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With Perez, it's not the 3rd time through: it's the 6th inning. (Same with Pivetta, except Pivetta sucks third time through.) ERA 0.00 5th inning 20.25 6th innings OPS Against .687 first time .858 second time .451 third time Pivetta 3.00 ERA in 5th 15.00 in 6th .539 first PA .440 second 1.125 third

Time for a big rally. Start by getting some men on base.

Should Cora have left Perez in his last game into the 6th inning? He was "cruising" with 5 IP, 3 H and 1 ER. Sound familiar? In the 6th he let up 3 singles and we went from tied 1-1 to down 3-1. How about his start before the last one? 5 IP 4H and 0 ER (cruising even better than tonight), then comes the 6th: Reach on Error and HR, and we're down 3-1, instead of tied 1-1. His 6th inning ERA is 20.25. I'm okay with being against it, but "makes no sense?" Had they left him in and lost the lead, we'd be posting these numbers and saying it makes no sense leaving him in.

You gotta say that b4 the HR.

Ole Travis Lakins...

Perez is quietly pitching like a #2 or #3. Last 14 Days: 2.38 Perez (2 GS) 1.147 WHIP 2.81 Pivetta (3) 1.125 2.84 Richards (3) 1.105 4.50 ERod (2) 1.900 6.10 Eovaldi (2) 1.355 Last 21 days: 3.00 in 3 starts. Last 28 days: 4.18 in 5 starts by Perez.

I'd like to see us sign ERod and someone as good or better, too. Replacing ERod with an ace is barely an improvement. We hardly ever lose with ERod on the mound.

Eovaldi's already done the "something." I'm hoping for a rebound, now.

Raphael is buttah!

I’m not a huge Chavis fan. I must have traded him a hundred times on BTV. It’s more about lost faith in Cordero.

Agreed: Career OPS+ 89 Chavis (546 career PAs) 85 Cordero (393 career PAs) It is 62 from 2019-2021 (140 PAs)

1. Marwin 2B 2. Verdugo CF 3. JD DH 4. Bogey SS 5. Devers 3B 6. Vaz C 7. Renfroe RF 8. Cordero LF 9. Dalbec 1B It would have been nice to have Marwin play OF instead of Cordero, but with Kike and Arroyo both out at the same time, it looks like 2B, it is. I'd have seriously thought about Chavis at 2B and Marwin in LF with Cordero on the bench, but again, I'm fine with Cora's choices.

It would have been nice to have Marwin play OF instead of Cordero, but with Kike and Arroyo both out at the same time, it looks like 2B, it is. I'd have seriously thought about Chavis at 2B and Marwin in LF with Cordero on the bench, but again, I'm fine with Cora's choices.

1. Marwin 2B 2. Verdugo CF 3. JD DH 4. Bogey SS 5. Devers 3B 6. Vaz C 7. Renfroe RF 8. Cordero LF 9. Dalbec 1B

OK. JD led the league in TB in 2018 and had an OPS+ of 173. It was 168 in 2017. It's 196, this year, which is a significant jump. I can see expecting him to drop, a bit. (He's 15% higher than 2018's OPS+) Bogey is at 171, but like I said, he's in peak prime, now at age 28. He's been at 135, 140 and 131 the last 3 years. 171 is a significant uptick, but not really all that unexpected. Maybe he stays at .985 as the legue warms up, so his OPS+ drops some. he's 22% higher than 2019. Devers is still pre-prime, but he's fast approaching it, He was at 133 in 2018 and is at 161, now. I've been expecting a "monster year" from him, so to me, I'm expecting even better, at some point in the next 1-4 years. He's 21% over 2018. Verdugo is right in line with the bell curve towards prime. He's just 25. 93 OPS+ at age 22 114 at 23 126 at 24 133 at 25, this year. His average rise in OPS+ actually has slowed, this year. Now, what about all our other hitters under their career best or recent best OPS+ seasons? Kike: 131 in 2015, 117 in 2018, 98 career> 100 this year Renfroe: 120>103>80>77 this year. Vazquez: 103>114>101 this year Marwin: 146 (trashcan year), but also 3 other seasons over 100 and 2 more over 90> 86 in 2021. Plawecki: 106>92>63>130>81 this year (92 from 2017-2020 combined) Cordero: 99 career before this year: 26 in 2021! Dalbec's career is too short, but still 152, last year and 59, this year. Maybe 2-3 of our top 4 hitters drop down a bit, but maybe 3-4 of our bottom 7 return to norm on OPS+.

Renfroe has had a decent OPS, despite his low career BA. He has always done best vs LHPs, so we should try to maximize his chance at being successful by limiting his exposure to RHPs. I'm fine with sending Cordero down, but I think he'll get another look, at some point, unless he sucks at AAA. On the 2-5 hitters. None are really having outlier years. I'm not sure I would expect less from them, going forward. JD is at 1.075. He hit 1.066 in 2017 and 1.031 in 2018. 2021 is not out of line with those years, and they weren't that long ago. His OPS from 2017-2019 was 1.007. Bogey is at .985. That is also a career high, but he is just entering prime and had a .939 OPS in 2019. Devers is at .951, and he too is getting into his prime years. He hit .916 in 2019. Not far above that. Verdugo hit better, last year (.844) than this year (.838). He his .827 from 2019-2020. Now, one can say, it is very fortunate to have all 4 hitters above their career or recent numbers, but the rest of the Sox players are all below, so it's easy to say we are underachieving overall.

He'll probably end up in AAA, at some point.

Teams have tougher/easier schedules than others. Teams might have a certain winning percentage, but a top player just went out for the season. I can understand why someone wants to rank teams by how good they think they are. As much as I love what the Sox are doing and am getting more and more optimistic with each win, I do not think we have been the best team in the league. We may not be right now, either.

New MLB Power Rankings. We are now the top dog. 1. Boston (2 last week) 2. SFG (8) 3. CWS (4) 4. SDP (3) 5. Oak (11) 6. STL (15) 7. LAD (1) 8. NYY (7) 9. Tor (13) 10. Hou (5) Biggest jumps: STL 15>6 CLE 22>15 SFG 8>2 Oak 11>5 Biggest drops: KC 9>18 AZ 17>24 Mil 6>14 LAD 1>7 MN 16>22 ATL 10>16 Hou 5>10

I found this on Danny Santana, but no mention was made of his new opt out date... Danny Santana ready to play in Red Sox Minors games WWW.MLB.COM Danny Santana, a veteran player who belted 28 homers for the Rangers two years ago, will take a step closer to joining the Red Sox when he starts playing in Minor League games on Tuesday for High-A Greenville. The Sox signed Santana in March to a Minor League deal that

Tanner Roark signs minor league deal with the Braves. The Braves also signed Shane Greene at $1.5M. Zack Godley DFA'd by Brewers. Deven Marrero signed a minor league deal with the Marlins. Luke Voit to be activated, tomorrow.

Best records in MLB by Winning %: .629 Boston .600 STL 1.0 GB .594 CWS 1.5 .588 SFG 1.5 .583 OAK 1.5 .563 CLE 2.5 .552 NYM 3.0 .543 MIL 3.0 .543 SDP 3.0 .529 HOU 3.5 .529 NYY 3.5 .528 TBR 3.5 4 teams 4.0 back (.514-.515) 3 teams 4.5 back (.500) 19 of 30 teams are at .500 or better. (Two teams are just 1 win from being at .500) Last year, there were 14 teams above .500 (actually above .483). There were 5 teams over .600 and 8 over .583. Now, there are 2 and 5, respectively. 21 teams are above .483, this year- last year only 14.

They do have Duran, Wilson, Puello, Matheny and Gettys at AAA, so maybe that's it.

I've been saying this kid is due for a monster year pretty soon. (2021?) He's a pure hitter who can hit anyone at anytime.

Not really, but maybe notin can fill in some blanks.