Red Sox/MLB 2021 Regular Season III - Great Start, Let's hope it continues

[DKH]

Duran just crushes one - well I am about 10 minutes behind

watching the on NESN

 

[Ozamataz Buckshank]

doesn’t get you as much as it used to

it's enough for about a half dozen 2x4's

 

[CDJ]

Duran just left the yard again

Ockimey put one 450+

this poor lefty is getting annihilated

 

[Gator Mike]

Polar Park looks like an absolute wind tunnel out towards right-center field.

 

[Gator Mike]

 

[BostonBob]

CBS Sports thinks the Red Sox are legitimate Playoff contenders this season.

from cbssports.com:

When the Boston Red Sox take the field on Tuesday to begin a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics, they'll do it with the peace of mind that comes with possessing the majors' largest division lead. The Red Sox, who entered the spring presumed to be the third- or fourth-best team in the American League East, instead lead the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays by three games apiece, a product in part of winning four of their last five contests.

While the season is too young to take its results at face value, mid-May is often when the re-evaluation process begins. Enough time has passed for team-level results to have an impact on the final standings. For example, the Red Sox's hot start (22-14, or a 99-win pace) means that playing .500 ball from here out would leave them with an 85-77 record. Four "banked" wins may not seem like much, but it can make the difference when a team is deciding what to do at the trade deadline, or when a team finds itself in a tight playoff race.

With that in mind, it's time to start asking: are the Red Sox a legitimate playoff contender? Here are three factors that lead us to believe the answer is yes.


Full story: Three reasons why Red Sox, who currently have baseball's best record, are legitimate playoff contenders

 

[JRull86]

I really like Burks on the NESN broadcast. Offers exactly what he needs to.

 

[N o o d l e s]

This is no bueno

 

[Johnnyduke]

How the hell is Jed Lowrie still in MLB...long live the double ear flap helmet!

Two nights in a row the bullpen blows a good start. Gonna need some help.

 

[CDJ]

How the hell is Jed Lowrie still in MLB...long live the double ear flap helmet!

Two nights in a row the bullpen blows a good start. Gonna need some help.

still a Jed Head, guy can play

 

[JRull86]

How the hell is Jed Lowrie still in MLB...long live the double ear flap helmet!

Two nights in a row the bullpen blows a good start. Gonna need some help.

Hernandez literally has no idea where the ball is going when he throws it.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Some absolutely brutal 9th inning ABs

 

[Johnnyduke]

Some absolutely brutal 9th inning ABs

And continued by Bogaerts and Devers in the first tonight.

 

[CDJ]

Probably shouldn’t run on Renfroe

 

[sarge88]

I find it hard to believe that there isn’t someone in the organization, unsigned or in a beer league somewhere than can’t give more than Cordero is giving them.

He’s an automatic out right now.

 

[CDJ]

Casas has left the yard twice so far tonight in Portland

 

[CDJ]

I find it hard to believe that there isn’t someone in the organization, unsigned or in a beer league somewhere than can’t give more than Cordero is giving them.

He’s an automatic out right now.

Imo they’re just waiting on Santana to get healthy. He’s playing rehab games and doing ok in them from what I saw, shouldn’t be too much longer


Cordero is doing the baseball equivalent of gripping the stick too tight. He needs to reset in Worcester

 

[CDJ]

guys gonna be in the middle of the order at some point in the next 2 years

 

[sarge88]

Imo they’re just waiting on Santana to get healthy. He’s playing rehab games and doing ok in them from what I saw, shouldn’t be too much longer


Cordero is doing the baseball equivalent of gripping the stick too tight. He needs to reset in Worcester

How much longer do you think?

 

[CDJ]

How much longer do you think?

Just got a hit in Worcester. Can’t be more than a week or two

 

[sarge88]

Just got a hit in Worcester. Can’t be more than a week or two

I think they need to just sit him and put Dalbec at first and Chavis in the OF,

Only use Cordero as a defensive replacement.

 

[CDJ]

I think they need to just sit him and put Dalbec at first and Chavis in the OF,

Only use Cordero as a defensive replacement.

I would do that, I honestly think they’re ruining Cordero at this point. He’s lost a lot of development time to injuries and needs the consistent reps. Not scattered playing time that is littered with repeated failure

it’s not like they need to DFA him


Arauz is up so they could just go Marwin-Verdugo-Renfroe for now if they wanted to

 

[CDJ]

ROBOT UMPS PLZ

 

[Johnnyduke]

What the f*** are you doing Gonzalez???

 

[Johnnyduke]

Shaping up to be a couple frustrating nights