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Post by nomar on Apr 11, 2019 21:51:01 GMT -5
Moreland already worth his contract for his WPA in April
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 11, 2019 21:52:31 GMT -5
I mean, you HAVE to hold him here. Why is Walden in this game knowing this?!!! I like Walden, but this isn't the inning for him. OK, so last year during the playoffs when things were heading south I would reboot my computer and things would turn around for a period. I was strange to the max. I hadn't done that this year, no sense in burning out the baseball gods but when Walden loaded the bases with a walk, I decided to undust the magic. The rest is history. Bringing out the big guns. Awesome Phil.
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Post by James Dunne on Apr 11, 2019 21:52:41 GMT -5
Who had Marcus Walden with half of the Sox wins in the first 13 games. The same people that had Hector Velazquez as our best starter (by a lot)? FWIW, Joe Kelly, despite his putrid start, could probably be in our rotation at this point ' Joe Kelly and Trevor Rosenthal are the only two pitchers in baseball--and quite possibly the only two upright mammals--that would make the Red Sox rotation worse than it has been.
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Post by nomar on Apr 11, 2019 22:09:25 GMT -5
The same people that had Hector Velazquez as our best starter (by a lot)? FWIW, Joe Kelly, despite his putrid start, could probably be in our rotation at this point ' Joe Kelly and Trevor Rosenthal are the only two pitchers in baseball--and quite possibly the only two upright mammals--that would make the Red Sox rotation worse than it has been. I’ve come to accept your challenge
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Post by dirtdog on Apr 11, 2019 22:17:48 GMT -5
The same people that had Hector Velazquez as our best starter (by a lot)? FWIW, Joe Kelly, despite his putrid start, could probably be in our rotation at this point ' Joe Kelly and Trevor Rosenthal are the only two pitchers in baseball--and quite possibly the only two upright mammals--that would make the Red Sox rotation worse than it has been. Rosenthal got an out before Chris Davis got a hit.
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Post by James Dunne on Apr 11, 2019 22:20:05 GMT -5
' Joe Kelly and Trevor Rosenthal are the only two pitchers in baseball--and quite possibly the only two upright mammals--that would make the Red Sox rotation worse than it has been. Rosenthal got an out before Chris Davis got a hit. I saw that. The resistable force outlasted the movable object.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 11, 2019 23:11:30 GMT -5
I don't think anyone has written off anything yet. Everyone has said they need to turn it like now if they want better odds of winning anything. I have myself said that "the Sox are about to test the theory of winning a division after having a horrible start." I also said that "The Sox are 1 more bad week of baseball of only maybe having wildcard only hopes." Which also means that they are one great week away from also being back in this thing before the words get twisted like normal around here. Add- The Rays are here to stay. Don't know why Fangraphs is down on their chances in the division. Their young arms are electric and they have help coming with 2 arms coming back from arm injuries. I think that’s a fair assessment. If they fell to, say, 4-14, their ROS projections basically remain the same. And that’s not even to account for poor play being indicative of injury, etc., which would *worsen* the ROS projections. So just like last year, when they banked wins and could reasonably expect to play to projections after their 17-2 start (which is essentially exactly what they did), if they bank 10 losses and play to projections...they’re probably out of the playoffs. MN isn’t a bad team. Nor are LA or the As or the Mariners (ok, they might be, but with Kikuchi and some young guys they’re unpredictable). The Sox were roughly a 93-W predicted team. That’s 0.574 ball. At 4-14, playing .574 through ROS, that’s 83 additional wins...or 87-75. That’s probably not gonna cut it this year. They really do almost *need* a rapid turnaround. One more awful week really does probably make it far more likely they finish out of the playoffs than in. Especially with TB looking as good as they have, and NY ahead out of the gate and projected to finish better, as well. Yeap. I mean that was a worse case scenario for the Sox. Let's hope they get that out of the way. I can't think of a better time to face Baltimore right now. The Sox cleaned them up really good last year. I'm almost positive they can bank 3 wins at least and turn this around here. Get back some mojo and get rolling. Find a put away pitch for the starters and stop leaving pitches out over the middle for homeruns. Thanks for the added input, Telson.
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Post by telson13 on Apr 11, 2019 23:24:18 GMT -5
Nice comeback win today, even if it included yet another awful SP outing. ERA as a group over 8 after 13 games? Yikes. At least it’s unsustainable, right?
Right?
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Post by incandenza on Apr 11, 2019 23:31:49 GMT -5
This new second baseman can play, huh? Ya you don't remember how much you miss him until he comes back and reminds you. He was the rock of this team for over a decade here in Boston. As long as Nunez was playing 2nd, I absolutely never forgot how much I missed him.
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Post by wcp3 on Apr 12, 2019 7:02:58 GMT -5
The Red Sox should try that “winning the game” strategy more often. It was a lotta fun.
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Post by Guidas on Apr 12, 2019 7:20:09 GMT -5
OK, so last year during the playoffs when things were heading south I would reboot my computer and things would turn around for a period. I was strange to the max. I hadn't done that this year, no sense in burning out the baseball gods but when Walden loaded the bases with a walk, I decided to undust the magic. The rest is history. Bringing out the big guns. Awesome Phil. Yeah, I’m not changing my clothes til they lose again.
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Post by soxcentral on Apr 12, 2019 7:46:57 GMT -5
Bringing out the big guns. Awesome Phil. Yeah, I’m not changing my clothes til they lose again. The timing of this is funny. I went out specifically to get a Red Sox shirt with a shamrock on it yesterday to give them a little luck of the Irish boost. Maybe if everyone here does something unique we at SP can pull them out of the slide!
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Post by p23w on Apr 12, 2019 7:58:08 GMT -5
The same people that had Hector Velazquez as our best starter (by a lot)? FWIW, Joe Kelly, despite his putrid start, could probably be in our rotation at this point ' Joe Kelly and Trevor Rosenthal are the only two pitchers in baseball--and quite possibly the only two upright mammals--that would make the Red Sox rotation worse than it has been. The Yetti contingent (Kopech and A. Webster) and the Sasquatch contingent (Trey Ball) take umbrage with your observation.
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