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Post by hammerhead on Jul 22, 2019 20:33:55 GMT -5
Is Erod really throwing a 2 hitter?
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Jul 22, 2019 20:35:31 GMT -5
The Rays have the second lowest team ERA in baseball. Clearly they have no idea what they're doing. That's nice. Their arms will be burnt by September. No one in their bullpen has a particularly high innings total for the year. Who are they burning out?
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Post by orion09 on Jul 22, 2019 20:37:32 GMT -5
Awesome job by ERod, one of the better starts of his career.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jul 22, 2019 20:37:37 GMT -5
Fantastic game for Eduardo Rodriguez.
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Post by atzar on Jul 22, 2019 20:37:39 GMT -5
Very strong outing by ERod.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Jul 22, 2019 20:37:40 GMT -5
One has nothing to do with the other. They're not dumping Blake Snell so they can use an opener. He isn't a stud starting pitcher. One great season doesn't do it, but best of luck to him going forward. I mean, I disagree on Snell, but either way it doesn't matter. You said the opener is doomed because you need great starters to win the World Series... ok, so a team has three stud starters and the other two days they go with an opener and a volume guy. What's so doomed about that? Why is this strategy that gets good results out of mediocre pitching "doomed"?
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Post by kevfc89 on Jul 22, 2019 20:37:56 GMT -5
great start. eduardo's been carrying the innings load for this rotation lately; imagine that
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 22, 2019 20:46:36 GMT -5
That's nice. Their arms will be burnt by September. No one in their bullpen has a particularly high innings total for the year. Who are they burning out? Ryan Yarbrough is a great example of a guy who's seeing a lot of appearances and innings on top of it.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Jul 22, 2019 20:47:47 GMT -5
He isn't a stud starting pitcher. One great season doesn't do it, but best of luck to him going forward. I mean, I disagree on Snell, but either way it doesn't matter. You said the opener is doomed because you need great starters to win the World Series... ok, so a team has three stud starters and the other two days they go with an opener and a volume guy. What's so doomed about that? Why is this strategy that gets good results out of mediocre pitching "doomed"? Putting aside the stud pitchers, which I think we can agree on. How is it you can tell that this strategy is getting good results out of mediocre pitching. Why wouldn't taking the time (lumps) to see if you can develop the other 2 spots to be be even league average worth it ? I mean this an organizational decision. It may be that they (or others) feel it is correct, but it goes against years of evidence to the contrary. Perhaps that is a function of the changing game, but until it is proven successful, I will remain skeptical and convinced that there will be negative unintended consequences on this type of decision.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Jul 22, 2019 20:48:30 GMT -5
The rust shows on that breaking ball Eovaldi threw. And then a laser beam on the next pitch.
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Post by hammerhead on Jul 22, 2019 20:48:34 GMT -5
Eovaldi is clearly rusty
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Post by soxfan511 on Jul 22, 2019 20:48:58 GMT -5
Good Game, let’s string some together
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 22, 2019 20:49:32 GMT -5
great start. eduardo's been carrying the innings load for this rotation lately; imagine that Yeah, he's on one of those stretches where you dream on him being that top of the rotation starter the last month or so. Hopefully he can keep it up and stay healthy.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 22, 2019 20:50:21 GMT -5
Good game to get the rust off Nate...just don't let it go too far.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 22, 2019 20:51:34 GMT -5
Good game to get the rust off Nate...just don't let it go too far. He was getting in this game no matter what. So yeah, good thing the Sox have a huge lead.
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Post by bosox on Jul 22, 2019 20:53:30 GMT -5
Okay. Maybe warm someone up.
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Post by hammerhead on Jul 22, 2019 20:53:35 GMT -5
It's good to get Eovaldi some use in garbage time to start out. This is a rehab outing
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 22, 2019 20:53:59 GMT -5
oh my - the idea is to save the game, not get the game to where a save is necessary
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Post by kevfc89 on Jul 22, 2019 20:56:01 GMT -5
one outing, so can't be too down, and there's some papercuts mixed in here.
but this could be the exact problem of assuming Eovaldi can close...always going to be a lot of balls in play against him, not what you really want from a closer when they are pitching in a tight spot.
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Post by hammerhead on Jul 22, 2019 20:58:29 GMT -5
Why use Barnes as first guy up? He can't pitch well on back to back games and they very well might need him tomorrow.
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Post by itsdunkindonutstime on Jul 22, 2019 21:06:46 GMT -5
Whew! 8 pitches to get the 3rd out but do we send him out for 3 more outs ? or go with Workman ?
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Post by hammerhead on Jul 22, 2019 21:08:50 GMT -5
Position player? Tampa waving the white flag
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Post by bosox on Jul 22, 2019 21:10:17 GMT -5
Position player? Tampa waving the white flag Pitching at 75 mph he's retiring the top of the order.
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Post by hammerhead on Jul 22, 2019 21:14:53 GMT -5
Kevin Cash that mad genius
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jul 22, 2019 21:17:45 GMT -5
They didn't use an opener tonight. Tampa's bullpen is pretty worn down right now, the Tampa broadcast has been saying all game. Part of this problem is because they use a opener a lot and often. Jerry is right about this one. Now they used a position player to pitch because they're out of options....
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