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Eovaldi, not EdRod, on Opening Day in Boston

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Eduardo Rodriguez scratched from Thursday's start in Fenway against the Orioles due to a "dead arm".

Nate Eovaldi will go instead.

[I like that we have gotten to the point where we can talk about "Thursday's game" and it's a real game!]

 

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Just now, scOtt said:

Great..... carved us up like a turkey the other night.

We didn't have a ton of starters in that lineup.  But on the other hand, he absolutely crushed us in his 3 starts vs us last year.   Hopefully we get it done.

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Martin Perez and Nick Pivetta threw hot yesterday and today after Eovaldi Wednesday.

Then salty Garrett Richards will try and start after the Padres looked at like a decade of evidence, and I'll be surprised if he makes it 2 months.

Red Sox pitching, ladies and gentlemen!

Could we see opening weekend LeBlanc again?

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4 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Too bad, was going to appreciate the fact that the Orioles developed four 2021 Opening Day starters (Rodriguez, Means, Bundy and Gausman).

Can we bring one back next year?

There's like six guys better than them, mostly with HOF credentials (or girth, or lack thereof, in the cases of Lance Lynn and Marcus Stroman) as UFA's next offseason, but the ex-Orioles have good claim for the back of the Top 10 with Noah Syndergaard, whatever he is in a season.

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15 minutes ago, OrioleDog said:

Martin Perez and Nick Pivetta threw hot yesterday and today after Eovaldi Wednesday.

Then salty Garrett Richards will try and start after the Padres looked at like a decade of evidence, and I'll be surprised if he makes it 2 months.

Red Sox pitching, ladies and gentlemen!

Could we see opening weekend LeBlanc again?

Yeah, it will be interesting to see if the Red Sox can overtake the Orioles and climb into 4th place or if they remain the worst team in the AL East this year.

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15 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Yeah, it will be interesting to see if the Red Sox can overtake the Orioles and climb into 4th place or if they remain the worst team in the AL East this year.

I've given up on the Vandy guys and just hope the Pirates/Rangers/Tigers don't mess up before 1-4.   It would sting to see a slipping Commodore go there right before us based on a too small sample size.   But I've probably preferred the Orioles future to the Red Sox since about six seconds after the Mookie affront to the baseball gods, and suspect by 7/31 E-Rod and Eovaldi are gone if they are any good, amid summer reports that the Chris Sale return will be "handled conservatively".

Then the Ryan Mountcastle 100 RBI drive goes into maximum - he'll have that hot Rookie of the Year fight with Arozarena, Kelenic, Vaughn, Wander.   You get your ribbies, lead your team to 73 wins and challenge for the prize!     Bonus points for flirting with 800 PA, .300 AVG, 10 SB, etc.

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