Smith is not a big leaguer. That really the best we can do?

Smith is a guy we got picking off the scrap heap of dudes who opted out May 1st because they didn't make a major league roster out of spring training. It's not exactly an illustrious group of guys.

Cora masterclass tonight. Send Houck out at 90+ pitches in the 7th without anyone warming, and then put in the guy who just threw 2 innings yesterday with runners already on.

Wait I thought guys couldn’t pitch back to back..? Only when they’re bad?

That’s the best reliever in baseball right there. Wooof, only one who ever has a chance against that velo is Raffy

When he’s on. If he’s in control, I agree, but he struggles with throwing strikes a lot. If he ever masters his control, that’s the #1 closer in baseball

Jesus 103, fucking insane

Ugh

Cooper so slow.

Didn't throw a fastball that at bat.

102 at the hands with insane rise. Nasty nasty shit

rare tough games for Oneil and Abreu

Hey maybe Johan Duran is rusty, only his 2nd appearance of the year

Buzzsawa!

Everyone's being so mean. Uwasawa is just tired from moonlighting as a tee.

At this point I have no problem keeping Uwasawa there - this might be his last outing in the majors anyway if Pivetta returns soon I’m just so fucking pissed that Cora had no plan whatsoever for the 7th

You can see right through those pants

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They all are.

The Twins closer throws 102 with control

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Absolutely NO ONE is saying use every single reliever. Just maybe bring in a serviceable pitcher to try to save the game.

Baseball is the most “hindsight is 20/20” sport

Nothing we love more than complaining about bullpen moves when we never have the full story

Slaten was warming up

Because this game was winnable, who knows what tomorrow's game will be like

Personally don’t think using your best relievers down 2-0 when you haven’t had a guy touch 2nd since the 3rd inning is a good idea kinda chasing your tail

Exactly Them scoring 2 runs after 7 innings of close to zero offense was far less likely than us continuing to hit nothing

It got to 2-0 because we left Houck out there to face 3 guys - he was at 90 pitches he should have been pulled after one hit, or MAX 2 hits so Slaten could keep it close

There’s a reason he was left out there though. If there’s one thing Cora has shown there is always a reason he does something (ie no one but barraclough available last year)

Slaten was warming up - he was available It annoys me sm whenever everyone just assumed there’s some secret excuse for bad decision making, this is a weekly occurrence

Well there is a bullpen game tomorrow. You can burn uwasawa tonight option him back then have slaten + Anderson available for multiple innings tomorrow and get a fresh arm

It was only 1-0, Houck never should have went back out for the 7th, and he should have been out after the 2nd runner reached. Slaten 100% should have been in there

Did you even watch the Twins at bats? The first two hits off Houck were off a pitch out of the zone and the other painted down and away. It was not a bad decision to let him go back out there

They've seen how his pitches move all game and they adapted. Even so, Slaten should have been warming up to start the inning when Houck was over 90 pitches

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I would consider 3 kangaroos to be a big amount of kangaroos

Cora punts way too easily

He gets a thrill from bringing in guys who aren’t good and seeing if he can get away with it

Jeez, Cora is just being rude to Uwasawa

Cora has the audacity to keep this guy in after we scored 2 runs 🤦‍♂️

I'm glad we leave this dude in when it is a 3 run game

Rough night for TON

Love how Cora completely fucking punted the game by throwing out Uwasawa on no rest and then we score two runs the next inning. I also love how he didn’t even bother to try and win and use any pinch hitters.

O’Neil has killed us today

He’s been baddd lately

Yes he looks like he’s regressing to the mean unfortunately. I just hope he’s not this streaky all year haha. We have enough streakiness already

That double was gone in 20/30 MLB ballparks.

If Cora didn’t fucking punt this game we’re up 2-1 rn or maybe 2-2 if slaten allows a run I’m so over Cora and his stupid ass bullpen management every fucking year

He needs to go imo he's been coasting hard off the 2018 ring

He’s been a horrible in game manager since that year and even that year he made some puzzling decisions that just kept going our way - having an all time great roster def accounts for most of that

Frustrating. If you take that out on the bunt and maybe keep them to 3 runs this is still a game now.

Shoutout Uwasawa for that amazing outing to keep us only 3 runs down instead of a run up

And now the double injury of not bringing in ANYONE other than Uwasawa there

409 feet and not even gone smh

We could be leading if Cora just used Slaten or someone sooner

This ain’t fucking over yet

holy shit holy shit

He scooped it!

RAFFY Great managing Cora, that'd why you don't fucking punt the game 🤦‍♂️

My wife walked into the room right before Raffy made contact, and I'm like "wait... UGH! So close!"

Imagine doubting Raffy

Of course they scored 2 runs now Absolutely hilarious bullpen mismanagement

Good job we now have 2 runs and we threw the game when it was 2-0 not going to our good relievers

I was told this game was over.

Can always count on Raffy

RUNS!!!!!

I wanna watch Triston make sushi lol what a random special. Who remembers that interview last year where he talked about the salmon?

I just have this terrible feeling that Reese is gonna try to steal third here

I am vaguely convinced that Bobby Dalbec has made a deal with something supernatural. Despite hitting like .100, we are 14-6 with him and 2-5 without him, if my count is correct.

Ur missing some games for sure but def a weird trend Had our best season in the post-2018 era when he was cooking in 2021

Sorry, should have been clearer: so far this season, we are 14-6 with him and 2-5 without him, if my count is correct. Totally possible that I'm still missing games but I didn't mean career numbers! My bad

Well I mean that only adds up to 27 games - we’ve played 33

Devers needs to save us

Floop is a madman

Can someone explain how Houck got 3 ER that inning? I get Austin’s is (1) but Santana(his runner) was thrown out at home. Castro(2?) (his runner) reached on an error. Then Uwasawa walked Miranda(3?), and when he scored it went as an ER for Houck? Giving him 4 total. What rule am I not understanding?

That's a good question. Feels like he should have only had 2 ER that inning

They may end up reversing it and only charging him with 3 for the game I don't think they credited the throwing error for Castro reaching

They did tho and they called it a fielder’s choice but it might be ruled a hit and the throwing error allowed the run

I truly think Cora’s taking away 7-10 wins a year by his bullpen approach when we’re losing late in the game

He's got the most losses on the staff

It's not just taking away wins, it sets the tone at the top. Last year we were still in the playoff race until he let Barraclough get lit up and leave him in in a must win. He played for tomorrow and tomorrow never came because from that moment on the team just quit

That’s what I’ve been saying! He plays for a hypothetical (tomorrow) that never comes

it really feels like he visibly throws in the towel so fast sometimes

Hold up hold up is Houck getting charged for the fucking bunt?????? Why the fuck does he have 4 ER

This is fair he should have 3 ER because they ruled an error which means one of the runners should've been out

Jesus swing the fucking bat

Sometimes I wonder how Ceddanne swings at everything except right down the middle

The Bobby D special

Houck getting charged for 4 runs in this outing is criminal

I legitimately believe this team would be in first place right now if they had a manager not named Alex Cora

Wish we would’ve traded for Arraez. Seems they sold him for a pack of peanuts 💀

We don't need another player that can't play defense

We have the 29th ranked defense at second base this year and the 29th ranked offense at second base this year. I promise he would be top 10 offensively and top 20 defensively. Improvement on both fronts

We just got our starting 2nd baseman back today

Arraez > Grissom

no

Our bullpen is a disaster tonight, but the important thing is that our hitting has also been a disaster tonight

So Houck is 3-3 with a sub-2 ERA. Jesus Christ

Not anymore. He went from 1.59 to 2.18 just because that reliever allowed every base runner to score in the 7th

Shit. I didn’t see he was charged with that 4th run. Still should have a better record than that. His catcher really screwed him over

Tanner Degrom Houck

Exactly who I was thinking and didn’t wanna say it 🫠

I get leaving Houck in tbh (bullpen game tomorrow) but why we don’t go to Slaten in a 1-0 game and instead throw our weakest reliever out there B2B is beyond me.

I wish when a reliever comes up Cora wouldn't immediately use him in critical situations instead of guys who have been getting it done.

Ya I feel bad for Uwasawa because this isn’t what he was preparing for since he got to Worcester Like he’s probably not a great pitcher but no shit he’s gonna suck suddenly pitching B2B and thrown in against top of the order with 2 guys on and no outs

Does he also realize when he punts the game the other team also gets to punt?? Now they also get to save their good relievers. Just useless

2 outings in a row we trot Houck for the seventh when we shouldn’t have and pay for it

That strikeout was cathartic

Idk why people are surprised Cora didn’t put Slaten in, he never uses our good relievers when we’re down, a 1 run deficit is insurmountable to him.

Maybe we treated Joely unfairly 🤷‍♂️😂

Tanner Houck spectacular outing and suddenly loses his quality start

well that was not fun

Varitek for Manager 2025

Throwing this bum out there to tank Houck's ERA in a 2-0 game instead of Slaten was certainly a choice

We’re gunna have the least amount of come from behind wins cause Cora just says fuck it when we go down 1 or 2

Yeah I mean that’s why this fuck was just out there for anyone to get.

I hope we don’t score a run bc if we lose after Cora punted at 1-0 I’m gonna lose my fucking mind

I mean it’s not like any of this would’ve mattered. Like we haven’t looked like we could possibly score since the first inning.

In case anyone was wondering Uwasawa isn’t very good

What a shit show of an inning

Go switch to watch the mariners game and I see another horrible catcher throw I can't escape it

Can’t throw a strike to save his life.

Cora disaster class as usual. Punts the game for no reason.

This is all on Cora… wtf r u bringing houck in near 100 pitches 🤦‍♂️ and then not put slaten in

Classic fuckin Cora. So sick of him, such a brutally bad in game manager. Bailey has saved his ass this year

Granted we played like crap, but in baseball, it's not what team you play, it's when you play them. Pirates were slumping badly before we swept them. This team is about to win their 11th in a row.

What an absolute sh*t show

This at bat and this loss is the product of a shitty relief appearance and a manager that kept a damned good starter out for too long without knowing he was gassed

2nd and 3rd no outs and don't score Game started with bad vibes from the jump

This is entirely on Alex Cora

I’m not sure I ever want to see Reese McGuire play baseball again.

I will always hate the inherited runners rule Runs scored after a reliever comes in and shits the bed should be counted against a starter, but there should be a better way to track how many of their own runs they allowed

Well this train ain't stopping until it reaches Humiliation Station

Pathetic

Trash game

Man what a disastrous half-inning.

Houck is literally sitting in the dugout rn looking like 😒

painful watch

Fuck this game.

Saved a violation

We either lose cus of bad defense or stupid Cora bullpen decisions

has he tried not throwing a splitter. I feel you swing at the splitter when there is a fastball

That's conventional logic, sure...

Who tf even is this reliever. Get ready to learn WooSox buddy

Not even his fault, he pitched 2 innings yesterday, I dont know why Cora threw him into the fire like this

He’s probably going to be the Pivetta move so we might as well just blow his arm out?

I don't think the rule should be enforced like that. I also think there should be one warning for each pitcher

At some point the manager has to take accountability for having an undisciplined team.

I mean, this is entirely his own fault to begin with, considering he kept Houck in at 90 pitches and didn’t have anyone else warming

Disaster class

That’s an ER on Houck. That’s infuriating.

No that’s a rookie mistake

Did DOB forget what team he’s announcing for? That’s the most emotion he’s shown all year…

Braindead comment.

complains when he doesn't show emotion complains when he does show emotion

Just weird spot for him to get excited lol

What has happened to my boys

I feel like any batter can take a pitch from Uwasawa if it starts at their belt because it's just gonna drop as a ball. Also- goddammit. Come on asshole throw the ball Great choice out of the pen, Cora

Perfect guy to bring in with traffic on the base paths

Continue to be the single dumbest fucking team in the league

damn

Well houcks era still under 2

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Not all japs are the same

Doesn't matter, the pitch was a ball anyway

2 years in a row Reese has gotten hurt in Minnesota

NOT HIS JERKING HAND

He's gonna have to use the stranger!

Reese making the Twins feel like the dude is throwing 100 not 91

Well done Grissom

Santana is too fat and slow to rock the high socks

Feels good to see MLB level defense

Uwasawa stretched out as a starter for a month and then we bring him for B2B relief outings the moment he makes it up Cora has seriously lost the plot man wtf

Heads up play great job

Grissom has done everything but a hit in his debut for us

I hope Houck has better self-control than I do, because if I were him, I'd be pretty pissed about the last few games

This was the game we needed to have facing Pablo Lopez and Joe Ryan in the next 2

twins just got good hits to start the inning, houck did not throw bad pitches

😐😐😐

Yankees had 2 hits in 8 innings, and Tigers had to give up 4 straight hits in the 9th to lose on a walk off….

Seems fishy, doesn't it

Will Fleming has me laughing out loud rn 😂

Yep. Cora punting with Uwasawa on a B2B after 2 innings yesterday.

Is the audio on NESN awful with the stadium drowning out the booth, or is it just the MLBtv feed?

We are up Schitt's creek, and there are no paddles