Boston Stronger

In a marathon day that started at 11 AM eastern we had a lot of fun baseball. Let’s get into it.

In Boston’s Patriots’ Day game against the Tigers, a rare wrap around series conclusion, the Sox managed to split the 4 game set by besting the Tigers on the back of Ceddane Rafaela’s 2 run pinch hit single.

Unfortunately for the Sox fans it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, as Sonny Gray had to leave the game early with a lower body injury

Boston was already in a bad way with Starting Pitching with Oviedo down and Crochet floundering, this is just another in a nightmare start for the Red Sox. But at least they got a win on the city-wide holiday.

But hey, at least there’s always shoe beers to wash away their sorrows

This one had some fireworks and some BAD blood is starting to leak out here.

What started with Ronald Acuna getting hit by a pitch (for the 2nd time that day) and needing to leave the ball game, which lead to Bryce Elder taking it out on CJ Abrams

But in normal baseball news, Greg Maddux taught Bryce Elder a cutter and now “Big Texas” is sitting pretty with a 1.50 ERA in 30 IP with a 0.97 WHIP.

The Braves just seem to spawn these guys in AAA.

The wagon rolls on!

Look. The Mets get a lot of shit for being the biggest load of hot garbage in baseball — and that’s only fair when you lose 11 straight — but I think the Royals need to be a bigger part of that conversation.

Losers of 8 straight themselves, this team displays levels of futility the Mets cannot even fathom

But regardless of whatever mistakes that team continues to make, the Orioles sure knew how to take advantage:

Don’t sleep on Taveras, now with a .998 OPS and a .341 Batting Average

The Royals need help in the worst way on offense, and they now have a get-right spot against Chris Bassitt and his 6.19 ERA. Something tells me they might struggle to take advantage

Well the party is over for the Rockies. In this weekends’ other wrap around series, the fishy Rockies got caught.

And by none other than their accuser, Dalton Rushing

Rushing and Max Muncy each went boneyard twice tonight in the dismantling in Denver.

The Dodgers now feature FIVE players in the starting lineup who are slugging over .500

And Justin Wrobleski went over 7 innings once again, holding the Rockies to 1 ER.

Wow did the Astros need this one in a bad way. A get right from Spencer Arrighetti (5 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 3K) and 4 shutout innings from a bullpen that was barely scraping by, coupled with the MASH unit — lead by Isaac Paredes’ 2 HR effort — beat the brakes off the Guards in the series opener in Cleveland.

That boy Isaac loves to pull the baseball.

I will keep banging the drum — Sal Stewart is a PROBLEM

Now with a 1.027 OPS and 8 Home Runs, the rookie slugger is lapping the NL Rookie of the Year field

The NL Central leading Reds (still with a negative run differential btw) just keep finding ways to win.

Today was an ass kicking, and at the hands of Rhett Lowder (6 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 5 H) the Rays continue their stuggles against the NL Central (4-9 vs Central, 8-1 vs everyone else)

This game sure happened… but not much cool did. So fuck em.

Man do the Jays have to thank their lucky stars they have Cease and Gausman

After Cease went 5 IP with 12 K’s in the Jays victory, the fireballer brought the 2 headed dragon’s combined season long ERA to 2.33… too bad the rest of the starters combine for a 6.46 ERA and the bullpen a 4.70

Should the Jays figure that out they might have a chance to climb back into the AL East race, they’re only 4 games back despite the rough start.

You simply have to see this play

How the fuck did JRod bring that in?

Anyways. I need to figure out who the hell this Carlos Cortes character is. He hit his 2nd home run tonight to bring his season OPS to .965 and his BA to .333.

He came onto the scene last season hitting .309 with an .866 OPS, and now he’s continuing his hitter-ish ways. That’s an exciting development for the A’s. Kurtz is starting to heat up, Shea Langeliers continues to be en fuego, and don’t look now but now the Athletics sit alone at the top of the Wild Wild AL West!

Remember earlier when I lambasted the Mets and Royals.

Meet the 3rd shit show, the Philadelphia Phillies.

This team spent too much in the offseason to be this woeful. They’re having lineup problems, starting pitcher porblems, and even bullpen problems now with Jhoan Duran on the IL.

Only Cristopher Sanchez is holding his end of the bargain on the bump and nobody outside of Harper and Schwarber have an OPS over .750, five don’t even meet the .700 threshold.

But in order to not leave you with that somber picture, allow me to show you Nico Hoerner chasing off a goose

Have a great day everybody