7.1 of the IP were covered by 2 guys, which makes it sort of a piggyback game.
It's interesting if nothing else.
As someone cynically pointed out, when you're a team with no chance like the Rays you can experiment.
Wrong, Max.
Game 1 loss-181 posts
Game 2 win-210 posts (more than 181 )
Game 3 win-96 posts
I've tried to explain this before, but Saturday game threads always tend to have the least traffic. But some folks just don't pay attention.
Before the season started Cora said he was planning to use his bench extensively to keep guys rested. So you're not going to see the best team every game. It's a philosophy of managing the season vs. just managing game to game.
Horseshit. You didn't even look it up.
6 of the IP were in extra innings with the score tied.
Here are Kelly's leverage splits for 2017:
High .523 OPS
Med .502
Low .643
So he was actually excellent in high leverage situations.
I'm by no means a big fan of Kelly, but if you're going to slag a guy like that you have to at least use the right numbers.
The real wild card is our owner. JH turns 70 in 2019 and he is worth billions. Maybe he just wants to say screw it to all the tax considerations because he wants to win one more title before he sells the team or dies.
moon is our only serious number-cruncher with the payroll stuff and he tries to factor the arb raises in.
We may have no choice but to trade Bradley.
Kimbrel is a tough call any way you look at it. He might command 5/90. As good as he is, that's too much.
Red Sox fans are nuts without a doubt.
When we lost this game it struck me that we lost a game to the Rays in almost identical fashion to start the season in 2003. A nice lead with Pedro cruising and it was blown by our 'closer by committee'. Shaughnessy confirmed this is in his crazy column day. The score was 6-4. Kind of freaky. Check it out!
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TBA/TBA200303310.shtml