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  1. Maxbialystock
    A thousand bucks says JDM makes the 3d out. No payoff if Matz walks him.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Peace. Agree.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Nope. The whole point of a game thread is to allow over-reacting.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Chavis does like that extra base. All this started after 2 outs.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Yup. And I'm pretty sure it's blowing left to right.
  6. Maxbialystock
    1-3 hitters stink, and 4-8 hitters save the day--for now. Opposite field 3 run dinger for Dalbec!!!!
  7. Maxbialystock
    You want bad, I'll give you bad. Bogie just struck out on a 2-2 count and on the 3d straight pitch low and well outside the strike zone. Now that's bad and stupid.
  8. Maxbialystock
    No, it absolutely is not. Pivetta was hitting his spots and mixing up his pitches. The walk cost nothing, but those 3 doubles cost two runs and at least two of them were off good pitches that still got hit. I missed the 3d double because my screen went blank.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Weird. Pivetta is throwing good stuff and hitting the corners and getting hit hard.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Willie (or his wife) famously said, "attention must be paid," and that also applies to Dunedin Stadium, which was built in 1990 for $2M+, renovated for $12M in 2000, and renovated again--this time in addition to nearby Jays training complex--in 2019-20 for $81M. It now seats 8500 and is located 24 miles from the home of the Rays at Tropicana Field.
  11. Maxbialystock
    In a very tough division. The AL East has the best won-loss record in MLB.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Interesting choice of names. Before the season, I think they were thought to be 1 and 2 in the rotation.
  13. Maxbialystock
    As do I.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Which means we have had one heckuva ride this season. Go Sox!!!!!
  15. Maxbialystock
    Rubber match, Pivetta ® vs. Matz (L) Starting pitching dominated the first two games: Ryu vastly better than ERod in game 1; Richards over Stripling in game 2.
  16. Maxbialystock
    You have said you prefer OPS against over ERA. If so, you must think that Richards' ERA of 2.27 is partly luck because his OPS against is .717.
  17. Maxbialystock
    "hitting the ball hard" was meant facetiously--at least, by me
  18. Maxbialystock
    Santana has had 2 recent medical issues: foot infection this spring; and "ulnar collateral ligament repair and augmentation procedure" last September. That latter procedure is related to tommy john surgery. He's 30 and has played 7 seasons of MLB, but only one of them good: 2019, when he played 130 games for Texas with 28 dingers, an OBP of .324, and an OPS of .857. He has neither pitched nor caught a game, but has played every other position. So it sounds as though Chaim Bloom might have found someone who is now both healthy and showing signs of his 2019 capability. On the other hand, the Sox have a very solid lineup already. Bobby Dalbec has looked better recently, and I read on last night's game thread that Franchy Cordero is "hitting the ball hard." Yes, Santana is a switch-hitter, but so is Marwin Gonzalez, who is also pretty versatile. Plus none of those three guys have foot or elbow issues.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Boy, do they. Either they can't throw strikes or they suddenly become very hittable. I believe the computer programs say "losing it" is most likely to happen the third time through the batting order.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Actually, I think he is now 8 for 8 on K's. Kid, 22, must have a great glove.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Assuming WAR is a useful measurement of pitching prowess, I notice that the Rays top three starters have WAR's of 1.7, 1, and .7. The Sox top three are 1.1, .7, and .6. However, the Sox 4 and 5 starters have WAR's of .6 and .3, and the Jays 4 and 5 are sort of undetermined. Thanks to recent dingers given up, Barnes WAR has dropped to .8 and Whitlock's to .6. Then Valdez at .3, Sawamura at .2, and Ottavino at -.2. The Jays bullpen WAR's are: Chatwood .9; Castro .6; Payamps (a name to conjure with) .5; Bergen .5; Phelps .4. Season to date, Toronto's ERA is 3.82 and the Sox 3.89. Season to date, the Sox run differential is +41 and the Jays is +40. That one run edge is because the Sox have scored 224 runs to the Jays 203. In other words, the Sox have better hitting, the Jays better pitching, and overall these two teams are about even steven. Sox are 1.5 game ahead.
  22. Maxbialystock
    So far--in these two games--the Jays bullpen does look better than ours. It is also true that both games were won--and lost--by the starters. Bullpens were incidental.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Tomorrow Pivetta vs. Matz, with the Sox again getting the edge in starters. But you gotta play the games. What a season this has been and is.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Nice win and a needed win. As we thought before the game, Richards outpitched Stripling. Sox now lead the Rays by 1 and the Yankees and Jays by 1.5.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Kluber gets the no-hitter.
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