Jones & Keefe: There is no reason the Red Sox should be worse than they were last season

WEEI-FM / WEEI

Watch Jones & Keefe: There is no reason the Red Sox should be worse than they were last season - WEEI-FM / WEEI on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00They are officially a game under 500 at the midway point, Keefe,

00:03and they are reeling.

00:04They are.

00:05They absolutely are.

00:06And Garrett Crochet has been as good as advertised and hoped and expected.

00:13He leads the majors in strikeouts.

00:15He leads the majors in innings pitched.

00:17So everything you could have wanted out of Garrett Crochet, you got.

00:20Something that the team didn't have a year ago.

00:22All due respect, how kind of good year?

00:24How was an all-star at this point?

00:26But Garrett Crochet, yeah, he's the absolute hoss of the season.

00:30He's a hoss of all hosses.

00:31And what has it done?

00:32Nothing.

00:32For the team?

00:34Nothing.

00:34They have a worse record than they did at the midpoint last year.

00:37And even Chapman, like they have a better ace pitcher and they have a better closer.

00:43And you're worse.

00:45You're worse.

00:46And it's everything else around it.

00:48The lineup right now, once again, is struggling to score runs.

00:52And it was against the lefties, so you had all your lefty killers in the lineup yesterday.

00:55They weren't able to get anything done.

00:57You know, Russ Snyder, Romy?

00:58I got my Russ Snyder and Romy bets in last night.

01:00They didn't hit.

01:02Just a knock?

01:02The whole team didn't hit.

01:03Just a baser?

01:04You know what I like to bet for those two against lefties?

01:06Little lifejack for you out there.

01:11Jixx here with another little lifejack.

01:13I like the hits-run RBI total for those two.

01:16You take two-plus?

01:18Two-plus hits-runs RBI.

01:20Yeah, so you get on base and you score?

01:22Boom, two.

01:22Check that box right there.

01:24No, I mean, I don't think they did anything.

01:25They were combined over six.

01:26Russ Snyder worked a nice lead-off walk.

01:28I'm like, Romy!

01:29Romy, knock him in!

01:30Yeah.

01:30Knock him in.

01:31Let's check some boxes.

01:32Nope.

01:32Didn't happen.

01:33Roman Anthony is smooth, though, for five.

01:35He's smooth, though.

01:36He's like the most unlucky hitter in baseball right now.

01:39He honestly did sting a few guys.

01:41He stings some of them.

01:42I mean, he drilled that one at Neto last night where he got hurt, which he did rip.

01:46Yeah, yeah.

01:47He also hit on the screws, though.

01:49He did.

01:49His worst at-bat, for all the credit he gets, and my God, does Brooksy give him a lot of

01:53credit on these TV broadcasts.

01:54He's going on and on.

01:55Boy, he takes a good at-bat.

01:56He's hitting 100 or whatever he's hitting, but boy, does he take a good at-bat.

01:59Yeah, that's a competitive 100.

02:01We didn't really watch these games.

02:02His worst at-bat, hands down, non-competitive, awful at-bat was two nights ago with the bases

02:07loaded just as the Drew Holiday trade was breaking.

02:09That was bad.

02:10That was a brutal at-bat.

02:10Sacks were packed.

02:11So, like, you can tell me all you want about how good his at-bats are.

02:13He's still not hit.

02:14I believe in him as a prospect, but, like, let's just, let's, let's, let's be on the

02:18level.

Category

Transcript

Recommended