Maxbialystock
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Anyone ever see Jim Brown play for the Cleveland Browns? Every time he ran and was tackled, he got up very slowly, as if he could barely make it back to the huddle. Jansen pitches like that.
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Casas can hit. His defense is definitely suspect, as is his baserunning. Jansen looks awful with that 94 mph fastball right down the middle. He has shown exactly one pitch, his 94-95 mph cutter, in this game.
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He got the last out in the 6th, 3 outs (and the unearned run) in the 7th, and the first two outs with the first two batters in the 8th. Then he went single, dinger, single, and BB before Jansen got the 3d out. Plus Winck came in with a 4 run lead and into the 8th with a 3 run lead.
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Actually, that is what Winck has done well repeatedly this season--go in for more than 1 inning. Did he stink this time? He sure did.
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We all need to forget those first eight games and realize that Duvall has been trending downward. Last year his OPS was .677. Last month it was .548.
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Meh. I agree Guerrero would have caught it, but it was definitely closer to the catcher.
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Wong in, McGuire out. Somebody said that statistically Wong isn't that good at framing pitches, and my rejoinder is who the heck cares. Actually, I'm fine with McGuire--and maybe Hamilton too. But Wong is just better.
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A note on the catcher, Hamilton. So far not much hitting, but I love how he got that guy at 1b after the line drive hit Crawford and came back to home plate. I also like what looks like 2 runs by the Jays in 6 innings and right now the very real possibility the Sox will win with Hamilton catching. Looks like Winck for Crawford, who's thrown just 74 pitches.
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FWIW department: when Yoshida failed to advance on that deep fly to RF, it did not cost the Sox a run.
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Last year was terrible with Bogaerts and his 15th best WAR. This year it's better without him and with an endless string of SS's--Story, Chang, Reyes, Kike, Hamilton, and the kid in AA who might make it to Boston next year.
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Finally a Sox scores from 1B on a double with less than 2 outs.
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Also pretty alert baserunning.
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Tough low inside slider Ref just nailed for a single to LF.
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That was a pretty good (low in the zone) knuckle curve Bichette parked to tie the score at 2 all.
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I like the way Casas can stretch for throws to 1b, but no way does he make the two plays Turner has already made.
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Absolutely stupendous at bat in the 3d by Devers because Kikuchi threw a bunch of excellent pitches--sliders and fastballs on the corners--at him. Finally, he got a hittable pitch and parked it. Sox up 2-1 and I could not be happier to be wrong. Yet again.
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On the other hand, he has also looked terrible in his first two at bats.
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I admit it was a cheap shot. He has the highest WAR on the team.
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Congrats on the much-needed win last night, by the way.
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Horrible boneheaded baserunning by Yoshida.
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Like I said, Duvall is in a slump and is definitely hurting the team.
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Agree, but I didn't expect another Paxton-level game.
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Dugo struggles on a can of corn fly ball. Maybe the sun did that. Or the wild fire smog.
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Devers gets 4 straight fastballs, 4 seamers, and K's. One, which he swung at and missed, was well above the strike zone. The 3d strike foul tip was pretty much right down the middle.
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Lefty starter. I don't like today's lineup with all those useless righty bats.