40 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

And I'll keep asking WTF are Slater, Rojas, Noda and Capra doing on this team?  Enough with the clown act, Getz.

Tidbits

Slater ... see u later; Rojas can't hit a cookie; Noda brings nada; Capra should stick to directing James Stewart films. ... Getz as in wreck.

Edited June 19, 2025Jun 19 by greg775

Love all those clowns here that took a victory lap two weeks ago and now we're basically back to being non rockies historically bad. 

46 minutes ago, Jake said:

I don't mind bringing in Booser as he's been one of our best relievers. But I have no idea why Venable left him in to pitch to Pozo. He was clearly not sharp, had no more good platoon matchups ahead of him, and he'd thrown a lot of pitches by then. And apparently Wilson was already loose. I think Venable was too worried about saving arms for game 2 and the rest of the week. Gotta win the game you're playing first.

He fails the eye test and traditional metrics, so I'm gonna go with advanced metrics.

Before today his fWAR was 0.0, tied with Vasil for 16th among pitchers with at least 5 innings. Ahead of Clevinger, Murfee and Castro (all have -0.1) and Wilson (-0.5)

So not being last isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

Booser now has four losses and three blown saves. He sucks like most of these buffoons.

Sox now 4-19 (I think) in one run games.

Sox have now lost nine games this year where they took a lead into the 7th inning or later.

EDIT: They are 4-20 in one run games. 😲

Edited June 19, 2025Jun 19 by Lip Man 1

12 minutes ago, Quin said:

He fails the eye test and traditional metrics, so I'm gonna go with advanced metrics.

Before today his fWAR was 0.0, tied with Vasil for 16th among pitchers with at least 5 innings. Ahead of Clevinger, Murfee and Castro (all have -0.1) and Wilson (-0.5)

So not being last isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

yea he's a bad reliever on a bad team filled with bad players. fml.

15 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Booser now has four losses and three blown saves. He sucks like most of these buffoons.

Sox now 4-19 (I think) in one run games.

Sox have now lost nine games this year where they took a lead into the 7th inning or later.

Ozzie said 4-20 in one run games.

We need a shutout in game 2.

9 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said:

Ozzie said 4-20 in one run games.

He's right I double checked. That's simply mind-blowing. 

13 minutes ago, Quin said:

He fails the eye test and traditional metrics, so I'm gonna go with advanced metrics.

Before today his fWAR was 0.0, tied with Vasil for 16th among pitchers with at least 5 innings. Ahead of Clevinger, Murfee and Castro (all have -0.1) and Wilson (-0.5)

So not being last isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

I tend to look at the expected statistics for the relievers since they perform best in small samples. Entering today, Booser was #1 in xERA/xwOBA on the Sox. After today's outing, I assume he'll at least drop down below Eisert and maybe Gilbert/Houser too.

He's been frustrating to watch at times because of the walks, but I try to make some mental adjustment for guys who tend to be put into the most difficult situations. Booser's entering in the third-highest leverage spots of our relievers which is going to magnify the consequences of anything he does wrong (only Leasure, #1, and Steven Wilson, #2 have been used in higher leverage spots). Also, in a very low-talent bullpen, he probably has the best raw stuff of anyone not named Grant Taylor so I'm not eager to denigrate him too terribly much (Leasure is probably next on the talent list among that group).

Someone like Noda, what exactly did they see in him that made them want him and start him right away?

8 minutes ago, fathom said:

Someone like Noda, what exactly did they see in him that made them want him and start him right away?

That 😅

Holy s%*#, where did that come from.

Think we may be getting close to the end of the road for Rojas. I'm not sure that he's all out of decent MLB play, but I think he's going to have to go earn it on someone's AAA team. A solid week or so of play from Colson Montgomery in Charlotte might be all we need.

8 minutes ago, Jake said:

That 😅

I know he looked awful most of the time, but giving Elko at bats made way more sense.  There’s just no reason Capra or Noda should be on this team, but a lot of it trickles down to the asinine decisions this past offseason with Vaughn and Montgomery.

9 minutes ago, Jake said:

Think we may be getting close to the end of the road for Rojas. I'm not sure that he's all out of decent MLB play, but I think he's going to have to go earn it on someone's AAA team. A solid week or so of play from Colson Montgomery in Charlotte might be all we need.

Amazing how much they struggle with signing guys like him.  Been going on for over a decade (Keppinger, for example)

How in the world does Burleson keep doing this lol

How the f*** did he do that 

13 minutes ago, fathom said:

Amazing how much they struggle with signing guys like him.  Been going on for over a decade (Keppinger, for example)

It just proves the scouting is terrible in all aspects.

if I was pitching and gave up homers on those pitches in those locations I'd be very rattled

50 minutes ago, greg775 said:

Tidbits

Slater ... see u later; Rojas can't hit a cookie; Noda brings nada; Capra should stick to directing James Stewart films. ... Getz as in wreck.

Love the puns and the Cookie Rojas reference.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

56 minutes ago, greg775 said:

That was a bad loss. I don't know anything about our bullpen guys so won't assess blame. Back in the day when we blew a game the reliever was well known. Will the Sox win Game Two or lay down?

They won't lay down, but they might stink up the joint.  Already well on their way.

What a clown show... 

Rojas showing off that incredible range and defense he was signed for.

These games gotta b fixed.