Jake

Okay Kyle but I'm not sure if I want you to keep challenging ones that close early in the count

And here's Kwan, one of Satan's most loyal minions

Just totally convinced that Rocchio can't hit or lay off of the curve

They are evil and the devil will act on their behalf. At this point we just have to accept that is going to be part of the deal

I want more runs but it's hard to complain given the situation and opponent. Hope we have a good plan to finish this thing.

Sox aren't the only team that can miss the tag on one of those plays

I want the story on that one that fell way short in right-center. Hit the catwalk in the trop or something lol

Cleveland has a couple lefties and two switch hitters (including Bailey, the catcher) on the bench. None are very good hitters though.

Alright, just 3 more innings we need from you Grant lol

Not sure if the slider was the right move there. At least in the zone.

Yes, just to dead center and shaded towards the gaps (there's a few in the right-center gaps that I think might be SF or Boston casualties). I'm not sure why the game feed gives .860 because their other data calls balls hit like that .940 with a 90% HR rate

Per Statcast, that's the first time a ball hit that hard on that launch angle away from center field has ever not been a hit

That's the unluckiest play I've seen in a while, he absolutely killed that

106mph, 31 degree launch to straight LF is almost always a home run. I have no idea how it stayed in.

Did it hit the wall?

Sabrowski is basically Hagen

Might have been just to get out of a potential big jam but probably tells you he'll be making an early entry one way or another.

Connor McKnight says Grant Taylor was warming up last inning.

FWIW, the only missed call by that ump that half inning was the first pitch of the inning which Statcast says was in the zone by 0.007".

Great play on both ends.

That ball from Rocchio wasn't hit very well but those have a tendency to fall in.

Ultimately the challenge with the bullpen game is that it presupposes the Sox have a large number of reliable relief pitches

FWIW, Bazzana has shown a lot of weakness against lefties and Rocchio is quite a bit weaker against lefties as well.

17 pitches to get through 3 batters

Getting them to substitute the lefties is good because that gives the Sox the latitude to bring in their lefty pitchers later on. Our bullpen has more of those.