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  1. Maxbialystock
    Exactly. Barnes must have command of both his fastball and his knuckle curve, and tonight he didn't have it with the curve and used his fastball too much vs. Springer. He needed just one stinking out to get out of the 8th and couldn't deliver until after the 3 run dinger when he finally mixed up his pitches and struck Guerrero out.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Agree. We have a good bullpen, but not today. Just like we have a good lineup, but sure did much good in it in yesterday's double header.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Barnes succeeds when he mixes his knuckle curve and his fastball with a decent amount of command. He got killed tonight because he kept throwing fastballs to Springer. He also walked the Jays #9 hitter, McGuire.
  4. Maxbialystock
    One more time. Richards gave up 3 earned runs in 5 innings, and the bullpen gave up 5 earned runs in 4 innings. Taylor, Sawamura, Ottavino, and Barnes--all normally, usually pretty reliable relievers--were all off tonight. For example, Taylor, a lefty in to pitch first to a lefty, walked him, and it was downhill after that. So in comes Sawamura to bail him out and does a pretty good job. Then he loses it badly in the 7th, so in comes Ottavino, who does OK in the 7th--those 2 runs are charged to Sawamura. In the 8th Ottavino gives up a single but gets 2 outs. Nevertheless, Cora brings in Barnes to get a 4 out save with a 2 run lead, and he gives up a walk before the 3 run game-winning dinger, after which he strikes out Guerrero for the final out and after the Jays go up 9-8 and win the game after the Sox can't do anything in the 9th.
  5. Maxbialystock
    5 innings and going thru the Jays order at least twice. And it was 3 earned runs. The bullpen was not on high alert because none of them warmed up during those 5 innings.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Richards gave up 3 ER's in 5 innings and had to go thru the Jays lineup at least twice. All four Sox relievers stunk, not just Barnes, and gave up 5 earned runs in 4 innings. I don't like Richards at all and think everything about him, including his whiny demeanor, stinks. But this game was on the bullpen.
  7. Maxbialystock
    What a crock. This is entirely on the bullpen with some of the blame falling on the catcher Plawecki. And it wasn't just Barnes. All four of them--Taylor, Sawamura, Ottavino, and Barnes--stunk it up. Barnes relied way too much on that stupid fastball.
  8. Maxbialystock
    That's what happens when Sox pitchers over-rely on the fast ball. Some fault too accrues to Plawecki. After throwing too many fastballs to McGuire and Springer, suddenly Barnes and Plawecki go with the changeups and strike Guerrero out.
  9. Maxbialystock
    I hear you but there is also a famous story about the 1950's Dodgers when three of their players all ended up on 3d base at the same time. You are probably right that back then players were better on the fundamentals, but I also think the games these days are so very much longer that it's harder for players to maintain focus. Back then, too, infielders and outfielders didn't have to adjust to playing in weird formations. Not too long ago I think it was Devers who took 3b when he realized a shift had left it wide open.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Meanwhile, the Sox bullpen is disintegrating before our eyes.
  11. Maxbialystock
    True, but I think the stats are on my side. He has a negative DWAR.
  12. Maxbialystock
    It's incredible, especially when the Guerrero dinger was actually a very good pitch. It did cost him 2 runs, however, because he walked the first guy he faced in the 5th.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Taylor screwed the pooch when he walked his first batter, a lefty.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Still a long ways to go for the win--12 big outs against a very good Jays offense.
  15. Maxbialystock
    It was Richards best curve of the day, down around the shoe tops, but Guerrero just golfed it out of park.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Great arm, but not great range.
  17. Maxbialystock
    That route Renfroe took looked like the Lewis and Clark search for the northwest passage. All's well that ends well.
  18. Maxbialystock
    I'm glad Renfroe hasn't had to go for those flies down the line--dangerous.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Duran has just returned to the upside of the mendoza line!
  20. Maxbialystock
    He absolutely did.
  21. Maxbialystock
    I give Plawecki credit too. Also the lineup for scoring 7 runs so far. Cora goes short leash when needed and in fact has excellent judgment on that. Richards is on the verge of having 4 decent pitches: fastball, changeup (which isn't that great, actually), slider, and his big curve. I think the changeup needs to be slower to be effective. When ERod slowed his by 4-5 mph, it got much better.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Arauz gets him for the 3d out! Very smooth play, excellent range. Richards has got to be feeling pretty good.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Good grief. Duran is so shallow in LF he looks like a 5th infielder.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Ump is now officially screwing Richards. Two very good pitches--which he was calling strikes for Ryu--called balls.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Absolutely not. Vazquez is way, way better at passed balls, not preventing wild pitches, not throwing guys out stealing 2b, and not calling for the right pitches. On the other hand, he is really good at running into outs--he could give lessons in that.
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