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  1. Maxbialystock
    Porcello gives up 11 hits and 4 runs in 6 innings on a day when we needed something better than the sigh young award winner. Plus one of those runs was because he failed to cover 1b on a grounder.
  2. Maxbialystock
    Porcello looks like the Sigh Young award winner. That second Detroit run was on him for not covering 1b. And he has thrown a lot of pitches.
  3. Maxbialystock
    Good for you, Kimmi. Upbeat. Darn flu. The pitching should have come to the rescue, especially in the Friday Tigers game. Instead they were terrible even after the great Sox comeback rally. Could be, however that some with flu bug played.
  4. Maxbialystock
    I'm glad I was wrong about no scoring this game and about Moreland. Wright wasn't great, but was OK. The Sandoval dinger was fantastic. But my gosh that bullpen. Hembree, Scott, and Kelly managed to give up 4 walks, 3 hits, and 2 runs in one rotten inning. Last season someone quoted I think Whitey Herzog: the difference between a good manager and a bad one is a great bullpen. Those three weren't great today, and, if you ain't great today, you ain't great, period. Four walks????!!!!
  5. Maxbialystock
    This was the perfect time for Wright to give up the 2 run dinger because the Sox lineup today is dead, dead, dead. Moreland is now hitless in his first three games as a Sox but he still bats right there in the middle of the lineup, 4th or 5th.
  6. Maxbialystock
    4 runs in 5 innings, plus no DH to worry about. 7 hits, 2 walks, but no dingers.
  7. Maxbialystock
    Great! I sure hope you are right and I am wrong. However he turns out, this looks like the best rotation in quite some time.
  8. Maxbialystock
    The only guy in the lineup I don't like is Moreland. Except for him, however, there is a lot to like.
  9. Maxbialystock
    After ST, I thought the Sox would be good hitting and almost as good pitching this year, but in two games the pitching has impressed me and the hitting only adequate, albeit a very good adequate with those two 3-run dingers. I'm old and still have a day job, but nevertheless didn't go to sleep until Leon won the game in the 9th. Sale looked pretty good in ST but even better last night. Bullpen scared me in ST but so far has been excellent. I don't see E-Rod and Wright doing as well as Porcello and Sale, but I think they will be good enough. I didn't like Pomeranz last year--who did?--and still don't.
  10. Maxbialystock
    Betts not playing in game 2? Is he injured?
  11. Maxbialystock
    Last year the Sox scored 100 more runs than the second best offense in the AL, so, even without Ortiz, I expect the Sox to do better than "top 3-4 offense." For counting purposes, I assume Moreland, not Ramirez, is Ortiz's replacement in the lineup. That's a pretty big drop-off. Sports Illustrated used to have a stat called "runs produced." It was runs scored + rbi's - home runs. Last year Ortiz "produced" 168 runs for the Sox and Moreland 88 for the Rangers. Even if they can't make up for those 80 runs between 168 and 88, the Sox would still have the best offense in the AL--maybe. I think the Guardians, who were second in scoring in 2016, picked up Encarcion. On the other hand, I expect Sandoval and Benintendi to be pretty good plus-ups. Pedroia might go down a little, but Bogaerts should go up. I will be more than happy if Betts and Bradley are about the same as in 2016 even though both are young and could improve. Leon will still be Leon, but Vazquez should be better than he was last year at the plate. Ramirez 2017 should be on a par with Ramirez 2016.
  12. Maxbialystock
    I wanted to keep Ellsbury, but not for the money he wanted and got from the Yankees, who overpaid because of the departure of Cano and Ellsbury's very misleading but spectacular 2011 season. No doubt they thought the short porch in RF would also help. I also wasn't that much of a Bradley fan in 2015 but agreed with the Sox decision to keep giving him shots with the big club--which finally paid off I think in August when he caught fire at the plate. The giant irony of the 2016 season is that the defensive stalwart JBJ came much, much closer to Ellsbury's 2011 offensive stats than Ellsbury did.
  13. Maxbialystock
    Good win, good game overall. Porcello was excellent over 6 innings, then the error by Sandoval to kick off the 7th, which hurt along with Barnes ineptitude. Good plays in the outfield--Bradley in the triangle and Benintendi over the shoulder. Clearly, too, this lineup can hit although I have serious doubts about Moreland and would never bet him 5th, but what the heck. Kimbrel gave up the double off the monster and hit someone with his infamous knuckle curve, but otherwise looked very good for the save.
  14. Maxbialystock
    Kimbrel's in a groove, just like in spring training.
  15. Maxbialystock
    Can Moreland hit lefties? I ask because he doesn't seem to hit righties too well, say I after one game.
  16. Maxbialystock
    I'm not quite seeing gold glove at 1B. He had two short hops--by Bogaerts and Sandoval-- and couldn't grab either one. The latter cost an unearned run.
  17. Maxbialystock
    Watching on my ipad at the office, but joined the game late. Porcello has looked pretty darn good to me. And that rally was fantastic. Right out of Earl Weaver's book--rely on good pitching and the 3 run dinger.
  18. Maxbialystock
    What a grab and what a tough place to make it! Way to go, JBJ!
  19. Maxbialystock
    My screen says 57 degrees in Fenway. Not bad for April 3.
  20. Maxbialystock
    Nice shot by Sandoval, but also a nice grab.
  21. Maxbialystock
    Sox have 1 hits and have struck out twice?
  22. Maxbialystock
    I don't know about that. I watched him once this spring and noticed he pitches quickly and throws strikes, which means he will never fit in with this pitching staff.
  23. Maxbialystock
    Pomeranz still does not impress. JBJ should bat 9th or 10th if his ST trend persists. Overall, however, hitting looks good again this year. Rotation should be good. Bullpen to me remains a question. Last year the Sox got hot only in September when the bullpen was hot. Last year somebody quoted I think Whitey Herzog who said the difference between a good manager and a bad manager is a great bullpen. Didn't the Cubs and Guardians both have good bullpens?
  24. Maxbialystock
    You're said something like that before. I just don't see 3 catchers on the 25 man roster, and I also don't see Swihart as an outfielder.
  25. Maxbialystock
    Based on what I've seen this spring, I just hope he makes the 25 man roster and completely agree with you that it would make sense to trade Holt.
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