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  1. Maxbialystock
    Severino continues to dominate thru 4. If we had our "minor league lineup," as moonslav calls it, we might have a ready excuse. But no.
  2. Maxbialystock
    The problem I see is that Price is having to be very careful because the Yankees are having little problem seeing his pitches and are hitting is mistakes hard. Without the error, he still gives up the dinger and needs 40 pitches to get through 2 innings. Severino is, I think, also pitching carefully, but has much better stuff--faster fast ball, better break on his changeup, etc. So right now he is breezing. Oh, that egregious error by Nunez? Yes, it was. But brother Price was the one who loaded the bases with Judge coming to bat and actually threw a pitch that Judge hit hard but right at Nunez. Bottom line to me: one pitcher is way better than the other. Did somebody really blame that on Cora? Seriously?
  3. Maxbialystock
    I enjoyed last night even though their bullpen was way better than ours--but Eovaldi looked pretty good and the game was close. I'm really looking forward to tonight at Yankee Stadium with two very good starters who have both had ups and downs this year. I hope jacksonianmarch drops by now and then. As for our bullpen--if Price goes 6 or 7 and the Sox have the lead, I expect to see Wright and Kimbrel and no one else. i have dumped on Wright continually since that basesliding injury in 2016, but I am not blind. That ERA of 2.87 is a testimony to the return of the knuckleball. it's possible Cora will bring in Vazquez to catch Wright, but last time Leon wasn't too bad. I think he had a PB but no runs scored.
  4. Maxbialystock
    I like Cora, but gotta agree this guy has been creative and done very well.
  5. Maxbialystock
    I enjoyed last night's game because I didn't expect Eovaldi to do too much. Too bad about the bullpen, but Brasier hung that slider to the wrong guy at the wrong time. Workman didn't help much either.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Interesting. A guy who is odds on to be the AL Manager of the Year is a moron or a liar. Well, you gotta give Cora a lot of credit for basically fooling all of the people all of the time: the players, the FO, owner, fans, commentators. Thank goodness for these game threads so we can get the real scoop.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Is tonight's game in NYC rained out yet?
  8. Maxbialystock
    Pretty much agree with all. Bogey is a decent SS and, with his hitting ramping up, likely to get Machado money when the time comes. And, frankly, I consider that frightening because I think Boras, et al, have made the prices for players astronomical. MLBPA also ensures that all the money is good no matter how bad the player performs or is injured or whatever. The apprenticeship system, which I assume the owners like, ensures that almost all high value contracts occur late enough in a player's career to ensure there will be a good amount of risk. The Yankees can't be happy with Ellsbury--but mind it less when they look at HanRam and Sandoval. And so on with other teams.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Fewer errors, perhaps?
  10. Maxbialystock
    What the heck happened to the 2018 playoff roster as a topic? I'm not saying 2019 isn't worthy of discussion, but it's already the dominant topic on moonslav's realistic view of 2018 thread (over 300 pages) and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the Sox haven't actually entered the postseason yet! I like my 25, but won't repeat them here. I do think these September games are a pretty good testing ground for who makes that roster. For example, I would never have put Lin on there, but that ball off his glove in CF showed me that guy is versatile even though he didn't catch that fly. Plus the double. Plus a good infielder. But mostly he might be the fastest guy on the team. So, even though I didn't pick him, he could end up on that roster. Despite the bullpen travails, I'm sticking with 11 pitchers--4 rotation (obvious) and 7 relievers. I included Wright, but some didn't and should right now feel pretty foolish. I excluded Pom and still believe that was a good decision. But I also had Kelly and now have doubts.
  11. Maxbialystock
    Another remarkable win in part attributable to Cora's managing. He brought in Pom after Sale to no avail--specifically, 2 runs--but the others did OK. Even Kelly got 3 outs and Wright got the save. On top of which, first Holt's dinger and then the most improbable hit of all came from Lin, who was in for Betts and doubled off the monster, moved to 3b, and then scored on a big sac fly from Beni. No JDM, no Bogey, no Mookie--no problem. Next we will see cats living with dogs. My goodness gracious.
  12. Maxbialystock
    Certainly, Vazquez has the knack. But Sandy Leon is OK at it. If the Sox are behind when Wright goes in, maybe Cora wants to leave him in so he can pinch hit for him if he is due to bat soon.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Just like last night--lineup looks hopeless and helpless in the 1st. Beni grounds out weakly after Mookie and Holt K--Holt in three pitches.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Good thing Porcello is pitching so well because the lineup looks like crap.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Sandy ain't the problem. JDM has already left 4 on with a K and an easy pop fly.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Beni bunting on a pitch a mile high??????!!!!!!
  17. Maxbialystock
    Now Beni and Devers have both gotten on from errors. Even Bogey's rbi single was a two hopper that got thru.
  18. Maxbialystock
    I'm sorry, but the Sox lineup is looking pathetic--last game, the game before, and the first inning today when the Mets pitcher gave us all kinds of breaks and scoring just 1 unearned run.
  19. Maxbialystock
    True.
  20. Maxbialystock
    You are one big whiner, but you are saying what I am thinking. Last night's fans were ripped off. I think watching a game at Fenway--tickets, parking, food, etc--is as expensive as anywhere in MLB. On top of which, down the right side are some of the worst sight lines in MLB. Us armchair/sofa types get to switch channels or turn the TV off. Two straight games against two different teams--both with losing records, one NL and one AL--when the Sox offense was moribund at Fenway. But you know something? The thing that pissed me off the most was Kinsler getting picked off at 1B.
  21. Maxbialystock
    I'm with sk7326. Closers are vastly overpaid, including Kimbrel, who can't pitch in the 8th, can't go more than 3 outs, etc. Thus he never, ever has to face the same hitter twice in a single game. A rarity, but I disagree with moonslav about 2003 and Pedro for exactly that reason--he was facing the Yankee lineup for the 3d or 4th time. Grady sucked in Boston and after Boston. How do I know? He had two MLB managing jobs in his 50's, got canned by both teams, and never managed again. He is, however, in the Kingston, NC Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. So there's that.
  22. Maxbialystock
    I personally don't give a s*** about Leon's hitting as long as he is optimizing what the guy on the mound is doing. We have hitting out the wazoo, but our pitching is sometimes suspect. Leon's defensive catching stats are way better than Vazquez's or Swihart's, and they don't include how the pitchers have more confidence in him. I'm not rooting against Vazquez or Swihart because we all know Leon can't catch every game. When either is catching, I not only root for him but comment when he does something well--including the odd hit now and then. About which, this: when either Vazquez or Swihart gets his OPS above .800, I'll be ready to say it's time to go with a catcher who can hit.
  23. Maxbialystock
    If you guys are talking about Kimbrel, I have to say he ain't one of my keepers. He's 30, he's expensive, he not only doesn't do more than 1 inning at a time, he rarely pitches any inning other than the 9th. He's picky even for a closer. Closers are notoriously up and down. We know for a fact Kimbrel gets into trouble when his knuckle curve isn't working, and sometimes that's exactly what happens. I agree he is one of the best closers in MLB if not the best, but I just can't see spending a lot of money on a guy who pitches an average of 64 innings a year and never, ever has to face the same batter twice in the same game. From what I can see, the setup guy is almost as important because the Sox starters rarely go beyond the 7th inning.
  24. Maxbialystock
    That's basically the way I saw last night during the game. I see three big problems with Kelly. The obvious one is command of his pitches, and lately it's just the two--fast ball and knuckle curve. Another seems to be the sheer hitability of his fast ball, which comes in at 97 to 100 mph and sometimes more. If the 100 mph fast ball is in the strike zone, opposing hitters are smacking it. It is possible he is telegraphing his pitches, but I'm sure--since this has been going on awhile--that the pitching coach, et al, are checking that thoroughly. Finally there's the confidence issue because I think his is shot. Kimmi quoted Price as saying his season turned around when he started throwing a cut fastball, but apparently this version had/has a little more bite to it. Maybe that would help Kelly. But right now it's very hard to see Kelly making the postseason roster.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Meh. We split with Houston in their park and they took 2 of 3 at Fenway when Sale was on the DL. We are even with the Astros in my book. Oakland took 2 of 3 there and at Fenway--good for them, especially when 1 of the wins was over Sale when Manaea got his no-no. But he's gone, and Oakland has a horrible postseason record--including the miracle team depicted in the movie Moneyball. So far the Sox have split 4 games with the Guardians, but still have 3 at Cleveland to play. I think they can be tough in the playoffs because their hitting has come around and the have a good bullpen and manager. Yankees are faltering because their rotation is-- plus they miss Judge. So, me, I agree with moonslav. I'll take all those wins and the home field advantage plus the best lineup in MLB and a rotation that should be pretty good. Our weakness, now obvious to the known universe, is the bullpen, but even there Cora has a few cards to play.
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