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  1. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Plawecki was dead meat the moment he came to bat--totally disinterested in swinging the bat. Probably saving himself for catching duties in 4 more innings, which is fine by me.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Perez a tad slow getting to 1b, but an excellent play by Dalbec.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Meh. He's been giving both pitchers breaks.
  4. Maxbialystock
    This game is a long way from over. That 3 run dinger by Arroyo is now looking borderline miraculous after what we just saw in the top of the 5th.
  5. Maxbialystock
    If ERod is the best #5 starter in the AL, I will be astounded. His WAR is -.1. I think it is enough to say the first four Sox starters are way better than we expected.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Finally, finally, the big four erupt with their first back to back hits in this 4 game series.
  7. Maxbialystock
    No K's by Perez yet. Bench him.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Arroyo almost lost it. Still a good grab.
  9. Maxbialystock
    I still like him, and he seems to get a good jump on the ball in CF.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Agree on all points, especially the headfirst slide. But that's Devers.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Get rid of Perez, who has utterly failed to execute the accepted Sox pitching guidance, "do not pitch to contact." This nut case doesn't have a single walk and has only thrown 25 pitches in 3 innings.
  12. Maxbialystock
    That's at least two drag bunts by the Astros that went straight back to the pitcher for easy outs. This is a set back because I was going to suggest the Sox bunt for hits more often than every three months.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Not that far off.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Double steal--my goodness. Too bad they nailed Devers going home. Astounding 3 run dinger by Arroyo. Game changer, I hope. Season changer, possibly.
  15. Maxbialystock
    But it was a fastball he smacked for a long double.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Completely agree with any and all tweaks to the lineup. I think the Astros have our guys buffaloed, but that could mean any change is better than no change.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Absolutely not. Those four are the heart of the Sox offense. Thus it is all the more dismaying they can't hit Astros pitching--at least, not yet. Odorizzi has a high ERA, 6.75, but looked pretty good his last time out against the Padres.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Actually, the problem may be that he loves Verdugo, JDM, Bogie, and Devers, who have stunk against Houston pitching.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Agree completely, but would remind that, most times, good pitching beats good hitting. In the first three games, the Sox four best hitters--Verdugo, JDM, Bogie, and Devers--are 6 (all singles) for 43. Verdugo got their (the BIG FOUR) only rbi, in game 1.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Exactly right. Cora does what he does, but that should never inhibit discussion and proposed fixes--despite my earlier comment. In today's game thread, moonslav proposes a new and to me not very radical lineup which I think is an improvement. That said, the hitting this year has been better than I expected even though the bottom of the order--and the very top--have been problematical. My favorite whipping boy is Dalbec, who, however, has 5 dingers and 22 rbi's, including 3 that won a game. His OPS of .554, however, is execrable and he has the 2d most K's (55) on the team. However, his OPS last year (23 games) was .959 and he hit well at the AAA level. On the other hand, he hurts the club on defense. We are all frustrated with the hitting in Houston, but should also note that our four best--JDM, Bogie, Devers, and Verdugo--are 6 (all singles) for 43 so far in this series. So, by all means, cry out for a better lineup and even propose your own. But the numbers say that, at least against Houston, the real problem is their excellent pitching (so far).
  21. Maxbialystock
    Target hit. I deserved that.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Speaking of Houston, I've visited there several times. Way too hot for me and one of the few cities I've been in where they make an effort to enable people to avoid walking outside in the summer sun--exactly what they do in cities like Montreal where they make an effort to keep people inside to avoid the winter cold. Nevertheless, Houston's growth rate has been astronomical. I lived in Oklahoma a couple of times and the only MLB team I could get on radio was the Astros, way back when Joe Morgan was their star hitter and 2d baseman before going to the Reds.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Last night my relentless claim was that the Astros were stealing pitch signals. I thought so because early on they looked very comfortable hitting against Pivetta--no swings and misses, no checked swings, etc. But Pivetta just got better, so I've had to abandon that theory. Indeed, in games 2 and 3 the Sox pitching only gave up a total of 5 earned runs, which ain't bad against the team ranked 2d in MLB in runs scored and 2d in team OPS. And in game 1 the Astros simply feasted on the struggling ERod and then the inimitable Brewer.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Season to date, Astros have a run diff of +62. Only the White Sox are better at +79. Before the Sox came to town, the Astros were at +48.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Good lineup.
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