July 16th Red Sox at Yankees

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just got back from playing golf. What did I miss?

 

 

The SOX blew a 1 run lead and you missed Devers' solo HR.

Edited July 17, 2022 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[notin]

The only two hits we got tonight were from Devers and Bogaerts. Cora threw in the towel as there was no chance in this one. It sad that we lack the talent to field a competitive team right now. We have 4 major league field players currently available. Lets get to the AS break and see what Bloom does. I don't expect a major effort to strengthen the team for 2022. Chances are we will have to replace some of our core players for 2023. There should be bucks to spend, but will Bloom use the resources effectively. I can't help but start to doubt his approach.

 

 

The Sox aren’t going to sell.

 

They managed to stay in the playoff hunt despite going several weeks with the Polar Park starting rotation, and still have gotten more starts out of each of Austin Davis, Connor Seabold, Kutter Crawford and Brayan Bello than they’ve gotten from Chris Sale…

[Tedballgame]

The SOX blew a 1 run lead and you missed Devers' solo HR.

 

I saw all of that before I left. LOL. I actually left after Carpenter (who the Sox passed on) hit his first homer. Pivetta has had 3 bad games in a row after a string of about 10 good ones. He is hard to figure out.

[moonslav59]

I saw all of that before I left. LOL. I actually left after Carpenter (who the Sox passed on) hit his first homer. Pivetta has had 3 bad games in a row after a string of about 10 good ones. He is hard to figure out.

 

The Pivetta issue is a tough nut to crack. This has happened with the Sox, before. He seems to snap out of it, but for how long?

 

I'm still optimistic he can be a solid starter going forward, but hoping we can count on him to be a number 2 or even 3 going forward might be too much to ask. I'm not writing him off, but as of now, I view him as a good 4/5 to have on the team for the rest of 2022 and beyond. If he gives us more, great, but I'm just not expecting it.

 

I know a 3 game sample size is tiny, and I've gotten down on posters for jumping on players over even larger bad sample sizes, but this is a recurring issue.

 

His Sox Career in Cherry-Picked Divisions:

 

1.80 ERA in 2 starts in 2020

2.81 in 5 April starts in 2021

3.71 first 3 starts in May

5.70 in next 8 starts

3.69 next 7 starts

10.13 next 3 starts

3.60 last 5 games of 2021 (0ne in relief)

 

7.84 first 5 starts of 2022

1.95 next 11 starts

13.00 last 2 starts- not counting tonight.

 

If you add all the stretched he was good, it's 33 starts.

If you add the bad streaks, it's 19 starts, counting tonight.

 

That's a decent 4th starter.

 

[FredLynn]

2015-2016: .816 ops

 

I have been totally against the JBJ trade from day one. I do not want him to start another game. If he's our 4th or 5th OF'er/late inning defensive OF'er, I'd be okay with that.

 

I was just responding to a point someone made about JBJ'e past, and in particular over 5 years ago.

 

His annual fWAR:

1.9 2015

5.6 2016

2.5 2017

3.4 2018

1.8 2019

1.6 2020 (short season- pro-rates to over 3.5)

 

-1.6 2021

-0.8 2022 (pro-rate to -1.6)

 

He was a clear overall plus, until 2020, sometimes not by a lot, but never under 1.6 for 6 straight years... starting in 2015 and ending in 2020.

 

Thanks

I still don’t want him on my team

[jacksonianmarch]

The writers said he looked tired from the jump. Not sure what that means

[moonslav59]

Thanks

I still don’t want him on my team

 

I don't either, and didn't after 2020, either.

[a700hitter]

This is a crappy team with no leadership. They don’t just care. Blow it up! Be sellers!

Lots of managers have been fired this season. Get rid of Cora and light a fire.

[a700hitter]

Pivetta had nothing yesterday. No life on the FB and he was hanging the curve. He should have been removed after 1 inning. He clearly had nothing and couldn’t compete