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  1. Maxbialystock
    Next 2 games are the Braves at Fenway, followed by 3 @ Candlestick Park (Giants) and 3 @ Seattle (Mariners). That gets us into August and through the trade deadline. Bello, Crawford, and Paxton will start 6 of those 8 games. I was going to ping you about focusing on the near term, but then realized the long term--August and September--is kind of murky. What trades will Bloom make, and how well will all those Sox players on the IL perform (if they even return)?
  2. Maxbialystock
    I like WAR and DWAR numbers because they at least attempt to look at the whole player. I'm told fWAR is more reliable, but don't have access to those numbers. I have also watched him in a lot of games and stand by what I said: good on catching throws to 1b (for which his height, 6'5", is an asset), not so good on grounders (height and weight are disadvantageous). About 2 or 3 games ago I called him stupid and quickly regretted it. He got picked off at 1b. Last night Duran got picked off at 1b, plus he was also out by a mile trying to score from 1b on an SB and 2 errant throws. Here's why Casas is likely a keeper: April OPS .585; May .766; June .851; July 1.227.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Oakland had excellent pitching in their 3-0 win and Bello stunk in their 6-5 win. Stuff happens. Taking 2 of 3 from the Mets is kind of neat, especially after blowing game 1. In both games the Sox had hitting and pitching. Sox came close to a sweep.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Hard to say. Definitely in a funk, but not on defense. Great win last night, by the way. Paxton outpitched Scherzer who only gets over $1M per start. I really liked Yoshida's grab for the final out of the game. That's a nasty wall.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Reasonable.
  6. Maxbialystock
    What would the Sox have gotten for someone who was about to be a free agent?
  7. Maxbialystock
    What makes Paxton the best trade chip? Seriously. If the Sox trade him to whoever, what would they gain they wouldn't gain by simply waiting for him to become a free agent? As for Sale, Houck, and Whitlock, I think the jury's very much out of them. Sale starting going sour way back in 2017 when he struggled in games in August and September. Finally came tommy john surgery, which took a while to recover from--and it wasn't a full recovery--and then came the bicycle injury. This year he looked great for, what, 8 games (a quarter of a season)? Then bam, out for at least two months because his shoulder hurt--Mr. Fragile. Whitlock has had one good season with the Sox, 2021, all in the bullpen. Last year and this year he's been injured and not that effective as a starter. Houck has been healthy as a horse and good enough in the bullpen to merit some starts. But he too has been up and down as a starter, especially the 2d and 3d times through the opposing batting orders. Plus this facial injury could affect him psychologically once he faces real hitters.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Even though Pivetta pitched last night, I too expect him to follow Bernardino today. As for the lineup, it's Dugo who didn't make the cut-- Duran CF Yoshida LF Turner DH Devers 3B Duvall RF Casas 1B Wong C Kike 2B Chang SS
  9. Maxbialystock
    Both of them are just a whole lot more durable than Paxton.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Great, great dinger by Casas. Somewhere in the game thread for the 2:10 game is comment by me that he is stupid. Completely uncalled for. It was for getting picked off, but lots of Sox have been picked off this season, including Duran. Casas still struggles against lefty pitchers, but he sure looked professional on that last at bat against one of the great pitchers--Max Scherzer, a righty-- in the game today. And boy was it needed.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Verdugo is fading fast. Just an awful at bat with men on first and third.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Defense ain't the problem. Hitting is--the lucky double by Chang notwithstanding. 2d through 6th in the lineup are hitless: turner, Yoshida, Devers, Duvall, and Verdugo. Plus Casas, who did get a hit, took himself out by getting picked off. Pitching is also the problem. The Sox have three starters--Paxton, Bello, and now Crawford--who seem to have magically turned in to home run machines.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Look at the expression on his face. Nobody's home.
  14. Maxbialystock
    While I agree the big bats ain't hitting so far tonight, what really pisses me off is that Crawford, like Bello and Paxton before him, seems to have caught dinger fever. So, if we assume the Sox bats start to come around, Crawford has more gopher balls in his miniscule bag of tricks. Tonight he stinks. So did Bello his last time out. So did Paxton July 15.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Agree completely
  16. Maxbialystock
    I'm also blacked out of Nats and Orioles and the Braves, but I'm getting this game. MLB's absolutely insane blackout rules may have decided Maryland is just to close to NYC.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Clean inning for Crawford, but 23 pitches. If he keeps this up, he can get a perfect game, but just 4 innings worth.
  18. Maxbialystock
    So the Mets hitter faked being HBP. My, my.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Turner at 2b minimizes the bad bats in the lineup.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Makes sense. Not tipping, but simply a better "book" on him.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Given the Sox determination to make him a starter, I should disagree with you, but I don't.
  22. Maxbialystock
    I'm always looking for evidence of a Sox pitcher tipping his pitches. This month Bello has given up 6 dingers in 17 innings compared to 0 dingers in June in 34 innings, 4 dingers in May in 27 innings, and 3 dingers in April in 12 innings.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Pretty awful game. Bello blew it of course, but a lot of Sox choking 7th-9th innings after getting it to 6-5 in the 6th. Casas especially.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Indeed.
  25. Maxbialystock
    This is not the Bello we've seen. Pretty obvious--to me, anyway--that he's thinking about what a lousy infielder Kike is and can't focus on his pitching. This is on Cora, not Bello.
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