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  1. Maxbialystock
    You've said this before, but this time recognized that any standard, while somewhat arbitrary, is better than none. Your sliding scale makes sense, but requires memorizing the 5 parts. Plus I think one of the key measures of a "quality" start should be 6 innings. The Sox have played just 21.6% of the season, and commentators are talking about overuse of the bullpen even though the Sox have 9 bullpen pitchers because their rotation averages 5 innings per start. If 4 scoreless innings becomes the standard, the Sox should consider bringing back Swihart so they can go with 10 position players and 15 (or is it 16) pitchers.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Well worth the $35M he's getting this year. Smart investment by the Dodgers. Getting Mookie Betts pretty much guarantees them WS success for years to come.
  3. Maxbialystock
    As do we all, but right now I'm relishing the four while rooting for the Nationals, Astros, and A's.
  4. Maxbialystock
    The WEEI radio announcers are a tad flaky. I think it was in the 4th when they said Pivetta was pitching very efficiently, but then they noticed he had already thrown 64 pitches, so backed off. Neither said that both things were true. Pivetta needed 30+ pitches to get thru the first inning, but then got very efficient, which is why he could go 6 (and 103 pitches).
  5. Maxbialystock
    Another save for Barnes. Like clockwork. Nice 6 innings by Pivetta, a quality start by any measure. 4 straight for the Sox and moonslav59. Camden Yards again tomorrow night
  6. Maxbialystock
    Agree with moonslav59 and iortiz. Well said.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Not so much at my age.
  8. Maxbialystock
    JD likes playing in the outfield and has a good arm, but limited range. Before the DH, there were lots of guys like him.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Overall, I like keeping players, especially good ones like Mookie. But I broke that habit with Ellsbury, who was so great early on and even stole 3d and home on the same passed ball. But he kept missing games until 2011 when he had a career season, after which the Yankees gave him $140M+ for 7 years. Good riddance, I thought. I didn't like losing Manny, but also thought he wanted too much. Mookie was definitely a keeper until I saw the probable cost of keeping him. I also liked dumping Beckett and Adrian Gonzalez in 2012 and Price in 2019. I guess I just don't think any player is worth more than $25M a year although Harper might be. Not because he's that good because he isn't, but because he seems to have boosted the Phillies attendance significantly. Not so Mookie with the Dodgers or Trout with the Angels.
  10. Maxbialystock
    You ready to start today's game thread or are you using your own special formula?
  11. Maxbialystock
    It's "telling" because you like where the Sox are and that ERod is sort of back after his health took a nosedive last year. Last night I loved the result, but not how he struggled and how he was helped by the boneheaded baserunning by Mullins in the 1st, to say nothing of the 4 unearned runs in the 4th.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Congrats to moonslav59 on the back to back wins. Please, please keep it up. Richards today: 21.2 innings and 6 ER's in his last 4 starts (@ Texas, @ NY Mets, Toronto, @ Minnesota). ERA of 2.55 by my calculations
  13. Maxbialystock
    Yep. I think the book has affected other Sox players as well. The "book" sound erudite, bookish, but in fact it's just a freaking computer. It is my hope, my fervent wish that over time players adapt and learn how to reduce what is becoming the complete domination of MLB by computers. Actually, I know for a fact that college teams, using volunteers majoring in computer science, rely on computer programs to position players, pitch to hitters, etc. Next up: Little League Baseball. What did Vince Lombardi say? "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."
  14. Maxbialystock
    Yankee Stadium was "the house that Ruth built," so of course it was going to be friendly to the Babe. Also Gehrig. To me Fenway Park is probably the most photogenic ballpark in MLB and "friendly" to no one, player or fan.
  15. Maxbialystock
    I just looked up the list of all-time high OPS's. Gehrig was 3d with 1.080, Manny Ramirez (yes, Manny) was 9th with .996 and higher than Mantle, Dimaggio, Musial, and Cobb. Mike Trout is 8th at 1.005 and of course currently leading MLB at 1.235. Mays, my personal favorite, is 24th. Ortiz is 32d. Miguel Cabrera is 40th (.928). ARod was 35th (.930).
  16. Maxbialystock
    Perhaps. But there's a photo of Ted Williams at absolutely his most exuberant. He just hit a game-winning dinger in the All-Star game and is running and jumping for joy as he rounds the bases. He was an incredible hitter who batted .388 (in 547 plate appearances) when he was 39 freaking years old. He lived to hit and was very analytical about it. But I'm pretty sure he never came close to that sheer joy after hitting a single, double, or the rare triple. I'm sort of anti-homer, but the simple fact is that dingers have a lot of potential to be game-changers, as Dalbec showed last night. And the other fact is that, your 5.000 notwithstanding, 1.200 is a fantastically high OPS, and it's less that 1/4th of 5.000. So, yeah, a dinger provides a great high, but accumulating at bats brings most players back to earth. Williams lifetime OPS was 1.116 and Ruth's was 1.164--the two highest in MLB history.
  17. Maxbialystock
    All true and well said.
  18. Maxbialystock
    You toss off the last sentence as though those 2 games are a piece of cake. Yes, you're only making a statistical point, but reality says "2 more games like his" won't be easy, even if the player were Devers or Bogie or JDM. That said, Dalbec's 3 run dinger was huge and a kind of neat irony coming against these Orioles. Back when they were good and winning WS's, Earl Weaver was the manager, and his credo was great pitching and the 3 run dinger.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Whitlock is/was not a find but a real gamble by Bloom. The Yankees drafted him in 2017 and liked him, but he had TJ surgery in 2019 and obviously didn't pitch last year. Chaim Bloom drafted him last December under Rule 5, which was designed to prevent MLB teams from hiding/protecting talent in the minors. Rule 5 says you can draft another team's talented player who hasn't played in the Majors, but you must keep him on your active MLB roster the entire first season after you draft him. That's a pretty big gamble, but as of today he has pitched 17.1 innings and has the 3d best WAR (.7) on the Sox pitching staff.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Lucky Eddie. Winning percentage is one of the last important pitching stats.
  21. Maxbialystock
    ERod got some help from the Orioles and Dalbec's near-miraculous 3 run dinger. He was better in April. In his last 2 starts, 7 K's and 4 BB's. In April, 26 K's and 2 BB's.
  22. Maxbialystock
    Dalbec just redeemed his entire season to date with a much needed 3 run dinger in Orioles Park at Camden Yards.
  23. Maxbialystock
    That was huge. Gigantic. And I get to eat some mighty tasty crow.
  24. Maxbialystock
    Renfro is just stupid in RF. He throws to 3b when he has no hope of beating the runner and to 3b when the DP is at 2b.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Your IF needs to be bigger. If memory serves, Sale is a lefty without a changeup.
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