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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 11, 2020 16:15:34 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 35m Ron Roenicke announces Nathan Eovaldi will start Saturday against the Rays. #RedSox
Roenicke on nine Rays lefties in the lineup tonight -- 'When Jerry Narron handed me the lineup it looked wrong to me.' #RedSox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 11, 2020 16:18:00 GMT -5
Chris Cotillo @chriscotillo · 18m J.D. Martinez isn't hurt -- just a rest day after 17 straight ABs without a hit. Roenicke hopes he uses today to get in cage, clear his head, and get back to normal for the final few weeks.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 11, 2020 16:19:40 GMT -5
Julian McWilliams @byjulianmack · 38m Roenicke said he’s never seen a lineup with nine lefties plus a lefty pitcher. Said when bench coach Jerry Narron handed him the Rays lineup he thought it was wrong.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 11, 2020 16:21:40 GMT -5
Guerin Austin @guerinaustin · 34m Ron Roenicke: -spoke to Chris Sale, he’s started to play catch -Alex Verdugo is an exciting player, loves his intensity -just a day off for J.D. Martinez to work things out, he came out for early BP
#RedSox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 11, 2020 16:22:12 GMT -5
Guerin Austin @guerinaustin · 18m Alex Verdugo:
On watching Bobby Dalbec:
“It’s fun! He’s got light tower power, that’s for sure! He’s a special player.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 11, 2020 16:22:43 GMT -5
Guerin Austin @guerinaustin · 15m Verdugo: On the leadoff spot: -getting used to it -wakes him up early -come to accept it, got to work it and help out any way that he can -On first season in Boston: body has handled it well, go out & play hard -hopes to come back in 2021 and have “something special”
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Post by Kimmi on Sept 11, 2020 16:38:25 GMT -5
U do not have to thank me. I signed, I served and I was proud as hell to deploy to the Persian Gulf 3 times for this. I have the utmost respect and gratitude for those who serve their country by serving in the military.
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Post by Kimmi on Sept 11, 2020 16:40:18 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 35m Ron Roenicke announces Nathan Eovaldi will start Saturday against the Rays. #RedSox I didn't think it would happen, so color me surprised.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 11, 2020 16:56:46 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 3m Daily dose of #RedSox roster moves:
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Sept 11, 2020 19:05:01 GMT -5
Never will forget that day I was with my NESOP Combat Section at the Warfare school the school section Chief came into our class after the first plane hit, we were told to get back to the TORONTO ( my ship then) we get there and watched the 2nd plane in horror then the rest, they secured us to get home, and I watched hear broken and angry the rest of the day
6 days later we are heading east to RV with the USS Carrier Group Teddy Roosevelt to the Persian Gulf.It's one of those days where I think everyone will remember where they were. I had worked in WTC 2, 106th floor, when they decided to relocate the remainder of the corporate office to Houston. I moved on, but as an accommodation to some of the folks, we kept a skeleton crew there that moved to WTC 1, the 91st floor, I think. When the building collapsed, I was thinking about these people I knew for roughly half my life. As it turns out, the plane hit one floor above them. Everyone from my company survived. Everyone above them died. If that doesn't weird people out, nothing will. BTW Jon, do you know anyone from the American Bureau of Shipping? It's the US classification society. We occasionally worked with the US Navy, and did the engineering work to re-flag the Kuwaiti oil tankers to US flag standards so we could provide escort services. I don't know if our Canadian offices ever did any work for your navy, but the world of maritime engineering is small.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 12, 2020 3:28:49 GMT -5
Red Sox - 1(!) , Rays - 11 : Hall Monitor Out of Control, Lets Rays Run Rampant 15 comments
The Rays make lineup history, and the Red Sox let Matt Hall pitch. By Jake Kostik@legacyme3 Sep 11, 2020, 10:22pm EDT
Tonight, history was made. The Rays started a game by using 9 players who were either left handed hitters or switch hitters. Somehow this had never happened before in the modern era. Of course, the Rays are a playoff team, and have a decent chance at winning a World Series. The Red Sox might be the worst team in baseball this year. This is a mismatch no matter how you slice it.
Andrew Triggs started the game for the Red Sox. As you may remember, I recapped the last game Andrew Triggs started as well. I feel like I’m becoming his personal recapper.
What’s new this time is the opponent. Last time it was Robbie Ray who is not very good. This time it was Blake Snell who is very good. If Hamels-Harang theorum has taught us anything though, it’s that it doesn’t really matter who is pitching for the other team, this Red Sox team will always have a chance, offensively.
The Red Sox would need to score against Snell or the Rays bullpen though. In the 2nd inning, Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a solo shot to put the Rays on the board first, leaving the Red Sox to play from behind at the start of the game. The pitcher? It was Matt Hall. Triggs was removed at the beginning of the 2nd inning.
The Red Sox had their first threat of the game in the third inning. With two outs on the board, Alex Verdugo and Rafael Devers both singled, to put runners on first and second for Xander Bogaerts. Bogaerts really gave Snell a hell of a battle. Bogaerts kept fouling pitches off, but was ultimately retired on the 8th pitch of the at-bat, grounding out to Snell, who threw over to first for the inning ending out. Bummer.
The Rays had their own rally in the bottom half. Joey Wendle singled off of Matt Hall. Brandon Lowe singled, bringing Wendle over to second. Ji-Man Choi lined out, no advance. Then Lowe and Wendle pulled off a double steal. The throw had the runner at second, but because we can’t have nice things, Christian Arroyo couldn’t handle the throw, and there were runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out.
Kevin Kiermaier grounded out, which brought Wendle home, making it 2-0, and Tsutsugo had a loud lineout that mercifully ended the inning before things got out of hand. Through two innings, Matt Hall allowed two runs.
Thus ended Matt Hall’s best outing in a Red Sox uniform. You think I’m joking, but I am not. This was the first time all season that Hall’s single game ERA was at or below 9.00 all season. Progress.
Wait. Just kidding. You seriously thought they’d remove Matt Hall? It would be nice if that was the end of things, but this is not your father’s Red Sox team. He came back out for the fourth inning too.
Nate Lowe singled and Michael Perez drew a walk, and Hall was back in a jam in the fourth inning, with one out, and the bat of Austin Meadows (who to be fair, has struggled in 2020) looming. You know what happened next, naturally. Austin Meadows doubled, scoring both runners, and all of a sudden, that “best outing of his Sox career” thing was over. It was back to being a typical Matt Hall outing.
They finally removed Matt Hall after a very bad performance. Phillips Valdez came out, making me wonder why they didn’t just go to him in the first place. Valdez has been one of the best Red Sox pitchers this season, and was called upon to put out a massive fire. He inherited runners on first and second with only one out. He immediately got out of it with just three pitches. Amazing.
With Matt Hall removed, I want to talk a bit more about why it was a bad decision to have Hall come out for the fourth inning. The game was eminently winnable at that point, and Hall was in the midst of his best performance yet, but he looked shaky and was giving up some pretty hard contact at times. Logically speaking, it would not have been surprising if Matt Hall did poorly. More so, if the Red Sox wanted to win this game, they could have turned to any number of arms in their pen that were still somewhat fresh given the recent days off the club has had.
I can only concur that Ron Roenicke and the Red Sox are tanking, because having him come out for a third inning of work was negligent, and the result was a process of bad decision making. I had been fairly ambivalent on Ron Roenicke as a manager, trying to avoid any words that I couldn’t take back, but I am fairly certain at this stage that I do not want Roenicke as the manager of the Boston Red Sox in 2021. His decision making has rarely been based in anything logical, and when veering off the beaten path, he’s also been beaten because that’s just not his game. This decision to have Matt Hall pitch a third inning may appear on the surface to be benign, but it was a bad decision and nearly everyone should have seen that it was just a ticking time bomb. The fact Roenicke went with Hall anyway scares me, even if Hall won’t be on the team next year.
Valdez did super well the rest of the way. To say I am shocked would be an understatement. I had every expectation in my body completely and utterly subverted by the awesomeness that was the best pitching performance I had seen all night. There wasn’t much competition, granted, but still!
A Red Sox pitcher would make his debut tonight! Unfortunately it was not Tanner Houck. It was Domingo Tapia. Even more unfortunately, on the second pitch of his career he gave up a dinger to Nate Lowe. You could say that escalated quickly. The ball sure did. Other than the dinger, he actually pitched fairly well, and flashed some plus life on his fastball, which topped out at 101 mph. The box score will always show that he gave up a 9.00 ERA, but it doesn’t properly credit what he can be for the Red Sox in the coming year.
There would be more layers to our misery for the evening. Or I should say more (Robinson) Leyers. He came in to relieve Tapia for the 7th inning. He started well, striking out Brandon Lowe. But then he walked Choi and Kiermaier... and the wheels started to come off, as they so oft have for the Red Sox in 2020. Tsutsugo singled, scoring Lowe, and then the other Lowe, Nate Lowe, hit a three-run homerun, to make it a 9-0 Rays lead.
The Red Sox put up a fight in the top of the 8th for their second major threat of the game. Alex Verdugo hit a liner that was handled on a bounce for a single. Rafael Devers followed this with a one bounce gapper of his own that moved Dugie over to second. Bogaerts grounded into a fielder’s choice, but moved Verdugo to third. With the first run 90 feet away, and Christian Vazquez up to the plate... Vazquez grounded into a double play, inning over, threat over. Still 9-0.
The game is basically over. The only drama left is in seeing if Bobby Dalbec can hit a home run in an unbelievable sixth straight game. All the same, the Rays get to continue playing offense and we need to report the facts. After Meadows struck out to start the bottom of the 8th, Wendle got a double. A wild pitch moved Wendle over to third, and Brandon Lowe walked, putting runners on the corners with one out.
Choi doubled, scoring Wendle and putting Lowe on third. Then Kiermaier grounded out, scoring Lowe, and putting Choi on third, with two outs. Tsutsugo struck out to end the frame, with the Rays up 11-0.
Dalbec did not hit a home run. The streak is over. But he did something nobody else was capable of. He drove in a run. After Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a double, Dalbec followed up with a double of his own. This scored Bradley, ensuring the Red Sox would not be shut out. Boston Red Sox v Philadelphia Phillies - Game One Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images
The Red Sox failed to do anything else with their remaining outs, and lost 11-1. Alex Verdugo made a diving attempt to prolong the game, but he can’t do everything. They fall to 16-30, putting them squarely in competition for the worst record in baseball, with the Rangers and Pirates. They’ll try again tomorrow (presumably).
The Good
I like Alex Verdugo. Phillips Valdez is pretty good. Bobby Dalbec got an RBI.
The Bad
Please stop using Matt Hall. Ron Roenicke made more questionable decisions, I guess. God, this team is misery on the whole.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 12, 2020 3:50:52 GMT -5
Sox can't get bats going, before or after Snell
By Ian Browne @ianmbrowne 12:11 AM EDT
For all the talk about the history-making Rays starting lineup, which included nine left-handed hitters, it was a lefty pitcher who quickly snuffed out the Red Sox in their 11-1 loss on Friday night at Tropicana Field.
Tampa Bay ace Blake Snell has labored at times this season while coming back from an injury, but he’s been magnificent in his two starts against Boston.
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Against Snell on Friday, the Red Sox mustered five hits over 5 1/3 innings, but no runs. Snell walked two and struck out five.
It was reminiscent of Snell’s Aug. 12 start at Fenway Park when he threw five shutout innings while walking none and striking out six.
“He’s got nasty stuff,” said Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke. “You saw us chasing up out of the zone. You saw us chasing down with the breaking ball. I mean, it’s nasty. That’s why this guy is so good. So, we had some good at-bats against him, but this is an elite pitcher, and it shows. We’ve been swinging the bat really well, and then you come against this guy, and things are different. It’s just very difficult to put together a lot of hits to try to score runs against him.”
As for Boston’s pitching alignment on Friday against all those lefties, righty Andrew Triggs opened the game with one scoreless inning. The plan was for him to give Roenicke another inning or two, but that changed when Triggs had to exit due to a pinched nerve in his neck.
Given Tampa Bay’s lineup, Roenicke understandably went to a lefty for bulk innings in Matt Hall, but it didn’t go well at all. Hall (18.69 ERA in four appearances) allowed four runs on six hits and two walks in 2 1/3 innings.
“We thought [it] was a really good spot with their lineup, with all the left-handers that they had in there, and that’s why we brought him into that part of the game because if you wait, then they have the opportunity, if the game is close, to go to their right-handers,” said Roenicke. “So, the spot was good, and that’s why he was in there and hopefully giving us some length.”
When the Red Sox went back to right-handers, that didn’t work either. The Rays continued to tee off on Boston’s underwhelming bullpen.
Once the game got out of reach, the only question for the Sox was if Bobby Dalbec could become the first rookie in MLB history to homer in six straight games.
But it was not to be. Dalbec, who went 2-for-3 on the night, belted an RBI double in his final at-bat.
In the meantime, Roenicke had to manage his way through yet another difficult game in which he was trying to navigate his pitching staff through a blowout. This was the ninth time the 16-30 Red Sox have allowed 10 runs or more in a game.
“We want to give guys opportunities, we want to still try to compete the best we can, and then sometimes it gets to a point where we’re just putting guys with length to try to get through games,” Roenicke said.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 12, 2020 3:52:14 GMT -5
Notes: Verdugo stands out; Sale throws
By Ian Browne @ianmbrowne September 11, 2020
Through every down season -- and this one has been a big downer for the Red Sox -- there are still bright spots.
The biggest one for Boston this season? Without question, it has to be Alex Verdugo.
The fiery outfielder has proved that chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom had the right idea by making him the key return piece in the blockbuster that sent superstar Mookie Betts to the Dodgers.
Verdugo has contributed on offense, defense and on the bases. In a market that is challenging for many players to get comfortable, it’s been the opposite for Verdugo.
“It’s just who I am as a person. I don’t back down from a challenge,” Verdugo said. “I don’t shy away from the big moment. “
Just 24 years old, the Red Sox hold Verdugo’s contractual rights for four more seasons after this one.
“I think he’s shown good defense and battles well at the plate,” said Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke. “I really like this guy. I think when people see him when there’s fans in the stands, they’re going to really appreciate the effort he puts in, the energy he has. And I think he’s going to be a really nice player. Whether we keep him in the leadoff spot, I’m not positive, but if we do, it looks like he can really handle that well also.”
The left-handed-hitting Verdugo entered Friday’s game with a line of .310/.371/.516, with 14 doubles and six homers in 170 plate appearances.
Entering the season, it was fair to wonder if Verdugo would be a platoon player or an everyday guy. He has proven to be the latter, hitting .309 with an .813 OPS against lefties. Verdugo has also given the Red Sox stability in the leadoff spot.
“Once I came here, it was kind of one of those things, I knew I had an opportunity to play and to finally just be a starter,” Verdugo said. “To come over here, to know you have a starting spot and just go to out there and play and kind of just keep showing little aspects of your game, it’s great.”
Proving yourself in a 60-game season can be tough, but it has worked out well for Verdugo.
“I’ve been showing that I can run a little bit, I’ve show that I can hit lefties, hit righties, I can hit for a little bit of power,” Verdugo said. “It’s just one of those things, I think this is like a 60-game little sprint just to kind of show everybody what you have. Show that I can play. Yeah, there’s still room to grow. Everyone has room to grow. I still want to continue to learn and continue to kind of improve my strengths and improve my weaknesses.”
Sale starts throwing Roenicke had a positive update on ace Chris Sale, who underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of March.
“I probably talked to Chris maybe about a week ago. He was doing really well,” Roenicke said. “He’s started to play catch, and the catch has gone really well. So, it’s been about a week now since he started to throw, and everything is going really well.”
Eovaldi to return Saturday Hard-throwing righty Nathan Eovaldi will make his first start since Aug. 21 on Saturday night against the Rays. He was out with a right calf strain.
Eovaldi won’t pitch deep into the game, given the time he’s missed.
“We’ll see how efficient he is in his pitches and how long we can keep him out there,” Roenicke said.
Another day, another roster move Boston’s roster continues to be a revolving door. The latest move was the club placing lefty reliever Josh Taylor on the injured list with tendinitis in his left shoulder.
Righty Domingo Tapia was selected from the alternate training site to fill Taylor’s spot. To fit Tapia on the 40-man roster, the Red Sox transferred Colten Brewer to the 45-day injured list.
All lefties? For the first time in baseball history -- going back to 1901 -- the Rays put out a lineup on Friday that had all left-handed batters on a night the Red Sox went with an opener on the mound in righty Andrew Triggs.
Roenicke, who wasn’t aware it had never been done before, did a double-take.
“So, when [bench coach] Jerry Narron gave me the lineup, I looked at it, and it looked wrong to me. Everything was in red,” Roenicke said. “So, I don’t even know how often that has happened. I don’t know, really, the history of that or what kind of numbers, what’s the last time that has happened? Pretty interesting, though.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 12, 2020 3:55:37 GMT -5
Red Sox shut down again vs. Blake Snell, Rays By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated September 11, 2020, 10:19 p.m.
The Red Sox had their hands full with Blake Snell on the hill Friday evening.
Yes, the starter has been scuffling for a bit, allowing eight runs in his last three outings, but he’s still Blake Snell — a 2018 Cy Young Award winner. More importantly, he’s had career success against the Red Sox entering this game, pitching to the tune of a 2.83 ERA in 11 starts (57 1/3 innings) while striking out 60.
He continued his effectiveness Friday, tossing 5 1/3 innings without allowing a run in the Rays' 11-1 win against the Red Sox in St. Petersburg, Fla.
After putting together an impressive and gutsy 4-3 win Thursday, the Sox showed little in the second game of the four-game set. They collected 11 hits on the night but were just 2 for 7 with runners in scoring position. The Red Sox scored their only run in the ninth inning, with the game already out of hand, when Jackie Bradley Jr. and Bobby Dalbec had back-to-back doubles with one out.
Snell established his aggressiveness early on. In his first inning of work, for example, the lefthander fell behind 2-0 in the count to Rafael Devers. Snell then challenged Devers with three straight fastballs located up. Devers swung late through all three.
The Red Sox had five hits off Snell but managed more than one hit in an inning just once, when Alex Verdugo and Devers collected back-to-back singles in the second.
“He’s got nasty stuff,” manager Ron Roenicke said afterward. “You saw us chasing up out of the zone. You saw us chasing down with the breaking ball. It’s just nasty. That’s why this guy is so good. We had some good at-bats against him, but this guy is an elite pitcher.”
Verdugo and Devers also had back-to-back singles to lead off the eighth, but a fielder’s choice and double play ended the threat.
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Verdugo, Devers, Bradley, and Dalbec each had two hits.
If there was a theme to this game, it was a reminder that the Sox don’t have pitching. Friday was a battle between the haves and the have-nots.
While the Rays had Snell, the Sox gave Andrew Triggs the ball to start. Triggs, who has a history of injury, left Friday’s game with a pinched nerve in his neck after his scoreless first. As a result, Matt Hall took the ball in the second against a full Rays lefty lineup — it was the first time in the modern era that a team started a lineup of nine strictly lefthanded hitters — and he proved ineffective. In his 2 1/3 innings of work, Hall allowed four runs on six hits, including a solo homer by Yoshi Tsutsugo.
“The hits that they got were just curveballs left up in the zone,” Roenicke said. “When it’s down in the zone, it’s a really nice pitch. He could be more consistent with his curveball. We thought it was a really good spot with all their lefthanders in there. That’s why we brought him in during that part of the game.”
The Rays are 30-16 and first in the American League East. The Sox, meanwhile, are 16-30 and last in the AL East. They are the first team in the AL east to reach 30 losses. The margin between the two teams is clear to Roenicke.
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“We’re going to have to pitch better,” Roenicke said. “Their starters are good, their relievers are good. That puts you in an elite class. That’s why they are where they are.”
The Sox knocked Snell out of the game with one out in the sixth after Xander Bogaerts singled and Christian Vazquez reached on an error. But Rays closer Pete Fairbanks induced a Kevin Plawecki grounder, which resulted in a double play to end the frame.
Sox reliever Domingo Tapia made his major league debut and immediately allowed a homer to the Rays' Nate Lowe, stretching the Rays lead to 5-0.
Following an RBI single in the seventh by Tsutsugo off Robinson Leyer, Lowe added a three-run homer to push the lead to 9-0.
Tampa Bay added a pair of runs in the eighth off Robert Stock on a Ji-Man Choi RBI double and a Kevin Kiermaier groundout.
“They scrap,” Roenicke said of the Rays. “They don’t give in during at-bats. If you miss with a pitch, they do a great job of lining it somewhere. They steal. They’re very heads up on the bases. They do a lot of things to allow them to win games. If you’re not really good at what you do, you’re not going to win games against them.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Sept 12, 2020 3:57:26 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK Alex Verdugo has been a real find during an otherwise lost season By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated September 11, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Alex Verdugo prides himself on patience at the plate.
He wants to see pitches. His plan is simple, yet hard to master: Hit fastballs the other way and pull the offspeed and breaking pitches while always thinking up the middle and left-center. If Verdugo gets away from that approach, that’s when he can lose himself.
That hasn’t happened much this season. Entering Friday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Verdugo has posted a .310 batting average with a .371 on-base percentage and an .887 OPS. In his 170 plate appearances, Verdugo has six homers and 14 doubles. He’s hit lefties well, too (batting .309 against them), something he told management he could do when he came to the Red Sox in the trade that sent Mookie Betts and David Price to the Dodgers. In what’s amounted to a lost season for the Red Sox, individually, Verdugo has made a huge impression.
“I really like this guy,” manager Ron Roenicke said before Friday night’s game. “I think when people see him when there are fans in the stands they are really going to appreciate the effort that he puts in and the energy that he has.”
Verdugo, who is as confident as they come, said part of his success has to do with who he is as a person.
“I don’t back down from a challenge,” he said. “I don’t shy away from the big moment. I came from the Dodgers, we were already expected to win. There was a lot of pressure over there. It didn’t matter if you were a rookie or not. They expected you to be a professional. Once I came here, it was kind of one of those things where I knew I had an opportunity to play and finally just be a starter.”
In addition to Verdugo’s offense, he’s been impressive on defense. He’s registered seven outfield assists and handled both corner outfield positions exceptionally well, and says he feels comfortable there.
As the Red Sox season nears an end, the focus is slowly shifting to 2021. Roenicke is hoping they can have a spring training, but as the country continues its battle with COVID-19, everything is still uncertain.
That goes for fans in the stands, too. Will Verdugo have to go another season without getting his warm welcome to Boston? Like Roenicke, he hopes not.
“I love playing in front of fans, man. It would be nice to hear people screaming when you’re coming up to the plate or when you make a nice play," Verdugo said. "It’s just nice to hear genuine reactions on the spot. As professionals, we expect to go out there and perform.” Dalbec getting in work
Verdugo said rookie Bobby Dalbec has light-tower power. Dalbec hit yet another homer Thursday night, his sixth of the season. He became just the fifth player in history to homer six times in his first 10 big league games, and the sixth Red Sox player to homer in five consecutive contests. But after playing mostly third base throughout the minors, first base is still an adjustment
“We know Dalbec is a good defensive third baseman,” Roenicke said. “He’s a better third baseman than he is a first baseman and it’s because he’s so comfortable at third. First base, he’s still trying to figure out different scenarios and where he’s supposed to be. I think he’s done a real nice job at first, it’s just that the comfort level isn’t there because he hasn’t played it as much.”
Roenicke added that Dalbec is comfortable holding runners, but they are trying to get him off the bag more.
“Especially with a lefthanded hitter,” Roenicke said. “We want them to be able to get off and get set when the ball is crossing home plate. The only way to do that is to start off the bag some.”
Rafael Devers, who came into Friday on a tear, wants to continue to play every day until the season’s end, so it’s unlikely Dalbec will get much time at third, leaving much of his playing time at first.
Eovaldi to start Saturday; Sale throwing
Chris Sale has been playing catch for a week, and Roenicke said it’s been going well. Meanwhile, Nate Eovaldi will come off the injured list and pitch Saturday. Lefthander Josh Taylor was placed on the 10-day IL (retroactive to Sept. 8) with left shoulder tendinitis and righthander Domingo Tapia was selected from the alternate training site. Colten Brewer was transferred to 45-day IL in order to make room for Tapia ... The Rays featured an all-lefty lineup Friday. It was the first time in the modern era (since 1901) any team has done that.
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