At least, we found our lead off hitter in Benintendi and hope with Remilliard, and got TA out of the leading spot. Major disappointments in Robert and Eloy with RISP, and roster difficulties with slider.
The Sox have turned out to be one of the worst teams in MLB. The pity is that the Sox have a large payroll and has some talent but they underachieve, and no adjustments are made.
Once again Burger needs to get the take sign with a slider pitcher until he gets the first strike. He would have walked or not get a slider later in the count.
Burger needs to be given a take sign until a strike is thrown. He would have walked. We need to do things differently, not repeating the same mistakes.
Finally Robert delivers after a AAA subbing for TA takes a walk! Eloy impatient swinging at the first ball he sees and high out of the zone, stops any rally.
Where was TA? Doubled up on a popup foul ball to 1B. Robert has been awful with men at 3rd and less than 2 outs, very little contact, either strike out or popup.
Now he can hit into a double play in the first inning instead of just a one out ground ball to the short stop. Pedro should have called for a hit and run. with TA high Groundball rate.
If I was Grifol I would have every batter tomorrow take at least a pitch. Swinging at everything all is producing is a sporadic solo homer and lots of strike outs. Need to try something different.
Hope so. No adjustments. Can’t manufacture runs. No walks taken. Lots of strike outs. Nothing changes for the better. Team is dead. Grifol is a major bust.