
GASoxfan: Yet again you’re resorting to calling me by the wrong name because you know you’re wrong and still not addressing anything I said. You latch on two words and take it into different directions to distract from the point. Then you make personal comments (including victim playing) and assumptions to distract from the original discusison
i haven’t ignored any of your facts. it’s just that one start (stats included) isn’t all that compelling in the grand scheme of a 3 year contract. I could have come here and trolled you when he got bombed by the terrible royals but I didn’t for that very reason. Furthermore you were still trolling. I indulged you and here we are away from the initial point again.
Again I’m not rehashing the workhorse thing. I proved you wrong about that a while ago (because health and performance over a career matters in that discussion) so no need to go further with that because I know that hurts your feelings for some reason. I hope it won’t this time though.
I can’t help it if you think that what you say would be worthy of taking personally. You’re clearly projecting so it’s too bad you’re taking what I say personally.
Key word as always when nate is healthy. you seem to not think his lack of availability isn’t a problem. I do. That’s where we stand.
Fever Pitch Guy –
Eovaldi always plays inspiredly against Yankees, but if to take into count a that fact that MFY played without Stanton and Judge would happen this shutout, for me doubt.
Did you so not arguments, why Wong bad protective catcher?
Some fun stuff here. I admit I’m more curious about this team than excited. I had hoped to keep Bogaerts and Eovaldi, they are definitely competitors. But I go all the way back to being disappointed when they traded Dick Stuart. This team has ticked me off so many times!
Bloom, Wah Wah Wah. We have an amazing trombone section on this site, I bet 76 of you are in the parade. And the Cora-nets! My goodness.
But a lot of you don’t know the territory!
It’s all in being a Red Sox fan. You just use the Think Method and maybe they will win after all.
bogie – I agree, with a healthy Stanton and Judge in the lineup it may not have been a shutout.
if you don’t mind me asking, which country are you in? I think it’s great to have Sox fans throughout the world.
hayzee – Sox won that trade! Dennis Bennett had a great 1966 season while Stuart went straight downhill after leaving Boston.
Really liked your post BTW, this place needs more lighthearted fun stuff like that!
FPG – Wow were the crazies flinging the crap on this posting!!! WOW. I haven’t read that much information that was inaccurate in a long time.
First – Eovaldi is and was an excellent pick-up by DD and paid for his contract with his performance. The Rangers can expect the same. Boston should have kept him but Bloom was busy burning down the house.
Next – Why bash Eovaldi? He did his job well and Bloom tossed him in the trash. That’s on Bloom not Nate. Just like Mookie, Benny, Chavis, Holt, Price, Vazquez and JBJ…. Nate deserved better than Bloom. He now has much better than Bloom and is in a far better place. Much like Mookie, Benny etc. Every other team that is competitive has to look far more attractive than staying in Boston and dealing with Dumb and Dumber. If Red Sox fans want to target their anger do it at the culprits not the victims.
BLOOM and CORA.
Next – WhyHayzee am I one of the 110 cornets close at hand?
Next – King – Why would DD do a full tear down after they won a ring with a team that was in their prime and an organization making over $330MM per year? That makes no sense. Bloom tore it down out of hubris. He wanted people to honor him from a far over creating the perfect organization. Doe it look like the perfect organization to you or a dumpster fire?
Next – AITSTYW – FPG has no hidden agenda. He simply speaks his mind against things he sees as wrong. That’s a good thing not a bad thing. You don’t have to agree but show him why you are right because insults simply don’t work in an adult discussion.
Bogie – Nate can handle Judge and Stanton. Not a problem. Give the guy credit. He did lots of great things for the Red Sox organization and gave the fan base lots of great moments. Cheap shots because he’s in Texas seem out of place to me. He was one of the good guys until Bloom made sure he wasn’t.
Fever Pitch Guy –
I’m from Ukraine.
Fan of Red Sox from 2011 ( I had a choice to become a fan of Red Sox or Yankees, I did a choice in
The command of 2011 was a class – Ortiz, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Youk, Tek, A.Gonzalez, Salty, Reddick, Lester, Lackey, Buchholz, Beckett, Papelbon, Bard, Aceves. Very offensively that they lost September being
( Actively began to be interested in baseball from 2011, in our country there is not a popular.
After the systems of minor leagues of Red Sox, I watch from 2013, when Bradley and Bogaerts are debuted in Major.
From 2019 very actively I watch after prospects in the minor leagues.
Very glad for the breach of Duran in this season, I hope he will continue to rake up and get better in a defensive,
Very it is sorry that Dalbec doesn’t have progress in Triple ААА, his bat impresses me, but surviving with 35+ % SO is heavy, at least, I don’t see that he changed something in going near a dish in a difference from Duran.
I like as make progress York, Lugo, Jordan, D.Hamilton, Rafaela, Mayer, Drohan, Denlinger.
I think if Jordan will make progress in such rate as now, that in a month will be heaved up in double АА, Drohan can be heaved up in triple ААА, York in triple AAA.
Most I wait progress from a starting rotation, it is pleasant to see that such fellows as Crawford and Wincky show results in bullpen, that gives an opportunity to open out Houck in a SP, I very hope on further progress from Bello ( he is a talented fellow ).
In spite of problems that we have at the beginning of season this command better what the last year’s, for such players as Verdugo, Wong, Duran is leader internalss, but not all notice or doesn’t want to notice from blind fury abandoned on Bloom.
I already talked before that, I will give Bloom this season to look as he can do without the players of Championship 2018 ( Bogaerts, Martinez, Eovaldi, Vazquez ) and that he presents from itself as a GM.
For me there is the severest loss of Bogey, he is a unicum player.
His being in this composition would complement a starting line and we would now have on 2-3 victories anymore.
KD17 –
Next – Why bash Eovaldi? He did his job well and Bloom tossed him in the trash. That’s on Bloom not Nate. Just like Mookie, Benny, Chavis, Holt, Price, Vazquez and JBJ…. Nate deserved better than Bloom. He now has much better than Bloom and is in a far better place. Much like Mookie, Benny etc. Every other team that is competitive has to look far more attractive than staying in Boston and dealing with Dumb and Dumber. If Red Sox fans want to target their anger do it at the culprits not the victims.
BLOOM and CORA.
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I don’t deny a that fact that Eovaldi, Martinez, Bogey, Mookie, Benny, Holty, Bradley, Pierce, Vaz, Price, Brasier, Kelly, Mitch, Kinsler, Sale (hope forgot nobody) was brought in the contribution to victory, I’m thankful to every player for 2018 ( Chavis isn’t written into this conception, he made debut in 2019 ), but you can’t look at all these players in 2023 after an exception ( Holt retired in 2021, Moreland retired at the end of 2022, Pierce retired after 2019, Kinsler retired 2021, Kelly FA ), as on players 2018 year.
Martinez doesn’t produce those numbers, he doesn’t even produce the numbers of 2021, his speed of SO is the highest in a career in this season 30.6%, speed of walks went down to 6.1%, he on IL with the same injury, as in 2022.
Benny doesn’t produce those numbers for 15 million in a year, he doesn’t have force, to pay only for defence.
2023 – 25g; 96 AB ( 104 AP; 27h; 5 Double; 7 Walks; 17 SO; .281 AVG; .670 Ops!!!; – 0.2 dWAR; – 1rdrs; 0.1 WAR; – 3 RAA; – 0.3 WAA.
( 5 / $75m – $15 m AAV , will compare this contract with Pedroia, that got 8/ $100m – $12.5 m AAV in 2013, Dustin executed this contract for 5 y’s and he was the best pin player what Benintendi ), the best season of Andy after departure from Boston 2.6 WAR, as at Pedroia worst season after a transaction 2013 year – 2.6 WAR ( 2015; 2017 ).
C.Vazquez after departure from Boston doesn’t produce those numbers that we got used to see:
Houston 2022 / Minnesota 2023 :
55g; 169 AB ( 181 PA ); 43h; 6 Double; 1 HR; 12 Walks; 38 SO; 2 CS; .256 AVG; .618 Ops; 77 Ops.; 0.1 WAR.
He got a contract 3/ $30m ААV from Minnesota.
Vazquez has in this season uncharacteristically high Babip .378 ( .304 career ) and the highest speed of SO in a career 27.4% .
I didn’t see that you praised these fellows except criticism in their address :
C.Wong ( C ) $min. – 22G; 18GS; 12CG; 58AB ( 65 PA ) 14 H; 4 Double; 1 HR; 5 Walks; 1SB; 1CS; 18 SO;
.241 AVG; .675 Ops; +84 Ops; 0.8 WAR; .333 Babip ( .332 Babip – 2 Seasons Worcester ),
0.8dWAR; +6Rdrs; 156 Inn. 14 A; 2E ( Catcher Interference) ; 7 SB/ 6 CS; 46% CS; .988 Fielding;
starting catcher – W/L 11/7; 105 – 79 runs ( +25 D ).
M.Yoshida LF/DH
23G; 87AB ( 102 PA ); 24H; 4Double; 4 HR; 12 Walks; 11SO; 2SB; .276AVG; .373 OBP; .832 OPS; +126 OPS.
Yoshi became a 4th player in history of Red Sox that did 2 HR’s in one inning.
KD – It does feel like the crazies are making their “last stand” for Bloom before he gets canned, doesn’t it? I just don’t get it. They are *supposedly* Red Sox fans, yet they crap on every key player from the glory years who are no longer on the team.
You’re right, Nate is a damn hero who doesn’t deserve to get crapped on like this. His performance in 2018 Game 3 ranks right up there with the Pedro relief appearance in Cleveland and the G38 Bloody Sock Games.
Same thing happened to G38, in 2004 it was “You’ll never have to pay for a drink in this town ever again” and by 2014 he was effectively “cancelled” by those same fake “fans”.
And oh yeah, they use the same damn BS excuse every time a Red Sox star leaves town … “He wouldn’t have stayed no matter how much money he was offered because he hates Boston”.
They say that about Mookie, Xander, Nate, all of them. It does seem like they are being told what to say by the Red Sox front office, doesn’t it?
Bogie – Glad you are here, welcome! My wife is Estonian with parents from both Russia and Ukraine, but she is not much of a baseball fan. LOL!
I completely agree with you on Xander, he was a big loss and they still haven’t recovered from it.
Fever –
“Meanwhile Nathan Eovaldi just pitched a Complete Game 3-hit 0-Walk 8-Strikeout Shutout against the Yankees … and on 113 pitches!”
Eovaldi had an ERA of 5.20 and a WHIP of 1.41 before this start so he wasn’t pitching all that great. Eovaldi wanted to get that last pay day that the Red Sox were not offering,.
Bello needs to stay in the rotation, Houck needs to stay in the rotation, Crawford should get a look in the rotation play the young guys. The future of the pitching on this team is all the young pitchers. Bello, Houck, Whitlock, Crawford, Winckowski all these guys are going to be important moving forward let them pitch maybe Whitlock needs to be in the pen maybe his health will dictate that but the future is the young guys let them pitch.
Bruin1012 –
I agree with you.
Bruin1012 – AMEN!! The young pitchers are a critical part of rebuilding what Bloom tore down.
Eovaldi was having a somewhat shaky start to the season, until he faced his normal nemesis, the Yankees. As was mentioned earlier, the guys that have had their way with him in the past were missing. Granted, Stanton and Judge, have had their way with many pitchers. Rizzo, Torres, LeMahieu, and Hicks were basically the only recognized names. The Yankee pitching, included likewise unrecognizable names, except Peralta.
I say let’s see what happens when he is assigned the task of facing the Yankees in the Bronx with the Yankees loaded for bear in late June. I Iike Nate but I’m not unhappy he’s not in a Sox uni.
Madmc… I can’t find what his record/ era/ quality starts are vs Yankees as a Redsox starter but as long as I can remember he has faired extremely well versus them. I remembered that even while he was being lite up against the rest of the teams he seemed to do well against the Yankees to my amazement. First one start ( a fluke) i thought but then 2/3/4 etc. I to am sorry not to see him in a Boston uniform ( was at his last start vs Baltimore at Fenway) while most will always thank him for 6 plus in WS I remember him for being a Yankee killer( to some extreme)
He beat Cole in that wild card game too
Cherry on top!!!
Another Victory for Red Sox! Weird place to be for a team thats “terrible”. Theyre above .500 Tied for a Playoff Spot, while playing the toughest schedule in baseball.
Let me remember, where were the Red Sox suppose to be at the end of April, according to the wisdom of MBLTR commentors?
You’re full of crap with that toughest schedule BS they have only 500 sos score and the CWS have a 517 score not even close you liar
This has Boston as number 1. espn.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos
“full of crap”, “liar” Somebody has got a nasty temper.
Strength of Schedule (SOS)
Red Sox .573 winning percentage
White Sox .560 Winning percentage
espn.com/mlb/stats/rpi
That makes you the liar. and full of crap. It must be weird to hate a team you supposedly like, enough to LIE ABOUT IT!
Look at the played schedules of each team and add the opponents current wins times the number of games played genius only a moron would think Boston has had a tougher schedule than chisox rpi is not the same as sos genius learn to read
Red Sox still have a tougher SOS (.567) than the White Sox (..562).
AND Red Sox can’t sweep the White Sox. They barely got enough runs to beat them.
RSmith –
That you can say on an occasion Wong;
C.Wong C 2023:
21G/18GS/12CG; W/L 11/9; 105 – 79 runs ( +26 D ); 156.0 Inn; +6 Rdrs; +0.8 dWAR; 7SB/6CS – 46% CS.
In 4 defeats with Wong, Red Sox were near on a count.
With Wong, Red Sox didn’t skip more than 7 runs in 18 starting games.
C.Wong ( C ) $min. – 22G; 18GS; 12CG; 58AB ( 65 PA ) 14 H; 4 Double; 1 HR; 5 Walks; 1SB; 1CS; 18 SO;
.241 AVG; .675 Ops; +84 Ops; 0.8 WAR; .333 Babip
( .332 Babip – 2 Seasons Worcester )
R.McGuire C 2023:
17G(11GS); W/L 4/7; 58 – 72 runs ( -14 D ); 100Inn; -2 Rdrs; -0.2 dWAR; 18SB/1CS – 5% CS.
In one defeat with McGuire, Red Sox were near on a count.
With McGuire, Red Sox skipped 8+ of runs in 5 starting games from 11 starting games.
Alike we found a starting catcher in the person of Wong.
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Beware Randy Red Sox, he will tell you that Wong beats .150 and mediocre defender, here not deepening in statistics and not looking a games.
Lol!!!
Nice point bogie2x.
Ill admit I wanted Alcantara to stay in majors while Wong went down. But Wong’s D is fantastic. And he is surprisingly athletic for a catcher.
RSmith-
Alike the trolls of Red Sox dislike that such guys as Verdugo, Wong, Yoshi, Wincky become the leaders of this club because they are purchased by Bloom and they will look farther foolish, if their prognoses won’t justify oneself therefore they want that these players failed.
Criticism for the sake of criticism.
So true. Verdugo and Wong for 1.5 years of Betts, when the Red Sox werent going anywhere back then, was a great deal.
Dont get me wrong, Dodgers made out well too.