Jake

Just get that a touch to the pull side and it's game over. Armstrong did a nice job mixing different fastballs but I think he otherwise is not too hard to see for batters.

By the way, Luisangel is on deck. If I was Cleveland I wouldn't throw Miguel a strike.

Imagining Will trolling you all by sending Seranthony out for the 10th

Looks like raindrops on Sam's helmet

Way to go Jacob! We still need you for a little while longer.

Okay fathom, you win, Grich has earned a start against a RHP

Can they get Grant loose again quickly enough?

Well now it's a travesty that we haven't already won, lmao.

f*** yeah!

I think that sac fly was a harbinger of things to come, getting underneath it with authority.

Nice job Braden!

Meidroth doesn't really think these pitches are balls but he knows you gotta give it a shot with 2 challenges left and the final out about to be made

I am not a Mason Adams believer, but we'll need a fresh body before too long so I don't oppose him getting a look. Probably would prefer to see Sandlin though.

More of that batted ball luck

Is 38% K rate and 6% BB rate good? Asking for a baseball team

If you want to know why the Sox wanted to get a look at Rock, look no further than his release point. It's a commonality across nearly every lefty the Sox have had around in the past couple years. It's low and very wide, with good extension. Newcomb is actually the most extreme release point of all the guys, even Schultz. Rock and Hudson (not to be confused with Rock Hudson!) are the most similar to each other. Eisert is in the same mold, he's just got a very different body so it ends up looking a little different. Chris Murphy is a little more conventional but still shades this way. What you tend to see from these guys (Murphy not included) is stuff that doesn't look great on paper but batters tending not to get good swings off. Also, pitcher having trouble throwing it where he wants. What we see with Hudson is his command isn't very good but he manages to just spray it all over the strike zone and the batters aren't hitting it so he gets away with it for the most part. But Hudson has dealt with near yips level of walks in the past, so it can come for anyone.

It's a pretty ordinary AB in my view. Took balls, swung at strikes, got no joy. When he took that 3-1 pitch I knew it meant he wasn't confident hitting him and I don't want a guy swinging 3-1 against a pitcher who walks people unless the pitch looks good to him. I wish it looked good to him, but he's been a pretty weak hitter against lefties so my hopes weren't high to begin with.

Teel couldn't see Herrin well at all but at least made him throw 3 strikes

That's the best defensive catcher there is giving us a free base there.

More likely than not, won't win this game, but Sox have played at least equal to them. Probably deserving of winning 2 of 3 regardless of what transpires here.

I can see Grant warming up

Gonzalez deserved one of those. Hasn't been hitting well at all but had a few tough luck outs mixed in there. May as well get a good luck hit.

Hicks and Richards are presumably the other two fresh arms in the bullpen today.

The 1-0 ball preceding the walk is the hardest pitch Statcast has ever tracked from Rock, at either the AAA or MLB level. Might be a hint that he is over-exerting. Rock is basically a Bryan Hudson prototype with similar upsides and downsides. Downside being a gazillion walks of course (look at Hudson's 2025 stats)

FWIW, per Statcast, that 0-0 Rock pitch is only the second call that went against Sox pitchers and the other one missed by just 0.1". There have been 4 other missed calls by the home plate umpire, all against Sox batters.