July 24: BOS (Eovaldi) vs NYY (Taillon)

[a700hitter]

Kike is mashing lately

[Tedballgame]

Kike with a Little League Home Run!

[sk7326]

Was going to yell "little league homerun!" but Kike did mash that

[Maxbialystock]

FWIW, a good throw by Odor gets Hernandez at 3b. So the gamble worked.

[d-money]

Well they got 1 run at least. Taillon is very hittable.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Kike is mashing lately

 

Bogie is unmashing lately.

[illinoisredsox]

Recently the bottom third of the order has done well, but not Plawecki or Cordero.

 

Well, I’d cut those two a little slack since they haven’t had a whole lot of PT at the major league level over the past couple months.

 

I’m just glad to see Plawecki start today. Vazquez is close to being on fumes as much as he’s played recently and there’s 2 months to go. I really would like to see them split time 60-40 for a while.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

According to what I just heard on the YES feed, EO is second only to Cole in fWAR as a pitcher in the AL.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Plawecki wacked that one.

[mvp 78]

K-vis

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Maybe Plawecki should get more playing time although MAX would hate VAZ not catching..

[d-money]

Need more off this guy. He sucks.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sliding into 1st is about as stupid as it gets in a game.

[d-money]

Come on Nate.

[d-money]

Sliding into 1st is about as stupid as it gets in a game.

 

Yankees are desperate at this point.

[d-money]

Not good. Come on Nate!!!!

[d-money]

Back to back hits to the bottom of the order is not good.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Kike's arm at 2nd made that possible.

[sk7326]

121 means he's 21% better than average.

 

Don't forget this kids age when called up. He had an understandable "off" season at age 21 with a .731 OPS (94 OPS+) which brought his career number down. That was a 490 PA season.

 

I don't hold early seasons against players, especially ones brought up very young. Devers has always been playing above his age group since day 1 in the minors.

 

Devers also started out slowly, as he often does, in 2020, and the season was cut short before he could bring it up past 109(OPS+).

 

Here's his OPS+ since age 22:

 

133

109 (short season)

149

 

133 combined 2019-2021.

 

 

I remember him not being eligible for the Arizona Fall League because he had not turned 18 yet.

[d-money]

DP a pitcher’s best friend.

[sk7326]

According to what I just heard on the YES feed, EO is second only to Cole in fWAR as a pitcher in the AL.

 

Eovaldi has been fairly unlucky this season - his numbers are good but his underlying stats are even better than that.

[d-money]

Big escape by eovaldi. Now add a couple of more runs.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I remember a few weeks ago a talking head for the Dodgers was saying how important Kike was to the Dodgers and how his absence has definitely effected the team. Now I know why.

[illinoisredsox]

Back to back hits to the bottom of the order is not good.

 

Yeah, Nate should have made sure Guriel hit that first one harder so that Kike could have an easier play.

[mvp 78]

Kike's arm at 2nd made that possible.

 

Kiké was playing back, ball was hit softly.

[mvp 78]

DuRAN

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Eovaldi has been fairly unlucky this season - his numbers are good but his underlying stats are even better than that.

 

EO's small number of walks and his leading the AL by a lot in giving up the fewest HR's contributes to his high fWAR.

Edited July 24, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

DuRAN

 

 

So good I'll say it twice DURAN DURAN!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Kiké was playing back, ball was hit softly.

 

I was referring to the DP.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

DEVERS DEliVERS!