Maxbialystock
-
Posts
21,348 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
6
Content Type
Profiles
Boston Red Sox Videos
2026 Boston Red Sox Top Prospects Ranking
Boston Red Sox Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
Guides & Resources
2025 Boston Red Sox Draft Pick Tracker
News
2026 Boston Red Sox Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses
Forums
Blogs
Events
Store
Downloads
Gallery
Everything posted by Maxbialystock
-
No problem hammering that precious 99 mph fastball of Kelly's. Heck, right now he is making Porcello look pretty darn good. Whoops, another single off a hanging curve.
-
Kelly seems no better than Porcello with that hanging curve.
-
Check the box score. 5 of the 9 runs are unearned. It's not just Porcello although he is certainly the biggest problem.
-
Porcello's pitches consistently fail to put the hitter off balance. Most of the time, they are ready for what he throws because they know he leans to heavily on his so-so fastball and he can't keep his pitches down. He threw plenty of strikes tonight, just not in the places and or the most effective sequence.
-
I'm thinking that Porcello simply cannot consistently throw good pitches low in the strike zone. That 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded was a fast ball very close to the geometric center. Porcello got very lucky on that comebacker. Had it been the Orioles pitcher doing that, our hitter would probably have popped out.
-
Most managers use the 7 run rule on a lousy starter, but a lot of the bullpen was used last night, and it sure does not look like the Sox will get back into this one. Those 2 runs came off an Orioles error and a very unusual dinger by Bogie.
-
4 errors by 4 different Sox players, all on bad throws. Is it possible they are tired from the late flight to Boston last night? Did Porcello fly back with the team? Are they just playing down to those stupid nicknames?
-
Amazing how strongly attracted to the middle of the zone Porcello. 1-2 count, and there's a hanging curve about waist high. Now a fast ball slightly below waist high, but otherwise in the middle--wham, a single to center and another run.
-
Pretty good pitch on that 3-2 count--on the corner with some break.
-
Two guys in this inning, Leon and Beni, got predictable pitches to hit--fast balls (not too fast) near the middle of the zone--and both popped up. What I'm saying is that the Orioles have gotten fat pitches, but so have we.
-
If anyone's interested, we just saw why Holt can't DH. If one of infielders is hurt, he is the only backup.
-
Leon got his pitch on the 3-2 count and just screwed it up.
-
When behind in the count, Porcello is inclined to throw a fastball near the center of the zone which opposing hitters of course are sitting on. He's predictable, but just maybe Leon (calling the pitches) is too.
-
Is it possible our starters just aren't ready to pitch when the game starts? ERod does this too.
-
True. Heat's also off the team because of Bogie's 2 run dinger off a pitch so far inside it almost went behind him.
-
Porcello's bad, but only 2 of those 5 runs are earned because of 3 errors in 2 innings--Porcello, Devers, and Leon. All three throwing errors. This is a team loss as much as it is Porcello's.
-
Porcello is throwing lots of strikes, most of which the Orioles are feasting on. My guess is both runs will be unearned because the pitcher as fielder--which is part of his job, for crying out loud--is totally divorced from the guy throwing pitches. Complete pitchers like Sale know how to make throws from the mound, how to get to first quickly on grounders to the right side, but those skills don't count when determining the sacred ERA for a pitcher.
-
Ok, first real look at Davis in the lineup. moonslav says recently (82 PA's) his OPS has been very good. My NOAA maps says clear skies, except in SE Texas, which looks almost as nasty as it really is. This year the Orioles can only be spoilers, but they have relished that prospect in the past. I wonder is Machado will go after Nunez having done a thorough job on Pedroia's knee (which Pedroia insists was a clean slide).
-
Hell, I am deaf enough to require hearing aids in both ears. A lot of charge 6 one day in June 1967. But my eyes ain't deef.
-
Agree. Lots of numbers and graphs for something simple--sliders this year have almost killed Betts' bat. But the writer is betting Betts is too good to let that continue much longer. Plus he is hitting the ball hard, even with the popups. This year more and more I think the pitching coach is doing a better job than the hitting coach, but what do I know?
-
Reasonable. Devers back to 6th, where he has flourished (small sample size) vs. languishing in the 5 slot. Avoidance of playing both Davis and Holt. Davis 8th and Leon 9th, about right. Without JBJ, just four lefty bats against righty Hellickson--about right. Beni and Betts switching can't hurt. Plus 3 fast guys at the top of the order with some power. Moreland OK at cleanup, and Bogaerts "promoted" to 5th--might work. I really like Leon 9th because, like JBJ, he can do some damage there, especially batting lefty. Young is suspect at DH, but still better than Holt with Ramirez hurting (I guess). If Porcello is truly back, if Fister continues his recent successes after early disasters, if Pom just stays 2017 Miracle Pom, if ERod can pitch well early as well as late, you gotta like this rotation. Who needs $217M Price or knuckleballer Wright? I think there's another starter, not too bad, but can't remember his name. But when the Sox need to close a deal and make the sale, that guy ain't too bad.
-
Strongly agree on those 6 runs last night--always good to see when the pitching is bad--the team did not quit.
-
A Realistic View at 2017 Part III
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Even without Ortiz, this team is showing me something despite Price and Wright on the DL. The bullpen is a little shaky, but the rotation--except for that guy Sale--is coming around. Nunez and Devers have really helped the lineup even though Devers is in a mini-slump, which I claim is because Farrell moved him away from his comfort zone and into the 5th slot. Defense not so great, but tolerable. If your Davis numbers bear fruit in Boston, maybe we won't miss JBJ too much. Pedroia could come back and JBJ is sure to. But the biggie right now is that all of the rotation--Sale, Porcello, Pomeranz, ERod, and Fister--have shown they can pitch well. In August, no less. Our 2013 postseason depended heavily on great pitching and just enough hitting. Last year the pitching stunk. -
A Realistic View at 2017 Part III
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Over Owens? All day long. -
A Realistic View at 2017 Part III
Maxbialystock replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Too late. I already joined the "why Brentz" movement. Good stuff, though.