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Post by James Dunne on Apr 24, 2018 8:03:21 GMT -5
4/24 Red Sox (RHP Rick Porcello 4-0, 1.40, 25.2 IP, 23K:1BB) @ Blue Jays (LHP JA Happ 3-1, 4.50, 22.0 IP, 31K:7BB) 7:07 pm ET, NESN/WEEI 4/25 Red Sox (LHP Eduardo Rodriguez 2-0, 3.45, 15.2 IP, 20K:7BB) @ Blue Jays (RHP Aaron Sanchez 1-2, 3.86, 25.2 IP, 15K:13BB) 7:07 pm ET, NESN/WEEI 4/26 Red Sox (LHP Chris Sale 1-1, 1.86, 29.0 IP, 41K:6BB) @ Blue Jays (RHP Marco Estrada 2-1, 5.32, 22.0 IP, 18K:8BB) 7:07 pm ET, NESN/WEEI MLB StandingsRed Sox Hitting StatsRed Sox Pitching StatsMLB ScoreboardMLB TransactionsA note regarding moderating of the gameday threads in 2018: As the disclaimer has always said, in the past, we have been very liberal in moderating the Gameday threads. They're meant to be a lot less formal than other threads on the forum, so to moderate them the same way would be silly. However, we do ask posters to maintain a certain level of decorum in these threads, and we plan on moderating the Gameday threads a little more actively this season. In particular, we ask that posters refrain from being overly repetitive with their posts (if you've made your point, let it go), refrain from monopolizing the discussion (if you are making more than a couple posts in a row, you probably need to slow down a little bit), and of course, follow the Ground Rules ( link). The point is to make these threads worth participating in and fun for all posters, from our long-time fixtures to people just signing up today. -The Management
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Post by rjp313jr on Apr 24, 2018 14:48:09 GMT -5
Team loses 2 games and people are losing enthusiasm for the game day thread already. 6 hours old and no posts.
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Post by p23w on Apr 24, 2018 15:28:25 GMT -5
I like the match ups... particularly if Donaldson is still out.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 24, 2018 16:09:14 GMT -5
The only thing Im concerned about is the offense. The offense either finds a way to score 7+ runs a game or they can barely score 2 runs a game. Can't be wasting anymore Chris Sale starts. It drives me nuts when that happens.
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Post by ramireja on Apr 24, 2018 16:27:36 GMT -5
The only thing Im concerned about is the offense. The offense either finds a way to score 7+ runs a game or they can barely score 2 runs a game. Can't be wasting anymore Chris Sale starts. It drives me nuts when that happens. I think theres a bit of recency bias going on here. The Sox have only scored 2 or fewer runs in 4 games this year, with two of those occurrences in the last two games. Is there a team in baseball that doesn't sometimes run up against good pitching and have a hard time scoring? The Yankees for example have scored 2 or fewer runs 3 times this year, and the Astros have scored 2 or fewer runs 8 times this year. Our offense is not a cause for concern right now IMO. |
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Apr 24, 2018 16:32:35 GMT -5
A healthy Bogaerts will definitely lengthen or stretch out the lineup so we won't see Nunez batting 5th again.
A healthy Pedroia is also an offensive upgrade - if he's completely healthy. It would be hard for him not to be a defensive upgrade at 2b, and depending how healthy he comes back, he could be a major upgrade defensively.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 24, 2018 17:23:37 GMT -5
The only thing Im concerned about is the offense. The offense either finds a way to score 7+ runs a game or they can barely score 2 runs a game. Can't be wasting anymore Chris Sale starts. It drives me nuts when that happens. I think theres a bit of recency bias going on here. The Sox have only scored 2 or fewer runs in 4 games this year, with two of those occurrences in the last two games. Is there a team in baseball that doesn't sometimes run up against good pitching and have a hard time scoring? The Yankees for example have scored 2 or fewer runs 3 times this year, and the Astros have scored 2 or fewer runs 8 times this year. Our offense is not a cause for concern right now IMO. Just seems like it's a feast or famine offense. It's nice while it's going, but it's hard to watch when it's not. Xander returning should help from the short stop side, but the catching position has been a black hole all year. |
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Post by ramireja on Apr 24, 2018 17:44:10 GMT -5
I think theres a bit of recency bias going on here. The Sox have only scored 2 or fewer runs in 4 games this year, with two of those occurrences in the last two games. Is there a team in baseball that doesn't sometimes run up against good pitching and have a hard time scoring? The Yankees for example have scored 2 or fewer runs 3 times this year, and the Astros have scored 2 or fewer runs 8 times this year. Our offense is not a cause for concern right now IMO. It's nice while it's going, but it's hard to watch when it's not. Xander returning should help from the short stop side, but the catching position has been a black hole all year. Yeah I mean I guess my response to that is...its not....certainly not relative to other MLB teams in existence. All teams sometimes get shut down by opposing pitchers. They went on a run of games where they scored at least 6 runs in 11 of 12 games (scoring 3 in the other). Thats pretty ridiculous. If you think this is a feast or famine offense you should take a peek at other offenses around the league that are more famine than feast. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 24, 2018 17:49:31 GMT -5
Just seems like it's a feast or famine offense. It's nice while it's going, but it's hard to watch when it's not. Xander returning should help from the short stop side, but the catching position has been a black hole all year. Yeah I mean I guess my response to that is...its not....certainly not relative to other MLB teams in existence. All teams sometimes get shut down by opposing pitchers. They went on a run of games where they scored at least 6 runs in 11 of 12 games (scoring 3 in the other). Thats pretty ridiculous. If you think this is a feast or famine offense you should take a peek at other offenses around the league that are more famine than feast. Yeah, you're talking like it's sustainable for an offense to score 5 or more runs every single game or something. This is one of the 2 or 3 best offenses in the league so far. If it hasn't been good enough for you, you have completely unrealistic expectations. "They're usually awesome but they had a couple games in which opposing pitchers shut them down" just isn't a realistic complaint and probably even borders on trolling in how completely off-base it is. |
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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 24, 2018 18:10:50 GMT -5
Leon and Holt at 8 and 9 really shortens the lineup.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 24, 2018 18:14:07 GMT -5
We will see how good this offense is over the course of a season overall. I have a feeling there will be a lot of low scoring games where the offense can't hit a beach ball.
I will certainly be counting how many games they score 3 or fewer runs this season and comparing it to the rest of the league.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 24, 2018 18:25:24 GMT -5
We will see how good this offense is over the course of a season overall. I have a feeling there will be a lot of low scoring games where the offense can't hit a beach ball. I will certainly be counting how many games they score 3 or fewer runs this season and comparing it to the rest of the league.I doubt that, given that you're obviously not even doing that right now. Let's just start with the division: Boston: 7 games out of 21 NYY: 5 games out of 21 (probably the best offense in baseball) Baltimore: 16 games out of 23 TB: 9 games out of 21 Toronto: 9 games out of 21 Do we need to do this for all 30 teams before you get it? |
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Post by ianrs on Apr 24, 2018 18:28:26 GMT -5
Red Sox lose two games in a row and the gloom and doom comes back. What a time to be a fan.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 24, 2018 18:30:56 GMT -5
We will see how good this offense is over the course of a season overall. I have a feeling there will be a lot of low scoring games where the offense can't hit a beach ball. I will certainly be counting how many games they score 3 or fewer runs this season and comparing it to the rest of the league.I doubt that, given that you're obviously not even doing that right now. Let's just start with the division: Boston: 7 games out of 21 NYY: 5 games out of 21 (probably the best offense in baseball) Baltimore: 16 games out of 23 TB: 9 games out of 21 Toronto: 9 games out of 21 Do we need to do this for all 30 teams before you get it? It's not surprising that they are among the best in the division. Outside of Toronto and New York, the division is garbage. I want to see how they rank versus Houston, Cleveland, and New York at the end of the year. |
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 24, 2018 18:34:14 GMT -5
Worst Devers play of the year so far. Take the guarenteed out at second Devers.
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Post by jimed14 on Apr 24, 2018 18:34:55 GMT -5
Porcello really getting pounded.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 24, 2018 18:38:50 GMT -5
Devers is having a rough inning.
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Post by Guidas on Apr 24, 2018 18:39:21 GMT -5
Fugly.
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Post by jimed14 on Apr 24, 2018 18:39:27 GMT -5
Artificial turf should be banned. What a terrible hop that was. Porcello has given up 18 ground balls this inning.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 24, 2018 18:40:36 GMT -5
Artificial turf should be banned. What a terrible hop that was. Porcello has given up 18 ground balls this inning. Aren't the Jays playing on natural grass now? |
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Post by jimed14 on Apr 24, 2018 18:42:35 GMT -5
Artificial turf should be banned. What a terrible hop that was. Porcello has given up 18 ground balls this inning. Aren't the Jays playing on natural grass now? Nope. It's artificial turf with the cancer causing rubber thrown all over it. And that ball that Devers tried to field bounced at least a foot higher than it should have because it hit the lip of the dirt. |
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Post by chrisfromnc on Apr 24, 2018 18:44:32 GMT -5
Three runs and zero balls hit out of the infield. Nice.
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Post by soxfan2015 on Apr 24, 2018 18:48:19 GMT -5
Can someone explain how those 3 runs are earned? The 2nd and 3rd should be Unearned no? If devers threw that ball to 1st there would have been 3 outs before the last 2 runs scored
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Post by Guidas on Apr 24, 2018 18:50:00 GMT -5
Don’t forget to tip the umpire, JA.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 24, 2018 18:50:09 GMT -5
At this rate, Happ might throw a complete game.
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