Rob Bolduc

@tylermilliken_ @SmittyOnMLB Why???

Alex Cora tells the media that Masataka Yoshida will likely get his first start of the season on Sunday, per @SmittyOnMLB.

My fav part will continue to be those uncomfortable post-game interviews like today’s where Cora is asks how he felt about Marcelo coming in with the big pinch hit and Cora just deadpanning with the “we are going to play everyone bs” and the clear vibe of “I really don’t like this kid and Breslow made me put him on the roster.”

My favorite part of the Marcelo/IKF platoon is gonna be the amount of pinch hit knocks Celo has following an 0-2 day for IKF

@DanBFox1287 Yet, listen to Cora postgame comments when asked about Mayer’s performance off the bench today. He kinda shrugged it off, didn’t really praise him and says, “yeah, good, we are going to use everyone blah blah blah” he just doesn’t really like this kid (seems to be the vibe)

He gets overshadowed because he’s not Roman Anthony (who is?) but Marcelo Mayer is going to be a very good baseball player. Forget the elite exit velos and defense. He just looks like a great baseball player.

@DanBFox1287 Yep.

Huge day for the “don’t sit your top prospect with a 50% hard-hit rate and premium defense for the journeyman utility infielder with a first percentile average exit velocity just because there is a lefty on the mound” fan club Still workshopping the name

@ggeiss_mlb Needs to elevate the ball more but yes, he k owns how to find the barrel

Roman Anthony through 5 innings in 2026: Single — 88 EV Single — 110.2 EV Single — 112.3 EV This kid is insane lol… putting on a display early.

@notgaetti Total baseball stud!

Boy you’re really gonna lose your mind when you hear my thoughts on Andres Galarraga

@EdHand89 For a team that emphasizes “hitting the ball in the air to the pullside” they really do a horrible job of executing that in games (yes, I’m accounting for Spring training games too and yes this applies to Roman who needs to elevate the ball consistently$.

Red Sox getting plenty of base runners they've been thus far unable to cash in on.

@tylermilliken_ True, but the kid has got to start elevating the ball and doing damage. Game 1, I know but it was a problem all Spring except when he was around Bregman who seems to be the fly ball whisperer for him.

If Roman Anthony is at the plate, you’re in danger in every single way possible.

@MLPitchpiner @TolleEnthusiast Agreed. Give me Sogard or Eaton all day

@TolleEnthusiast It is a war crime. IKF is a washed up Yankee. Even worse, he never was any good.

I don’t get why people are acting like starting IKF at second on Opening Day is some kind of war crime. Yeah, he’s not flashy, but with how the rest of the roster is built I’m not losing my mind over giving him a shot. Mayer’s gonna get time early too, we’ll see how it plays out. If it’s July and IKF is hitting 5th with a .600 OPS, fine, be mad. But it’s literally Opening Day…we don’t know anything yet.

@SatchelCash @TolleEnthusiast Mayer just went 110mph double in final Spring game vs Twins lefty

@TolleEnthusiast Mayer has to take hitting lefties a little more seriously if he wants to play full time. There were times this spring he didn’t take the bat off his shoulder against LHP, and he’s definitely capable of hitting it

Exactly. IKF costing the Jays the WS is not mentioned enough. I can’t imagine a worse combo in a tight game this year than IKF on 2nd or 3rd representing the winning run and relying on the worst 3B coach in all MLB in Tim Hudson trying to figure out whether to send him or hold him. Train wreck!

@TolleEnthusiast IKF is fucking awful and last year put up one of the worst qualified hitting seasons in the MLB over the past 25 years. He also cost the blue jays the World Series. It’s not that difficult to see why people are pissed off

@TolleEnthusiast Because IKF has a track record and it shows he SUCKS! Sooo tired of Breslow giving Cora shitty middling INF who remind Cora of himself and his lil bro Joey

@JasonJacquesAK @AriA1exander They remind him of himself and his lil bro Joey.

@AriA1exander Cora’s obsession with middling utility infielders is so frustrating

Not a fan of Marcelo Mayer not getting Opening Day start for platoon advantage. If the guy earned the job, he earned the job for day 1. You can do the platoon stuff later.

@ct_ball_knower @RedSoxBresident @AriA1exander Yes sir!

@RedSoxBresident @AriA1exander A suboptimal lineup? They are playing IKF lmao You act like the player they are replacing him with is good 😂 IFK is a fucking slap hitter who blows. Just play Mayer.

@RedSoxBresident @AriA1exander IKF absolutely sucks. He has terrible reverse splits against LHP. If your going to platoon, at least use Monasterio

@AriA1exander I cannot for the life of me figure out why people say this. You want them to put out a suboptimal lineup just because it happens to be the first game? Why?

@jrobertsbsbl @AriA1exander lol…Cora manages to overthink and lose. Did he not cost us the Division last year with all of those one-run losses usually the result of dumb platoon decisions (like today) and horrible use of the bullpen. Yeah, he did.

@AriA1exander Cora manages to win every night, and I'd imagine Marcelo knows that by now and is bought in

@AriA1exander @EdHand89 Agreed and IKF sucks anyhow. RH version of Hamilton. And to hit IKF ahead of Narvaez and Ceddy is criminal

@SmittyOnMLB Here we go again…IKF is Hamilton 2.0. Unreal. At least give us Monasterio if you MUST platoon.

Red Sox lineup: Anthony LF, Story SS, Duran DH, Contreras 1B, Durbin 3B, Abreu RF, Kiner-Falefa 2B, Narváez C, Rafaela CF, Crochet P

@ThatEricAlper Until The End of the World- U2 Last Night on Earth- U2

If the nukes start falling, what song are you turning on one last time?

87-75. Missing final WC to Baltimore. If we had a better manager (one who doesn’t specialize in losing 1 run games or playing light hitting below avg MLB platoon types who remind him of himself) I have this team at 96 wins and AL East Champs and WS runner -ups. But, we are stuck with Cora.

What’s the Red Sox record gonna be this season? Free pizza to someone who gets it right 🍕