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Not sure I understand the question. My point was over his first 2-2 1/2 years, there were many times when Bello melted down after an error or a missed call by an ump and allowed big innings. That inning was the type that often resulted in a 4 or 5 run inning earlier in his career. It hasn’t happened much in the last month or so. He’s buckled down and made pitches to get out of jams, a sign of a maturing pitcher. The next step for Bello would be to become efficient enough to regularly go 7 innings. 5 leaves too much up to the pen. As for Cole, every pitcher has a team he can beat by just throwing his glove out there. Each pitcher has a “who’s your Daddy” team. The Red Sox have been the latter for Cole, going back to his Houston days but especially since he’s come to NY. The A’s have been that team for Bello so far in his career.
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Now if he could just get a little more efficient. 66 pitches through 3 innings means the pen is in play for an extra frame or 2 today. That’s not good news. Edit - my bad it’s 4 innings. That’s a much closer to adequate, which is around 15 pitches per inning
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I liked that Bello worked his way out of that after the Valdez error. Earlier this year (and in the last couple), that inning probably would have exploded for 4 or 5 runs. That’s happened a couple times recently. Is he maturing before our eyes? Let’s hope so.
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The American League Wild Card Race
illinoisredsox replied to moonslav59's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Biggest difference in the Wild Card Race is the White Sox factor. The Twins, Tigers and Royals got to play the White Sox 13 times each. And boy, did they take advantage of it. They are a combined 33-3 against the Pale Hose (Tigers still have 3 games left). Even if the Red Sox had gone 7-0 against Chicago, they’d still be behind, albeit it closer. -
That’s the type of info that none of us really know but Cora et al does. I have no idea how Soto has been hitting, but that’s neither here nor there. I don’t think either one of them has been tearing the cover off the ball. It’s all good for discussion; sure beats Fred whining about pitch recognition and Little League defense.
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He didn’t change his position, he was agreeing with my statement that they would have walked Judge if they had gotten Soto. In any event, they were screwed after they failed to do anything in the top of the 10th.
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Looked it up. Going into tonight, Soto was 0-3 vs. Winckowski. Judge was 1-3 with 2 walks.. As with virtually all matchups, small sample sizes. Josh got the ground ball, just in a bad spot at a bad speed. A more accurate throw nails the runner, but I’m not faulting Rafaela for that after fielding a ball charging hard to his right.
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I could go either way with it. Neither is a good option.
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Pro players are banged up this time of year, but there’s a difference between playing hurt and playing injured. You can play hurt, playing injured is different. Raffy did miss several games a couple weeks ago and they said it was shoulder related. I’m guessing it more serious than just hurt, and if it were June, he probably be on the IL for a few weeks. I’ll give him full credit for trying. Ditto Story for busting his butt getting back for the last 20-25 games of the season. That also shows the kids something.
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Pick your poison with that duo. Soto had struck out twice and they did get to 2 strikes on him. Judge had hit the ball pretty hard 3 times IIRC. We also don’t know how the two of them have fared against Winckowski. i guessing they would have walked Judge had they gotten Soto.
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They are what they are. A flawed .500 team. Smoltz doesn’t say much intelligently, but he did have a point when he said the kids going through this “chase” should pay dividends in future years.
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Yeah. Not much you can do about a perfectly placed grounder.
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Had him with an accurate throw.
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Do you send Kenley out for another inning? I do. With this part of the Yankee lineup, you have to use the best you’ve got. Need 6 outs to win the game anyway.
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Duran in a big funk right now.
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You have to play it that way. Sometime in the 90s, the O’s and Jays were in a deciding playoff game. It went extra innings (old rules) and the O’s manager never used his closer (who had been virtually unhittable all year) to keep him ready for a save opportunity that never came. Jays hit a walk off homer of some other reliever to win the series.
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Because he’s a professional ball player. Unlike you, he’s not a quitter.
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He’s had his moments, but he definitely a 7-8 guy in the pen.
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I don’t like this matchup with Rizzo
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Unsurprisingly, Booser’s not sharp. Edit - retires nobody in 4 hitters.
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That’ll help.
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He’s making a case to take over Pivetta’s #5 slot in the rotation next year.
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Great job by Criswell tonight. 6 1/3, 1 run on a Yankee Stadium pop up to right.
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They’re explosive in the sense they have a lot of guys besides Judge and Soto who can hit the long ball, especially in that bandbox. But they are not a pesky team that’s going to gum you to death.