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  1. moonslav59
    I gotta say this, because it lines up with what I've been saying about all of the Cora bashing over lose-lose choices. Yesterday, Cora used our best pitchers and all 11 runs scored on them. NOT Davis & Gonsalves. Is Cora a genius for bringing them in and keeping us in the game? Why aren't people bashing him for bringing in Richards (1 run), Taylor (1 run), Ottavino (1 run) and Whitlock (3 runs) after Sale's start (5 runs)? Here's a game we lost while Cora did everything he could to win it and used all our best guys, many who now can't be used, tonight. Can we cut the guy some slack? Yes, he makes mistakes, and the team seams to be lacking focus due to several obvious reasons that transcend baseball, but even when he seems to do everything everyone wants him to do, we still find a way to lose.
  2. moonslav59
    I don't disagree, but our defense sucks way worse than I've ever seen any team play in my lifetime. It's not even close. It doesn't take the pitching or hitting off the hook, but the D has lost plenty of games we could/should have won. Yes, we have over performed our expectations, but that is no sniveling excuse for the D to play like this. (See how I twisted that 180?)
  3. moonslav59
    COVID Update Taylor returned Kike & Santana today Shouldn't Arroyo be back around now? What's Bogey's date?
  4. moonslav59
    Motter did get 2 hits, but apparently that did not outweigh his defense. I guess it's easier for us to let stud offensive players off the hook on D, than guys like Motter.
  5. moonslav59
    I'm in the running for the Gold!
  6. moonslav59
    Then, it's a problem for most team, even the winningest ones. We are 12th in SP'er IP. Granted, we've played more games than many teams, but we're still in the middle. 768 OAK 758 HOU 749 CIN 737 CWS 730 MIL 727 COL 721 LAD 720 SFG 716 ATL 714 PHI 712 NYY 710 BOS 700 SEA 698 TOR MLB Avg IP/GS: 5.1 BOS: 5.1 5.8 Eovaldi 5.2 Pivetta 5.1 ERod 5.0 Richards & Sale 4.6 Houck 4.5 Perez
  7. moonslav59
    Expecting a guy who walks 7 every 9 innings to be a big help is dreaming.
  8. moonslav59
    It wasn't just the 2 missed catches; it's what happened after them that contributed to extra runs. As for Sale, while it was true he did not have his best stuff, and hits are hits. All pitchers face cheezy hits, at times, but yesterday was whacked out. Here is a look at each hit Sale allowed: 1st (one run allowed) 3B to deep CF 1B ground ball up the middle 1B dribbler down 3B line 1B dribbler down 3B line 2nd (no runs) no hits 3rd (no runs) 1B line drive to LF BB 4th (4 runs score- I hesitate to say allowed) 2 outs, then... 1B dribbler down 3B line 1B line drive RF 1B line drive RF RE (third out!) Deep Fly ball to CF/RF for 4 runs! 1B infield hit to 3B 1B dribbler Infield hit to 3B Sale removed. Yes: 10 hits but at least 6 were weak and 1 deep one might have been caught. Yes: 5 runs allowed, but only 1 was earned and hardly that. Sale should not be taken off the hook, but anyone who watched all those 10 hits knows the truth.
  9. moonslav59
    A lot to cover here. First of all, did you see some of those "hits" off Sale. I wouldn't say he was lit up. Second, this isn't about "suddenly needing defense," this is about losing game after game because of our crappy defense. No, you don't need great D to win WS, but all of our winning seasons had better D than this, some much better. You can have the greatest pitchers in the world, but asking them to get 4, 5 or 6 outs in an inning, several times a game is not going to work out well. Do you really think the 2018 team defense was anywhere near as bad as these guys have been, especially the last 2-3 weeks? (Hint: it's not close.) Newsflash, we'd lead the league ins coring, right now, if we played against defenses like ours. I have never said Defense is the most important aspect of baseball. You know we both agree it's pitching, but how you improve a team usually involves upgrading your weakest areas, and to me, our weakest is defense and the pen. Our defense is helping our pen and starters look worse than they really are, but I'm not taking the pitchers off the hook by saying that.
  10. moonslav59
    Rays fans can probably find a team with NY killing them and TBR struggling against. The O's disparity is wild, though.
  11. moonslav59
    Good summary, Nick. Yes, the Rays are clearly the best, and facing them after a WC win, assuming that happens, will be a very tough match-up. We can't worry about them. Maybe some of the "luck" they seem to be having will run out at just the right time. We need to get healthy and stat playing like major leaguers. Despite all the bumbling and stumbling, we still almost pull out many of the games we are losing. While that seems very frustrating, I think it is also a sign, that when we are fully healthy, we can do enough to start winning these close ones, again.
  12. moonslav59
    From soxprospects.com... Of the five players received in the Andrew Benintendi trade, Luis De La Rosa has received perhaps the least attention, but it might be time to start giving the guy some attention. For the month of August, he had a 1.29 ERA and 0.79 WHIP over 14 innings. He also had 12 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .149 OBA. The 19-year-old righty's arsenal includes four pitches (fastball, curveball, changeup, slider). He's shown good control and a strong feel for his secondary pitches, although he could stand to add some velocity to his fastball which currently tops out in the low 90s.
  13. moonslav59
    3 swinging bunts off Sale than the catastrophe in CF. That was just the start of the floodgates opening up. I'm not sure I have ever seen a game like that.
  14. moonslav59
    With pitchers, you're only as good as your last game, it seems.
  15. moonslav59
    ...and week and month and much of the season.
  16. moonslav59
    There were too many mistakes to list. Many not even called errors. It was just plain sick!
  17. moonslav59
    The Iggy today is not the Iggy we remember, but your point is spot on. It basically comes down to this: if one SS makes 50-80 more plays a season on the same amount and difficulty of plays than another one, but makes 15-20 more errors, he's still way better than the other guys. (And, yes, some SSs do make 50-80 more plays than others over a season.)
  18. moonslav59
    It was much worse than just the 4 errors, and I keep harping on the same point. The plays that are not called errors, that are made by most or a good chunk of teams everyday, are listed as singles, doubles or triples in the scorecard. There is no way this is the worst Sox game in history, but it sure felt like it. The word "sick" does not come close to giving justice to what that game was.
  19. moonslav59
    Iggy has fallen off a cliff on D, this year. How many Angel games have you watched?
  20. moonslav59
    Arauz, easily, but we can sign someone else who still can play D.
  21. moonslav59
    Even before this inning, I swear we led the league in "earned runs" allowed by bad defense.
  22. moonslav59
    All after the first two hitters flied out.
  23. moonslav59
    Wow, the other team can make hard hit outs, too.
  24. moonslav59
    He's gotten some big hits, but he looked better last year, and there does seem to be something about him that rubs me the wrong way.
  25. moonslav59
    It's too early to ask if the season is riding on one player's shoulder, but it sure feels like that, right now, with Richards.
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