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Post by Guidas on Aug 31, 2016 13:48:46 GMT -5
This IS the 2011 team, only with more talent and worse management.
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Post by brendan98 on Aug 31, 2016 13:49:19 GMT -5
More Wright regression. But let's put Buchholz in the bullpen just when he had it figured out. Yep, another bad decision by the Red Sox, not even going to say Farrell but I'd guess that was his decision to go with Wright over Buchholz.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 31, 2016 13:52:56 GMT -5
More Wright regression. But let's put Buchholz in the bullpen just when he had it figured out. Yep, another bad decision by the Red Sox, not even going to say Farrell but I'd guess that was his decision to go with Wright over Buchholz. I thought the bad decisions were not getting rehab starts in Pawtucket for both Wright and ERod.
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Post by MLBDreams on Aug 31, 2016 13:53:48 GMT -5
Why the team played so bad against last place TB? They've been feeding them with HR's and might lose the 3 game series since Drew Smyly owned them as winning record as career.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 31, 2016 14:02:29 GMT -5
Absolutely no offense from Bradley and whoever mans third base. Xander trying to figure things out and at least creeping out of his funk, as Leon enters one. Papi looks tired. Mookie and Pedey and Hanley (!!) can't do it alone.
And yes...I am trying to use the reverse jinx and wake this team up! (ha ha)
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Post by nomar on Aug 31, 2016 14:03:38 GMT -5
Smyly has been very good over his past 7 starts and is a good pitcher, so the fact that we've only gotten to him once so far isn't some great shock. Hopefully he tires a bit and our big bats get to him the third time through the order.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 31, 2016 14:05:12 GMT -5
Shhh....the sounds you are hearing are the Tigers and Astros closing fast! Last 10 - Boston 4-6 (and they are losing at home!) - Detroit 7-3, Houston 8-2. It's not where the Sox currently are - it is how they are playing - and especially, how they are losing games that they should be winning. As I said in June, this team reminds me too much of the 2011 team. I wonder if Tampa will blow an 8-0 game on the last day of the season to whichever team beats us out for the 2nd wild card spot.
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Post by nomar on Aug 31, 2016 14:10:01 GMT -5
This team really needs Bradley to figure it out.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 31, 2016 14:20:33 GMT -5
It seems Xander is still quite lost at the plate - he's run into a few mistakes recently, but just as often can look so bad.
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Post by Guidas on Aug 31, 2016 14:25:56 GMT -5
More Wright regression. But let's put Buchholz in the bullpen just when he had it figured out. Yep, another bad decision by the Red Sox, not even going to say Farrell but I'd guess that was his decision to go with Wright over Buchholz. I think decisions like that come from Front Office with consult with Farrell, but I am not sure.
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Post by ericmvan on Aug 31, 2016 14:25:59 GMT -5
And they easily could be 20+ games over .500 with a big division lead. Perish the thought of Farrell making decisions late in a close wild card play-in game... Where are you basing that win percentage number from? And the last time Farrell made decisions in a post-season it worked pretty damn great for us. I've been tracking and analyzing their Win (In)Efficiency in multiple threads. They're currently 8.5 wins below what their stats predict they should have, and you can parse that into 1 win of offensive clutch failure and 7 wins of pitching clutch failure, which is a mixture of slow hooks and bad relief decisions. They're 30 games over .500 if they were average in Win Efficiency, like the Blue Jays (-0.6) or Indians (+0.2).
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Post by tjb21 on Aug 31, 2016 14:26:23 GMT -5
Hanley!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Guidas on Aug 31, 2016 14:26:48 GMT -5
Hanley fixed it all. Now the pen must hold.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 31, 2016 14:27:04 GMT -5
Of course that happens.
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Post by patford on Aug 31, 2016 14:27:05 GMT -5
All is forgiven.
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Post by patford on Aug 31, 2016 14:27:45 GMT -5
The pen ain't going to hold. They need another five runs.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 31, 2016 14:27:52 GMT -5
Where are you basing that win percentage number from? And the last time Farrell made decisions in a post-season it worked pretty damn great for us. I've been tracking and analyzing their Win (In)Efficiency in multiple threads. They're currently 8.5 wins below what their stats predict they should have, and you can parse that into 1 win of offensive clutch failure and 7 wins of pitching clutch failure, which is a mixture of slow hooks and bad relief decisions. They're 30 games over .500 if they were average in Win Efficiency, like the Blue Jays (-0.6) or Indians (+0.2). What do you think of FG's BaseRuns?
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 31, 2016 14:28:58 GMT -5
Yay! My reverse jinx worked! Talk about what's broken and it gets fixed!
Now let's turn it over to that pen of ours (yikes!....)
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Post by MLBDreams on Aug 31, 2016 14:29:08 GMT -5
Finally to catch Drew Symly with GS HR! It's time for them to blew them away. I don't want close score game.
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Post by Guidas on Aug 31, 2016 14:31:42 GMT -5
And they easily could be 20+ games over .500 with a big division lead. Perish the thought of Farrell making decisions late in a close wild card play-in game... Where are you basing that win percentage number from? And the last time Farrell made decisions in a post-season it worked pretty damn great for us. Don't forget those, he was in a battle of wits with...Mike Matheny.
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on Aug 31, 2016 14:31:56 GMT -5
Asking this bullpen to get 12 outs unscathed is like asking a 110 year old to walk from Boston to Portland. There may be sometime, somewhere, that it could happen, but you'd be a fool to count on it.
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Post by nomar on Aug 31, 2016 14:35:43 GMT -5
Holy crap I had to actually do my job for a few minutes and Hamley hits a grand slam. I'm bad luck.
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Post by Guidas on Aug 31, 2016 14:42:19 GMT -5
JBJ #22. This will be reversed.
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Post by nomar on Aug 31, 2016 14:44:09 GMT -5
This team really needs Bradley to figure it out. 2-2 HR since this brilliant assertion.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 31, 2016 14:44:26 GMT -5
This team is too inconsistent to think that a few innings of offense fix things, but I am going to enjoy what I am seeing! Very happy to see JBJ swinging the bat like that.
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