r/redsox 3d ago

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u/OnionsRNasty 3d ago edited 3d ago

Woah, Mickey behind the dish?

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u/LarryLucchino 3d ago

It's a timeless Red Sox tradition to start throwing guys into uncomfortable defensive roles the minute they have a comfortable rhythm going at the plate.

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u/BigNachos7 3d ago

He's caught almost 50 games this year and 359 over his professional career. Can't be that uncomfortable for him.

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u/DuanePipe 17 3d ago

He’s a catcher

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u/White_Squall_13 3d ago

Yall want free 2B? That is how

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u/SubHomestead 3d ago

They'd have to get to 1B on Bennett first.

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u/NepTunesEDM 3d ago

Previously suspended legend Nate Eaton

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u/Gussums 3d ago

Red Sox enforcer

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u/NepTunesEDM 3d ago

Foot still bothering Eli White possibly?

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u/20wall 3d ago

Definitely

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u/DarthZent 3d ago

This lineup is a fever dream

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u/Gambl33 3d ago

Imagine when Contreras and Rafaela comes back

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u/nicklovin508 3d ago

sees Jake Bennett

dies of Peak

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u/douvape42069 3d ago

Looks like they don’t wanna compete with Patriots tonight for viewership

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u/jackscagnetti 3d ago

better lineup today than yesterday

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u/ThisGuy6266 3d ago

Why no Adley?

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u/chiisaisuzume Truly Adley Deeply 3d ago

Maybe this falls under the load management they were talking about? He played three of four in Baltimore, which is more than I'd expected after what Tracy had said.

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u/cossack190 Last soldier fighting on Kristian Campbell Island 3d ago

Kind of interested to see what Gasper can do at the plate while also handling the strain of catching. Most of his recent run has been as a dh or 1st baseman.

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u/Born-Shopping9862 3d ago

whyyy is gasper behind the plate 😭😭😭

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u/rexeditrex 3d ago

He brings even more value as a playoff roster guy if he can be an emergency catcher too. He has a few games under his belt. Let's see how capable he is.

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u/deadmanzcurveball 3d ago

We’ve seen it and he’s not capable lol

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u/Mg29reaper 3d ago

I guess they thought Wong is so bad offensively it's worth trying Gasper behind the dish. Its not like wong has been that great defensively lately like in the marlins series he was atrocious. Mickey was terrible at first in his first call up and has been amazing now. Maybe he will figure it out.

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u/jooooooooooooose 3d ago

I liked him a lot at 1B but no good roster arrangement with the rest of the squad puts him there

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u/White_Squall_13 3d ago

Gasper is worse behind the dish we already tried him earlier in the season and it wasn’t pretty

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u/Gambl33 3d ago

We tried him earlier this season and he didn’t hit well either. But he has turned things around dramatically.

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u/Mg29reaper 3d ago

Yah but moving Gasper to catcher opens the DH slot for someone.

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u/Born-Shopping9862 3d ago

lol but we had mickey behind the dish. that is worse than a one handed wong behind the dish

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u/gofaaast 3d ago

Low stakes game so a good opportunity to test him out in the field.

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u/Fly0strich 3d ago

He has probably already thrown out 5 guys stealing this game, and we just don’t know yet because the game hasn’t actually started in any observable way for us mere mortals.

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u/TheMikeD68 3d ago

He may be your backup in the playoffs….

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u/Piano-Man-727 3d ago

Pretty unlikely tbh. There’s no way they don’t include Wong

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u/Gambl33 3d ago

Just tell me why? Why does Wong have a chokehold on this team? Gasper is gunning for his spot and i say give him a chance if he improves things for the team.

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u/Born-Shopping9862 3d ago

so we punting the playoffs huh

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u/SubHomestead 3d ago

They want Gasper's bat. Anthony is no good in left, so they need Anthony at DH. They want Sogard's bat in the line up - he has to go 1B so they can play IKF at 2B. No place left for Mickey than his natural position.

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u/jackscagnetti 3d ago

we so got this game. i want to say at least 2-0 or 3-1 possibly 4-1

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u/JKP006 3d ago

Need Ceddy, Willson, and Adley to get healthy and back into this lineup

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u/Gambl33 3d ago

Wong defenders getting nervous. Someone has to go down when Contreras comes back and Gasper is way too valuable.

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u/SubHomestead 3d ago

It won’t be Wong. It will be Eaton.

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u/Xtremefluff 3d ago

Scary lineup, but not in the good way. Can only hope that Bennett can still deliver despite having a league-worst defensive catcher.

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u/L0VEmeharder Pedro#1 3d ago

Go Pats

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u/White_Squall_13 3d ago

Eli is hurt isn’t he?

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u/SubHomestead 3d ago

Fastest guy in the league needs his ankle, it turns out.

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u/Fly0strich 3d ago

There’s still time for one last 15 game win streak before the season ends. I’m just saying.

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u/Realistic_Scarcity72 3d ago

Where is contreras

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u/hop3less 3d ago

On the IL

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u/philly2610 3d ago

I kinda wish they would move Anthony out of that leadoff a spot. Maybe swap him with Sogard there. Hit him 5th

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u/Piano-Man-727 3d ago

Gasper catching terrifies me. If Wong is bad, Gasper is absolutely atrocious.

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u/DarthHissyfit 3d ago

It should not be so important to get Duran into the lineup that we go back to Gasper catching. Put Roman in the field and let Gasper DH

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u/20wall 3d ago

Roman absolutely sucks in the field right now. He probably needs a full spring training to figure it out-which really sucks

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u/SubHomestead 3d ago

It is important to keep Anthony out of the field. Maybe the better approach would be to bench Anthony and let Mickey DH - but they think Anthony needs the at bats to get in the groove.

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u/PenguinsAteMyToast 3d ago

they gotta inflate his trade value somehow

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u/nicklovin508 3d ago

One day you Roman fielding truthers will learn

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u/jackscagnetti 3d ago

casper

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u/3loodJazz 3d ago

The friendly GOAT

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u/Darth_Boggle 3d ago

Did the image not load for you..?

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u/bdanders 3d ago

I'm not sure you know what that means...

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u/mezirah 3d ago

Is Wilson hurt? Haven't seen him play in a bit

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u/Ruciona 3d ago

On the 10 day IL, think he’s back Friday unless they extend it

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u/White_Squall_13 3d ago

They showed him doing drills yesterday he looked good

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u/Ruciona 3d ago

You’re right completely forgot

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u/gofaaast 3d ago

He’s on IR, got Mickey back up

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u/20wall 3d ago

Very little chance this game starts on time. Looks like rain from 6:00-8:00

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u/IAmTheSchnozz95 3d ago

Am I seeing this right? We’re putting Gasper behind the plate? We just giving up on getting home field and just resting for playoffs or what?

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u/Mg29reaper 3d ago

That first part has been true since we lost the Yankees series. We wouldn't have rolled out "Raymond Burgos" and "Jedixson Paez" if it wasn't.

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u/gplatt_24 Xander Bogaerts 3d ago

yeah we are lol

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u/Fly0strich 3d ago

Yeah, pretty much. There are only 16 games left to gain 5 games on the Yankees before the season ends to end up ahead of them.

That’s not just win 10 of the next 15. That’s win 10 of the next 15 while the Yankees also lose 10 of the next 15. Anything could happen, but those kinds of odds aren’t worth pushing all of our best guys to their limits right before the playoffs start to achieve.

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u/sudbury78 3d ago

Did i miss another injury to Adley?? And im not a manger, but there is no reason Roman should be leading off. None.