moonslav59
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They could also be giving him longer throwing sessions in practice and maybe moving towards the throwing routine of SP'ers. They are going slow, as they should. The last thing we want to do is jerk this kid around and put him in situations where he may not be successful. His innings will surely be limited, this season, so I'm not sure why quickly boosting his IP, right now, is the right idea? Do we want him to reach his limit by August or September 1st of by season's end? Another issue is this: say we get him to the point where he is ready to start a game, but our 5 starters are still pitching well. Do we start a piggy-backing rotation slot? Do we send a starter to the pen?
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If we play this 14 game stretch at .500, it's hard to imagine doing that through June & July.
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All it took was one big win.
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Before tonight, our staff held the opps to a .576 OPS in high leverage situations. Whitlock was at .800 in just 15 PA (10th on staff) in PAs against- 304 total by the team. The vaunted Yankee pen has held the opps to .660 OPS, which is actually worse than the Sox in 241 PAs. It's .522 Late & Close. The Sox are at .619.
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Just a coincidence that the two most important factors to winning happens to be ONLY the #1 SP'er and pen? The 2-5 starters and starter depth will pitch about 40% of your total innings, this year. Ours, too. Offense matters, too. Both teams seem to not want to go over the tax line. The Sox are about $4.5M under the line. The Yanks are about $2.4M under. While I agree, the Sox are less likely to go all in at the deadline, it's no slam dunk Cashman & the owners will do what they refused to do the last several years. You guys are still the favorites, in my book, and certainly having the better ace and pen are a big help, but having the best or top 3 offense and maybe better 2-6 starters and the return of Sale possible, this ain't over, yet.
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The Sox have an incredibly hard schedule from May 31st to August 1st. Every team can win at any time, but we need to have a lead by the end of May, or we'll be looking at some long odds. We haven't always done all that well vs the worse teams, and some of the teams are not push-overs, but they should be easier to beat than the stretch I'm talking about. Here are our next 14 games: LAA LAA LAA off (start of 3 out of 11 days off- no 14 pitchers?) @TOR @TOR @TOR @PHI @PHI @PHI off ATL ATL off (3 out of 11 days off) MIA MIA MIA
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I am, and 39 games is nearly 1/4 of the season, but I've always been one to think sample sizes need to be bigger than 39 games to have a true read on exactly how good or bad anyone is.
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Dalbec is finally to .600. Renfroe to .650. Bogey is over 1.000 Richards got his ERA under 4 (3.89).
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I love what I'm seeing, too, but 6 weeks is a small sample size.
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Before tonight: Runs Scored 191 BOS 190 HOU 187 LAD (no DH) 186 CWS 180 AZ (no DH) 178 CIN (no DH) 23. NYY 143 OPS .759 HOU (119 wRC+) .754 LAD (113) .754 BOS (109) .753 CIN (105) .752 CWS (117) 15. NYY .697 (101) ERA- 74 SDP 75 NYY 77 NYM 80 CLE 81 CWS 88 SFG 89 LAD, MIL 90 TOR 81 MIA 90 MIA 93 BOS 95 TBR (Boston is 17th in runs allowed at 162.)
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This series only added to the A's flukiness.
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Speaking of ex-Sox players in the mix. Hunter Strickland has walked the bases loaded v NYY. Still 9-0 in the 9th.
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Nice to see Whitlock go 3 and give the pen a night off. 52 pitches is a kinda lot for 3, but that's one way to "stretch him out." Richards is sealing the deal. Let's hope the bats stay hot. Dalbec, Renfroe and Chavis looked good. Even Arauz got 2 BBs.
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That's for sure, and he wasn't swinging for launch angles every time up.
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Yanks down 9-0. Looks like we will outscore the A's and lose the series, and the Ray will outscore the Yanks and lose that series.
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Boy, those DPs sure lessen the LOB number.
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In the only 2 full seasons of Richards' career (2014-2015), he led the league in wild pitches (39 total), both years. He also had 12 HBP. Later, in one of his partial seasons, he led the league again with 15 WPs while starting only 16 games (2018)! BTW, from 2014-2017: 29-21 (70 GS) 3.06 (1.148 WHIP) His 80 ERA- placed him 20th among starters with 400+ IP in those 4 years.
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Too many ex-Sox players in the mix, tonight.
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Yanks get 1st & 3rd with 1 out in the 6th off Rich Hill. Ford hits into a DP.
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That's the danger of throwing to miss by an inch. If you are off by 2-3 inches, it can be deadly. Still, when a batter leans in like that, he has to expect a pitch that may not be in the strike zone.
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I think he was aiming to miss.
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It's part of what made Pedro great. (Keep 'em honest.)
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Our old friend, Rich Hill, just struck out the side. 1 hitting the Yanks through 5.
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Yankee hits the last 5 games (4-1): 5 6 5 7 6 (1 hit, tonight, through 5)
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He's never really been bad- just injured. (We got 'em on an option for 2022, too!)
