5/18 Boston @ St. Louis 7:15 pm

[moonslav59]

Crawford needs to stop the bleeding.

 

The bats seem to be waking up, a little as the staff falters a bit.

 

We need to put it all together.

 

Go SOX!

[vegasbob]

keep wishing for the miracle. They should win this weekend.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The SOX have hit 46 HR's so far this season. I've checked the internet and haven't been able to find how many of those have been solo jobs.

If anyone here has the number of solo HR's, I'd be interested in knowing.

[moonslav59]

keep wishing for the miracle. They should win this weekend.

 

The Rays were not playing very well, when we faced them. Neither were the Cards. There is no saying "We lost to some good teams" on these recent losses.

 

These are games we needed to win.

 

These are games we need to win.

 

Tonight is a game we need to win.

[moonslav59]

The SOX have hit 46 HR's so far this season. I've checked the internet and haven't been able to find how many of those have been solo jobs.

If anyone here has the number of solo HR's, I'd be interested in knowing.

 

15 HRs with Men on Base (777 PAs)

0 Grand Slams

3 Three Run HRs

12 Two runs HRs

 

31 Solo shots (944 paS)

 

.391 SLG Men on Base

.411 SLG bases empty (pretty close)

 

The team has a .718 OPS

.702 Men on Base

.678 RISP, but .777 RISP w 2 outs

 

Here has been the killer:

.515 Late & Close

.532 High Leverage

 

On High Leverage: it's feast or famine even within that .532 number:

.889 Duran

.875 O'Neill (a guy who is now starting to be bashed)

.862 Refsnyder

 

Then...

.635 Devers (100 points higher than the team aaverage)

 

.595 Valdez (in AAA)

.567 McGuire

.483 Wong (the biggest differential between overall and High Leverage)

.469 Rafaela (most PAs in High Leverage)

 

.095 Abreu (not a typo!) 6th in PAs in HL

 

Others not in the top 9 in PAs in HL:

.808 Smith

.500 DHam

.462 Yoshida

.382 Cooper

.333 Romy

.277 Casas

.000 Grissom

 

[d-money]

Yankees and orioles are just separating themselves from the bottom dwellers in this division. Two team race.

[moonslav59]

As of now, the ALE teams place like this:

1. NYY

2. BAL

7. TBR

10, BOS

T11 TOR

(BOS & TOR flirting with being in the bottom 5)

 

Last year (nobody below #9):

1. BAL

2. TBR

5. TOR

8, NYY

9. BOS

 

2022 (Nobody below #9)

2. NYY

4. TOR

6. TBR

7. BAL

9. BOS

 

2021 (just 1 below #5)

1. TBR

4. BOS

4. NYY

5. TOR

15. BAL

[notin]

Baltimore DFAd Mike Baumann?

 

Go get ‘im Breslow!!

[Tedballgame]

I am here in St. Louis for tonight's game. Beautiful day here. Lots of Red Sox fans walking around the Arch area and my hotel. Go Sox!

[dgalehouse]

Baltimore DFAd Mike Baumann?

 

Go get ‘im Breslow!!

 

Might be worth a shot. Baumann is a better pitcher than the run of the mill DFA.

[moonslav59]

I am here in St. Louis for tonight's game. Beautiful day here. Lots of Red Sox fans walking around the Arch area and my hotel. Go Sox!

 

Bring us some Thunder luck!!!

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

15 HRs with Men on Base (777 PAs)

0 Grand Slams

3 Three Run HRs

12 Two runs HRs

 

31 Solo shots (944 paS)

 

.391 SLG Men on Base

.411 SLG bases empty (pretty close)

 

The team has a .718 OPS

.702 Men on Base

.678 RISP, but .777 RISP w 2 outs

 

Here has been the killer:

.515 Late & Close

.532 High Leverage

 

On High Leverage: it's feast or famine even within that .532 number:

.889 Duran

.875 O'Neill (a guy who is now starting to be bashed)

.862 Refsnyder

 

 

 

 

 

Then...

.635 Devers (100 points higher than the team aaverage)

 

.595 Valdez (in AAA)

.567 McGuire

.483 Wong (the biggest differential between overall and High Leverage)

.469 Rafaela (most PAs in High Leverage)

 

.095 Abreu (not a typo!) 6th in PAs in HL

 

Others not in the top 9 in PAs in HL:

.808 Smith

.500 DHam

.462 Yoshida

.382 Cooper

.333 Romy

.277 Casas

.000 Grissom

 

 

Thanks again, MOON. You the man. 31 solo shots; I'd have guessed more.

Edited May 18, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Baltimore DFAd Mike Baumann?

 

Go get ‘im Breslow!!

 

 

I believe the SOX FO thinks DFA means Desirable Free Agents.

As a SOX fan I believe DFA stands for Dumpster Fire Acquisitions.

Edited May 18, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I believe the SOX FO thinks DFA means Desirable Free Agents.

 

The SOX FO circling around DFA's like vultures.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Thanks again, MOON. You the man. 31 solo shots; I'd have guessed more.

 

I'm guessing the 31 solo HR's are the most in MLB.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Prior to last night's game the Cards had hit only 32 HR's. With the 4 they smashed last night, that was a 12.5% increase.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Two Wongs would make this a better team.

Btw, Devers now batting .180 with RISP. Isn't that special?

[Maxbialystock]

Two Wongs would make this a better team.

Btw, Devers now batting .180 with RISP. Isn't that special?

 

To me Devers latest at bat defines this lineup this season. Two men on (1st and 3d), he's facing a righty pitcher, and the 7th pitch he sees is a fast ball in the geometric freaking center of the strike zone, and he swings and misses.

 

I don't want to be told about his 3 dingers when all of them were with no one on base.

 

Next up for Devers is an error to bring in one or more unearned runs.

 

This is his 8th freaking MLB season with the Sox, and it's hard to see a real improvement.

[notin]

The SOX FO circling around DFA's like vultures.

 

I think they’re not active enough.

 

They did get Garrett Cooper, but passed on Deivi Garcia and Roansy Contreras. Baumann is a surprising DFA here. He’s pitching well, but Baltimore had no one with options. Baumann will definitely get claimed, so hopefully Breslow can make a deal first…

[wyo-sox]

Two Wongs would make this a better team.

Btw, Devers now batting .180 with RISP. Isn't that special?

 

But wouldn't necessarily make things right.

[wyo-sox]

I have a fear all things are coming back to reality. I think for a while as fans of this team- we were experiencing the pretty girl across the room looking deep into our eyes and waving at us...... the past couple weeks we are realizing she was looking at another guy standing right behind us. Well heck- it felt good while it lasted.

[Maxbialystock]

If the rotation starts giving up more runs, one good reason might be that the lineup has, for most of the season, sabotaged the pitching with their lousy defense and failure to score runs.

 

The lineup stinks, and the lead stinker is Devers.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

But wouldn't necessarily make things right.

 

 

Well done and absolutely correct.

[wyo-sox]

Grissom and Hamilton there really showing off the defensive prowess of the Sox

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If the rotation starts giving up more runs, one good reason might be that the line

 

up has, for most of the season, sabotaged the pitching with their lousy defense and failure to score runs.

 

The lineup stinks, and the lead stinker is Devers.

 

Just be patient, Max. Those HS draftees will turn this shite, er, I mean ship around.

[Maxbialystock]

To me Devers latest at bat defines this lineup this season. Two men on (1st and 3d), he's facing a righty pitcher, and the 7th pitch he sees is a fast ball in the geometric freaking center of the strike zone, and he swings and misses.

 

I don't want to be told about his 3 dingers when all of them were with no one on base.

 

Next up for Devers is an error to bring in one or more unearned runs.

 

This is his 8th freaking MLB season with the Sox, and it's hard to see a real improvement.

 

In a 1-0 game, that dinger by Rafael Devers is huge. Typical that he golfed it out of there.

[vegasbob]

Ok, so raffy does get another HRT, this time at a meaningful point in the game, now 1-1. The pitch was So-Lo and so was the HR.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A HR with 2 men on=3 solo HR's. I have always done well in math.

[moonslav59]

Another useless solo homer.

 

It tied the game, but Devers really sucks when we need it.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That's 32 solos. I'm gonna start keeping track because there may be a MLB season record going on here.