In Case Anyone Cares IGT BOS at MFY

[MFS62]

MFYs up 1-0 after 3.

Max Fried against someone named Garrett Crochet.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

I think I had Fried Crochet at a French restaurant a couple of months back.

[MFS62]

Crochet is knitting together a good game (or is that purl?),

Still 1-0 in the 6th.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Boone leaves Fried in long enough to get the first (lefty) batter of the 7th.

Then he went to his pen (102 pitches).

Then things got messy: Walk - hustle Double - 2-RBI PH Single



2-1 BoSox, one out, runner on 1st.

Out goes Luke Weaver, in comes ... I dunno, somebody (Fernando Cruz ... come on down!).

[Frayed Knot]

Sox didn't add on in top 7, but then the Yanx, with Crochet still dealing, went 1-2-3 on six pitches in the bottom half.



2-1, heading to the 8th

[Frayed Knot]

Sox bring Crochet -- 100 pitches thru 7 and with 16 batters retired in a row -- back out for the 8th.

So far: GO - Single - K



... and now Cora pulls him after 117 pitches in favor of former-MFY Aroldis Chapman (lefty for lefty) with four outs to go and the tying run on 1st

[Frayed Knot]

Chapman allows runner (Volpe) to advance to 2nd on the 3rd pickoff attempt ... none of which were even close to getting him.

Hell, he threw as often to 1st as he did to home.



FO to RF (despite near collision) and we're going to the 9th.

[Frayed Knot]

YUGE two-out/two-strike double by Trevor Story makes it 3-1 in the 9th





(and this game is already heading towards the three-hour mark (about 2:50 right now) despite the new rules and a low score ... only the Yanx/Sawx universe could pull this off)

[Frayed Knot]

Top of the Yanx order: Goldschmidt - Judge - Bellinger, up in the 9th for NYY



Single for Goldschmidt - Judge as tying run.

Single by Judge on the first pitch. 1st & 2nd, no one out.

Chapman stays in for the lefty-swinging Bellinger.

Anotehr first-pitch single by Bellinger.



Bags loaded, no one out.

Tying run on 2nd. Winning run on 1st.



And still no pitching change.

Stanton up

[Frayed Knot]

Stanton Ks



Double play could end it.

So could a double.



Jazz Chisholm, non-starter due to a lefty starter, comes in to face the lefty reliever.

[MFS62]

Man, I wanted Bellinger on the Mets.

sigh

Later

[Frayed Knot]

FO to RF ... two outs.



Trent Grisham vs Chapman for the marbles.







STRUCK HIM OUT!!!!

[MFS62]

I saw on the news that the MFYs limited direct ticket sales to the tri-state area (plus some available in PA) in order to keep the Boston fans from buying tickets. (Boston fans had to go through off market sellers)

I hope the fans they let in enjoyed the game.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

=MFS62 post_id=206300 time=1759281009 user_id=60]
Man, I wanted Bellinger on the Mets.

sigh

[Gwreck]

=MFS62 post_id=206284 time=1759272694 user_id=60]someone named Garrett Crochet.

[MFS62]

=Gwreck post_id=206305 time=1759282041 user_id=56]
=MFS62 post_id=206284 time=1759272694 user_id=60]someone named Garrett Crochet.

[Gwreck]

=MFS62 post_id=206306 time=1759282172 user_id=60]
=Gwreck post_id=206305 time=1759282041 user_id=56]
=MFS62 post_id=206284 time=1759272694 user_id=60]someone named Garrett Crochet.

[Frayed Knot]

There was at least some Crochet talk here over the winter. At the time he had just had his first season as a starter (CHW) with good results [32 GS, 3.58 / 1.07]

Prior to that he had either been a reliever or injured (missed all of '22 plus most of '23) so there was a lot of caution about if/how much to give up for such a small, even if promising, track record and two years of team control.

Boston took the bait and went all in by not only giving up four prospects in a trade but then, after just one start, went straight to a $170mil/six year extension (starts in '26) with clauses that kick those numbers even higher based on MVP votes. Not sure what kind of MVP votes he'll get this year but he's probably behind only Skubal in CY voting and could win it himself.



So, so far, that move has paid off in spades [32 starts; 18-5; 2.32 / 1.03; led league in IP, K, batters faced, & K/9 (11.2)] and, with Crochet still just 26 y/o and signed thru 2031, if things continue along a path even slightly like this past year Hub fans won't care how well the prospects sent along do.

[metirish]

I actually watched this whole game , I did think pulling Max Fried was a dodgy move, he was great, anyway , glad it all worked out

[Fman99]

Just beat the Yankees, is all.

[Frayed Knot]

=metirish post_id=206321 time=1759320561 user_id=72]
I actually watched this whole game , I did think pulling Max Fried was a dodgy move, he was great, anyway , glad it all worked out

[Frayed Knot]

Tied at 3, going into the 8th.

[Frayed Knot]

4-3 Yanx, top 9th, David Bednar on to ty and close it out (and save the Yanx season).

6 - 7 - 8 up for the Sawx



Wilyer Abreu: K



Jarren Duran: K, looking



Cedanne Rafaela: FO - 9





And at least three of the first round games are going to the third game.

[Fman99]

Stupid Red Sox

[Frayed Knot]

Dodgers romp as the Cincy pitching, which gave up just 30 runs over their final 12 games, coughs up 10 & 8 in these two.



That there are only three games left shifts the start times today to 3:08 (CLE/DET - cuz the midwest teams always get the worst slot); 6:08 (CHC/SDP); 9:08 (NYY/BOS)

and changes the CLE/DET game to ABC and the other two to ESPN

[Fman99]

Frayed Knot wrote: Dodgers romp as the Cincy pitching, which gave up just 30 runs over their final 12 games, coughs up 10 & 8 in these two.

I like to think the Mets would have put up more of a fight against LA but what do I know

[Centerfield]

Yankees up 4-0 on a series of hole finding ground balls.

[Frayed Knot]

=Centerfield post_id=206379 time=1759455150 user_id=65]
Yankees up 4-0 on a series of hole finding ground balls.

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx @ Toronto

Tigers @ Mariners

[Fman99]

I'm rooting for any of the 3 AL teams over not just the dumb Yankees but all of the NL teams as well.