8/18 v Orioles

[Oscars]

Not sure what Owings is doing in the lineup, with another 3 strike out game.

[jung]

Mookie does not even get out of the box after being buzzed.

[OH FOY]

Unreal Raffy!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Owings is the SOX answer for the Yankems picking up LeMahieu.

[Station 13]

hot damn Devers

[jung]

Stunning to think that with all of his excellence at the plate and with much better hitters around him, Rafi is still behind Trout in OPS, Slugging, HR's and OBP.

[OH FOY]

Rays f***ing won, Bottom of the 9th. The Tigers SUCK!

[YastrzemskI]

Yeah... his name is “De-li-vers” for a damn reason. What a monster player!

Jeez... X-man follows it up with a double. Boston is just Teeing off now.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Damn, I'm glad Devers doesn't have an opt out clause.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Stunning to think that with all of his excellence at the plate and with much better hitters around him, Rafi is still behind Trout in OPS, Slugging, HR's and OBP.

 

Devers is still 22.

[YastrzemskI]

Stunning to think that with all of his excellence at the plate and with much better hitters around him, Rafi is still behind Trout in OPS, Slugging, HR's and OBP.

 

Yeah.. there’s only one Mike Trout. But Devers is putting up Trout numbers this season. He really is. At 22 years old he is lightning in a bottle.

[jung]

Damn, I'm glad Devers doesn't have an opt out clause.

 

Rafi is not even arb eligible till 2021 and not a FA till 2024. I don't know who represents him though. Still, he is the guy you empty the bank account for unless something really stupid happens to him. Given the way his fielding has come along, he stands a chance of being an every year MVP candidate, All Star and possible GG candidate.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

C. Davis is like a large pile of money at HP that is has been set on fire.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rafi is not even arb eligible till 2021 and not a FA till 2024. I don't know who represents him though. Still, he is the guy you empty the bank account for unless something really stupid happens to him. Given the way his fielding has come along, he stands a chance of being an every year MVP candidate, All Star and possible GG candidate.

 

Jung, I only have one word for your well-researched post; HALLELUJAH!

[illinoisredsox]

Nunez .....Refreshing!!!!

 

JD...completely out of the box after an uncontested ball...gotta' ponder....breath....kick some dirt around.

 

So are you moving on from rocket ball posts or doubling up with batters out of the box stuff?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

After an off day tomorrow, the SOX will be back to playing a major league team on Tuesday night at Fenway.

[OH FOY]

If I were the Sox I would bring up Houck for 1 day on Thursday.

[jung]

The mental state of some of these O's must be terrible. If you think about it, the middle infield fell apart right after Villar's two little back to back tiffs, one at home plate and one on the bath paths. After that, he was smack in the middle of every screw up that followed in the bottom half of that inning. He botched so many plays that he took the wind completely out of Alberto's sails and he was at that point crap at 2nd while Villar was being a complete ******* at SS. I don't think I have ever seen one player utterly whaaaaaa his way through a half inning in the field so completely. I have seen worse half innings by a defender but not from lack of effort. Villar just pouted his way through the entire half inning and took every other fielder he came in contact with down with him. Edited August 18, 2019 by jung

[OH FOY]

They cant bring up nobody.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Btw, Betts has a higher slugging % and higher OPS than the Phillies' 300 million dollar hillbilly.

[illinoisredsox]

If I were the Sox I would bring up Houck for 1 day on Thursday.

 

Why?

[jung]

Cleveland won today along with the Rays. Guardians earn a split with the Yankmees. Twins up on Rangers. But its early in that game.

[OH FOY]

Rays play tomorrow and we don't, its Seattle, but could use some help.

[Bellhorn04]

Rays play tomorrow and we don't, its Seattle, but could use some help.

 

Could Houston possibly win one of four against the A's? That'd be nice.

[TylerD]

Tyler D will be appearing at a comedy club in your area.

 

I’ll be signing autographs too

[TylerD]

5 in a row folks. Big challenge coming up Tuesday against a pitcher that is 11-3. Hope we can keep this going.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

As of right now Devers has 301 total bases with 36 games remaining. Trout has 272 total bases. Before the steroid era having 400 or more total bases in a season was very rare. It won't be easy, but Devers has a shot at it.

His current slugging % is .598.

Edited August 18, 2019 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[OH FOY]

Could Houston possibly win one of four against the A's? That'd be nice.

 

Agree, at least 1 lose today.

[oldtimer]

The Sox Starting pitching is in a shambles with both Sale and Price probably unavailable and Eovaldi looking awful in his start. Our two regulars left arre Porcello and E-Rod with Cashner likely to join them and perhaps the use of an opener concept pitcher. Too bad because we arre scoring enough runs to support even a fair pitching performance. Funny how guys looking hot goes in cycles. Beni has cooled down in the last couple of days while quiite a few others stepped up today.

 

We play the Phillies at home so at least we can use our DH.

[Oscars]

I continue to marvel at the plate coverage Devers has with power.

We are used to seeing him take the ball the other way with power, and today he takes an inside pitch off the plate for a HR.

He is a joy to watch .