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I suggested on another thread that I think Betts needs a breather. I know this is crunch time, but we need him back in "form". It would also be a way to keep Young and Beni in the line-up for another day or two.
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First our rotation got into a groove. Now, the pen is hitting its stride. Maybe by playoff time, we can see both thriving.
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His stock is as high as it ever will be going forward. I'd trade him this winter.
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Great post. Like with Melancon. Maybe Pablo will follow HanRam's example next year.
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...Girardi schooled Farrell last night to get his matchup with Young. unfortunately for NY Young was HBP... Farrell may have foreseen, if that's possible, the expected switch and match-up an still preferred that one to the previous one.
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Maybe give us their 3rd or 4th round draft pick.
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Tampa is becoming a good spoiler.
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He's let up 22 ERs in 70 IP this year. 7 in 4.0 IP vs the Sox! ERA vs BOS: 15.75 ERA vs rest: 2.05
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Mookie gutted out a big hit somehow in the middle of it all. We need him to start hitting the ball hard.
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We just added 50 points to Betances ERA! 2.33>2.83
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I was getting ready to post the new "bunched up" standings. This win is the sweetest of all.
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Let's not forget the great job our pen did.
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Just after all the talk of never coming back, never "walking off", and doom & gloom! Thank you HanRam!
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Unfreeeeeeekin" Real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The whole AL is a crap shoot in more ways than one. I said it before the season started. Every AL team has serious weak links. Ours seemed to be less in numbers, aand we appeared to have more options off the bench to patch those weaknesses. Wright patched one hole in the rotation (plus Porcello stepped up). Leon solved the "blackhole" catcher offense issue. Young has been great off the bench and Beni has looked promising in a limited time. Shaw surprised many by winning Pablo's job and doing well for a few months. We still have holes. The rotation was not going to continue their month long streak. We are bound to slump, and we will get hot again. I still think we have less holes than other AL teams. It's going to be about who is playing well when it counts. Right now, we look down. The hottest teams int he AL, Seatlle (9-1) and the Yanks (7-3) probably have the worst looking teams on paper out of all the AL serious contenders. The "best" AL teams area ll flat right now: BAL 6-4 BOS 5-5 CLE 5-5 TEX 5-5 DET 4-6 TOR 3-7 Nobody is looking like a "winner", so why giveu p on our chances, is what I say!
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Man, if Papi could have only hit that HR earlier in the game...
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Imagine being a Jays fan. Talk about looking rotten. The Yanks and O's are the only two teams playing above their expectations. They don't scare me much.
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Does Toronto "have what it takes"? Does any other AL team? Stay tuned.
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Agreed, and the whole "clutch hitter" thing is a big sham (except for Papi, who is for real).
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Okay, let's talk just this year. He's got just 20 PAs in the 1 through 4 slot, and you want to make some sort of determination based on that? JBJ goes through hot and cold streaks. I'm not sure where he hits is what causes it.
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I'm not sure the sample sizes are big enough to indicate some sort of pattern or aversion to certain slots. He only has all of 36 PAs from the one through four slots. His best career slot is #6 (.850) 5 is actually better than 7- career.
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Young has some "history" (56 PAs and a 1.135 OPS in the playoffs- including 5 HRS!. HanRam has a 1.031 OPS in the playoffs in 53 PAs with 9 RBI in 13 games. Bogey has the one year (34 PAs and an .893 OPS) Aaron Hill has an HR in 18 ABs. Hanigan has 23 hopelessly bad PAs. Kimbrel has been in the playoffs 3 years and has a 1.35 ERA (0.600 WHIP) in about 7 IP. Buch has 26 IP and a 4.21 ERA.
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Could be time to try JBJ in the top 4 or 5.
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Tanaka is 5-2 vs the Sox - career with a 4.42 ERA and .736 OPS against. He's done better recently.
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As much as I hate to do it, I'd give Betts a day or two off once Beni starts. That also allows the hot Young to stay in the line-up.
