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  1. Maxbialystock
    Agree. But Devers bad swing at a bad pitch was still the most damaging play by the Sox last night.
  2. Maxbialystock
    No. You’re both wrong. 10 games of lousy hitting is simply not a disaster. In fact, it’s almost commonplace.
  3. Maxbialystock
    OMG, talk about piling on. My rejoinder is that the single most disastrous play last night, by far, was Devers swing at a pitch well below the strike zone and tapping it back to the pitcher for an easy-peasy GIDP, pitcher to catcher to 1b with no run scoring after the Sox had the bases loaded with no one out.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Also, Bogaert’s DWAR in 2018 was -1.0, near the bottom for MLB SS’s. Story’s was much higher. That’s the guy the Sox should have pursued if they wanted a good defensive SS who could also hit.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Nice.
  6. Maxbialystock
    10 games are 6% of a season. Disastrous is the wrong word.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Where did you get the idea this team is in any way comparable to the 2004,2007,2013, or 2018 team? In addition to better pitching and hitting—and bigger payrolls relative to other teams those years—they did not have three SS’s on the IL.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Baloney. It’s not a “disastrous 10-game stretch” unless it ruins the season. That’s what disastrous means.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Great stuff! Thanks.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Your problem is you are smarter than the rest of us. Anyway, good call.
  11. Maxbialystock
    2021 was a disastrous season? News to me. Sox beat Yankes and Rays to get to ALCS.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Oh, just stop it. The AL East right now is the winningest division in the history of MLB divisions. The Sox are last, but also in contention for a wild card. Not that there aren’t some real disappointments with the Sox—like Devers, Sale injury, Story injury, Duvall injury, Chang injury, Kluber, Pivetta, Kike, etc. On the other hand, 4 decent freaking starters emerging in Bello, Whitlock, Houck, and Paxton. Plus a bullpen. When Yoshida is DH, the outfield defense is pretty decent. I also like both catchers (but prefer Wong). Infield defense, however, is sucky.
  13. Maxbialystock
    I hasten to add that right now the lineup is a bigger problem than the pitching.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Rational and thorough post.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Devers struggles are emblematic of the lineup, which last night was one again lousy at the plate and in the field. Pitching, even Pivetta, was fine until Cora intentionally walked a guy and also sent the pitching coach out to mess with Pivetta’s head. The wheels came off after those two actions/decisions. But the real problem is the lineup, including the return of Duvall.
  16. Maxbialystock
    He knows he screwed up, but I don’t know whether that helps.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Edge to Sox
  18. Maxbialystock
    Terrific win thanks to the pitching!!
  19. Maxbialystock
    Miserable top of 1st after double by Duran
  20. Maxbialystock
    I think I understand. You want a guy who fields and hits like Willie Mays and, also like Willie, would be willing to play for, say, $500K/year. Dream on. Your prototypical centerfielder is Mike Trout. If he only plays 80 games in a season, he would be paid $500K per game. There's also some guy named Hernandez, but I forget who he plays for. Two years ago he played centerfield with an OPS of .786, and overall WAR of 4.9 and a DWAR of 2.1. So you gotta ask yourself why didn't Bloom go after that guy?
  21. Maxbialystock
    Yep. Kind of double jeopardy for the Sox hitting because on top of their recent slump the Yankees have a good pitching staff, 5th best in MLB. Winning team scored just 3 runs in both games. Bello tomorrow. It's interesting (to me) that before this series Cora always loaded his lineups with lefty bats when they faced a righty starter--usually 6 guys and sometimes 7. But in these two games against two righty Yankees starters Cora started 4 lefty bats in game 1 and 5 lefty bats tonight.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Duran looked great in that at bat! Why doesn't Cora start instead of that old guy Duvall, the one who can't nearly as well as Duran?
  23. Maxbialystock
    His OPS for June before this game was .997.
  24. Maxbialystock
    It would have been a called strike. Plus next up was Duvall, and he is not yet what he was in the first 8 games.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Absolutely!
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