July 4th @ Oakland

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just informed that the last time the SOX won a series in Oakland was in 2016. Edited July 5, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[TylerD]

Just informed that the last time the SOX won a series in Oakland was in 2016.

 

Wow!!

[iortiz]

Seems like this was a cardiac one lol

 

Great week. Let’s go!

[mvp 78]

Just informed that the last time the SOX won a series in Oakland was in 2016.

 

2021 Sox > 2018 Sox

[iortiz]

2021 Sox > 2018 Sox

 

IMHO the 2018 Red Sox is the best Red Sox team I have ever seen. They not only won 108 games but literally destroyed 3 100+ win teams in playoffs which on paper were favorites over the Sox.

 

Said that, this 2021 team looks pretty good and as I have said this team will surprise a lot of people.

[moonslav59]

Huge game by Pivetta. HUGE!

 

The more 700 bashes him, the better he does.

 

This team is special.

[Thunder]

Huge game by Pivetta. HUGE!

 

The more 700 bashes him, the better he does.

 

This team is special.

 

Maybe Pivetta reads the things said about him on this site and uses it as motivation! LOL

[mvp 78]

IMHO the 2018 Red Sox is the best Red Sox team I have ever seen. They not only won 108 games but literally destroyed 3 100+ win teams in playoffs which on paper were favorites over the Sox.

 

Said that, this 2021 team looks pretty good and as I have said this team will surprise a lot of people.

 

This is more like the 2013 team minus Koji.

[Bellhorn04]

Huh? Sometimes it isn't easy. Seriously, maybe you two need to take up competitive knitting where there is no adversity. It seems you can't handle it.

 

That was funny.

[Maxbialystock]

This is more like the 2013 team minus Koji.

 

Yeah, that makes more sense. 2013 only had one big bat, Ortiz's, vs. this year's three, but had a deeper lineup and, in the first half of the season, three pretty good starters in Lester, Lackey, and Buchholz (13/16 starts were quality starts, ERA for season 1.74) before he went on the IL. Lester was 4-1 in the postseason with a 1.56 ERA and Lackey was 3-1, ERA 2.77. Uehara had 7 saves, ERA .66.

 

This year's team has good hitting overall and is 2d in MLB in scoring. Team ERA is 14th, largely because the rotation is inconsistent. Eovaldi right now deserves to be called the Sox's ace, but he's been shelled three times (6, 5, and 5 runs). I think his splitter has been the big difference because it allows him to throw fewer fastballs, which will be hit when he throws a lot of them. Pivetta is almost as capable as Eovaldi, but far more inconsistent as demonstrated in his last 3 starts: fantastic (6.2 innings, no hits or runs), horrible (6 runs, 4.1 innings), and great (7 innings, no runs, 2 hits). Perez, Richards, and ERod trail behind although ERod seems to be coming around in his last 2 starts: better mix of pitches and much better command.

 

Looking back over the past 3 months, I think the bullpen has been the key to a big chunk of those 53 AL-leading wins because they are deep and because Cora has managed them awfully well. The bullpen has allowed the Sox hitters to come back against other teams whose bullpens aren't as deep and to hold onto leads when the Sox starters have pitched well.

[iortiz]

This is more like the 2013 team minus Koji.

 

While Barnes has been great all-in-all this year, Koji was literally an automatic shout out for us.

 

Koji that year took the closer role after several trail outs and arguably become as the best asset of that team.

[Maxbialystock]

While Barnes has been great all-in-all this year, Koji was literally an automatic shout out for us.

 

Koji that year took the closer role after several trail outs and arguably become as the best asset of that team.

 

Agree. Frankly, I think Barnes has better stuff, but Koji Uehara was fearless and had great command, which allowed him to make just two pitches, a slow fastball and splitter, work like magic.