8/11 Sox @ O's game 1

[d-money]

80 pitches for price. Hope he can pitch two more innings.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

X-man having an X-cellent game so far.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Never look a gift bird in the mouth.

[d-money]

Need price to get out of this inning.

[illinoisredsox]

You think thats bad! The Jays are on the hook for Tulo till after 2021. They get out from under broken down Donaldson I think next year. Stuck with Morales through 2019 also.

 

I think this is it for Davis, this year.

 

Davis’ contract goes through 2022.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Excellent job by Price against a hot-hitting O's team.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

davis’ contract goes through 2022.

 

ouch!!

[moonslav59]

Need price to get out of this inning.

 

10 Ks in 5 looks like the Price of old.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

BP: Hopefully things won't get too interesting.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

10 Ks in 5 looks like the Price of old.

 

True, Moon, but Price is one of the starters the SOX s/b getting 7 innings from.

[d-money]

Well here comes the BP.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

True, Moon, but Price is one of the starters the SOX s/b getting 7 innings from.

 

With 92 pitches I think he could have another inning, but, of course, that's Cora's decision.

[jung]

Davis’ contract goes through 2022.

 

2022.....Oh my God.

 

Does sort of make you wonder though. Davis is 32. Tulo is 33. Donaldson is 32. These are not that old to be just broken down shells of themselves. There is something behind this trend that we are not seeing. Either they are using and their bodies are breaking down through chemical abuse or the game is just killing them off at a faster rate. While I would expect these guys at that age to be making the turn or at the 11th hole. These guys are basically done.

 

They are far from the only examples either. Not by a long shot.

[d-money]

Gonna be tough to get in the second game. They should start the game one hour earlier. At 6:05

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice job and under 20 pitches. Doubly impressed.

[OH FOY]

Leon got to catch Price. Its unreal, the difference between the 2 Catchers.

[Tedballgame]

Nunez wasn't hustling down the line on that one.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That step that Nunez seemed to have gained a week or so ago appears to have disappeared.

[OH FOY]

Relievers that throw strikes are always valuable.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nunez wasn't hustling down the line on that one.

 

His leg is still not 100%. It appeared to be a week ago, but not now. Oh, well, he did hit a big HR today.

[jung]

Price does seem to do better with Sandy. But I would not really let a game against the O's lead to any real conclusions.

 

The way hitters hit now has made the Change the single most critical pitch in baseball, more so than the split, more than the FB, more than any cutter or curve.

 

Their bats typically don't stay in the hitting zone long enough to even get a bat on a Change even if it is up in the zone. That did not used to be the case. As long as the the pitcher throwing the Change stays out of the middle of the plate, guys like the typical O's hitter are not going to hit the thing even if its up.

 

LH pitchers even throw it to LH hitters now...unheard of in the past. Price has thrown Changes and Cutters all day and they can't touch him. Did from the first inning on.

[TylerD]

Price does seem to do better with Sandy. But I would not really let a game against the O's lead to any real conclusions.

 

The way hitters hit now has made the Change the single most critical pitch in baseball, more so than the split, more than the FB, more than any cutter or curve.

 

Their bats typically don't stay in the hitting zone long enough to even get a bat on a Change even if it is up in the zone. That did not used to be the case. As long as the the pitcher throwing the Change stays out of the middle of the plate, guys like the typical O's hitter are not going to hit the thing even if its up.

 

LH pitchers even throw it to LH hitters now...unheard of in the past. Price has thrown Changes and Cutters all day and they can't touch him. Did from the first inning on.

 

In his last 27 innings he has given up 3 earned runs. And one of those against the Yankees. I would say Price is getting red hot at the right time!

[FredLynn]

Rangers just tied up the Yankees on a balk by Betances

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bra throws strikes. He's been a real pleasant find for the BP.

[jung]

In his last 27 innings he has given up 3 earned runs. And one of those against the Yankees. I would say Price is getting red hot at the right time!

 

If he keeps throwing the Change this way I don't know who will have success against him. Astros maybe. But the rest of the league is just going to uppercut swing themselves silly at air. He does not even have to throw more than a cutter with the Change and they still can't hit it.

 

That said, as I have said before, MLB is heading in entirely the wrong direction with this nonsense and they are now beginning to pay for it.

[FredLynn]

Crushed to dead CF

[Jasonbay44]

The JBJ haters haven't been talking too much lately...

[OH FOY]

Now that's a sweet swing by JBJ.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That ball was smashed a long way. JBJ has hit 3 HR's since he made that error last night. He musta been pissed.

[illinoisredsox]

Gonna be tough to get in the second game. They should start the game one hour earlier. At 6:05

 

Logistically, that would be tough to do on short notice. Have to clear the park and parking lot, clean up, bring in the new "crowd"., etc.

 

Also not fair to those who do hold tckets to the night game to switch start times at the last second.

 

Plus, the key was getting one in today. If tonight is rained out, they can play 2 tomorrow (off day Monday, so no big deal) or they could play Monday or Thursday (off days for both teams, and with the Sox in Philly on Tuesday and Wednesday, minimal travel isuues).