Red Sox (Fitts) vs Blue Jays (Gausman): 9/25/24, 7:07pm

[vegasbob]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

As if Bobby Witt, Jr. isn't one of the best at so many offensive stats, he's also the fastest runner in MLB according to Stat Cast.

His speed probably helps on defense too .   Hard to picture anyone coming around 3B faster/harder than Duran.      One thing Duran is very good at is cutting the corners at all bases very sharply, enhancing his speed. Very few wasted steps

[vegasbob]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Duran's arbitration should be very interesting this offseason. 

Hoping the SOX give him a well-earned extension.

Glad you brought that up .  Jarren will prevail in this arbitration, just matter of how much he asks for.   But this is only Arb#1 of 3 and Jarren is already 28.   For a big payday, he will need to duplicate this season at least one more , if not twice and be a 30-31 year old FA.  Not a great position to get the big bucks. 

[vegasbob]

I know Cora is saving the BP for the Playoffs, but it should be fairly obvious by now that Winckowski is a one inning pitcher. He is not the answer to long relief except in a blowout.   He tries hard but gets blasted in his second inning, throwing over 40 pitches  get 6 outs

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Obviously, the SOX won't finish 78-84, but before this game the SOX did have a slim chance of finishing 84-78. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

I know Cora is saving the BP for the Playoffs, but it should be fairly obvious by now that Winckowski is a one inning pitcher. He is not the answer to long relief except in a blowout.   He tries hard but gets blasted in his second inning, throwing over 40 pitches  get 6 outs

I'm not really convinced that Cora's a genius.

[mvp 78]

38 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Isn't this game the dreaded "mathematically eliminated"  finale to 2024?   Even if the Sox make a comeback and win, Tigers and Royals are both winning after 6 in their games with a 3.5 game lead ?

It has been an interesting season.  Now we can let some of the young guys play vs Rays and have some fun.   Oh wait, they have been playing all year. Maybe that's why it's time to book a few tee times for next week.

If they lose, it’s over.

[moonslav59]

6 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I'm not really convinced that Cora's a genius.

Can you be a great manager and not a genius?

[moonslav59]

Back down to earth, tonight

[vegasbob]

6 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Back down to earth, tonight

It took until the middle of the last week to get eliminated.  It never was a playoff team once the injuries piled up beginning with Giolito and consuming the SS, presumed 2Bman,  Casas, Yoshi foir 45 games , etc. 

They better be better in 2025. 

[illinoisredsox]

 

[moonslav59]

That's the season

[moonslav59]

5 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

It took until the middle of the last week to get eliminated.  It never was a playoff team once the injuries piled up beginning with Giolito and consuming the SS, presumed 2Bman,  Casas, Yoshi foir 45 games , etc. 

They better be better in 2025. 

Don't forget Whitlock and Slaten.

That being said, the Astros lost more than we did to injury.

[Old Red]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Duran's arbitration should be very interesting this offseason. 

Hoping the SOX give him a well-earned extension.

Sell high!

[vegasbob]

If you had to find just one reason for the demise of a team 11 games over .500 pre A-S break, it probably is the 18 blown saves after the break.  But it was the perfect storm of starting pitching in  late July-August ( later recovered) , a team wide epic batting slump in September , poor infield play (errors)  , excessive Hr's allowed, and no significant pick ups at the  deadline, in fact, negative pickups for relievers

Going 4-3 vs White Sox didn't help .  Swept by O's, Dodgers, Mets.  Just win one more game every other month would have put them in.

 

[Old Red]

17 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

That's the season

No more Cyndi Lauper? Oh no!🤭🙈