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Post by asm18 on Apr 16, 2024 9:41:56 GMT -5
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Post by bishop on Apr 16, 2024 9:57:53 GMT -5
I don't know who else they had left but to be fair I thought he made the right read to go and was probably safe, and not calling blocking the plate was the right call, but anyone could have gotten hurt there with that big boy of a pitcher landing on him. Heck of a play by the catcher, saved the Phillies and gave them the chance to win in extras. (Also luckily sounds like Freeland is fine, don't need any non-TJ pitcher injuries!)
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Post by vermontsox1 on Apr 16, 2024 10:28:24 GMT -5
Rangers promoting Jack Leiter to start on Thursday.
Dodgers promoting Andy Pages.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 16, 2024 10:38:07 GMT -5
Rangers promoting Jack Leiter to start on Thursday. Dodgers promoting Andy Pages. I had thought it a bit strange Leiter was getting the call for Thursday but he's got 15.7 K/9 and perhaps more importantly for him 1.88 BB/9. Just 14.1 IP so far this year but those are some solid K and BB #s to start his year in AAA.
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Post by asm18 on Apr 16, 2024 10:59:49 GMT -5
Rangers promoting Jack Leiter to start on Thursday. Dodgers promoting Andy Pages. I had thought it a bit strange Leiter was getting the call for Thursday but he's got 15.7 K/9 and perhaps more importantly for him 1.88 BB/9. Just 14.1 IP so far this year but those are some solid K and BB #s to start his year in AAA. There's a fair argument that if all your pitchers are just ticking time bombs waiting to get hurt, might as well have them get hurt helping you in MLB once they're seemingly ready - as opposed to wasting bullets in Triple A
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Post by 0ap0 on Apr 16, 2024 11:34:25 GMT -5
There's a fair argument that if all your pitchers are just ticking time bombs waiting to get hurt, might as well have them get hurt helping you in MLB once they're seemingly ready - as opposed to wasting bullets in Triple A This was the second half of the original Huckabay meaning of TINSTAAPP: 1) you can't expect pitching prospects to develop into professional pitchers 2) prospects who can pitch already don't need more developing.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 16, 2024 11:51:14 GMT -5
I had thought it a bit strange Leiter was getting the call for Thursday but he's got 15.7 K/9 and perhaps more importantly for him 1.88 BB/9. Just 14.1 IP so far this year but those are some solid K and BB #s to start his year in AAA. There's a fair argument that if all your pitchers are just ticking time bombs waiting to get hurt, might as well have them get hurt helping you in MLB once they're seemingly ready - as opposed to wasting bullets in Triple A He's also already 24, which isn't old but isn't exactly a spring chicken in terms of pitching so may as well see if he can sustain that type of stuff/command at the MLB level right now.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Apr 16, 2024 12:14:29 GMT -5
Rangers promoting Jack Leiter to start on Thursday. Dodgers promoting Andy Pages. Astros promoted Forest Whitley.
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Post by bellhorndingers21 on Apr 16, 2024 12:23:59 GMT -5
Rangers promoting Jack Leiter to start on Thursday. Dodgers promoting Andy Pages. Astros promoted Forest Whitley. I'm happy they all improved their defense in the past 3 weeks.
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Post by James Dunne on Apr 16, 2024 12:36:58 GMT -5
Astros promoted Forest Whitley. I'm happy they all improved their defense in the past 3 weeks. Implying that Jack Leiter and Forrest Whitley were in the minor leagues to start 2024 because of service-time manipulation is a take.
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Post by bellhorndingers21 on Apr 16, 2024 12:44:13 GMT -5
I'm happy they all improved their defense in the past 3 weeks. Implying that Jack Leiter and Forrest Whitley were in the minor leagues to start 2024 because of service-time manipulation is a take. More or less in jest about the time of year we'll start to see all guys get the call. So yea, not those guys. I'm surprised Whitley was able to make it back after how much things have gone off the rails the past several years for him.
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Post by trotman on Apr 16, 2024 14:47:56 GMT -5
Ozzie Albies to the IL with a right great toe fracture. Today I learned there are lesser and greater toe injuries. The NHL would never go to this level of detail.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 16, 2024 15:12:11 GMT -5
Ozzie Albies to the IL with a right great toe fracture. Today I learned there are lesser and greater toe injuries. The NHL would never go to this level of detail. "Right wee wee wee all the way home toe fracture."
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Post by kingstephanos on Apr 17, 2024 11:29:57 GMT -5
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Post by asm18 on Apr 17, 2024 18:20:00 GMT -5
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Post by cdj on Apr 18, 2024 8:25:09 GMT -5
Add Robert Stephenson to the exploded elbow list
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Post by asm18 on Apr 18, 2024 10:13:26 GMT -5
The Houston Astros are 6-14, and have allowed the most runs in the American League (and 2nd most in baseball behind of course, the Rockies).
Jose Abreu so far with a .078/.158/.098 slashline, and Hader/Pressley with ERA's over 8.
Verlander returns tomorrow.
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Post by James Dunne on Apr 18, 2024 10:39:29 GMT -5
The Houston Astros are 6-14, and have allowed the most runs in the American League (and 2nd most in baseball behind of course, the Rockies). Jose Abreu so far with a .078/.158/.098 slashline, and Hader/Pressley with ERA's over 8. Verlander returns tomorrow. Sounds like Valdez will be back around the end of the month as well. Obviously they don't want to fall too far behind, but there's definitely reason to believe the pitching will be better. Blanco and Javier have been very good at the top of the rotation, and it's just been a total disaster behind them. Also, the offense has underperformed the peripheral stats - they're second in the AL in both OBP and slugging but are currently sixth in runs scored.
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Post by chaimtime on Apr 18, 2024 11:26:10 GMT -5
I feel like the Astros are a good demonstration of how good rotation depth is mostly down to luck. They were fine last year because they got the equivalent of Brandon Walter and Chris Murphy giving them 215 innings of ~110 ERA+ pitching. This year, those two guys (JP France and Brandon Bielak) have been terrible so far. They’ll probably cycle through some more depth options until they find someone who can give them some stability.
That’s just how it works, right? When you’re looking for a solution, you hope the guys who stink aren’t so bad that your bats can’t keep up, and once you find someone effective, you ride him until he goes back to being bad. The more options you have, the better your chances of finding someone who can give you 100 unexpectedly solid innings. Hector Velazquez and Brian Johnson were terrific in that role for the 2018 team, for example.
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Post by James Dunne on Apr 18, 2024 13:57:18 GMT -5
I feel like the Astros are a good demonstration of how good rotation depth is mostly down to luck. They were fine last year because they got the equivalent of Brandon Walter and Chris Murphy giving them 215 innings of ~110 ERA+ pitching. This year, those two guys (JP France and Brandon Bielak) have been terrible so far. They’ll probably cycle through some more depth options until they find someone who can give them some stability. That’s just how it works, right? When you’re looking for a solution, you hope the guys who stink aren’t so bad that your bats can’t keep up, and once you find someone effective, you ride him until he goes back to being bad. The more options you have, the better your chances of finding someone who can give you 100 unexpectedly solid innings. Hector Velazquez and Brian Johnson were terrific in that role for the 2018 team, for example. Yeah, that's always been kinda my go-to example, Brian Johnson and Hector Velazquez ended up combining for 184 1/3 innings of 3.71 baseball, then neither were good in 2019 and never pitched in the majors after that. That team got pretty good durability from its main crew of starters (Sale, Price, Porcello, and Rodriguez were able to make 113 starts) and the two of them were able to fill in the gaps, especially before the trade for Eovaldi.
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Post by ematz1423 on Apr 18, 2024 13:59:58 GMT -5
Jack Leiter with a not so good debut giving up 7 ERs.
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Post by julyanmorley on Apr 18, 2024 17:30:42 GMT -5
oof
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Post by keninten on Apr 18, 2024 18:41:35 GMT -5
Aroldis Chapman suspended 2 days hopefully this weekend. Sox need all the help they can get.
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Post by bluechip on Apr 18, 2024 20:06:28 GMT -5
Jack Leiter with a not so good debut giving up 7 ERs. They won. And a win is a win.
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Post by badfishnbc on Apr 19, 2024 7:53:46 GMT -5
Jack Leiter with a not so good debut giving up 7 ERs. They won. And a win is a win. I saw some really interesting spin on Leiter's debut, in which it was termed a "mixed bag" due to the alternating innings of really good results and utterly bad stuff.
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