5/07 SOX @ Phillies 1:35PM ET

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Houck vs Walker(RH)

 

 

This may be a first. Batters 1-7 for the SOX are all LH.

 

Dugo

Masa(DH)

Tapia(LF)

Devers

Duran

Casas

Valdez

Kike

Wong

 

Walker may have to change his Fruit Of The Looms when he sees this line-up.

 

Go SOX!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Here's some surprising news. Arroyo has been placed on the 10 day IL with a hamstring sprain. That guy would probably get injured playing chess.

Dalbec has been called up.

Edited May 7, 2023 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[Jasonbay44]

This is the ideal lineup against RHP.. I guess except maybe Jerk Off Man instead of Wong? But both are fine, one just handles the bat a little better and can really stroke it

[Maxbialystock]

This is the ideal lineup against RHP.. I guess except maybe Jerk Off Man instead of Wong? But both are fine, one just handles the bat a little better and can really stroke it

 

Wong has an overall WAR of +1.2. McGuire's is +0.1.

[Maxbialystock]

Houck vs Walker(RH)

 

 

This may be a first. Batters 1-7 for the SOX are all LH.

 

Dugo

Masa(DH)

Tapia(LF)

Devers

Duran

Casas

Valdez

Kike

Wong

 

Walker may have to change his Fruit Of The Looms when he sees this line-up.

 

Go SOX!

 

Turner gets a rest.

[moonslav59]

Wong has an overall WAR of +1.2. McGuire's is +0.1.

 

fWAR is

 

0.6 Wong (78 PAs)

0.3 McGuire (60 PAs)

 

No catcher is going to catch every game, and it looks like we are matching pitchers with their binkies.

 

If Wong keeps hitting, maybe we DH him, when he doesn't catch.

 

[moonslav59]

Speaking of bWAR, what would posters think our record would be, if I told you back in March, our 3 top bWAR players would be Dugo, Duran and Wong.

 

Of the 12 plus bWAR players on the Sox, 7 are...

 

Duran

Wong

Tapia

Valdez

Chang

Ref

McGuire

[Bellhorn04]

Speaking of bWAR, what would posters think our record would be, if I told you back in March, our 3 top bWAR players would be Dugo, Duran and Wong.

 

Of the 12 plus bWAR players on the Sox, 7 are...

 

Duran

Wong

Tapia

Valdez

Chang

Ref

McGuire

 

And Duran has only played in 19 of our 35 games.

[d-money]

Well hope we can keep riding this winning streak.

[moonslav59]

Here is a bWAR comp:

 

-0.8 Casas+ Kike+ Arroyo

 

+0.7 Valdez+ Chang+ Ref + McGuire

 

+2.8 Duran, Wong & Tapia

 

 

 

 

[moonslav59]

And Duran has only played in 19 of our 35 games.

 

Indeed!

 

Duvalll is still 5th, and he played just 8 games.

 

Valdez is +0,3 in 10 games

 

[moonslav59]

All our pitchers with more than a 2.0 bWAR are relievers:

 

1.0 Wink

0.6 Jansen (under 11 IP)

0.6 Schreiber

0.5 Crawford (some starts)

0.4 Martin (just 10 IP)

0.4 Bernardino (just 8.1 IP)

 

fWAR

0.6 Sale

0.5 Jansen

0.4 Wink

0.3 Houck

0.2 Schreiber

0.1 Crawford, Bleier & Bernardino

 

 

[Bellhorn04]

Indeed!

 

Duvalll is still 5th, and he played just 8 games.

 

Valdez is +0,3 in 10 games

 

 

Duran has in effect played like a 10 WAR player.

[Bellhorn04]

Hopefully we're not cheating.

 

(Somebody had to say it.)

[vegasbob]

In another world, a quick scan of SoCal sports news reveals that JD Martinez of the LAD is increasing his physical movement after 2 weeks off due to back injury . It's hard not to say much. JD was once a force in Boston.

 

Looking at the Angels vs the Rangers it was hard not to notice that Nate Eovaldi ( Rangers) followed up his complete game shutout of the Yankees last week with 8 innings of shutout work vs LAA. Nate's back is doing OK so far.

[vegasbob]

Yoshi renews his now 16 game hit streak with a single. I imagine the day off worked, lol

[jad]

I love Tapia. But batting third???

[vegasbob]

Tapia deserves a K just for chasing that pitch.

 

I'm with Jad.

[vegasbob]

Second time that Yoshida has been picked off. Get some rest Yoshi

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It would be nice if the SOX could have a May like they had last year.

[vegasbob]

It would be nice if the SOX could have a May like they had last year.

 

Well, there's a chance they MAY

[vegasbob]

The LH'ers are tearing up Walker . Almost all chasing the outside fadeaway ball.

[Jasonbay44]

Wong has an overall WAR of +1.2. McGuire's is +0.1.

 

I was joking. I’m not actually a Mcguire fan or someone who wants him to start lol

[Tedballgame]

Doug Eddings not any better at second base than he was behind the plate.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Wong call on Wong's throw.

[vegasbob]

Wong doing damage to players wanting to run on our pitchers.

[Tedballgame]

This game is moving right along.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Walker pitching very well. I said the same thing about Falter after 3 yesterday. Let's hope it leads to the same results.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Wong doing damage to players wanting to run on our pitchers.

 

I believe he has thrown out 45% of attempted steals.

[Tedballgame]

Tanner's ball is really moving today.