TearsIn04
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Everybody knows Nelson de la Rosa, but who is Karim Garcia?
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Post by TearsIn04 on Sept 13, 2017 21:26:23 GMT -5
Painful loss tonight. I thought we had a good chance of sweeping these clowns and hoped the MFY would lose a game this week, giving us a 4-game lead after this series. TB came through yesterday but we'll probably finish up with Oakland up by only 3 games. The MFY play the O's, who suck on the road, next. I don't expect much help there.
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Post by jmei on Sept 13, 2017 21:36:24 GMT -5
Moved some protest-related posts to its own thread in the off-topic subforum.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 13, 2017 22:00:37 GMT -5
Hey gang...I am only scoreboard watching for the next 9 days...in Yellowstone and the Tetons on vacation. Last night looked fun...tonight, not. Hanley's miserableness stood out in both box scores.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 13, 2017 23:48:34 GMT -5
Fister is either Jekyl or Hyde and nothing in between.
He struggles every first inning dangerously putting the Red Sox in the hole every game.
Then he either dominates while eating up innings or he continues to get bashed. At this point there is no obvious solution other than going with the hot hand for the #3/#4 spots. At this point Fister is still the #3 starter. I'd be surprised to see Price as a rotation option.
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Post by soxfan06 on Sept 14, 2017 0:13:40 GMT -5
Hanley isnt a good player anymore.
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Post by oilcan73 on Sept 14, 2017 1:50:45 GMT -5
Once they get a healthy Nunez back he and Pedroia need to be the everyday 2b/DH combo. Ramirez is simply awful this year and I cannot see how they can go into 2018 thinking he is the DH solution. At lease Bogaerts sees to have an excuse with injuries to his hands. Ramirez just sucks this year.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 2:34:17 GMT -5
I don't want to be seen as totally negative so I'll post a couple positives-
-Xander has 5 hits in his last 2 games. Hopefully this is Xander coming back from the dead and not just feasting on Oakland's bad pitching.
-Yesterday was the first time where Pedrioa started in back to back games at 2nd base in like 2 months (dating back to before his first DL stint).
-The pitching matchup heavily favors the Sox tomorrow and Sale follows the next night.
-Once again the Sox don't need to play a double header over the weekend like MLB was talking about just a day or two ago.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 2:38:04 GMT -5
The MFY play the O's, who suck on the road, next. I don't expect much help there. I expect that the Orioles should at least split that series and hopefully take 3 out of 4. This is a do or die series for their playoff hopes. They really need to sweep, but I expect for Buck to pull out all the stops for this series. Unlike Tampa Bay, the Orioles can at least score runs. So maybe they outbash the Yankees in this series.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 3:13:50 GMT -5
Hanley isnt a good player anymore. Hanley just isn't long for much more baseball at this point in his career. He's probably done after this contract. Maybe another team tries him out or something after this stop, but I don't see it going much further then that. Some think it's injuries when it comes to Hanley, but I think it's serious skill erosion happening here. He has a tough time catching up to 95 + mph fastballs these days and often it catches him looking bad on offspeed stuff because he's trying to cheat on a good fastball. He can hit a mistake a mile, but that's really about it.
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Post by nomar on Sept 14, 2017 9:17:36 GMT -5
Hanley isnt a good player anymore. He's been good for one half season in Boston, and ranged from worst starter in baseball to slightly below average at all other times.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 14, 2017 10:03:30 GMT -5
Price has been activated.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 14, 2017 10:05:13 GMT -5
Christopher SmithVerified account @smittyonmlb 36m36 minutes ago
Hanley Ramirez (.238) not in Boston Red Sox lineup: Dustin Pedroia is the DH vs. the Athletics
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 14, 2017 10:23:34 GMT -5
Sean McAdam @sean_McAdam 11m11 minutes ago Price will be used in a bullpen role, for rest of regular season and playoffs. Will be only to start innings. First avail would be Sunday 0 replies 4 retweets 3 likes Reply Retweet 4 Like 3 Direct message
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Post by James Dunne on Sept 14, 2017 10:25:21 GMT -5
Price has been activated. He will apparently be available on Sunday. He's going to work out of the bullpen for the rest of the year, be limited to two-inning stints, and he'll only start clean innings. It's probably irrational exuberance, but the idea of Price and Reed in front of Kimbrel in the playoff bullpen is pretty exciting. It will (or at least should) really shorten how many innings they feel they need to get from their non-Sale starters. Farrell has leaned on Pomeranz, Rodriguez, and especially Porcello to get a few extra outs seemingly all season. And that's cool when you're facing the A's in September, but not so much the Astros or Indians in October.
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Post by soxfanatic on Sept 14, 2017 11:40:42 GMT -5
I know its impact is minor, but I'm annoyed that Holt is getting playing time over Lin.
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Post by nomar on Sept 14, 2017 12:13:37 GMT -5
Hopefully one of Porcello and Rodriguez (at least) snap back into it. I'm not trying to watch Fister as our #3 come October.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 14, 2017 12:16:10 GMT -5
Price has been activated. He will apparently be available on Sunday. He's going to work out of the bullpen for the rest of the year, be limited to two-inning stints, and he'll only start clean innings. It's probably irrational exuberance, but the idea of Price and Reed in front of Kimbrel in the playoff bullpen is pretty exciting. It will (or at least should) really shorten how many innings they feel they need to get from their non-Sale starters. Farrell has leaned on Pomeranz, Rodriguez, and especially Porcello to get a few extra outs seemingly all season. And that's cool when you're facing the A's in September, but not so much the Astros or Indians in October. Pitches, last time through the rotation: Fister 84 ERod 109 Porcello 95 Pomeranz 103 Sale 97
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 12:59:03 GMT -5
Pomeranz on cruise control. Very easy on the eyes.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 13:03:03 GMT -5
The offense is dead again. This kid for Oakland is looking like he's ticketed for a complete game shutout.
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Post by soxfanatic on Sept 14, 2017 13:03:47 GMT -5
John Valentin in the booth... Let's not do that again.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 13:07:15 GMT -5
John Valentin in the booth... Let's not do that again. He's a man of few words lol, which is terrible for broadcasting.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 13:17:00 GMT -5
Devers down on 3 pitches. Who the heck is this Gossett kid?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 14, 2017 13:20:32 GMT -5
The offense is dead again. This kid for Oakland is looking like he's ticketed for a complete game shutout. Did you mean no hitter ?
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 13:23:49 GMT -5
The offense is dead again. This kid for Oakland is looking like he's ticketed for a complete game shutout. Did you mean no hitter ? Nope, I expected a hit at some point but he has over 30 pitches thrown through 3 innings. Xander looks like he's turning back to a pumpkin at the plate again.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 14, 2017 13:30:54 GMT -5
PLEASE SCORE!!
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