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  1. Maxbialystock
    Devers is a sucker for a high fast ball.
  2. Maxbialystock
    A man on base! A man on base! Moreland magnificently did not swing at four balls.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Forget the two-seamer. That slider is absolutely destroying our lineup.
  4. Maxbialystock
    This visit to Minnesota is proving to be a real downer which could become a sweep. Basically, no hitting. And we can't blame that on injuries because Mookie and JDM are both healthy (for all we know).
  5. Maxbialystock
    The uproar is over the bottom of the order, but I'm not seeing much from the top of the order either, and I mean Mookie, Beni, JDM, Moreland, and Bogie.
  6. Maxbialystock
    Our guys are doing their level best to get Gibson a nice pay raise or something. They look worse, so far, the second time through the lineup. Beni strikes out swinging at 3 straight sliders!!!???? Gibson's throwing a lot of low pitches and some of them are out of the zone but they are swinging anyway. Must be a heckuva slider.
  7. Maxbialystock
    So far, all fastballs, 2 seam and 4 seam. One single and one line drive out. And a 4 pitch walk to JDM. 2 on, 1 out, and GIDP time at the old hacienda.
  8. Maxbialystock
    Thanks for the reminder, moonslav. I agree the options are limited. Nevertheless, silliness has broken out all over the trade thread. I am also prepared to keep rooting for the team we have. I agree with you Devers will get better and that it's still possible for JBJ to get hot. The catching is about defense and helping the pitchers--hitting is a bonus when it happens. I'm OK with Holt/Nunez at 2B.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Maybe 3 days ago the cry went forth, "the Sox can't hit lefties." Well, now they can't hit righties either. But maybe the Twins can't either because here comes Porcello. vs. righty Kyle Gibson, who last time out went 7 and gave up 1 run vs. the Guardians.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Good analysis and succinct.
  11. Maxbialystock
    I try not to agree with you, but this time I have to about last night. As for DD getting another Cora another offensive weapons, I think his options are limited. Nevertheless, I am about to go to the trade thread and admit that a deal does make sense at this point.
  12. Maxbialystock
    That's close to where I am although I don't see tiredness as a factor this early in the season. One new thought I've had is that the 12 position players kind of underscore why Devers and especially JBJ stay in the lineup. I think most of us are fine with Devers, but many have wondered about JBJ's weak hitting and Cora apparently believing in him or trusting him or whatever. The real explanation is there are no other options. Your 2d point about Cherington and the current salary situation is of course right on target. It's why HanRam is gone and why Castillo can't be brought up and why we are still paying Pablo, etc. Cora is basically playing the cards he was dealt.
  13. Maxbialystock
    The overwhelming majority of MLB teams carry 13 position players and 12 pitchers. Since Travis went back to Pawtucket 10 days ago, the Sox have carried 12 position players and 13 pitchers. I don't think this is because of some overwhelming need for good arms, but, more likely, because of a dearth of good bats in the Sox system. I was completely in favor of dumping HanRam--the sooner the better. Now I'm not so sure. The real point is that the bench right now consists of Leon, Swihart, and Holt--or maybe Holt/Nunez. Swihart's OPS right now is under .400 and his OWAR is -.7. Leon is the backup catcher who I think catches about 1/5 or 2/5 of the games.
  14. Maxbialystock
    You're darn right he screwed up. Sale had no business pitching in the 6th--he was done after the 5th--and Kelly had no business pitching in the 8th. When will Cora learn to make good judgments about the pitching staff? For that matter, he also removed Scott in the 8th right after he got that out. The Twins got all their hits last night off righty pitchers and exactly 0 hits off of lefty pitchers.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Scott is no babe in the woods. He's been here before and he's good against lefty bats and was going against the bottom of the order. Plus he actually pitched better--with those two walks but also an out--in the 8th than Sale did in the 6th and a whole lot better than Kelly (a walk, a double, a triple, and no outs) did in the same darn inning. If you blame Cora for sending Scott out for the 8th, you also have to blame him for sending Sale out in the 6th and Kelly out in the 8th.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Meh. Scott pitched better in the 8th than Sale did in the 6th and way, way better than Kelly in the 8th. If you blame one of those guys, you have to blame all of them--and the lack of hitting. Scott is 28 and has been pitching in MLB since 2016. He's been good against lefty bats and was sent out there to do his job, nothing more and against the bottom of the order at that. On top of which, we weren't preserving a lead but simply hoping to score again and maybe win.
  17. Maxbialystock
    No way am I going for the price on Lynn. All my money's on Price.
  18. Maxbialystock
    Cut that out. We are supposed to disagree and I really like that notion--all of it.
  19. Maxbialystock
    I looked at the game thread and the comments when Scott went into the game were mixed, beginning with Station13 asking who the heck this guy was. Several pointed out Scott is experienced and good against lefty bats. Someone said it was the bottom of the order. To me there is a huge difference between preserving a win and hoping to win as is the case in a tie game. Also, you refer to Kelly as the shut down guy, but he's the one who gave up the walk, the double, and the triple without getting a single out. How shut down is that? In fact, Scott actually pitched better than Kelly in last night's game. He only gave up a walk and an HBP, plus he got an out. Since Scott and Kelly both stunk only Kelly stunk worse, who would you have sent out to pitch the 8th in a tie game? How about Kimbrel who hadn't pitched since last Thursday?
  20. Maxbialystock
    Actually, if you read the posts starting on page 12, you will see pretty balanced comments before disaster struck. Scott is both experienced and good vs. lefty bats. And let's not forget that disaster actually struck with Kelly in the game. When he went in, there was already 1 out with men on 1st and 2d, a situation which he has faced before--this year--and done well. No runs had scored.
  21. Maxbialystock
    I know what Scott did. He did exactly the same thing Sale did in the 6th inning--put the first two guys on before getting an out. I believe both of them, Scott and Sale, got an HBP in the process of putting two men on base. Then Sale did exactly what Kelly did and gave up a double to bring in those two runs and put the Twins up, 2-1. Also, to me there's a world of difference between a tie game and a 1 run lead for the good guys. In the latter, I'm for pulling out all the stops to preserve the lead and get the win. With a tie game, you are gambling that you will score again.
  22. Maxbialystock
    OK, OK. I just threw that in there to blame the infield instead of Sale. 1B to SS to 1B is always a tough GIDP. My point, however, remains: great as Sale has been since coming to Boston, he wasn't so great in the 6th last night. And we needed him to be great. In the recently completed series at Seattle, who was on a roll when the Sox arrived, Price was great in game 1 and Wright was great in game 3.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Sure he did. it's never the players, and we can safely ignore the 2 for 13 with RISP, the 10 K's, Kelly giving up the extra base hits, Sale weakening in the 6th and giving up 2 runs, etc. But my absolute favorite is the idea that good managers always put players in positions where they can succeed. Poor Scott having to pitch for a manager who doesn't have his best interests at heart. He deserves being sent out with at least an 8 run lead. For that matter, poor Kelly for having to go out to the mound with 2 on and just 1 out and the game tied. And why wasn't Hembree or someone brought in in the 6th when there were also 2 on with 1 out and Sale was clearly struggling? And what about the terrible lineup with the dregs of humanity in the bottom third?
  24. Maxbialystock
    A teacher, huh? Good for you. Great profession. I did some myself, but never for more than 3 years in a row and never for the same subject as the one before. I could have stayed up for the 8th, but had a premonition when Sale gave up 2 runs in the 6th. I think Sale is our best, but in my judgment he should have been tougher in the 6th.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Fascinating discussion about Scott and Cora. My take on the game was that the hitting stunk, pure and simple, so I wasn't so sure we were going to score any more runs. And about the infamous 8th. Scott left the game with the score tied, 1 man out, runners on 1st and 2d, and Kelly coming to the mound, where he has been very good this year when the game is on the line and he inherits baserunners. Does anyone besides me remember the 6th inning when the first two batters got on against Christ Sale, after which he got a ground out and then gave up a 2 run double? Scott and Kelly--at least for those first two runs scored by the Twins in the 8th--did no worse than the great, indomitable Chris Sale did in the 6th inning. I'm sorry, but in my view last night is entirely on the players and not Alex Cora. Chris Sale gave up a 1 run lead in the 6th in a moment of weakness. The lineup stunk all night long. And not one but two relievers--one of whom, Kelly, has closed a few times and has been great coming in with runners on base--gave up 2 runs which were all the Twins needed.
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