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This was another key game. Yes, picking up a another game on the Orioles (while beating them) and the Yankees was great. So were Betts three dingers.

 

But I think ERod's start was key element because just that one start suggests that maybe the Sox have a rotation after all--Wright, Porcello, Price, Kelly, and Rodriguez. Wright has been consistently good. Price seems to have turned things around. Porcello has been worth his $12M/year. Kelly might be a decent 5th starter. And now ERod looks like he did in the last month of 2015 when he was very good. Assuming ERod stays healthy, the Sox even have the luxury of Buchholz in the bullpen as a spot starter and/or long reliever--albeit an expensive one.

Don't forget that after those two recent losses at Toronto, the rotation gave every indication of being terrible with a bullpen not up to compensating for lousy starts. A pitching staff in disarray. Now suddenly three straight good starts by Price, Wright, and ERod backed up by a solid bullpen. Did anyone else notice that Buchholz got the win Sunday in Toronto?

 

Mookie leading off with his terrible OBP--.325--looks like idiocy, but it has worked brilliantly so far. He leads the team in runs scored, which is what leadoff hitters are supposed to do, but he is also second in dingers and, more importantly, rbi's. He has, lest we forget, very good speed on the basepaths.

 

I initially thought the thread about this being the best Sox outfield ever was wishful thinking, but, young as these guys are, they are trending in that direction--best ever. Jury is still out on Swihart's hitting, but give him time. All three move well in the field and have good to very good arms. Heck, Young's spot start in CF last night included a very nice grab near the wall/fence.

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Porcello has been worth his $12M/year.

 

Porcello is actually in the first year of a 4 year/82.5 million extension, so his average salary is about 20.6 million.

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Porcello is actually in the first year of a 4 year/82.5 million extension, so his average salary is about 20.6 million.
If he was only making $12 million a year, there would be no issue regarding his extension.
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Mookie hit .298/.348/.579 in May. They kept him in the leadoff spot because he was scorching hot all throughout the Month of May.

 

Perhaps. I think he stays there because he's the fastest on the base paths and has pretty much led the team in runs scored for the whole season. That was, however, a helluva May. Right now there's just an awful lot of good hitters on this team.

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If he was only making $12 million a year, there would be no issue regarding his extension.

 

I forgot the full cost of his extension. That said, the simple fact is that we got him and probably can't "trade" him to the Dodgers the way we did Beckett. Better that he pitch well.

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Tonight's lineup is Betts, Pedroia, Bogaerts, Ortiz, Ramirez,Shaw, Swihart, Young, and Hanigan with Young in CF again. That's six righty bats against righty Wright for Baltimore. With Kelly on the mound, this could be an adventure.
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Hit dingers, get wins!

 

1st game since I got my Mookie shirt, which ironically came in the mail today, after his game last night. Ordered it last week though.

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Tonight's lineup is Betts, Pedroia, Bogaerts, Ortiz, Ramirez,Shaw, Swihart, Young, and Hanigan with Young in CF again. That's six righty bats against righty Wright for Baltimore. With Kelly on the mound, this could be an adventure.

 

Any game Kelly or Buch pitches is bound to be an adventure.

 

I don't understand why Vasquez is not starting. Is he being over worked? Does he have a nagging injury? Doe Hannigan hit Wright better?

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I want to be Mookie Betts

 

Dude's on fiyah!

 

And some were worried. Not me.

 

But 4 dingers in a game and an inning ... whew!

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