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The worst part about our pitching aside from it being terrible is causing every game to be 4 hours which is unbearable.

Definitely the pitching.

Ha! Great catch.

And also, the rays pitching staff was on a run as hot from the pitching side as the Ms were from the hitting side.

I think one thing that stands out that I didn't know is that he is eligible now (from mlb.com article) Sox very well could agree to a deal now and figure out acquiring space from another team. Baltimore has more than they can use, considering they have not signed Sanchez, and several other teams have space.

...gulp.

He's 2-0, but I like Reylo starting off AB with 2 changeups (one that appears to have been a strike)

This is all true, but it feels like Jerry has been lulled into complacency. He after all, did force Krause out. HE did fire people and have org shakeups at points. But since basically 2003 in both of his orgs he has decided that nothing needs to change and there is no bottom.

TA took 96 mph HIGH IN THE ZONE. His hands are special.

No pitcher is good enough to get TA out.

Every game, it's the same plan. - Establish the 4 seamer, go with one offspeed - In the fourth inning, introduce a 3rd and fourth pitch, that's the hook! That's it.

Absolutely. Twins starting to do this too.

much better inning so far. Better velo, better mix of pitches.

Pirates, who love sinkers, were forcing a 2seamer he couldn't control. Rays get a hold of him and have him work the 4 seamer high low, and his extension makes it devastating.

These last 4 (and this game) are brutal. Bad SP and bullpens make for long, terrible games.

as opposed to the fastball?

96 mph fastball.

Fun to think about what it would look like if the Rays had Reylo for 1-2 games.

Do the rodon, start throwing your slider 50% of the time Reylo https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/reynaldo-lopez-625643?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

Need to call texas and get matt davidson ASAP as a pitcher.

Did you see that bump of the Eno Sarris post? Yeah, dude needs to stop throwing his 4 seamer 65% of the time.

love getting these mlb at bat updates and always knowing it's not good.

They should be able to do whatever while still staying in play, but this was almost as funny as Jose Abreu's "home run" where jackie bradley jr flipped over the fence and dropped the ball edit: it was mookie: https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/mookie-betts-hurt-on-catch-that-is-ruled-homer/c-139316718

They are so good. Especially if they turn meadows around too. We just need one of soxtalk to win one of these yearly billion dollar lotteries, do a quick circuit to make enough rich friends to put together a winning bid for the white sox, hire jeff sullivan to be GM, then realize we have no actual money to sign people and turn into being the actual rays while we demand the city/state funnel more money through the franchise.

It's great. My favorite part is how after the first warm streak everyone agrees that nobody will put on their parka again so days like today you just grin and bear it with light jackets because mind over matter.