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  1. Maxbialystock
    Pretty amazing. A heckuva win. Lineup came through. Ditto the bullpen. Not Sale, although we’ve seen him worse.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Now that we've seen 6 glorious innings of Mr. Nunez, can we finally agree he is pathetic? He got a meaningless single, but struck out with 2 men on. And he is worthless at 3B.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Thorton is headed toward a complete games. Our guys can't hit him.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Top of the Sox order--one, two, and three outs your done at the old ball game. Plus the Sox bottom three did the same thing the inning before.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Mookie looks like a rookie at the plate.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Fair is fair. Sale hasn't been good, but he hasn't been awful either. 5 innings, 3 earned runs and 2 errors by the defense. And of course rotten hitting. He looked pretty darn good against the last 2 batters with men on 1st and 2d.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Montreal has bad juju. Going up there has been rotten since 1775/76. The expos were a joke.
  8. Maxbialystock
    I also think the Jays starter has gotten more calls than Sale and don't think that's the problem. The problem is whatever he is throwing is too hittable.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Let's not forget the two errors, one by Beni and one by Nunez. I love game threads because I get to vent when I'm disappointed. And right now, after how well the Sox played the Twins, swept the Orioles, and took the last 2 from the Rangers, I'm mad as hell. Wake up, guys!
  10. Maxbialystock
    I said it elsewhere and it was ignored, so I'll say it again here. The bullpen isn't great, but it's not a weakness. Actually, they are a bargain--the top five (Barnes, Brasier, Walden, Workman, and Hembree) are collectively being paid $5.1M and have a collective WAR of 4.2. The four starters--Sale, Price, Porcello, and ERod--are collectively paid $88M and have a collective WAR of 4.8. Sale isn't Sale any more. Price has become Mr. Fragile. ERod steadfastly remains the kid with potential but no command, and Porcello the veteran with a lot of pitches, but none of them great, and must have terrific command to succeed--which doesn't happen all that often.
  11. Maxbialystock
    RISP disease is rampant on this team.
  12. Maxbialystock
    That single was off a slider below the zone. The other two were low in the zone, a slider and a fastball. Sale was definitely off, but that was just bad luck and maybe a bad call by Leon. No question that Sale hit his target.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Not a bad guess on the lineup though.
  14. Maxbialystock
    A front apparently just went through Boston, so this game will likely be played. Even with Sale on the mound, a win tonight is not assured, but the Sox are playing very well right now and no doubt want this to be the second win of another longish streak. With Devers presumably resting his hammie, I think Cora will move Bogie up to 4th, Holt up to 5th, Chavis 6th, Bradley 7th, Nunez 8th and Leon 9th. First three will remain Betts, Benintendi, and Martinez. Sox have lost both games in which Devers did not play this year--extremely small sample size. Remember those recent great grabs Devers made going back for pop flies? Nunez doesn't do those. He's pretty good at getting his glove on ground balls hit to the right or left, just not good at actually fielding them. His OPS is .571--lower than Leon's .582. Devers has the 3d best WAR on the team, 2.6. Nunez has the worst, -.8. Chavis now has a 9 game hitting streak, 12 for 41, .292. He had 6 hits in the 12 games before that.
  15. Maxbialystock
    That word is no doubt a bad habit of mine. I do think, however, that house money simply means this year we should be somewhat forgiving of the stumbles because last year was close to the best year in Red Sox history. I think Cora had something to do with that, so I'm especially unwilling to dump on him. And neither he nor the players think it's "okay to lose."
  16. Maxbialystock
    Meh. House money can also mean earned fan loyalty. Are you saying you've lost yours because you expected the Sox to be better?
  17. Maxbialystock
    Short and sweet. No starters. None. Too expensive and too risky. No position players either. We have plenty of talent already even with Nunez and Pearce having bad years and Mookie and Beni also a little down. Maybe a reliever or two, but nobody like Kimbrel. Trading Devers for anyone, even Scherzer, would be a blunder.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Heck, this year I've always thought of the bullpen as a strength even though there have definitely been some bad moments/games. It's always great, however, to see some stats from moonslav to back that impression up. Another--no doubt specious--way of looking at the bullpen is to say that the five best (Walden, Workman, Brasier, Barnes, Hembree) are paid a total of $5.1M and their combined WAR is 4.2. The top four starters (Price, Sale, Porcello, ERod) are paid a total of $88M and their combined WAR is 4.8. "Wait just a minute," you are no doubt thinking. "What about the cotton-picking innings pitched?" Glad you asked. The starters (just those 4) have pitched a humoungous 330 innings, and the weakling bullpen (just those 5) have pitched a paltry 166 innings, which is almost exactly half of what the starters have thrown. In other words, DD has spent a fortune on the rotation, and nickels and dimes on the bullpen, and the latter are pretty much outperforming the former. So I wouldn't recommend that DD go after another expensive starter, but probably get some bullpen help. Reinforce success, not failure.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Yes, but you said what I've been thinking lately--Sox are a good bet for the postseason, but not overtaking the Yankees.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Sox are clearly good enough make the postseason, but catching the Yankees is daunting.
  21. Maxbialystock
    All good points. What was different about Tuesday night was Price apparently telling Cora he shouldn't be sent out to pitch the 6th. And I think Cora agreed with him because of the two games just prior. Both apparently were willing to err on the side of caution. Moreover, Price normally only goes 6 innings anyway, so leaving 1 inning early was hardly that big a deal. I think results are important. Grady Little probably got fired after the 2013 season because he didn't pull Pedro soon enough in the ALCS vs. the Yankees, but he would have been fine if Pedro had gotten thru that last inning without getting hammered. Tuesday night Cora did pull Price early, and the Twins were held scoreless in the next two innings. Had Price pitched not one but two more scoreless innings, Workman still would have been a great choice to pitch the 8th. That is why I don't understand the attacks on Cora.
  22. Maxbialystock
    We don't know whether Price was hurt, but do know he said he asked not to go back out for the 6th, which, by the way, has been his normal limit this year. That's right. In 15 starts he has gone 7 innings once, 6.1 innings once, six innings 5 times, five innings 3 times, 1.1 innings once, and .2 innings once. Also, on May 20 he went just 5 innings while only throwing 67 pitches. Also, on June 8 he threw his most pitches this season, 103, while going 6 innings. The next game he went 1.1 innings. I honestly think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what David Price can give us this year--and no doubt come from the bobby valentine school of managing.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Dead right. Kelly was fantastic in the playoffs, but absolutely did not "lead" the bullpen in the regular season. The guy has some really good pitches, but not really good command--as the Dodgers are learning.
  24. Maxbialystock
    He didn't pull him. He simply didn't send him out for the 6th because Price asked him not to. Price made that clear after the game. But you are missing one gigantic point in your obsession to attack Cora. No way, no how, was Price going to go more than 7 innings, and the two guys who pitched the 6th and 7th gave up no runs. So who comes in to pitch the 8th? Workman, whose ERA is whose ERA is 1.82 compared to Price's 3.39. He was absolutely the right guy to send out for the 8th, except that he's the one who gave up the tying run. So puling Price didn't cost anything. Heck, Workman giving up a run only tied the game. The Sox had 5 innings to score a 3d run, which would have won the game, and could no do so. You are also glossing over the fact that the night before Cora let Porcello--who hasn't been nearly as good as Price this year and who was facing the toughest lineup in MLB--go 7 innings. And he did the same thing last with ERod, who this year is even worse than Porcello.
  25. Maxbialystock
    I regret signing off (early bed time) around the 4th inning, but was delighted to awake to a big win. If you will look near the end of the 17 inning game thread, you will read me saying it was a good loss and that clearly the Sox competitive spirit was back. Last year's team is back.
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