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  1. Maxbialystock
    A lot of meaningless caterwauling up above. Early at 80 pitches was about right. You don't bring in your 8th inning guy in the 6th. Weissert has the 2d most holds on the team after Whitlock. The score is just 2-1. If the Sox lose by that, it's yet again on the Sox miserable hitting.
  2. Maxbialystock
    I don't think they need a sweep but would be delighted if they did. I saw him pitch in person at the old Griffith Stadium in DC. a double-header between the Indians and the Senators
  3. Maxbialystock
    Roughly what he's been doing against lefty starters lately--so good work. Plus I like your mentioning the Wong possibility moving Narvaez to DH and Reg to the outfield. If Wong plays, I'd put Ref back in RF and keep Duran, but would not complain if Duran sat tonight. Wong's September OPS is .938 and Narvaez's is .934. Thanks.
  4. Maxbialystock
    I'm staying with 6-6 for the Sox. It won't be easy, but it will likely be enough to get the Sox into the postseason. Here's an interesting factoid. The Sox have used 32 pitchers this year, not including Eaton and Toro.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Thanks.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Sox need to win 4/6 from the A's and Rays and 2/6 from the Tigers and Jays to go 6-6 and finish @ 88 wins. Sox hitting is suspect without Anthony, and the Sox ERA in September is 4.44--Crochet 4.74, Bello 5.63; Tolle 12.60; Chapman 4.15.
  7. Maxbialystock
    The OP is long and pointless. The Sox hold on the 2d wild card slot is suspect because: 1) without Anthony, Sox hitting is struggling; 2) Sox pitching, a strength, has a subpar ERA of 4.44 in September; 3) the Sox final 6 games are against Detroit and Toronto, the two best teams in the AL; 4) Texas at 7-3 and Cleveland at 9-1 in their last 10 games are hot and close enough to pass the Sox in the next 12 games. I see some hope in the fact that Texas and Cleveland also have tough games ahead. In addition, the Astros, currently the 3d wild card, are also struggling (4-6 in their last 10 games) and are about to play Texas and Seattle. If the Sox can go 6-6 in their final 12 games, that's 88 wins and a good shot at a wild card slot. Theoretically they need to take 4/6 from the A's and Rays, and 2 of 6 from the Tigers and Jays.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Where is this 8 of 15 making the postseason coming from? The AL standings whow there are 3 wild cards along with the 3 division leaders. That's 6 of 15 teams.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Huge, necessary win, but I'm still very worried. Sox score 6 in 1st and don't score again? Yankees get 4 runs on 3 HR's and make the game more worrisome than it should have been. Sox go with their 3 best starters and win 1 game.
  10. Maxbialystock
    You're a genius too.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Or prilosec, which has served me very well for 30 years. If you predicted 89, you are a freaking genius. I mean that.
  12. Maxbialystock
    While I agree the OP is a little over the top, I do think we should note that Story is tied for the team lead in games played and leads in rbi's, runs scored and stolen bases> He has maintained an OPS above .800 in June, July, August, and September, He also leads all MLB shortstops in both assists and putouts. So he's a very important cog in the Sox 2025 machine. He is not, however, a superstar. His WAR for those 144 games is just 3.7. He cannot stem the bleeding in the offense with Devers gone and Anthony and Abreu on the IL and Bregman in a slump--despite his .883 OPS in September. We miss all those good bats. But guess what? We would miss Story just as much as any of them.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Doesn't this really go back to the earlier data indicating the Sox simply could not win games with a run differential of 1? How about the fact that the Sox have easily the second highest run differential in the AL but not the 2d best winning percentage?
  14. Maxbialystock
    I for one like the breakdowns.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Sure have. But he's still given up 4 ER and the lineup remains scoreless.
  16. Maxbialystock
    .748 in Sep. Plus he's the backup catcher, for crying out loud.
  17. Maxbialystock
    For most of this season that $40M looked sensible. But we now know that Anthony was our big gun at the plate.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Completely disagree with bums. This team has some real talent but too many key injuries.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Bregman ain't hitting, but it sure is fun watching him play 3b.
  20. Maxbialystock
    They already have 3 hits. The problem is really RISP disease. Last night they for sure couldn't hit squat.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Time for Bregman to celebrate--he didn't K. In fact, it was a jim dandy pop up to 1b. And this guy wants a 5 year contract after this year?
  22. Maxbialystock
    Why should he be? His team can't score runs. His catcher is back to interfering. Hamilton made 2 errors last night. Bregman is in a massive slump at the time Anthony and Abreu are on the IL. After losing 4-1 to the Yankees last night, the Sox are down 3-0 in the 3d. In no way do these Sox look look they are headed for the playoffs--despite their 81-67 record.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Agree on all. Against lefty Fried today, 9 righty bats including Sogard-- Gonzalez 1b Bregman 3b Story SS Ref LF Narvaez DH Eaton RF Sogard 2b Wong C Rafaela CF With Narvaez hitting again, it makes sense to have him DH. I like Eaton in RF because of that great throw yesterday. Don't know how good he is to 3b. Duran is again sitting against a lefty starter. Bregman did hit that single hard yesterday, one of 2 hits by the Sox.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Here are the at bats and OPS's for September-- Bregman 42 AB's, .568 OPS Duran 39 and .570 Story 39 and .971 Lowe 31 and .590 Rafaela 30 and .406 Gonzalez 28 and 1.065 Eaton 25 and .967 Narvaez 24 and .991 Yoshida 24 and .613 Refsnyder 21 and 1.010 To be honest, I think the biggest problem is with lefty bats, especially with Anthony and Abreu on the IL and Duran in a slump.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Yes, Story stunk in April and May, but his OPS's in June, July, August, and Sep have all been over .800. Plus he leads all MLB SS's in assists and PO's. I do think Casas is a good hitter, but I also think he's soft on defense and not much good at keeping in shape. Completely disagree that the Casas injury was significant because the Sox have flourished without him. Heck, his WAR for 28 games was -0.9!!!!! Yes, we could probably use his lefty bat now, but we could use Devers as the DH even more. The real problem is that Abreu and especially Anthony are on the IL. Casas was nowhere near as valuable. And I will be happy to eat those words if Casas actually has a good season next year.
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