8/8 at Jays, Dimanche

[Tedballgame]

I have to give Richards credit for how he is pitching at this moment. But I still want him on an extremely short leash.

[Maxbialystock]

Arauz gets him for the 3d out! Very smooth play, excellent range.

 

Richards has got to be feeling pretty good.

[Tedballgame]

Good grief. Duran is so shallow in LF he looks like a 5th infielder.

 

Had him played perfectly.

[Maxbialystock]

I have to give Richards credit for how he is pitching at this moment. But I still want him on an extremely short leash.

 

I give Plawecki credit too. Also the lineup for scoring 7 runs so far. Cora goes short leash when needed and in fact has excellent judgment on that.

 

Richards is on the verge of having 4 decent pitches: fastball, changeup (which isn't that great, actually), slider, and his big curve. I think the changeup needs to be slower to be effective. When ERod slowed his by 4-5 mph, it got much better.

[Maxbialystock]

Had him played perfectly.

 

He absolutely did.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice hit by Duran, but the truth is this Murphy has absolutely nothing.

[Maxbialystock]

Duran has just returned to the upside of the mendoza line!

[Maxbialystock]

I'm glad Renfroe hasn't had to go for those flies down the line--dangerous.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hard to tell if the SOX have come out off their offensive swoon or if the two Jays' pitchers were both completely weaponless today. Hope it's the former. I guess Tuesday night will answer that question.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Even though his hitting has gone south, Renfroe remains the best defensive RF in the AL.

[Maxbialystock]

That route Renfroe took looked like the Lewis and Clark search for the northwest passage. All's well that ends well.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That was actually a pretty good pitch Vlad hammered, but he is a great hitter.

[Maxbialystock]

Even though his hitting has gone south, Renfroe remains the best defensive RF in the AL.

 

Meh. Great arm, but not great range.

[Maxbialystock]

That was actually a pretty good pitch Vlad hammered, but he is a great hitter.

 

It was Richards best curve of the day, down around the shoe tops, but Guerrero just golfed it out of park.

[Maxbialystock]

Still a long ways to go for the win--12 big outs against a very good Jays offense.

[TylerD]

Richards - 5 innings and only 4 runs. Lmao I mean for him that’s not bad

[Maxbialystock]

Taylor screwed the pooch when he walked his first batter, a lefty.

[Maxbialystock]

Richards - 5 innings and only 4 runs. Lmao I mean for him that’s not bad

 

It's incredible, especially when the Guerrero dinger was actually a very good pitch. It did cost him 2 runs, however, because he walked the first guy he faced in the 5th.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Meh. Great arm, but not great range.

 

Everyone has the right to their own opinion.

[a700hitter]

Richards - 5 innings and only 4 runs. Lmao I mean for him that’s not bad

and he didn’t leave the mound crying.

[TylerD]

It's incredible, especially when the Guerrero dinger was actually a very good pitch. It did cost him 2 runs, however, because he walked the first guy he faced in the 5th.

 

Yes very true. Regardless he gave us a chance to win today and that is all o care about. I don’t expect Richards to be a god but if he can give us 5 or 6 innings and we have a lead that is what I care about at this point.

[Maxbialystock]

Everyone has the right to their own opinion.

 

True, but I think the stats are on my side. He has a negative DWAR.

[TylerD]

If the score stays like this who closes for us?

[moonslav59]

Brett Phillips with the granny to put TBR up on the O's 9-5 in the 8th.

 

Yanks tied 0-0 in the 7th with the M's.

 

MN up on HOU 4-2 in the 5th.

 

CWS play the Cubs tonight.

 

Oak plays TX, soon.

[Maxbialystock]

Meanwhile, the Sox bullpen is disintegrating before our eyes.

[TylerD]

This is way more tense than needs to be.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It appears base running is another aspect of baseball that isn't taught very well.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

True, but I think the stats are on my side. He has a negative DWAR.

 

Whatever; I watch all the games and I'll trust what I see over what some nerd has computed.

[jung]

Laughable base running all around MLB. You see mistakes and crappy base running you would not have expected from a decent high school team 15 years ago. But I forget, all that matters is hitting it over the fence. They simply do not know what to do with themselves if they are on the base paths.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I seem to remember when JD used to belt hangers for HR's.