5/26 VS Rays

[BornToRun]

Have Kelly bunt.

[Station 13]

WALK must score right?

[jung]

Screwing up on one pitch in a particular location can eventually get a hitter completely fouled up. In Ortiz situation, it was the high inside pitch. Ortiz convinced himself that he could handle that pitch...a pitch he has not been able to handle his entire career and it screwed him up royally...not unusual once pitchers find out you have a weakness they can exploit. David got out of it by laying off that pitch.

 

Agons has a little more going wrong than that although it started for him by being to focused on going the other way and to anxious to jump on those outer half pitchs early in the count. Now he really has gotten himself in a hole because pitchers have a formula for retiring him at this point. It will take more work on his part to snap out of it but in my view, he has to start by seeing more pitches and getting more pitches to hit that he can handle.

 

I would like to think it is all in his head but to be honest I don't think that is the case.

[a700hitter]

Have Kelly bunt.

He'd bunt into a DP. Let him hit into a traditional DP.

[Station 13]

If Agons made better plate appearances he would not fall so far so fast. He is not a selective hitter when he is going good. When he is going poorly if anything he becomes frustrated and seems to be looking for a way to get back to the dugout ASAP.

 

He would see more pitches if was more selective and getting a few better pitches to hit would surely get him more hits even when he is going badly.

 

It seems that way. Do the small things when you can't swing the bat. Take pitches. His first pitch swinging this season is ridiculous.

[BornToRun]

I'm a genius.

[a700hitter]

Nice bunt.

[BornToRun]

Do something not horrible, Byrd.

[iortiz]

Evening!

 

Here's your ace gentlemen.

[a700hitter]

I'm a genius.

You and Bobby V on the same page. Are you bragging about that?

[Station 13]

That's right down the middle for Byrd.

[BornToRun]

Damnit

[Station 13]

Then he pulled a pitch low in the zone and groundout.

[BornToRun]

That was lame.

[BornToRun]

Hurry up ells and cc.

[jung]

Aviles seems lately to have attended the AGons school of First Pitch Swinging.

 

I would not have minded so much if it were not for the fact that both of these pitchers are dealing tonight and the Sox had a guy in scoring position. That was a decent pitch to hit but as I pointed out a few days ago, according to the Stamford study done a few years ago, there is no worse pitch to swing at from the standpoint of success than the first pitch of an at bat. Even when hitters fall behind in the count there chances are better than when the count is 0-0.

[Station 13]

Shut down beckett need to hold them down.

[BornToRun]

Suck a dick you ****.

[BornToRun]

Josh is just dominating right now.

[BornToRun]

The umpire seems to be doing a good job tonight.

[BornToRun]

Leading walk with the big dogs coming up. Let's do this.

[jung]

I think the way Josh is throwing these days is quite sustainable. His location is simply impeccable and he now reminds me more of Greg Maddux than I thought he was capable of. I thought he would eventually get to some version of this and do it well enough to be successful but he is doing it at a level that can potentially get him back to top five in the league I think.

[BornToRun]

Shift can lick my balls.

[ellsburyforMVP]

Anyone have the stats for papi against a " full shift " this yr? He's been going the other way routinely... Eventually, you would think teams would have to let up on it

[BornToRun]

Price is lucky

[BornToRun]

Gonzo did his job at least

[jacksonianmarch]

I think the way Josh is throwing these days is quite sustainable. His location is simply impeccable and he now reminds me more of Greg Maddux than I thought he was capable of. I thought he would eventually get to some version of this and do it well enough to be successful but he is doing it at a level that can potentially get him back to top five in the league I think.

 

Beckett has always had the ability to be a good pitcher, but his stuff allowed him to miss. Now, he has to be a pitcher first since he no longer can ramp it up there at 96 on a regular basis. I think Beckett can sustain his success, the only issue will be that when his location is off, he will be bombed a lot more than he was in the past. We've seen it already with a few clunkers mixed in with some dominant performances.

[Station 13]

f***

[BornToRun]

More luck

[BornToRun]

At least gonzo hit the ball