Maxbialystock
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Now a really dumb K by Duran who swung at 4 straight balls to K.
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Crawford back to giving up dingers, which gets easier when you throw 91-92 mph fastballs and not much else.
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Sox are only mostly dead--too soon to be checking their pockets for loose change. 18 games to go, 3 games back of the Twins and tied with Detroit and Seattle. Lately Sox hitting has been unreliable, as has the bullpen. Nevertheless, if the Twins falter, the Sox have a shot--as do Detroit and Seattle. I'd like to say righty Suarez will find all those lefty Sox bats tough, but that's not really true. Duran CF Devers 3b Abreu RF O'Neill LF Yoshida DH Wong C Casas 1B Valdez 2b Rafaela SS
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A Realistic View at 2024: Part III
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Right now, Tuesday, Sep 10, the 3d wild card slot, currently held by the Twins, is a dogfight among the Twins, who have the 3d slot, and the Tigers, Sox, and Mariners. The latter 3 are all 73-70 and 3 games behind the Twins. All 4 teams have 18 games to play. The Twins are in the catbird seat, but have just lost 4 straight. Up ahead are 2 more against the Angels, 3 vs the Reds, 4 @ Cleveland, 3 @ Boston, 3 vs Miami, and 3 vs Baltimore. If the Twins finish 9-9, the Sox (or Tigers or Mariners) have to go 12-6 to tie them, so a big edge to the Twins. If the Twins go 7-11, which right now looks very possible, the Sox/Tigers/Mariners only have to go 10-8 to tie the Twins, which is doable. While I think it's possible for the Twins to be caught, I have difficulty seeing the Sox doing the catching. Bullpen is a disaster, and the hitting is inconsistent. -
Astonishing game, completely unpredictable. Terrific win for the Sox, especially because of the hitting and 12 runs scored.
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He's missing on his pitches, but he is not mindless. It's possible you are however.
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Yesterday was grim if only because it reconfirmed how rotten the Sox hitting has become and the bullpen has continued to be. The Orioles have beaten the Sox like a drum this season except the 4 game series 3+ weeks ago in Baltimore which ended at 2 games apiece.
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After 2 K's, Valdez pops up to the infield. So, progress. Sox have scored 2 runs in 8 innings. Not good.
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Sox are of course 0/5 with RISP.
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Also a gross error by me. I didn't see that misplay by Casas. Grounders are in fact his weakness. And yes, both runs are unearned thanks to Casas. Abreu ties it up with the Sox second solo dinger.
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I deserve that. Looks like maybe Fitts just ran out of gas.
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Horrible, horrible hitting and baserunning by the home team, with absolutely no excuse for it.
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You think? The rest of the team absolutely stinks at the plate and on the basepaths, so the game is tied without his dinger. Plus his catching doesn't seem to have hurt Fitts' first ever MLB start, now 5 IP with 0 runs scored.
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We're in the 4th and so far the Sox hitting stinks, period. Baserunning also stinks, which actually means the baserunning had been stupid. Dummies include the 3d base coach, Abreu, and Story. Defense looks pretty good, especially the starter Fitts, 4 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, Another nice double play, Fitts to Story to Casas.
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Horrendous baserunning by home team in the 1st. Duran waved home when he didn't have a chance. Then Abreu tries to steal 3b when he too did not have a chance.
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Excellent graph/display!!!
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Once again, excellent laydown and analysis. Recently I said the Sox need righty bats, but now I'm not so sure. So it's hard to disagree with focusing on the pitching. And your big point is that fixes are doable within almost any budget.
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Up from Worcester where his ERA is 4.17 in 23 starts. Last night the Sox needed 7 runs, which is likely again today. Cora going with 6 lefty and 3 righty bats and no Rafaela.
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That was a superb 97 mph fast ball to finally strike Abreu out. Also a great slider to get O'Neill. Kuhl strikes out all 3 Sox hitters in the 7th.
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Good last pitch by Bernardino to get the last out in the top of the 7th.
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Now Bernardino wants to give up a dinger. You know, to tie things up.
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Agree with both of you. Criswell does not impress me, but there is absolutely no arguing with 5 IP, 2 ER. I have been impressed with Story tonight, especially in the field. On one of those double plays, I think his short toss was perfect and necessary. Plus he's consistent. moonslav needs to chime in because I also like the overall defense tonight and am OK with Wong's error on the grounder, which he should have caught. But the amazing stat is that Cora went with 7 righties and stayed with them after the Chisox lefty starter was pulled after just 2 innings. The Sox have scored 7 runs with 7 righty bats. So of course in comes the renowned BoSox bullpen, friend to all, and dispenser of largesse. Score now 7-5 because Shugart gave up 3 runs in 1.1 IP.
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Who are all those other idiots who posted on the OP? Most of them criticized Cora for going with 7 righty bats in the lineup tonight, and we're still in the 1st inning with 4 Sox runs in and Wong on 2b with 1 out.
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7 righties makes all kinds of sense because the Sox have a pretty big OPS gap between hitting lefties and hitting righties. Someone, one of the newbies I think, claims the Sox have never played defense, ever. Not true. What is true is that the Sox prefer to play hitters first, glove men second. Ted Williams never came close to a gold glove. Tonight's lineup actually is not that bad on defense with Story at SS, Duran in LF, and Rafaela in CF. Devers is OK (not that good) at 3B, but I like Casas these days at 1b because he is especially good at grabbing throws to 1b. Romy's fine at 2b. Jansen's probably better defensively at C than Wong. Musclebound O'Neill is not good in RF, but you can't have everything. I can't decide whether Ref has enough arm to start at DH, but for now he gets a pass.