Jump to content
Talk Sox
  • Create Account

Maxbialystock

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    21,348

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    6

 Content Type 

Profiles

Boston Red Sox Videos

2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking

Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker

News

2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by Maxbialystock

  1. Maxbialystock
    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.
  2. Maxbialystock
    A lot of negativity about the cheating (stealing signals), but I think it's justified.
  3. Maxbialystock
    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.
  4. Maxbialystock
    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.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Makes sense.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Too brief????? He played 3 games.
  7. Maxbialystock
    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.
  8. Maxbialystock
    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.
  9. Maxbialystock
    If it's his wrist, it could be affected more by swinging the bat than by throwing the baseball.
  10. Maxbialystock
    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."
  11. Maxbialystock
    d'accord
  12. Maxbialystock
    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.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Probably right.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Game is delayed. NOAA map shows lots of rain.
  15. Maxbialystock
    I know. But he is the 6th starter, so using him tonight would simply bring up the other four (ERod, Eovaldi, Perez, and Pivetta) on their normal rest.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Like you and almost everyone on talksox, I think Sale will be great when he returns next month. But he ain't great yet.
  17. Maxbialystock
    If Richards stumbles badly tonight and has to be pulled early. Houck could be the long reliever, and the other four starters would simply get regular rest and not an extra day's rest. Long reliever Valdez pitched 2.1 innings last night. However, Whitlock last pitched 4 days ago (July 23) and just 1 inning. I doubt Houck will be used tonight because Cora and Bloom both need to know how effective he is as a starter because they must have doubts about Richards, Perez, and ERod.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Exactly. However, tired as he may be, Vazquez has a DWAR of +1.2 and Plawecki's is -.3. Bogey is out because of his wrist. Duran is out because he's 1 for 11 and Ray is a good lefty. Dalbec and Chavis are in because they're available and both righty bats--plus Corduro is a lefty bat and Arroyo is on the IL and Hernandez has to play SS.
  19. Maxbialystock
    About Porcello (yes, again). I was no fan throughout his five years with the Sox and found it painful to watch him pitch. That said, in his five years with the Sox he started an average of 32 games per year and averaged 192 innings per year, which means 6 innings per start, 32 starts per year. That's Kimmi's big point. George Will wrote at book about MLB entitled Men At Work, and to me Porcello fits that perfectly. For six months a year and over five years, every 5th day he brought his lunch pail and worked his buns off. In the John Henry era, I think Jon Lester is the only other Sox pitcher to do that, except he did it for six seasons and for more innings and with better results. Like Lester in 2013 (a WS win season), Porcello in 2018 (also a WS win season) led the Sox in innings and wins even though Price and Sale were the stars of the 2018 team.
  20. Maxbialystock
    What the eff is fWAR?
  21. Maxbialystock
    I think you are right about everywhere. Indeed, it's possible, even likely, the fielding infected the hitting.
  22. Maxbialystock
    How about WAR? Isn't it supposed to take into account all manner of pitching stats? Over 12 seasons as a starter, 2009-2020, Porcello's cumulative WAR was 20.1 and average WAR 1.675, which seems to me to be a tad on the low side. John Lackey, for example, pitched 15 seasons with cumulative WAR of 38.1 and an average of 2.54. His highest salary was $16M vs. Porcello's five years at $21M.
  23. Maxbialystock
    It is indeed a nice 8, which was my point. That said, it does bug me a little to realize that Cora is happy moving Hernandez and his WAR of 3.3 from position to position so Duran and others can have a shot at becoming the 9th. So, even though I think 8 is enough, I agree it probably makes sense to acquire a first baseman who can hit and field. It continues to astound me that Dalbec has struggled at first base, where a zillion other Sox players, this year and in years past, have shifted into and played with ease.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Possible, but, if so, a rarity. I know we all think it's about the money, but almost everyone who gets to play at that level simply loves playing at that level. His career ERA is 4.82, his 2019 ERA with the Sox was 5.89, and his ERA last year with the Mets was 5.49. So maybe he's not sure he can play at the MLB level or maybe his agent says that's what he is hearing from MLB teams.
  25. Maxbialystock
    As Napoleon used to say, back to the WAR's. Here are the current WAR's of the significant and, sad to say, insignificant Sox position players: Devers 3.6 (OPS .935) Hernandez 3.3 (OPS .779) Bogaerts 3.0 (OPS .891) JD Martinez 3.0 (OPS .928) Arroyo 1.5 (OPS .792) Renfroe 1.5 (OPS .784) Vazquez 1.4 (OPS .645) Verdugo 1.2 (OPS .764) INSERT A HUGE GULF AND THEN READ ON Gonzalez .2 (OPS .583) Wong .1 (OPS .636) Duran 0 (OPS .522) Plawecki -.2 (OPS .689) Cordero -.2 (OPS .534) Santana -.4 (OPS .554) Chavis -.5 (OPS .532 Dalbec -1.1 (OPS .656)
×
×
  • Create New...