It seems that Farrell has put himself in the position that he can only put Nava in for Gomes if we lose a game.
Kind of a weird situation, that's for sure.
But I guess it wouldn't be the Red Sox if there wasn't something weird going on...
Wait...what...what in the name of God are you talking about?
I trust this is based 100% on your personal observations, since it has no relationship to any numbers.
Seriously, Dojji, that was brutal.
If the edge you're thinking of is that we outscored them 19-18, then we had an edge.
Overall, Tigers hit 254/329/330. Sox hit 202/277/332.
Our offense was abominable. We won with pitching, defence and a few timely home runs.
Farrell will not say so but I think he just has a lot more confidence in Gomes, including the ability to come up with the big hit. Which he did in Game 6 with the double off Scherzer that was a foot or two from being a game-tying home run.
Normally I'd agree, but Napoli just homered off two very tough righties in Verlander and Sanchez. He was arguably our biggest threat for the last 4 games of the ALCS. Hard to see him sitting down for 3 straight games.
Tough call either way.
I remember when he said it. We had a big lead in a game, and he said 'if the (can't remember which team) come back and make this a close game, I will...'
Hitting in the clutch is certainly something that can be evaluated by statistics. But are there any hitters who consistently perform better in those situations? I haven't even checked out the numbers on Beltran, but he seems like he might be a good test case.
I get what you're saying, but I think I get what Spitball is saying too. I think he is factoring in the size of the player's contract. Ortiz and Pedroia make $15 million or less. AGon makes $22 million and has one of the biggest contracts in history.
It seems to me that the Tigers pitching has been phenomenally good and it's our pitching (incredible relief pitching) and defence that has saved our asses. Nothing we could do would necessarily generate more offence. Just keep pitching and defending our asses off.
We have been stoned 4 straight games by the Detroit starters. We have not scored a single run in innings 1-5 in the series-barely threatened to, in fact. Crazy.