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Rutschman made a great baserunning play no one mentioned. When trying to get back to first base and avoid being doubled off, his slide was right into Goldschmidt’s glove . Heck he was looking at the glove as he slid. Effectively he was blocking any throw back to first, probably intentionally. It’s no wonder the throw did hit him. Heads up baseball, folks… -
I would rather have Duran in there. Yes White had a 70ft-15mph single, and wound up bring the Sox only hit with RISP. But it was the 6th inning, and that means his spot was guaranteed to bat again. Duran - whom you have defended adamantly this year, unlike me - is a guy I’d prefer coming up in the 9th vs Bednar, even with his limited success against the Yankee closer (0 for 2 with 1 BB). I don’t consider 2 ABs an adequate sample size for anything. And Rafaela didn’t screw up twice. Thr first one was definitely on him. But Bellinger nailed him at home plate with a beautiful throw that threaded the needle from 200 feet away, putting the ball into a six foot gap in between home plate and a runner moving 30 feet per second, and did so in a way that the act of catching the ball put Wells’ glove in position to make the tag. But with one out already, Rafaela has to go rather than risk two outs, and the Sox had to hope the ball carried up either line or hit Rafaela or hit the dirt and did a pop up bounce or anything but go exactly where it went. That wasn’t bad baserunning; it was stellar defense…
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As mentioned in another thread, Whitlock is back and Burgos is up as the 27th man. Presumably Olds is back in Worcester….
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I think a lot of it was Law of Averages stuff. The team wasn’t as bad as their record indicated early on. Remember early in the year when there was a thread about how the Sox had essentially the same stats as the Padres but a much, much worse record? Well, now we have a similar record, too…
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I knew where to get the numbers, it was the league-leading part I questioned. 12 RBIs in the 9th and later does seem like a lot. But one third of those came on 1 swung in Miami, and he certainly isn’t the only player to hit a grand slam in the 9th or later. (Heck he isn’t the only Sox player to do it this year.)
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The only point would be he was pinch hitting Jones for gor in the 6th, which I don’t consider “late innings” (your mileage may vary). But anyone batting in the sixth will bat again in a road game…
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No word on who Whitlock replaces. I assume it’s Olds…
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Is that true? I have no idea where to get that split…
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I could add a bit of bad luck. If Abreu’s double doesn’t bounce into the stands, Rafaela might have scored there. Ramos wasn’t exactly being aggressive in tracking that ball down…
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Pitching was great. Offense was weak. Rafaela’a baserunning is being overblown. Bellinger made a remarkable throw to get him at the plate. I do think Tracy overmanaged. I get pinch hitting Jones for Gasper. But White for Duran? Didn’t Duran’s last AB vs a LHP result in a grand slam? Monasterio for Seigler is a toss up…
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Not technically true. (White got a hit with RISP last night, for example. Just not a run-scoring one.) No runs scored, but that’s not the same…
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With no outs, yes. With one out you send him. Bellinger had to thread a crazy needle to get him out there…
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But you can’t demote all the non-starting infielders. That leaves either White or Jones. As Jones has been as good or better than Gasper and unlike Gasper, has no options, that makes no sense. That leaves White, who is the only real backup outfielder. Also no options. Demoting Gasper lets them keep everyone. That will (should?) be a big factor…
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Or Rust-Oleum…
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I assume you mean 20:29 tonight. I will say that is a new level of specificity for this forum. Not nailing down EST vs CST?
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If Roman comes back, he (Gasper) gets relegated to the bench anyway. Probably won’t matter since they are unlikely to activate everyone before Tuesday. But if they do - what 3 players do you demote instead?
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Gasper might face a demotion when everyone returns simply because he has options. To get Story, Anthony and IKF back, the Sox only need to open up one space on the 40 man roster. So bye, Brett Harris. We hardly knew you. But to get all 3 on the active roster, 3 players need to be demoted (assuming they all get activated in the next 3 days, which probably won’t happen). So the players that can be demoted include Seigler, Sogard, Gasper, Wong and Monasterio. Wong is pretty unlikely since, despite his rough stretch behind the plate, he is still a better catcher than Gasper. (Relegating Gasper to the BUC role handicaps him as a DH, as well). And figure the Sox need to keep at least one backup infielder, likely not Tony Seagulls. Doubtful the Sox DFA either White or Jones when the alternative is to demote Gasper for a couple days…
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Story will return and will start. It doesn’t hurt his case that the Sox middle infield isn’t exactly manned by the second coming of Whitaker snd Trammell. This probably applies to Kiner-Falefa as well…
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Not wild about Sandoval in game one, but maybe he can come through…
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Or… Mattingly won’t be fired for not winning a World Series after taking over an underachieving team mid-season. Crazy thought, I know…
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Has anyone ever won MOTY after being fired?
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Think the Phillies can Mattingly before or after he gets nominated for NL Manager of the Year?
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This was a “give some days off before the Yankee series” game…
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Well, it’s not always obvious with runners in different heats and with comparing the results to previous years to determine records. No sport relies on automation for the results more than track and field. Also - no complaints about results to date…
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He never said it was a good thing, just that it was the job that fit that criteria…
