moonslav59
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I think most managers would have won more than 100 games with the 2018 Yankees. I'd give him a D or D- for the season and an F for the playoffs.
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I do think the Astros have a better rotation, on paper, but winning game 1 is huge. Sale going in game 5 is also very helpful. There are no guarantees, but winning game 1 & 5 are key games to win. That would leav us needing to win just 2 of the remaining 5 games vs "better starters". That seems doable. I'm confident we can and will win, but I'm not kidding myself. The Astros are solid. They feild well, hit well and pitch very well, but so do we.
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Should Price get a start against Houston?
moonslav59 replied to TylerD's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Yes, Eovaldi would go game 7 but not on long rest. -
I hope they get all three. It will set them up for a huge cliff. It will make us beating them all the more sweeter. Big contracts fail closer to 75% of the time than 50%.
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We might see Sale out of the pen in a game 7. That could be a deciding factor. I like your post.
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That's way too generous.
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Here's a look at the Astros pen from 2017 to 2018 listed in order of most relief innings in 2017) WHIP 0.942 Devenski (81 IP)> 1.169 (45) 1.037 K Giles (62)>1.272 (31) 1.344 Gregerson (61)>>>McHugh> 0.912 (72) 1.318 J Hoyt (49)>>>Rondon> 1.322 (59) 1.563 M Feliz (48)>>>J Smith> 1.007 (46) 0.971 W Harris (45)> 1.094 (57) 1.393 T Sipp (37)> 1.034 (39) 1.555 F Martes (37)>>> Pressley .0600 (23) 0.862 Musgrove (31)>>> Osuna 0.882 (23) 1.033 Peacock (20)>>>F Valdez 0.947 (13)
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They have an impressive team, and adding Cole (plus Verlander for a full season) has made a big difference. Also, their pen improved. Here's a 2017>2018 starting pitcher comp... (Listed in order of most GS'd in 2017) 5.22 Fiers>> COLE>>2.52 (32 GS/ 200 IP) 3.62 Morton> 3.13 (30 GS/167 IP) 2.90 Keuchel > 3.74 (34 GS/205 IP) 4.25 McCullers> 3.86 (22 GS/ 128 IP) 3.00 Peacock> 1 GS 4.77 Musgrove >>>VALDEZ> 2.19 3.55 McHugh 6.52 Paulino 1.06 Verlander > 2.52 (34 GS/214 IP) Notice how they have 4 starters with 30+ GS'd and 3 with 200+ IP. Maybe they will tire, like ours did last year.
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I think the Dodgers go large on Machado and Kershaw.
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I wouldn't swap Cora for anyone.
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Maybe they could stand off to the side a little bit and see check swings better. They'd have to wear extra protection for foul balls coming their way.
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Should Price get a start against Houston?
moonslav59 replied to TylerD's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
I'm okay with Price for game 2. Eovaldi is much better with 2 or more extra days rest. -
Maybe some Cora haters would rather have this guy next year.
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It's not bad, but it's a step down from Kimbrel's norm. I'm fine with Kimbrel. I just like Sale better. Again, I have no issues with Cora. He's been a godsend.
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How are real umps more practical than robo umps when calling balls and strikes? No matter how much they improve, they'll never be consistent or perfect. Why feel badly for umps, anyways, they won't lose their jobs, if all we do is take away balls and strikes.
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It would be nice to have that budget space for 2019 as well, but it's nice to see the end getting nearer.
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If you just have robo umps call balls and strikes, no umps will lose their jobs. You'll still have an ump somewhere behind home plate to make other calls in that area. If I were an ump, I'd be happy to have that task taken off my hands. Plus, no more umps getting hurt on foul tips or catcher wiffs.... well mostly anyways.
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Do we win 108 games last year, if we had JD? It's my opinion that Cora is a big reason we have a powerhouse team.
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I meant more about the city. (I live in Sugar Land.) Many Astros players are doing worse or much worse than last year. Only a tiny few are doing better.
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Making bad calls might make things more interesting, but not in a positive way. I don't think robo-calling balls and strikes is going to make a big difference in how fans watch the game or like the game. The games will go faster. Pitchers and hitters will now know what they need to do to get things done. We'll soon get used to not seeing a fat ump standing right over the catcher's shoulder. That alone is worth it. The no mistakes on balls and strikes is just icing on the cake.
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I hear you, but the MLBTR arb estimates just came out, and I couldn't resist.
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Yes, I know, but you know how I love small sample sizes. Look, my opinion can change over the years, but as of right now, Cora is the best Sox manager I have ever seen. He seems to have a nice balance between loyalty to the players and vets and making everyone feel like they are needed. He uses analytics better and with more success than any previous Sox manager. He got these kids playing fundamentally solid baseball by cutting down on boneheadedness. He got this pen to finish in the top 10 in MLB this year. He kept using Leon and Vaz despite the sub .575 OPS. Brilliant! Instead of our players entering prime years declining, like last year, almost all improved not just over their 2017 numbers but 2016 as well. He exudes a confident calmness that rubs off on the players. He doesn't always take the hot hand out like Tito and JF did to a fault. He got Sale the rest he needed...and others, too. To me, he does many of the things I prefer managers do. I realize I'm biased in many areas, and he seems to do more of what I like.
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Houston does not seem as pumped up as last year. I'm hoping we take 2 in Boston, but let's start with game one. Isn't it great to have a healthy and strong... Chris Freakin' Sale!
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Tito did a great job, but he also had some off times. I have yet to see Cora have those. To me, it's not close.
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Good point. He'll get hurt the first time he swings a bat or tries to get out of the batters box on the way to 1B. I could see the Rays or Guardians making a move for him. If the Astros lose Keuchel and Morton...
