5/30 Jays Bleu

[mvp 78]

JD Martinez is good at baseball.

[d-money]

Nice way to respond!!!!! Rodriguez better not blow this. Pitch him in the 7th.

[mvp 78]

If you were a Professional couch sitting athlete, you would have known the etiquette about jinxing your players.

 

I have so much to learn!

[mvp 78]

You were just the messenger, I blame Speier

 

He is an easy target!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

JD! Just Dazzling!

[Bellhorn04]

JD Martinez is good at baseball.

 

Thanks Dave!

[Slasher9]

so at this point...is it way off base to say that perhaps chili davis was our problem last year?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It appears JH is finally getting his money's worth on a FA.

[a700hitter]

I wonder if ERod is batter to batter this inning.

[illinoisredsox]

so at this point...is it way off base to say that perhaps chili davis was our problem last year?

 

Unless you are also going to give him credit for a really good offense in 2016, yes.

[a700hitter]

Get him out of the game now.

[Slasher9]

Unless you are also going to give him credit for a really good offense in 2016, yes.

good point. I just felt like we looked at so many FB's down the middle on 0 strike counts last season that we are attacking this year.

[a700hitter]

Whew!

[Slasher9]

nice, nay, EXCELLENT start by our #4 starter.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Great job today by E-rod.

[a700hitter]

Was that an error on Swihart?

[jung]

Very nice job by Erod. Notice he did have a dominant secondary pitch today. Again as it was last time it was his Change. Only 7k's which means he was getting outs on contact instead of struggling trying to K the lineup. 6.2 innings to 100 pitches. Not bad for eddie. Not bad for anybody in this day and age.

[mvp 78]

Thanks Dave!

 

Right now, Dave really has a nice set of honkers on him!

[mvp 78]

so at this point...is it way off base to say that perhaps chili davis was our problem last year?

 

I'm going with no replacement for Papi.

[a700hitter]

I'm going with no replacement for Papi.

Me too.

[jung]

Was that an error on Swihart?

 

It has finally got to the point where I no longer understand the scoring in MLB. That was the last piece. They have finally done it and after 60 years of involvement in one way or another, I now understand nothing about MLB.

[Slasher9]

It has finally got to the point where I no longer understand the scoring in MLB. That was the last piece. They have finally done it and after 60 years of involvement in one way or another, I now understand nothing about MLB.

 

Robot Official Scorers Now!

[jung]

JBJ should keep going oppos until he is sick of it and then he should go oppos some more.

[Slasher9]

I'm going with no replacement for Papi.

 

Me too.

 

OK, and I definitely don't disagree with that. I believe in lineup protection. but it also appears to me that the approach this season is different compared to last year. maybe it's just the results (increase in dingers) that are clouding my view but I don't feel like we are taking as many perfectly hittable middle-middle FB's this year compared to last.

[jung]

OK, and I definitely don't disagree with that. I believe in lineup protection. but it also appears to me that the approach this season is different compared to last year. maybe it's just the results (increase in dingers) that are clouding my view but I don't feel like we are taking as many perfectly hittable middle-middle FB's this year compared to last.

 

No question about it...they are more aggressive than they were under Farrell who had them taking no matter what...who the starting pitcher was, game situation, you name it. I would not be surprised if the team finally said, OK *******, this is what you want, this is what you are going to get. Christ I am going to swing at two horrible pitches just to get to where you want me to be even FASTER.

 

Farrell appeared to be in love with 2-2 or 3-2 counts.

Edited May 30, 2018 by jung

[mvp 78]

@iamjoonlee

 

As someone who was not happy the #RedSox didn’t call Miami about Stanton, the stats so far in 2018:

 

Giancarlo Stanton: .245/.320/.470, 11 HR, 10 2B, 1.0 WAR

 

JD Martinez: .323/.381/.657, 18 HR, 14 2B, 1.9 WAR

[mvp 78]

OK, and I definitely don't disagree with that. I believe in lineup protection. but it also appears to me that the approach this season is different compared to last year. maybe it's just the results (increase in dingers) that are clouding my view but I don't feel like we are taking as many perfectly hittable middle-middle FB's this year compared to last.

 

I think that plays a little bit of a role too. I know Cora made this an offseason focus.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Now that the elusive Carson Smith has disappeared again, does anyone know when Thornburg is set to join the team? Edited May 30, 2018 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Devers' show at the plate is getting stale. Maybe it's time to put Nunez at 3rd for a while.

[illinoisredsox]

Now that the elusive Carson Smith has disappeared again, does anyone know when Thornburg is set to join the team?

 

He went on his rehab assignment April 30. Pitchers get 30 days max, so I would think he either has to be activated or put back on the DL today or maybe tomorrow.

 

EDIT - He was taken off his rehab assignment on Tuesday without being taken off the DL; he can resume minor league rehab on the 8th

Edited May 30, 2018 by illinoisredsox