Well this WAS the key game. Now we have to depend on Fister to win tomorrow. Not likely, unfortunately. Not sure it would be worse to settle for the WC and play the Twins or lose to the Yankees in a one game playoff.
Tonight's game is the key to winning the ALE IMO. If we win we are a lock to win it. If we lose, well, Fister is pitching tomorrow against the best offense in the league. Nuff said. Lose and both Pom and Sale have to win...a tough assignment. I am not counting on the Yankees to lose another game.
I take a size 36 shoe. Big box.
Fact is, if ERod cannot win tonight its going to be very very close. I am not counting on Fister winning; no one should. And being in the position of having to win the last two games is hardly comforting. Not counting on any more Yankee losses during the regular season; they are tough at home.
If we can get someone of value I am sure the Sox would consider it. He had 17 losses this year. He basically sucked all year. I admit he will likely be here next year, but he should not be on any playoff roster.
So who besides Kimbrel is in the pen for the playoffs?
Reed
Kelly
Scott
Abad
Smith
Price
Workman
Barnes
Hembree
Maddox
Who gets left off?
All these guys have been fairly good to excellent
So we will be three games up with five to play. At the end of the day I would rather be three games up on the Yankees than in their position of being three games down, injuries be damned.
Nope. As I said, with Betts and Pedroia in the lineup its a different team than with Young and Marrerro. Add in Hanley, who is pretty useless nowadays, instead of Moreland, and you can see that we could score some runs that we now cannot.
Happ faced an AAA lineup tonight. No credit. Even some of the first string guys, like Hanley and Young (even though he had two hits tonight) are basically useless. Add in Leon and Marrerro, and JBJ with his 0 for 28 and we never really had a chance unless Sale threw a shutout.