He seems to have a mix of knuckle balls. Some of them definitely don't move much and are hit hard. Others really move and are uncatchable.Originally Posted by SPLENDIDSPLINTER
He seems to have a mix of knuckle balls. Some of them definitely don't move much and are hit hard. Others really move and are uncatchable.
Hamilton and Valdez have some throwing issues. Dom Smith has saved several off line , in the dirt throws from them, as long as Dom's elbow is not extended and vulnerable.
He only threw 58 pitches. His last time out, he threw 91 in relief--6 innings, 2 ER.
This game really slowed down after Wink finished.
Let’s not leave out that he also had good D behind him.
Neither Hamilton nor Valdez is much of a defender. Hamilton might be an acceptable 2b. Valdez is probably a LF or DH…
Red Sox RISP is 1 for 8 today
Good pitching can cover up crap like that.
Masa of late has had some good at bats. Imho, he is a good hitter when he stays healthy.
Even though the SOX gave up 21 runs in this series, the BP, imho, did a nice job.
An essential win and they did it. After 3 straight games allowing 9 or more runs, this was a good show. Odd that it took Winckowski to turn the pitching back in the right direction. Need to win the Miami series for sure.
Sox needed that one. Nice games by Devers and Duran per usual, awesome start by Winck and Jansen continues to be extremely good.
I gave 5 reasons for keeping Yoshida and even playing him, and one of them was that we know he was a good hitter in Japan.
I like Yoshida, but his approach in the states isn’t what I expected after seeing his stats in Japan. He’s a good hitter I expected more from. He’s a bad fielder. And it’s not hard to see why a lot of fans are frustrated with him…
exactly. i'd love for him to be the next Ichiro but ....it ain't happening. i know my frustrations stems from the fact that guys with his current stats are a dime a dozen and we spent a ton of money on him that should have gone for pitching.
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