TheKilo

Byrd's line: 4 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 3 K Meh

I actually like my autodrafted team, provided MJD has a bit of a bounceback year.

Only one walk, too? That's a really positive sign.

Yet he had three bleeders get through that inning. Luck has a way of evening out.

Is the picture too large? What file format is it?

Awesome job, Buchholz. Pen time.

Texas up 3-0, TB up 2-0

Nope, that two-seamer he's been toying around with has been great. Once he regains his feel for his curve I think the strikeouts will come back.

76 7 would of him would be wonderful.

I'm beginning to wonder if this is Farrell's MO - turn young pitchers into groundball machines to build their confidence and then start to build up their strikeout counts. He did it with Lester last year and coming in to this game Buchholz had something like a >60% GB percentage.

Funny

Buchholz looking fantastic. PS I was joking in the other GT about Pedroia, hope that was clear to everyone.

Everyone's arguing past each other at this point, the thread should just be locked.

Eckersley >>> Remy > Viola

They have computers in cabs now? /Dipre

Why is he sick, out of curiosity? Is not being with his child for 36 hours really going to cause irreparable damage?

I hope he isn't getting paid to stay with the kid.

No doubt in my mind Buchholz wins tonight. 3-1 Sox.

I think it's more of shock that you would even go to that point. It's pretty easy to refute. When Jacoby Ellsbury dives for balls, it's because he's trying to record outs, which in turn help his baseball team win ballgames. When Ellsbury tries to steal bases, it's a risky proposition but he's trying to change the outcome of a game, an inning, or even a particular play. When Kevin Youkilis charged the mound, the play was already dead and its outcome determined. He had been awarded first base. It's not like he was going to be given second base because he charged the mound. I find every time a player charges the mound to be a selfish act. Crisp acted selfishly last season. The difference? It was the first week of June, and there was still plenty of games to make up for the time that he lost. There was time to make up the ground that could have been lost due to Coco's absence. Youkilis charged the mound in game number 112. There were 50 games left after his incident, and he was suspended for 10% of them. In a WC race that could be decided by 1 or 2 games, not having your best offensive and defensive player in there for those 5 games could be crucial.

Not according to Imgran

I don't agree with this post 100%, but I will say that it is getting increasingly more difficult to defend him. He could be a real problem next year and the year after.