AJ Bray

@csargent83 @Jared_Carrabis He hates this roster. You can tell by the constant lineup changes.

@brayaj38 @Jared_Carrabis Cora seems checked out

The Red Sox have bench players challenging strike three calls right down the fuckin’ middle. What is going on.

@PeskyPoleSeats @tylermilliken_ Can you blame him?

@tylermilliken_ Have we lost Narvaez, mentally, forever. Looks like he wants to play baseball anywhere but for the Red Sox?

Chase. Chase. Chase.

@tylermilliken_ He will sit tomorrow for sure. Hopefully he's back Friday.

Red Sox announced that Willson Contreras left with lower back tightness. Fingers-crossed it’s precautionary. I don’t even want to imagine what this team looks like without him.

@OMBHusky16 @jkcohen119 @tylermilliken_ I guess I'd like to see what percentage of them actually work. How many become all star caliber players?

@brayaj38 @jkcohen119 @tylermilliken_ Could not disagree more. Early contracts are a win win, player gets generational wealth early while still overall being a solid value for the club. Waiting you risk the player getting a big head, a greedy agent, and thinking they’re worth way more than they actually are

That's an interesting line from Alex Cora about giving young players extensions. "The dynamic changes though, it changes when you have a number of players under those kinds of deals." Rosenthal then frames it in a negative way.

@jkcohen119 @OMBHusky16 @tylermilliken_ Both points are true. No need to hand out big contracts to young players. It takes away incentive and adds pressure. The good ones will earn it and when they are ready for a big contract, they will be mature enough to handle it.

@brayaj38 @OMBHusky16 @tylermilliken_ You just directly contradicted yourself

@Jared_Carrabis Or someone is banging a trash can.

Protect your peace (I think Crochet might be tipping).

@Hogdale_ It ain't happening tonight for Crochet. I hope they don't burn the bullpen in game 1 of the series.

So Crochet just fuckin stinks today huh?

Awesome to hear that Castig is cancer-free and that we'll be getting him in the booth for 10 games this summer. The feeling when you turn your radio on and hear him is like a warm blanket that you never want to take off. Always will cherish it.

@JMiller_III @OMBHusky16 @tylermilliken_ Braves had problems last year but you're point about Craig is correct. 2nd off-season in a row he needed to trade one of the 5 outfielders and didn't.

@brayaj38 @OMBHusky16 @tylermilliken_ Braves don’t seem like they are having too much difficulty managing a core on team friendly deals. I think the difference with the Sox is their core that is extended is not guaranteed to play daily, and that’s all thanks to Craig not dealing with the over abundance of OFs

My yearly tradition of issuing a Sunday-morning statment to the family that today, I will be unavailable. I will be findable, on the couch. I cannot drive anywhere, settle any squabbles, transfer any funds, etc. After 8pm, we can resume all normal activities. @TheMasters

@OBeachRob @LouMerloni With a big lead now, let it rip. Hit 3 guys if you want.

@brayaj38 @LouMerloni You saw Pedro? Then you know. It doesn’t matter. They hit 2. It’s payback. Maybe Watson does it tonight. They got a lead. No more excuses.

Ceddanne can run and play D. We'll see if he can swing a bat if he comes up again. Hate it when guys get hit in the hand. So many small little bones.

@OBeachRob @LouMerloni Never saw Pedro pitch? I've been going to Fenway since 1978. There are times when you go after your opponent. Tonight is not one of those times. If they were playing a division rival, I'd agree with you. But no reason to send a message to a team you only play one more time.

@brayaj38 @LouMerloni Riiight. Teams can continue to pitch inside more and more. No big deal right. Hopefully Rafaela isn’t hurt. Just keep getting hit. No big deal huh? You probably never saw Pedro pitch.

@OMBHusky16 @tylermilliken_ Baseball is the hardest game there is. Giving these guys contracts so early also adds pressure. A lot of pressure. Hard to play well when you are puckered up tighter than a snare drum.

@brayaj38 @tylermilliken_ How about an incentive to be good at your job that you’re getting paid a shit of load money to perform? Just retire then!

@OBeachRob @LouMerloni When you have the worst record in the league and the worst offense in the league, giving out free bases is not a good idea.

@brayaj38 @LouMerloni Who said fight? It’s baseball. Part of the game. Pitchers protecting their teammates.

@Jared_Carrabis The lack of offense means the pitchers have zero margin for error.

Never an easy game.

@OBeachRob @LouMerloni They need a win. Not a fight.

@LouMerloni That’s 2 Lou. Sox have to answer this no? Retaliate? As a former player—Sox have to make a point.

@esgusrdo @tylermilliken_ For 5 years

@tylermilliken_ that’s crazy that he’s not better than Walker Bueller and we are paying him. Double

That was an absolute grind for Ranger Suarez. 27 pitches... only 14 strikes. Good work by Trevor Story and Marcelo Mayer to turn two earlier in the inning.

@RozierHater @tylermilliken_ If they let Duran play every day, I bet his numbers would improve greatly. This little league shit where everyone gets a turn to play is killing the offense.

@tylermilliken_ If Yoshida is drawing walks and hitting the ball as hard as he is it doesnt make sense to have Duran over him Duran has the highest chase rate in the entire MLB this lineup needs way less of that and by getting rid of Duran it helps that much

1. Roman Anthony 2. Willson Contreras 3. Wilyer Abreu 4. Trevor Story 5. Jarren Duran 6. Caleb Durbin 7. Marcelo Mayer 8. Carlos Narvaez 9. Ceddanne Rafaela I’d like to see this against righties. I could even be talked into Abreu/Duran back to back.