6/21 @ Land of 10,000 Mistakes

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Gallo has K'd 31 times in his last 54 AB's

[moonslav59]

Wonder whether Valdez can play SS. At least he can hit. Man at least give a chance to Bobby Dalbec there lol

 

Valdez is a hope & prayer at 2B.

[FredLynn]

Kike has to knock that down at least

[d-money]

Whitlock is leaving pitches up. Terrible.

[FredLynn]

Crushed

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Turner turns it around. SOX have been very productive lately with 2 outs.

[d-money]

Whitlock needs to settle down and give us some shutout innings here.

[d-money]

Whitlock looks like s*** thus far.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Completely stupid to groove a pitch on an 0-2 count. What are they thinking? Oh, they're not thinking. OK.

[Tedballgame]

Casas knows how to pull the ball to get the runner over. Good baseball

[Tedballgame]

Terrible AB by Arroyo

[FredLynn]

Arroyo Ks on a ball a foot off the plate

[moonslav59]

Turner turns it around. SOX have been very productive lately with 2 outs.

 

Turner needs to start getting more loving around here. What he's doing is no fluke. The guy has been a hitter for a long time.

 

2014-2020:

.886 OPS

 

Per 650: .302 25 85

62 XBHs

.382 OBP

.503 SLG

 

He had a rough start to '22, but came on strong.

 

2021-2023: (not counting tonight)

.812 OPS

 

Per 650

.278 23 95

57 XBHs

.357 OBP

.455 SLG

 

Last 365 Days

.874 OPS

.384 OBP

.490 SLG

 

Per 650

.310 20 86 (4th highest BA in MLB)

 

[FredLynn]

Hernandez swings at a ball two feet off the plate. We need to get rid of him. He brings nothing but comic relief to the team.

[FredLynn]

Turner needs to start getting more loving around here. What he's doing is no fluke. The guy has been a hitter for a long time.

 

2014-2020:

.886 OPS

 

Per 650: .302 25 85

62 XBHs

.382 OBP

.503 SLG

 

He had a rough start to '22, but came on strong.

 

2021-2023: (not counting tonight)

.812 OPS

 

Per 650

.278 23 95

57 XBHs

.357 OBP

.455 SLG

 

Last 365 Days

.874 OPS

.384 OBP

.490 SLG

 

Per 650

.310 20 86 (4th highest BA in MLB)

 

 

So….Turner or JD at DH?

[d-money]

Whitlock is giving up a lot of hard hits.

[moonslav59]

So….Turner or JD at DH?

 

I've given my opinion. I'll always love JD and respect what he did for us, but I think Turner will pass JD in OPS by season end, and he can play 1B and 3B.

 

(BTW, I made this call when JD was in the mid .900's.)

[moonslav59]

Whitlock is giving up a lot of hard hits.

 

He has, indeed, but also a deflected ball to Kike and a chopper to 3B to score a run.

[d-money]

Need to get out of this without giving up a run here.

[FredLynn]

Really dumb baserunning.

[redsoxrules]

Sit down Gallo, that was a strike

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

s***! Gallo was thrown out. That just makes Whitlock's job harder.

[Jasonbay44]

Imagine having a player and manager get thrown out on a pitch that was a strike lol

[Maxbialystock]

Interesting that Gallo went ape on that called third strike, which he appeared to believe--backed up by his manager--was outside when in fact it was a strike.

[Jasonbay44]

Who the hell is announcing this game?

[Maxbialystock]

s***! Gallo was thrown out. That just makes Whitlock's job harder.

 

True. But only you would think of it.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Imagine having a player and manager get thrown out on a pitch that was a strike lol

 

 

Actually, the pitch before that one was a strike.

[moonslav59]

I've given my opinion. I'll always love JD and respect what he did for us, but I think Turner will pass JD in OPS by season end, and he can play 1B and 3B.

 

(BTW, I made this call when JD was in the mid .900's.)

 

 

June 2nd

.951 JD Martinez

.765 Turner

 

June 20th

.872 JD Martinez (4-32 since June 10th)

.813 Turner (13 for 36 since June 10th, not counting tonight)

 

Turner is at .830 after 2 PAs, tonight.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

True. But only you would think of it.

 

Thank you, Max.

[Jasonbay44]

Now THAT strike 3 call I could understand getting ejected for