Maxbialystock
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Richards and Vazquez are fixated on fastballs, fastballs, and the occasional slider. Either one or none curveballs and one changeup so far. Based on that last pitch, a curveball, it looks as though he can't command anything all that well today.
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Richards did that to himself. He's got, what, 9 years of MLB experience?
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Ump took a pretty good strike away from Richards.
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Stole that base off Richards.
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mlb.com superimposes that Richards threw two 98 mph fastballs in the 1st, the fastest he's throw all year. What's left out is that the Jays hit both of them.
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Make that 5 straight fastballs. Richards and Vazquez both to blame.
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This is just horsehockey. Four straight fastballs, all well above the zone, to start of the 2d.
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First inning: no K's by either team, a leadoff double by the Jays but no run, and 2 leadoff singles by the Sox and 1 run. Kike's going to 3b on that single was a big play.
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Ray heavy on the fastballs plus some sliders. Haven't seen a changeup. Excellent catch by Gurriel up against the wall.
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OK. An out, but an rbi. Way, way better than a K or popup.
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Yes, that was really smart baserunning and shows a downside to those big shifts.
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Stunningly good play by Verdugo. I don't remember ever seeing an outfielder sprint back so that he could then stop and run forward to make his throw even stronger. Richards has good heat (98 mph), a good changeup, and I think a good curve. But in the 1st the Jay hit everything. Fortunately, the two flies led to 3 outs.
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A lot of negativity about the cheating (stealing signals), but I think it's justified.
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This point, the discussion about Bogey's wrist, Arroyo on the IL, etc are reminders it's an awfully long season and every game carries risks, sometimes, as with pitchers and catchers, cumulative risks.
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Absolutely true. However, even though I've written and called him repeatedly, the son of a gun refuses to join talksox. Meanwhile, we get to guess about his moves and thinking.
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Makes sense.
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Too brief????? He played 3 games.
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I say again, it's possible the wrist hurts more/gets worse when he swings the bat. His last dinger was July 11, and since then he is 5 for 27 and his OPS has dropped from .930 to .891. On the other hand, the Sox need his bat, even with the bad wrist, more than his glove. Maybe Iortiz is right: rest him until the wrist is right.
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The three Sox catchers' OPS's are Plawecki .689, Vazquez . 645, and Wong. 636. My opinion, which is worth nothing, is that Wong is the best backstop in terms of preventing both passed balls and wild pitches. However, Vazquez has easily the best DWAR of the three, +1.2.
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If it's his wrist, it could be affected more by swinging the bat than by throwing the baseball.
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A Realistic View at 2021: Part II
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I think Scherzer can help someone, probably on the west coast, but would be astonished if he came to Boston. That said, if WAR has any value, the current strengths of the Sox are the bullpen and the lineup and decidedly not the rotation even though it is to their credit that all five (Eovaldi, Pivetta, Perez, Richards, and ERod) have started 19 or 20 games apiece. When and if Sale returns with the same ability he had when he arrived in Boston, the Sox mantra could well be, "Eovaldi and Sale, then pray for hail." -
d'accord
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With the Sox starting Richards and Houck today and ERod tomorrow and the Jays going with Ray (8-5, 3.12), Matz (8-5, 4.34), and Ryu (9-5, 3.44), Toronto winning all three is possible if unlikely. Two seven inning games today will also minimize the exposure of the Jays bullpen.
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Probably right.
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Game is delayed. NOAA map shows lots of rain.