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Awful swing by Abreu

Jansen on the Dodgers and a few of the Indians relievers are just as bad

So many of them do now. It’s insane they let pitchers do it.

I thought he made a lot of bad choices when deciding to throw or tuck and run, but that comes with experience. His throw on that 3rd and long late in game was good....and maybe the worst defense imaginable

Was thinking that also. Hope they cover the phone box.

He’s blind

This fucking ump again

Santos accuracy is unreal.

Vaughn in RF will never work. Way too slow out there

Then why didn’t they get a RF at the deadline. If they were serious about trying to win a World Series, then Garcia or Goodwin as options, to go along with Engel, is freaking embarrassing. If they thought they might eventually put Vaughn out there, then why not acquire a DH like Soler or Schwarber.

I saw a spray chart after the game of Yordan’s ground balls this year that made the lack of shifting on him inexcusable. His go-ahead single went exactly to where he hits a lot of grounders.

Besides Grandal

It also looked like it coasted because some players collapsed the last few months of the year (Eloy, Vaughn)

I still would love to know why Kimbrel’s velocity dropped from 97.5 to 95.8 from May to September. I’m not referencing the Sox necessarily, as it looks like his velocity was starting to dip near the deadline. If Katz is stressing command over velocity for the relievers, it sure didn’t work this year besides Hendriks.

You’re not going to get me to defend him not being a mental head case in his Sox tenure. It was obvious from the get-go something was wrong with him as his velocity dropped. It also sounds like he’s been very vocal behind the scenes about his disappointment in his role here and the Sox not letting him close like they said they would. It’s just a giant clusterfuck and a horrible transaction. Hearing Tony make the excuse today was the icing on the cake. I will say he had been better of late and has gotten no help from his defense here.

The real simple solution is don’t acquire someone who won’t be comfortable in the role you plan for him to have. It sounds ridiculous, but let’s not pretend he’s the first person who went from closer to set-up man who struggled for one reason or another.

Against a RHP a few months ago, that made more sense than pitching to Tucker with an open base

And he will give up a run and Tony and his cronies will say “I told you so”

Bad pitching decisions, bad positioning, and bad PH decision is the trifecta. It’s hard to make as many moves as he did and not have one go right.

The more time passes, I can’t be the only one getting more frustrated by all the awful managerial moves. That was honestly the worst managed Sox game I’ve seen.

Thought of a big play that could have been different if Sox were home today. Yoan falling on the foul pop up in the 2nd led to two runs and he probably has a better shot if he’s familiar with the field.

Astros fans are saying Timmy is a tool for supposedly bitching at Stanek for not throwing him a fastball

Does that mean Jack Morris has to announce almost 20 games a year with Ohtani?

I find the NL playoff teams so much more interesting this year. The Giants and Brewers have such great chemistry.

Such a bad strategy to hit home runs