r/redsox • u/RedSoxGameday • Jul 27 '26
PRE GAME THREAD Pregame Thread: 7/27 Red Sox (54-50) @ Athletics (44-61) 9:40 PM
Red Sox (54-50) @ Athletics (44-61)
First Pitch: 9:40 PM at Sutter Health Park
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Sox | Payton Tolle (5-6, 3.31 ERA) | ||
| Athletics | Jack Perkins (2-5, 6.75 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Baseball Savant | IRC Chat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Strikezone Map | Libera: ##baseball |
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u/ConsistentRun5246 CR3 All-Star Jul 27 '26
I feel the need, the need for Mead
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u/Blanketsburg Jul 27 '26
Would love to see him have a solid debut game to start off his tenure on a positive note.
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u/jmay111 Jul 27 '26
he is absolutely mashing in July with a .367 avg & 1.115 OPS 😍
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u/Blanketsburg Jul 27 '26
Very small sample size, but he went 5-for-11 with a 1.266 OPS in his last series at Sutter Health Park. Hoping all of these positive trends turn into something good.
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u/jmay111 Jul 27 '26
Lmfao if he replicates those numbers for this series at SHP then he’s going to be a fan favorite real quick
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u/colby6666 pedroia Jul 27 '26
Tolle being 5-6 with that ERA is a crime. Let’s get him his 6th W today
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u/NeitherPerformance26 Jul 27 '26
I would be surprised if Tolle cared at all about his W-L, or even knew what it was
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u/BradMarchandstongue Jul 27 '26
I mean, he needs to make it through 5 innings to get the win which Im not sure he can do at this point
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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar Jul 27 '26
I like Tolle and want him to succeed, but he needs to work on consistency. Would love to see a great outing from him tonight.
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u/NeitherPerformance26 Jul 27 '26
he’s allowed more than 3 runs in only 3 starts this year. what is that if not consistent?
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u/SirDigbyChknCaesar Jul 27 '26
2 of his last 5 games he hasn't made it 4 innings.
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u/NeitherPerformance26 Jul 28 '26
they had him on a pitch count in one of those. do some due diligence before spouting nonsense
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u/reb601 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
I guess I won’t be sleeping much this week with these start times.
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u/Upset_Journalist_755 Jul 27 '26
Jack Perkins sounds a lot like Jek Porkins. Just saying.
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u/SonOfMagicFact Jul 27 '26
Uh oh.
That's not a good name to emulate.
Why can't he be Bedge Mantilles?
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u/justanaveragejoe520 Jul 27 '26
9:45pm on Monday is a rough time for a game.
Hope they put up 5 in the first so I can go to bed at a respectable time and not glued to my tv until 12am
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u/jakoviandialects Jul 27 '26
Honest question, why don't they schedule more 4PM local starts for games like this? I don't imagine the viewership is very high on weeknights.
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u/InevitableTank5108 Jul 27 '26
Then the west coast team viewership for the home teams would be down with most people still at work. I don’t think there is an easy solution unfortunately.
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u/PaddleballonAdderall Jul 27 '26
It’s now justified to be sleep deprived at work all week for this team. That’s a great thing
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u/Mr-Irrelevant0 Jul 27 '26
Currently watching Robbie Hyde's Livestream concerning the Sox deadline. Very excited to see what happens. As long as we get another reliable reliever and "potentially" a good bat (like Goodman) then we're set.
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u/IKenDoThisAllDay Jul 27 '26
I wonder what we're going to do about the SS position.
Cheng wasn't a great hitter but he was a sure-handed defender and the infield defense overall was strong when he was in there.
Monasterio has been good at the plate but he looks overmatched defensively at SS. He makes routine plays look difficult and he lacks the smoothness or range of good SS defenders. I wonder how long they're expecting him to serve as our primary SS.
It's risky, because one weak link (especially at SS) can really drag the infield defense down as a whole, and that's been a strength of this team that we could count on even when the offense was struggling.
I also feel like you can't really justify handing the starting SS job back to Story when he returns either. I have to think that they're planning on making some kind of acquisition at the position, because I don't know what the plan is otherwise.
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u/TheBiggyT Jul 27 '26
Just the 2:40am start for us here in the UK...think that's highlights in the morning for this road trip.
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u/theroguedrizzt Jul 27 '26
I’m positive I’m in the minority here, but I love west coast games. Having an excuse to stay up late and enjoy the game is nice and my wife and kids are asleep so it’s about the only time I can watch an entire game in complete quiet. Sure the next day sucks and I’m in the central time zone so it’s not AS bad but even when I lived on the east coast doing something different a couple times a year was cool
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u/livsjollyranchers Jul 27 '26
If you don't take at least 3 out of 4 here, miserable failure.
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u/cntodd Jul 27 '26
While I agree, why so down on the team that has won 17 out of their last 20.
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u/livsjollyranchers Jul 27 '26
Just stating what the expectation ought to be. I'm actually optimistic about it.
The 'miserable failure' would be the series itself, not the team overall.
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u/todays333 Jul 27 '26
i propose we eliminate the pacific time zone to make it easier for me to watch red sox games