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  1. Maxbialystock
    Devers very impressive with a double to left and a diner to right.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Romano bitten by the Porcello bug--can't keep the ball low.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Porcello K on a fastball down the middle.
  4. Maxbialystock
    Porcello now has thrown more balls than strikes. Putz.
  5. Maxbialystock
    Vaunted Sox lineup being mowed down by a rookie who actually got screwed on at least two strikes he threw in the first inning. Otherwise, no runs.
  6. Maxbialystock
    You are right. Not DD.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Whew. Great throw by Leon and better tag by Bogie. And Devers actually got the easy out.
  8. Maxbialystock
    All Porcello seems able to do now is throw that stupid 91 mph fastball.
  9. Maxbialystock
    Was Porcello a DD acquisition with that hefty contract?
  10. Maxbialystock
    Devers continues to play like a 20 year old over sliding 2b when he could see the throw and the base in his field of view.
  11. Maxbialystock
    The big difference between the experienced Porcello and the 23 year old Romano is the latter has figured out how to keep the ball low in the zone and Porcello simply prefers to keep all pitches up in the zone. And neither the pitching coach nor the manager seems able to change him.
  12. Maxbialystock
    first inning suggests you are over confident.
  13. Maxbialystock
    A nice reminder we are in a NL ballpark without our DH. The Reds have been fine without one all year long--hitting wise. NL pitchers and catchers are always aware of that "free out" down there at the bottom. Porcello/Vazquez may or may not be. Porcello looked pretty darn good is last time out, plus our bullpen is rested. Pitching advantage to us. I'm not sure our hitting will find Romano a pushover given that he just went 8 shutout innings against the Pirates six days ago. I think those are in fact our 8 best bats right now and the order seems fine. But .. . The Reds are 5-5 in their last ten and 39-39 at home this year. They only stink on the road. The good news is the Jays are also 5-5 in their last 10 and are 40-38 at home--vs. the Yankees tonight. Before the Orioles series I figured we and the Yankees would both go 2-1, but in fact both went 3-0. Good for us. Against the Red we are going with Porcello, ERod, and Fister, so I will be fine once again with 2-1 and hope the Jays can take one from the Yankees.
  14. Maxbialystock
    espn shows him 8th in MLB. Plus he's probably the youngest and is the only one who plays half his games in front of the green monster, which simultaneously limits his range factor and encourages misplays of caroms of the wall.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Why? An 85 game winner has a winning percentage of 52% and 96 game winner 59%. In a five game series between those teams the outcome is statistically pretty much of a toss-up.
  16. Maxbialystock
    Pitching is good, but not great. Hitting is too easily shut down. I said lose the ALDS but still hold out hope that we have played all three likely opponents--Guardians, Astros, and Yankees--and fared OK this season. Yankees killed us before the ASG but not after. Thus I have no problem with anything saying we could get to the WS.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Good points. I personally want my first four batters to include four of the following: Bogie, Beni, Betts, Pedey, and Nunez. If OldTimer is right and HanRam is fixed (see last night),maybe he can bat 4th. Remember, I also like the idea of a distributed lineup--good bats spread throughout--because of your other point that this season the OPS's have coalesced around .750 and even though Betts and Beni are at .798 and .791. Thus I also like Devers and JBJ in the bottom 3d.
  18. Maxbialystock
    You're probably right. Holt's OWAR in 55 games is a horrible -0.6, but he can back up the infield, including 1b, and the outfield. Davis is the pinchrunner and occasional OF. Nunez is an infielder or a DH and one of our better bats.
  19. Maxbialystock
    Very nicely done. Great on Hanley--I had no idea. Too hard to pick best 3 of 7 now.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Current OWAR's (and games played): Betts 3.1 (147) Bogaerts 2.8 (139) JBJ 2.4 (124) Beni 2.0 (142) Pedey 1.8 (100) Vazquez 1.5 (91) Devers 1.3 (48) Nunez 1.2 (37) Moreland .8 (140) Travis 0.0 (28) Ramirez -.1 (125) Leon -.2 (81) Holt -.6 (55) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Farrell, please note) Worth noting that Betts overall WAR jumps to 6.1, JBJ's to 3.3, Beni's to 2.6, Moreland's to 1.5. But Vazque's overall WAR drops to 1.1 and Bogie's to 1.6 and Devers's to .8.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Mostly pitching, but both in the sense that, while the Guardians pitching has given up 505 earned runs to our second best 560, they also only given up 33 earned runs to our 56. So, whatever range, etc the Guardians defense has or doesn't have, they at least don't give up a lot of unearned runs. moonslav has in the past written a lot about the importance of the defense for the pitching--they can't literally save runs. Thus Tuesday night JBJ saved 1 run with the grab over the wall,fence and Beni saved another with the great throw to nail a speedy Machado from scoring from 2b on a 2 out single. I'm not talking about that kind of defense, only the kind that doesn't commit errors or passed balls, etc.--or at least not the kind that lead to unearned runs. I would say our outfield defense is as good as any, but our infield overall is probably subpar. Catching is par or better I think.
  22. Maxbialystock
    The Guardians are 9-1 in their last 10, the Yankees 8-2, the Sox 7-3, and the Astros 7-3. Those are the likely ALDS teams and all seem to be playing well right now. The Guardians have by far the best defense (runs against), then us, then the Yankees, then, comfortably last, the Astros. Astros lead in offense (runs for),but close behind are the Yankees, the the Guardians, then us.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Moreland out for Travis with a lefty starter, but of course he can get back in if a righty shows up. HanRam at DH, probably right. And no Devers--Marrero instead. Hmmm. Pedey back at 2b and no Holt.
  24. Maxbialystock
    That's the real point about tonight. Yes,we definitely want/need the win, but more than that we need Sale to be Sale again.
  25. Maxbialystock
    I guess I misread what you wrote: "but fielding grounds balls and throws--there is little difference." Plus you said Moreland keeps getting in Pedroia's way which presumably HanRam doesn't do. Like you, I haven't seen the gold glove first baseman, but I have seen an acceptable one--about even on the DWAR scale. Plus this year we needed his bat as much or more as we needed his glove and arm and footwork at 1b--especially now that it's crunch time. Since August 1st Moreland has missed two games even though earlier he missed more games against lefty starters. The real problem--disagreement--must be that I simply ain't that picky about the defense or for that matter the base running.
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