AUG 4: BOS (ERod) @ DET (Mize)

[TylerD]

Taylor. Stop being poopy.

[vegasbob]

Josh Taylor maturing into a real pitcher this year ? A Red Sox breakthrough under team control for awhile

 

Thanks, hope you enjoyed the compliment for about 2 seconds, Josh

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Rays scored 4 runs, tonight on 1 single, 2 doubles,1 triple and 1 HR.

 

 

 

5 hits total

 

Quality, not quantity. Or in baseball terms timely hitting; something the SOX haven't displayed in quite a while. I can't prove the following is true, but I know it is. The Rays lead the league in timely hitting.

[vegasbob]

Quality, not quantity. Or in baseball terms timely hitting; something the SOX haven't displayed in quite a while. I can't prove the following is true, but I know it is. The Rays lead the league in timely hitting.

 

The Rays wouldn't be clutch, would they ?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Thanks, hope you enjoyed the compliment for about 2 seconds, Josh

 

Unwritten rule; never compliment a SOX pitcher until he's officially out of the game.

[TylerD]

Thanks, hope you enjoyed the compliment for about 2 seconds, Josh

 

Lmao!!!

 

Happens to me too. I compliment someone and it backfires

 

Except E Rod tonight. He was a beauty

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Rays wouldn't be clutch, would they ?

 

Timely=Clutch? A good thing to argue.

[iortiz]

I would have brought Whitlock if he had been available. In fact I would give Whitlock the 8th already moving forward.

[vegasbob]

Unwritten rule; never compliment a SOX pitcher until he's officially out of the game.

 

Odd how that does work out, although I am told that the players do not know what we are actually saying here. I think they do

[iortiz]

Thanks, hope you enjoyed the compliment for about 2 seconds, Josh

 

Still, Taylor is one of the reasons this BP has been so solid this year. He’s been so reliable.

[vegasbob]

Timely=Clutch? A good thing to argue.

 

I'd like to know what Iortiz and Moon have to say about clutch. I think they have studied it thoroughly

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Obviously, relief pitchers don't have their good stuff every time they're called, but Taylor has had his good stuff more than most this season.

[Maxbialystock]

That last strike was pretty much unhittable.

 

True.

[iortiz]

Timely=Clutch? A good thing to argue.

 

Again? Lol

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Still, Taylor is one of the reasons this BP has been so solid this year. He’s been so reliable.

 

Very true!

[vegasbob]

I actually thought it was a good pitch at 95, down and in but Schoop is a hitter. Too bad he wasn't available at the deadline for a prorated $1.5MM

[vegasbob]

If Schoop dropped the h, he'd be scoop because he can play 1b TOO

[iortiz]

Geez this ump loves the outside of the zone.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Again? Lol

 

 

Well, the Rays have pretty much proven so far this season that timely hitting is sustainable. Whether timely and clutch are the same thing; that's where the argument would come in.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If Schoop dropped the h, he'd be scoop because he can play 1b TOO

 

Or if Schoop dropped the 'c' and replaced the 'h' with an 'l', he'd be the Sloop John B.

[vegasbob]

Right here is where Farmer should start to blw up, come on Hunter

[iortiz]

Well, the Rays have pretty much proven so far this season that timely hitting is sustainable. Whether timely and clutch are the same thing; that's where the argument would come in.

 

Yeah, they hit in clutch situations very often.

 

Before this slump, we used to hit for clutch very often too, mostly in late innings.

[iortiz]

Renfroe wants to go yard in every AB. Sometimes putting the ball in play is a better thing to do, but these days the later is blasphemy.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Yeah, they hit in clutch situations very often.

 

Before this slump, we used to hit for clutch very often too, mostly in late innings.

 

If I'm not mistaken, the last SOX timely/clutch hit was Dugo's 2 run game winning HR, which seems like months ago.

[vegasbob]

I wish Dalbec could have kept the one loud foul straight for his sake and the teams, but I do believe that he has a mindset coming up expecting to K. The face says it all

[iortiz]

If I'm not mistaken, the last SOX timely/clutch hit was Dugo's 2 run game winning HR, which seems like months ago.

 

Not sure, but definitely could be the last time.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Thought that was a Dalbec HR. Btw, he didn't keep his facial hair for very long.

[iortiz]

I wish Dalbec could have kept the one loud foul straight for his sake and the teams, but I do believe that he has a mindset coming up expecting to K. The face says it all

 

While Dalbec has sucked this season, I have the impression that he at least has been bit more patience and making more contact lately at plate.

[iortiz]

Perfect pitch up and out in the corner by Ottavino.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Well, to be honest, there was only one big O and that was Oscar Robertson.