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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Mar 31, 2018 20:00:30 GMT -5
Ohh no.
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Post by bosox on Mar 31, 2018 20:00:53 GMT -5
Need a double play here and get out of the 8th.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Mar 31, 2018 20:10:18 GMT -5
Lots of room for improvement for Carson Smith.
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Post by bosox on Mar 31, 2018 20:11:19 GMT -5
Whew!
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Post by chrisfromnc on Mar 31, 2018 20:13:58 GMT -5
Quickly... are you running Mookie?
He’s out.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Mar 31, 2018 20:18:47 GMT -5
how can you block the base? and that is dangerous as all hell to the runner.
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Post by bosox on Mar 31, 2018 20:20:57 GMT -5
how can you block the base? and that is dangerous as all hell to the runner. When you figure out a player likes to block the base, you go in feet first next time.
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Post by 75tillnow on Mar 31, 2018 20:22:54 GMT -5
There is something wrong with that rule. If you go in spikes high someone can get injured (Pedey). If you don't the second baseman can actually, as here, draw your hand AWAY from the bag. Not simply block your hand, but impede and even regress (as here) your path to the bag. It really needs to be looked at. Its a contradiction and manifestly unfair to both clubs going forward.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Mar 31, 2018 20:23:11 GMT -5
Well Kimbrel, there's your one run again. Just strikeout the side again lol.
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Post by bosox on Mar 31, 2018 20:28:43 GMT -5
Nice! Double play
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Mar 31, 2018 20:32:25 GMT -5
Kimbrel a little human tonight.
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Post by bosox on Mar 31, 2018 20:32:32 GMT -5
Game! Nice.
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Post by 75tillnow on Mar 31, 2018 20:33:24 GMT -5
Despite a bad non-call on strike three (with the first batter) justice is served! Even so, that rule still irks me. Someone who knows people with some power needs to cry havoc (sorry Shakespeare). Maybe Eric Van. DO IT DUDE.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Mar 31, 2018 20:34:01 GMT -5
Happy Easter Red Sox Nation.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Mar 31, 2018 20:35:05 GMT -5
OK. Pitching it well and Xander carrying the load on offense so far. Good things gonna happen this year.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Mar 31, 2018 21:11:19 GMT -5
So, opening day disaster now but a memory - Sox tied for first and on a 2 game win streak...Xander is hot, our starters are hot, Kimbrel is Kimbrel - life is good!
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Post by nomar on Mar 31, 2018 21:30:31 GMT -5
Bogaerts pulling the ball hard is poetry in motion.
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Post by Don Caballero on Apr 1, 2018 0:01:42 GMT -5
Xander taking that next step towards superstardom feels like a victory lap for all the incredible prospects I followed since I joined here. None were as impressive as Xander when he was coming up (maybe Keith Couch), in that he kind of reminds me a bit of Rory McIlroy. When you saw Rory win his first major he looked like a sure thing GOAT, and while he's been phenomenal, his career could be considered a bit underwhelming compared to how talented he is. Bogie is kind of the same. I'm sure he'll slump here and there, but I really hope he joins the "best SS in baseball" conversation for good this year.
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Post by swingingbunt on Apr 1, 2018 0:35:43 GMT -5
We won, but letting Leon hit, with two catchers on the bench, is a pretty questionable decision by Cora. Luckily this one didn't come back to bite.
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Post by telson13 on Apr 1, 2018 1:50:02 GMT -5
Average launch angle this year is 26%. If he keeps that up...zoinks, Scoob.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 1, 2018 4:20:56 GMT -5
After reading FTH's fangraph's article in the non Sox thread. I'm a little concerned about the pitching staff in general versus strong lineups that can hit homeruns.
MLB is still messing around with the baseballs. Pretty soon MLB will be playing with MLB sized goofballs if they have their way.
I'm looking at pitchers like Hembree, Porcello, Eduardo, and maybe even sprinkle in Price in there. These guys can be proned to homeruns.
We won't see it the next 3 games and 6 games into the season, because let's face it, the Rays and Marlins will be the worst two offenses the Sox face all year most likely.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 1, 2018 4:31:01 GMT -5
On a aside, the Sox are filled with guys with potential, solid floor players, and 3 or 4 consistently high floor players (Martinez, Betts, Sale, Kimbrel).
The solid floor players include JBJ, Benintendi (although he has a chance of escaping into a high floor player), Porcello, Pedrioa (when he comes back), Nunez, Price (if healthy).
The guys with potential are the ones that are going to make or break this season. Players like Devers, Xander, Barnes, Eduardo Rodriguez, Smith, Thornburg. If they can stay consistent (this means health on a lot of these cases), this team will win 95 plus games easy. Most of these guys don't even need a peak year (even though Xander looks like he's headed that way already).
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Post by GyIantosca on Apr 1, 2018 8:29:17 GMT -5
I noticed that Steve Lyons said Rice worked with Xander. His swing was all screwed up, he was leaning too much. He is back all the way. Pretty soon we’re talking extension . To me Xander seems like someone who would sign and do what he feels. Xander is the first one out of the kids that will be up.
If I was Cora I would give Swihart one catching start a rotation to start. Not including pitch hitting or other positions. The first half of the year see how it goes.
I hope they explode with some runs for Velasquez.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Apr 1, 2018 9:34:20 GMT -5
The navel gazing about Bogaerts and what was "wrong" with him last year is off the mark I think. He was hurt and he played through it, but it cost him much of his power.
This will probably seem silly, but I thought the most impressive hit yesterday was the hard single to right. After TB watched him pound middle and inside offerings to dust, he gets pitched away, he sees it, and he smacks that also. If he does that consistently it's going to be a very big year.
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Post by soxjim on Apr 1, 2018 11:15:11 GMT -5
The navel gazing about Bogaerts and what was "wrong" with him last year is off the mark I think. He was hurt and he played through it, but it cost him much of his power. This will probably seem silly, but I thought the most impressive hit yesterday was the hard single to right. After TB watched him pound middle and inside offerings to dust, he gets pitched away, he sees it, and he smacks that also. If he does that consistently it's going to be a very big year. What do you think happened to him in the 2nd half of 2016? FWIW-- many of could see after he got plunked on the wrist he wasn't the same. But you could only bring stuff like that up so often on these type of website then you just have to trust that the player and the manager knew what they were doing. I'm hopeful as this season plays out, Cora won't play the guys that are hurt in which it is obvious that it's affecting their performance. I'm hoping he uses his bench more and uses someone like Sale better (ie.e when you see his slider flattens out - one solution mihht mean to rest him.). --------- Why Velazquez today vs Johnson?
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