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  1. illinoisredsox
    They don't have to finalize it until Thursday morning.
  2. illinoisredsox
    Magic Numbers: Division - 0 Wild Card - 0
  3. illinoisredsox
    You cannot possibly be that obtuse in asking that first question.
  4. illinoisredsox
    Given the lineup posted up on the game thread, no. All regulars with one very notable and troubling exception, Davis in for Betts.
  5. illinoisredsox
    Looks like good Tanaka showed up for the Yankees today. 1 hit allowed with 10 Ks through 5 innings. Bad guys up 3-0 in the bottom of the 5th.
  6. illinoisredsox
    Why are the Jays and Yankees playing at 1 today? Outside of Wrigley Field before the lights went in or a day-night doubleheader situation, I don't ever remember seeing a Friday afternoon game scheduled, and I go back 50 years of following the game. Maybe when the 4th of July has been on a Friday (or in the case of the Blue Jays/Expos, Canada Day).
  7. illinoisredsox
    Max, all a day of rest mean is a pitcher didn't pitch on a particular day. E.g., Pitcher A pitches a game on a Sunday. With no off days in the teams schedule, his next scheduled would be Friday (with Mon, Tue, Wed and Thu counting as days of rest). Another way of putting it is he pitches every 5th day (which is what your 5-6 day calculation is telling you). Back in the day, teams had 4 man rotations and pitchers used to go every 4th day, meaning 3 days of rest between starts. That's how they used to start about 40 games a year. With modern 5 man rotations, it bumps up one.
  8. illinoisredsox
    If they clinch today (which, with the Yankees and Jays scheduled for an afternoon game, they theoretically could do before ever taking the field), I would read nothing into how the rest of the series goes. It will be spring training mode with second stringers all over the place. I know the Astros and Guardians are in a battle for best record, but with the Sox will be locked into the 3rd slot, it is far more important to let a few guys heal up as much as they can than play the Astros tough. If that means they have to play the Guardians, so be it.
  9. illinoisredsox
    Yep, can't get a more pathetic all around perfromance than tonight. Let's hope the weekend rotation becomes Fister, TBD, TBD.
  10. illinoisredsox
    Magic Numbers: Division - 1 Wild Card - 0
  11. illinoisredsox
    No. Style points don't count. All it does is add a number to the loss column.
  12. illinoisredsox
    Pom and Sale and hope for hail
  13. illinoisredsox
    Looks like the 4th straight game the Astros will score in double digits. They are white hot right now.
  14. illinoisredsox
    That's about it. The pitching tonight has been terrible but on the bright side, the defense has been merely lousy. Meanwhile, the offense is the highlight so far, with a solid grade of poor.
  15. illinoisredsox
    You watching the same game I am? Only one decently hit ball. Devers makes a play and he could have been out of the inning unscored upon.
  16. illinoisredsox
    A walk, an infield hit off Devers glove and bloop hit set it all up. Devers has some serious work to do defensively; potentially cost 3 runs.
  17. illinoisredsox
    Cherry picked stat to support his hatred of Pedroia. Not to mention a player who's been injured could never come back and have a good ear. That has never happened.
  18. illinoisredsox
    The only way he pitches Sunday is if the Sox haven't clinched. Meanwhile, he does have to prepare as if he were going to pitch (side throwing, etc.,). If the Sox are even or up by 1 after Saturday's games, he has to take the hill. Assuming they get that far, that would set him up for game 2 in the ALDS, and with the off days, he could pitch a Game 5 on regular rest. Porcello would get the start in a Monday game at Yankee Stadium. That does not bode well and has to be avoided. They would be better off to blow the division completely.
  19. illinoisredsox
    Magic Numbers: Division - 2 Wild Card - 0
  20. illinoisredsox
    It would not be Sale; rotation is Sale (TU), Porcello (W), ERod (TH), Fister (F), Pomernaz (SA), which puts Sale on Sunday. If they have to win, that when he goes next. I believe the plan right now if they have won the division by then ise to skip Sale's start. Porcello would get the nod in a playoff game because its his turn. Should they lose that, ERod would get the wild-card game against the Twins. Win that and Pomeranz gets game 1 of the ALDS (If Sale has to go Sunday, Pomeranz starts game 1 anyway).
  21. illinoisredsox
    A division tie from a playoff readiness point of view is a bad situation, especially for the loser of the playoff. The loser would then host the wild card game on Tuesday (probably against a rested Twins team) and if they win, would have to go to Houston or Cleveland for games 1-2 of the ALDS on Thursday and Friday.
  22. illinoisredsox
    Virtually that entire stat line is against southpaws; he's done next to nothing against righthanders at the major league level (as you said, both are very short samples) and his minor league numbers vs. righties are nothing to write home about (.256/.320/.652 this year, .263/.317/.761 in 2016) Hit with power? In 4 minor league seasons, he's hit 28 home runs, and never more than 9 in a season. That may increase as he gets older, but right now, he has shown no power at the major league level. He does appear to have some doubles power. I just can't see handing the job to a rookie with rather pedestrian minor league numbers in the middle of a pennant race and playoffs. Travis has shown no consistency at the major league level. Maybe against lefties only, but even then, we don't really know what's there.
  23. illinoisredsox
    The one good thing about JBJ is we know when he comes out of one of these funks, he is generally white hot for a couple weeks. As for the Evil Empire, I've said it before but it bears repeating; just putting them in the coffin isn't enough, you have to drive a stake through their hearts (preferable 2 stakes).
  24. illinoisredsox
    Bogaerts has two problems. 1) he can't recognize a slider (this is not unique to this season, it's been a career long issue) 2) he gets tired I don't know what they can do about #1. If we know it, he knows it and the coaching staff knows it. Personally, I think he needs to start thinking aggressively from pitch 1. If the pitcher throws a get me over fast ball down the middle on the first pitch, hammer it. Make the pitcher have to make a great pitch. Stay away from 0-2 and 1-2 counts, As for number 2, the Sox need to stop playing him every inning of every game from opening day through June (slight exaggeration but not far off of reality). Give him one day a week off. Couple it with off days so he actually has 2 days off. Maybe he'll be a little fresher in July and August and not go off the cliff every year,
  25. illinoisredsox
    Given that Koufax had to retire at age 30, probably not the best example. However, I'll bring up another lefty from just after Koufax. Steve Carlton had 2 seasons over 300 innings, topping out at 346 in his ridiculous 1972 season (when he went 27-10 for a Phillies team that won 59 games). More to the point, from 1968 to 1984, he was well over 200 innings all but one year (the strike shortened 1981 season when he was at 190 in basically 2/3 of a season) with most of those over 250. He started to taper off after his age 39 season in 1984.
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