Mazz: Red Sox pitchers got pounded by Astros (2024)

On Monday’s Felger & Mazz program, Tony Mazz reacted to the Red Sox’ disastrous weekend series versus the Houston Astros.

Red Sox Struggled vs. Astros

Parts of conversation abbreviated for clarity.

Tony Mazz: Red Sox got freaking annihilated. Did you see the home runs that the Astros hit?

Mike Felger: Yes, some of them.

Mazz: They averaged 423 feet. I did the math. I added them all up, 423 feet on average. They were freaking missiles all over the place

Jim Murray: Especially the Yordan Alvarez ones.

Mazz: Oh my God. And seven of them were on off-speed pitches. This is an important note because Andrew Bailey’s entire philosophy is, “Let’s go out there and spin the ball like it’s cotton candy.”

Except, you know what? The Astros have hitters that can hit the spinning crap. They have that. They have championship-caliber players, and they beat the crap out of your pitching staff.

That freaking Lucas Sims guy, I feel bad for him. He’s getting freaking pounded, absolutely pummeled, throwing that piece of crap slider up there that hangs in the middle of the plate. Jose Altuve waited on one of those pitches Friday night like it was a lamb chop.

Murray:Yeah, Friday night, he was part of the arson squad that’s in that bullpen right now. They finally got a good start from Houck for the first time in weeks and then it all goes to hell in a matter of a couple of innings.

Mazz: The Astros aren’t even as good as they’ve been in some other years. That was a mismatch. That series was a mismatch. And if the Red Sox think that they are going to build some sort of championship-caliber organization, they are sorely mistaken. Luis Garcia, Lucas Sims, Rob Refsnyder, and Tyler O’Neill won’t cut it. If they think that that’s how they’re going to win, it’s going to be another 86 years.

They got freaking pounded. That was championship-caliber talent in some places on the other side going against what is effectively a patchwork team, and you got freaking crushed.

They can’t keep the ball in the ballpark. They’ve given up 47 home runs since the All-Star break, that’s 21 games. Think of that.

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