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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 8, 2018 13:11:47 GMT -5
weird line 3 IP 73 pitches 7 k 1 bb 2 hits on 4 balls in play plus the HR at most one more inning? He's got to have a quick next inning if he wants to make it through 5. On pace for 4 innings like you said though. Cora wants him around 90 pitches today they said on NESN.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 8, 2018 13:18:03 GMT -5
The Sox are getting BABIP'd to death here.
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Post by cutz on Apr 8, 2018 13:23:04 GMT -5
How many more cheap hits are the Rays gonna get?
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Post by soxfansince67 on Apr 8, 2018 13:25:18 GMT -5
Gotta keep it close - Sox up 6 more times...but keep the hole shallow! ERod's command just isn't there, but that's not too surprising.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 8, 2018 13:26:42 GMT -5
That was the worst throw I have seen in my life from 20 feet away. That wasn't close J.D. Martinez.
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Post by station13 on Apr 8, 2018 13:30:47 GMT -5
E-rod seems to be another Joe Kelly.
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Post by cutz on Apr 8, 2018 13:30:50 GMT -5
WOW>Another CHEAP hit
Sox will score enough runs to pull this one out
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Post by swingingbunt on Apr 8, 2018 13:31:10 GMT -5
Looks like he had plenty of time to wait for the ball to come to him and just step on the bag.
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Post by cutz on Apr 8, 2018 13:31:53 GMT -5
Looks like he had plenty of time to wait for the ball to come to him and just step on the bag. I think he did, too
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Post by soxfansince67 on Apr 8, 2018 13:32:00 GMT -5
No errors yet this year, but they are knocking on the door of making one...
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Post by manfred on Apr 8, 2018 13:32:39 GMT -5
This feels like a game that leads me to the same old conclusion: Erod has great stuff, but he isn’t consistent. Today, he got killed by cheapies, but it hurts he couldn’t put some batters away.
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Post by art on Apr 8, 2018 13:32:57 GMT -5
It's easy to blame it on fluke hits, but getting his pitch count too high early in the game is Rodriguez's history. I'm not yet convinced that he can be a reliable major league pitcher.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 8, 2018 13:35:45 GMT -5
It's easy to blame it on fluke hits, but getting his pitch count gets too high early in the game is Rodriguez's history. I'm not yet convinced that he can be a reliable major league pitcher. The only thing unreliable about him is the injury history. He's homerun prone, but he's usually around the plate. It was pretty flukey. I don't know, his stuff looked good coming back. I'm more encouraged than anything.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Apr 8, 2018 13:36:30 GMT -5
It's easy to blame it on fluke hits, but getting his pitch count too high early in the game is Rodriguez's history. I'm not yet convinced that he can be a reliable major league pitcher. Seems to get ahead of lots of hitters - then loses concentration, perhaps? 0-2 end up to be 3-2 then walks. Then again, it is his first start of the year. Increased efficiency will be really critical for him going forward - the stuff seems to be there.
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Post by incandenza on Apr 8, 2018 13:37:39 GMT -5
This feels like a game that leads me to the same old conclusion: Erod has great stuff, but he isn’t consistent. Today, he got killed by cheapies, but it hurts he couldn’t put some batters away. He had 7 strikeouts in 3.2 innings. His xFIP for the game was 1.48. Very weak contact against him, with one exception.
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Post by incandenza on Apr 8, 2018 13:43:22 GMT -5
What?! Gomez clearly did not make a football move after that catch.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 8, 2018 13:53:46 GMT -5
I'm sick of getting dinked and dunked to death by the Rays today.
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Post by swingingbunt on Apr 8, 2018 13:58:26 GMT -5
This feels like a game that leads me to the same old conclusion: Erod has great stuff, but he isn’t consistent. Today, he got killed by cheapies, but it hurts he couldn’t put some batters away. He had 7 strikeouts in 3.2 innings. His xFIP for the game was 1.48. Very weak contact against him, with one exception. Which is basically who he was last year. Great stuff, will get his strikeouts, but it takes him a ton of pitches to get there. Last year, for example, he averaged well over 100 pitches each start, but only managed to pitch into the 7th inning or later 2 times.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Apr 8, 2018 13:59:22 GMT -5
Just one of those flat games that happen occasionally throughout a long season...still time, so who knows.
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Post by manfred on Apr 8, 2018 14:00:24 GMT -5
This feels like a game that leads me to the same old conclusion: Erod has great stuff, but he isn’t consistent. Today, he got killed by cheapies, but it hurts he couldn’t put some batters away. He had 7 strikeouts in 3.2 innings. His xFIP for the game was 1.48. Very weak contact against him, with one exception. xFIP? Well, then the Sox are losing by only .48 runs in some Platonic Ideal. On the field, he gave up 7 baserunners in 3.2 innings. As I said, they were cheapies, but everything is a line drive in the box score. What do you call a pitcher who spends his career with a great xFIP but a poor ERA and WHIP? A bad pitcher. You can then grumble about hard luck, but the proof is, as they say, in the pudding. I think ERod might still be good, heck, I can imagine bursts of greatness. But there is not a lot that suggests he isn’t more likely to be what he is: the kind of guy who can strike out 7 but also give up 7 runners in a short, inefficient outing.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Apr 8, 2018 14:03:25 GMT -5
I love Vazquez approach at the plate - goes opposite field so well. We have a rally!
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 8, 2018 14:05:58 GMT -5
Mookie walks on ball 5. Lol.
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Post by rjp313jr on Apr 8, 2018 14:09:15 GMT -5
Beni is just off on his swing. Last two were in his wheel house
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 8, 2018 14:09:55 GMT -5
That was a ball. Umpire has completely lost it this inning.
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Post by rjp313jr on Apr 8, 2018 14:10:11 GMT -5
And he Ks on a ball off the plate - don’t blame him on taking that pitch but he never should have been in that spot
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