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Post by okin15 on Aug 8, 2013 8:04:00 GMT -5
Sweep! Or, you have to cross the Rio Grande with Aceves!! How about lose one steal two? Almost the same thing, right?
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Aug 8, 2013 8:04:14 GMT -5
Stephen Drew is 4 points behind Mike Napoli in OPS. Also, only 8 points behind Pedroia. He's got it up to 779. After a 5/42 start. Which even the Drew haters have to admit was because of a short rehab coming off the concussion injury which caused him to miss nearly all of spring training. JJ Hardy despite his 19hr has an OPS of 724. Drew is playing himself into contract extension talks. Publicly, our front office says Xander is a shortstop. I wonder if they think that privately. Drew's coming/leaving will answer that question. He'll get the QO. No way he gets offered an extension given Xander and our other needs.
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Post by Guidas on Aug 8, 2013 8:15:00 GMT -5
Great BBQ in KC. Let's not eat too much. Win two, steal two.
ADDED: Middlebrooks up today, or do they wait til they get to Toronto?
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Post by bluechip on Aug 8, 2013 8:29:10 GMT -5
This a bit of an aside, but Rodney makes me really appreciate Uehara, who is pretty much the polar opposite but more effective.
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Post by ramireja on Aug 8, 2013 8:32:59 GMT -5
Under-the-radar performance: Tazawa with two perfect innings of relief (with two strikeouts) on just 17 pitches. If he gets it back in gear, the bullpen has a real chance to thrive by the time the postseason arrives. I also just simply cannot understand how anyone can think this offense is anything but elite. Oh no, they hit poorly with RISP for a game! They aren't moving runners over! SS, 3B, C, 1B, RF, and LF are all black holes! Come the **** on. This team had -20- baserunners tonight and had multiple baserunners every inning but the 8th. No regular other than the blahtoon at 3B hits below league-average for their position. They're seventh in the league with RISP, fifth with men on base, and sixth in high-leverage situations. Read a ****ing book about variance and small sample sizes and stop complaining that the offense is overrated every time they inexplicably don't score enough runs for a game or leave a few runners on. Nice to see you flip out a bit, mainly because I agree 100%.
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Post by wcp3 on Aug 8, 2013 8:38:45 GMT -5
Drew is my new favorite player. Not just because he's one of the few complete shortstops in baseball, but because he drives idiot Red Sox fans crazy.
(Plus, I was probably the biggest J.D. Drew apologist on this board, so of course I'm gonna defend his bro.)
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 8, 2013 12:24:19 GMT -5
I also forgot - I hated the pinchrunning move by Farrell. I'd take Ortiz's slowness and experience running the bases over putting Drake Britton in harm's way. There was no need for that move. If the Sox tie the game and Ortiz's spot comes up again you have the dropoff to Lavarnway. I'm surprised Farrell couldn't remember how badly Buchholz's pinchrunning appearance against Texas in 2009 went when he fell down heading home with the tying run. Pitchers are not used to running the bases. It was a dumb decision that could have gotten that kid hurt, and he's been a valuable lefty out of the pen. Fortunately he got away with it and Britton never had to do more than trot around the bases between the walk that advanced him to 2b and the blast that sent him home. I loved the idea to pinch run Britton. Its the tying run in the 9th inning, Britton running there significantly increases you odds of winning more than leaving Ortiz in and maybe him getting an at bat in the 11th if its still tied. Now if he was actually in the field and they didn't have Lavarnway on the bench, then maybe its a different story. This was a thousand times smarter than when they pinch ran with Daniel Nava, because Britton is actually athletic. I don't see how Britton pinchrunning increases the odds significantly of winning the game. The kid hadn't run the bases in six years, and has very little baserunning experience. I'm sure I'm faster than Ortiz, but I'd rather he run than me. Buchholz is a lot more athletic than all of them, but being fast doesn't make you a good or smart baserunner. I'm glad Britton didn't get hurt.
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