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7/2-7/4 Red Sox @ Nationals Series Thread
radiohix
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Post by radiohix on Jul 2, 2018 22:10:49 GMT -5
Juan Soto is going to be a superstar. What a hitter! And just thinking that our Eduardo Lopez is going to be better than him in 2021 is very satisfying tbh
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 2, 2018 22:11:32 GMT -5
Braves take a 5-3 lead on the Yanks with a wall scraping Yankee Stadium HR by Acuna in the 11th. Holder/Green/Chapman/Betances/Robertson all pitching. Haha 361 feet. Serves them right.
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Post by sarasoxer on Jul 2, 2018 22:23:42 GMT -5
Would love to have heard Yankee announcers describe this one...
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Post by Oregon Norm on Jul 2, 2018 22:37:54 GMT -5
Would love to have heard Yankee announcers describe this one... It was very somber. Kay also repeated any number of times how they'd left runners in scoring position stranded. It was at twelve by the end of the game.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Jul 2, 2018 22:40:00 GMT -5
Juan Soto is going to be a superstar. What a hitter! And just thinking that our Eduardo Lopez is going to be better than him in 2021 is very satisfying tbh I've caught a few of Soto's at bats this year. He is nothing but impressive, in just about every facet of his offensive game. He's going to be something.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 2, 2018 23:13:14 GMT -5
Juan Soto is going to be a superstar. What a hitter! And just thinking that our Eduardo Lopez is going to be better than him in 2021 is very satisfying tbhIf only... It's nice to have big pipe dreams.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 2, 2018 23:20:20 GMT -5
It was awesome that the Red Sox managed to hang onto that game.
They didn't really hit. Other than a long HR by Mookie, their offense was Rick Porcello smashing a bases clearing double.
Brock Holt did contribute. For the time being he should be at 2b against RH pitching. I don't really think he'll keep hitting the way he has and I wonder if the Sox do try to get an upgrade. I don't think they'll waste their bullets though, and they'll wind up with a Holt/Phillips platoon.
Joe Kelly struggled again which again underscores the need to upgrade the bullpen. Tyler Thornburg will get some high leverage looks but I don't think you can rely on him so they'll have to go outside and get somebody. I'm just extremely curious to see which way DD goes. Does he get an inexpensive unheralded under the radar option to stay under the luxury tax limit or does he go out and get an expensive option like Soria or Familia, somebody who's already closing for another club?
It was also great to see the Yankees lose.
I've seen this happen a bunch of times when the Boston/NY series goes 2-1. Whoever wins 2 games seems to lose their next game, almost as if it's a letdown to play the next day. And after hitting all those HRs, the MFYs can't buy a hit with a runner in scoring position and they let a winnable game slip away.
Meanwhile the team that loses the series 2 games to 1 then plays the next night, relaxes, and wins their game.
So when it's all said and done, in a Game 4 in which Boston and NY don't play each other, they wind up right back where they started, with 2 wins under their belts and 2 losses under their belts, and the standings revert right back to where it was before the Big Series started.
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Post by dirtdog on Jul 2, 2018 23:34:40 GMT -5
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 2, 2018 23:37:52 GMT -5
I've never actually watched Scherzer pitch. He's nasty Didn't see him start twice against the Sox in the 2013 ALCS?
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ericmvan
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Post by ericmvan on Jul 3, 2018 1:13:34 GMT -5
To put the remaining schedule difference with the MFY's in the cleanest possible form:
The MFY's have to play four extra games, all on the road. Two of those are in doubleheaders (both in Baltimore).
They also have four games on the road while we have four games at home -- and they are the head-to-head games August 2 through 5. We have an off day at home before that series, while they will be at home the previous afternoon.
They have road trips of 11 games (in 10 days), 9 (to the West Coast for a 1:05 Labor Day game without a travel day), 7, 7, 6, and 3.
We have trips of 8, 7, 6, 6, 5 (left on the current 9), and 3.
Offsetting this: They're done with Houston and we have 3 games left with them. And they have 29 games left against the tanking teams (Bal, Det, ChW, KC, Mia) and we have 21. OTOH, they are 8-6 against them so far, and we are 16-5.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 3, 2018 5:46:29 GMT -5
For me, going forward I'm more confident in Johnson as the 5th starter than Pomeranz finding his missing stuff or Wright "Having to learn to pitch with it [the knee]".
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Post by incandenza on Jul 3, 2018 8:44:08 GMT -5
To put the remaining schedule difference with the MFY's in the cleanest possible form:
The MFY's have to play four extra games, all on the road. Two of those are in doubleheaders (both in Baltimore).
They also have four games on the road while we have four games at home -- and they are the head-to-head games August 2 through 5. We have an off day at home before that series, while they will be at home the previous afternoon.
They have road trips of 11 games (in 10 days), 9 (to the West Coast for a 1:05 Labor Day game without a travel day), 7, 7, 6, and 3.
We have trips of 8, 7, 6, 6, 5 (left on the current 9), and 3.
Offsetting this: They're done with Houston and we have 3 games left with them. And they have 29 games left against the tanking teams (Bal, Det, ChW, KC, Mia) and we have 21. OTOH, they are 8-6 against them so far, and we are 16-5.
On the other other hand, their strength of schedule (which I think means combined winning % of remaining opponents?), per fangraphs, is .485 and ours is .503.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 3, 2018 9:00:40 GMT -5
To put the remaining schedule difference with the MFY's in the cleanest possible form: The MFY's have to play four extra games, all on the road. Two of those are in doubleheaders (both in Baltimore).
They also have four games on the road while we have four games at home -- and they are the head-to-head games August 2 through 5. We have an off day at home before that series, while they will be at home the previous afternoon.
They have road trips of 11 games (in 10 days), 9 (to the West Coast for a 1:05 Labor Day game without a travel day), 7, 7, 6, and 3. We have trips of 8, 7, 6, 6, 5 (left on the current 9), and 3. Offsetting this: They're done with Houston and we have 3 games left with them. And they have 29 games left against the tanking teams (Bal, Det, ChW, KC, Mia) and we have 21. OTOH, they are 8-6 against them so far, and we are 16-5.
Not necessarily a disadvantage. The Orioles might be worse than the 62 Mets by then, assuming they strip away the remainder of their club. There will probably be more Yankee fans in the stands than Orioles fans. I'd be surprised if the Yankees didn't win at least 3 of those 4, and they might just take all 4. The O's best shot is a gem by Dylan Bundy (don't know who'd close once Brach and Britton are gone) and somehow get enough offense from whatever is left over once Machado is dealt away.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Jul 3, 2018 9:59:26 GMT -5
Good news about Kelly losing it a bit is that at least its before he is a free agent and not after we've overpaid him.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 3, 2018 12:57:39 GMT -5
For me, going forward I'm more confident in Johnson as the 5th starter than Pomeranz finding his missing stuff or Wright "Having to learn to pitch with it [the knee]". If Wright is pitching pain free, he is fine. The second he starts getting sore again is when the Sox need to shut him down immediately. He becomes the worst pitcher in baseball when playing hurt, as evidenced by last year and the last start he had.
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Post by carmenfanzone on Jul 3, 2018 13:25:03 GMT -5
Why is Nunez starting at 2nd against a right-handed pitcher the day after Holt was our best hitter against another right-hander?
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 3, 2018 14:31:53 GMT -5
Judge throught a half season has had moore homeruns go off his glove, or be brought back in for run scoring doubles or triples than any player in any season since 2002
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 3, 2018 14:36:48 GMT -5
I've never actually watched Scherzer pitch. He's nasty Didn't see him start twice against the Sox in the 2013 ALCS? He's elite....but watching every start the last 3 years. There are far less 96-98. And much more 92,94. He doesn't have the same movement and his breaking pitches aren't as nasty (as per fangraphs vertical and horizontal movement). He labors more, and hi's slider isn't what is was 2 years ago. I'm nitpicking...but just one man's 3 year observation He's a bulldog....but just sayin... Also. Mookie with a blast and an OF assist a jesus harpers home park...
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Post by m1keyboots on Jul 3, 2018 14:38:34 GMT -5
How Lindor, ramirez or arenado aren't on that list. I understand Muncy and Aguilar missed about 100 abs....but jeez
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Post by Oregon Norm on Jul 3, 2018 14:39:24 GMT -5
Judge throught a half season has had moore homeruns go off his glove, or be brought back in for run scoring doubles or triples than any player in any season since 2002 Well, he's 6'7" and he can reach over that kiddie fence in rightfield at Yankee Stadium to try and pull those lazy popups back in. That probably has something to do with it.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 3, 2018 16:38:01 GMT -5
Thornburg is going to be activated tomorrow. The Sox want to keep Cuevas up here to protect themselves from a short Brian Johnson start tonight.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 3, 2018 16:56:19 GMT -5
Wins only have meaning at this point in how much they separate the Sox from NYY. All else is counting stats.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 3, 2018 17:17:01 GMT -5
Johnson’s 75-87 MPH stuff not fooling anyone so far.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jul 3, 2018 17:18:09 GMT -5
A little flare single to CF and a base hit bunt. Nothing to see here. Nice inning by B. Johnson.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 3, 2018 17:18:50 GMT -5
Johnson’s 75-87 MPH stuff not fooling anyone so far. He gave up a pop fly and bunt single and then struck Harper out. He's fine.
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