moonslav59

88-66 BOS wc1 87-67 NYY wc2 (-1 wc1) 85-69 TOR -2 wc2 85-69 SEA -2 wc2

You guys have nothing to be ashamed of. You outperformed expectations and run differential to win more. It will be interesting to see, if you spend big, this winter. Nice run.

Well, that sucked. Nice to see TOR losing, but we need to make a statement, tomorrow. Not much good to talk about, and I'm going to avoid going negative on anyone, tonight.

I'll take 7 out of 14 years as long as a couple rings are thrown in between. The last 28 were much better than the previous 28.

Our last 3 games are at WSH with no DH. Things will get real interesting. I have to think JD and Schwarber sit at least one game. Dalbec probably will, too, so Schwarber can get one game at 1B. It also means Kike plays 3 games at 2B and there is no Iggy and much worse D.

Back in march, I thought we'd be close to competing for a playoff slot, this year. Once the season started, and all those come-from-behind wins started piling up, I got the sense this team had the "grit" needed to tough it out and win a WC slot, at the worst. We had a few bumps along the way. I think I might have been one of the most consistently optimistic posters over the season, but even I had some serious doubts, at times. Knowing that Sale, Houck, Brasier and some deadline additions were coming added to my hopefulness. Schwarber has been a big plus, and after the initial struggles by Davis and Robles, they have become key components of our pen. Iggy and Shaw have given us some shockingly great performances and moments. Look at our Sept pen IP leaders and how different it is from April through July: 11.2 Richards 9.1 Whitlock 7.2 Ottavino 7.1 Robles 6.0 Brasier 5.1 DHern 5.1 Feliz 5.0 Taylor 3.2 Davis 3.0 Peacock, Valdez, Schreiber, Perez Nobody saw that coming! April pen IP leaders: 14.0 Barnes 13.1 Whitlock 12.2 Andriese 11.1 Sawamura 10.1 Valdez 9.1 Ottavino & Taylor 9.0 DHern 7.2 Brice In May, Andriese led the pen in IP! In June, Sawamura was second to Whitlock. In July, Rios led the pen and Workman was 3rd with 10.1 IP! In August, Robles was 2nd and Davis 3rd. I bring up the pen, because they have been such a big key to our place in the standings. They went through a very rough patch, but have righted the ship. The season is not over. We have yet to clinch. One game at a time, boys!

Jays lost that important “extra game.” Everyone now has 9 games left. 94-59 TBR 91-62 HOU 88-65 BOS +2 WC1/+3WC2 86-67 CWS 86-67 NYY +1 WC2 85-68 TOR -1 WC2 84-69 SEA -2 WC2 82-71 OAK -4 WC2 Games remaining: BOS 3 v NYY, 3@BAL, 3@WSH NYY 3@BOS, 3@TOR, 3 v TBR TOR 3@MIN, 3 vNYY, 3 vBAL SEA 3@LAA, 3 vOAK, 3 vLAA

7-2, now., despite hitting into 3 DPs! CWS split, so we gained one in the loss column on them- not that it matters.

Hmmm.... We are sniffing without a vintage ERod.

Minn up 6-2 on Jays! Jays run into out at home down 4.

Maybe. Soxprospects have him in AA

I’m not the one who bashed about 90% of every Sox player and manager, especially Dalbec. You can deny all you want but the posts speak for themselves.

Weird how you projected 93, then after watching them play well, you roasted them alive.

It’s gotta be Nate, unless he is needed in the final game of the regular season. My guess is we end the season like this... Eovaldi v NYY (Cole) Pivetta v NYY (Cortes) ERod v NYY (Montgomery) night Off Sale @ BAL Eovaldi @BAL Pivetta @ BAL ERod @ WSH Seabold/Houck @ WSH Sale, if needed @WSH Playoffs: Eovaldi game 1, Sale game 2 unless needed on last day of season, ERod game 3.

That's what I said. I see, now, why comprehension is lacking.

Highest Farm OPS: 300+ ABs .928 Yorke .915 Stephen Scott .891 Dearden .871 Granberg .867 T Reed .865 Northcut .863 Meneses .854 Joe Davis .835 Castellanos .825 R Hernandez .815 Howlett .808 Munoz 200-299 .939 Cordero .896 Duran .879 Casas .871 Cottam .830 Groshans .822 Mieses .822 Wilson (gone) .813 Decker .807 Sogard

It's interesting to see so much talk about something that doesn't even exist.

Nice to see you using CERA. I knew you'd come around.

He actually listed ERA next to some and not "QS."

You actually agree with the parameters of that dumb stat but think CERA has zero meaning?

I guess, but there is still a few games left. Look, I didn't say I was right about thinking maybe Plawecki should play more because he was hitting better. I am one to not put much credence in previous few weeks sample sizes.

Total randomness and small sample sizes. (Also, the 1 ER in 5 IP was better.)

IP since the day Sale returned: 41 Eovaldi 37 ERod 35 Sale 30 Houck 20 Pivetta 19 Richards 17 Whitlock 15 Robles 14 Ottavino 11 Davis SIERA since 8-14 2.60 Robles 2.84 Whitlock 2.89 Eovaldi 3.44 Sale 3.70 Richards 3.78 Davis 4.06 Houck 4.33 ERod 4.75 Ottavino 4.95 Pivetta

xFIP- since August 4: 72 Eovaldi 75 Whitlock 79 Sale 88 Houck 92 ERod 93 Davis 93 Perez 93 Richards 95 Robles 99 Taylor 108 Pivetta 118 Ottavino ERA- 44 Richards 57 Sale 72 Eovaldi 79 Ottavino 80 ERod 88 Whitlock 90 Taylor 93 Houck 97 Davis 107 Pivetta 112 Robles 158 Perez

OPS since August 1st: .724 Vaz .644 Plawecki (Maybe Vaz did not need more rest.)