With this split the White Sox manager took his players out for ice cream.
The Even Stevens did it again.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Speaking of all-stars; at this point in the season the only player on the SOX, imho, who has earned a spot on the all-star team is Houck.
Maybe Devers, but definitely Houck.
Duran is tied for 7th in AL fWAR. He deserves at least a reserve slot.
Devers should be a lock. (13th in AL fWAR and career high OPS)
As of now, Houck should start the AS game.
Slaten should be a lock. He's 3rd in fWAR among RP'ers.
I'd say we end up with 3-4. (Crawford needs to regain the magic to make it.
As bad as Crawford has looked, recently, he still has the 9th best fWAR in the AL
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Plenty of fans do, actually.
Fangraphs has a rather large community that posts on their articles, all of whom buy into their advanced stat models. Heck, I’ve seen people citing StatCast data on Yahoo Fantasy Forums, where there is no category for exit velocity or barrel percentage.
Those type of stats are more popular than you realize.
In fact, I bet fWAR is one of the most popular stats for voting for All Stars, if not the most popular…