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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 26, 2018 15:48:25 GMT -5
i don't get not feeling good about tonight's game. The better weather is going to help us also, and we just won 6 games in a row. We are great on the road, particularly this postseason.
I don't know if we will win, no one does, but I feel great about our chances.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 26, 2018 15:49:34 GMT -5
JDM in LF tonight with Beni on the bench.
Betts, Bogaerts, Moreland, JDM, Holt, Devers, JBJ, Vazquez, Porcello
Probably going for JBJ's defense over Beni's possible offense.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 26, 2018 15:50:55 GMT -5
Holt is starting at 2b, too. As JimEd said Benni is on the bench with JDM in LF with JBJ in CF and Mookie in RF. Cora didn't want to disrupt the defense too much.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 26, 2018 15:53:14 GMT -5
Not crazy about X not batting after JDM. He's been great protection there. Now Holt is that protection. I see JDM not getting much to swing at in key situations and now hoping that it's Holt who capitalizes. Weird to see him 5th. Plus they have 3 lefties in a row or 4 out of 5. I would guess we see Urias as the first guy out of the pen for LA?
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 26, 2018 16:18:20 GMT -5
I swear, waiting for game time on game day is like waiting until it's late enough to get up and go downstairs on Christmas morning when I was 6-7.
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Post by Legion of Bloom on Oct 26, 2018 16:28:26 GMT -5
Not crazy about sitting Beni against a righty
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 26, 2018 16:51:25 GMT -5
Not crazy about sitting Beni against a righty Well, they've got their lefty hitting lineup in, so keeping Mookie in RF is probably a good thing. And I think the defensive difference between JBJ and Beni is pretty large despite the highlight plays that Beni has made in the playoffs. That might be part of the decision. And have no fear, he'll be in the game, possibly with Mookie moving to 2B depending on the circumstances. (pitching matchups where the batter is much more likely to hit the ball to the left side of the field)
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 26, 2018 16:51:37 GMT -5
Not crazy about sitting Beni against a righty i am going to guess it is a defensive value decision with Bradley.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Oct 26, 2018 17:21:05 GMT -5
If Beni hits for C or P, and Holt comes out, New C or P goes into 5 spot. Behind JD
Not ideal
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 26, 2018 17:22:42 GMT -5
If Beni hits for C or P, and Holt comes out, New C or P goes into 5 spot. Behind JD Not ideal I'm sure they've already gone through almost every scenario. Obviously they won't be stuck with that in the 9th inning.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 26, 2018 17:42:32 GMT -5
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Post by dd on Oct 26, 2018 18:22:35 GMT -5
It feels so good to be up 2 zip ... but I keep reminding myself that if the Dodgers win tonight this series will be as close as a Series can be after 3 games.
Fingers very tightly crossed hoping that does't happen.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Oct 26, 2018 18:42:53 GMT -5
If you think Joe Kelly having maybe the best 6 game stretch of his career, after the way he had pitched for the last 4 months was 50% I don't know what to tell you. He's gone 7 and 1/3 innings without a walk. Going to guess that is the longest of the season, heck this might be the best stretch of control from him ever as a reliever. Yet you think it was a coin flip? After an ERA over 8, guys hitting. 324 against him and a WHIP of almost 2 the last month of the season. Heck I want to say this is like 10% type stuff but it might be lower than that. It can certainly happen, but its crazy good luck, not a coin flip. It's not just him either, its everyone all at the sametime. Just like 2003, when the whole bullpen got hot. Hembree has pitched well, Barnes bounced back, Braisers arm didn't fall off after a massive innings increase, Eovaldi bounced back after a rough stretch, ERod got healthy, Kimbrel while looking like crap for the first two rounds was perfect in save situations. Given the competition this is by far the best stretch the bullpen has had all year. Kimbrel pitching the first two inning save of his career without close to his best stuff. This is a magical run, not a dominant bullpen just pitching like they did all year. I just have to ask in what world is Wright having knee issues after knee surgery less likely than Kelly having one of best stretches of his career? Didn't he have the same surgery as Pedroia? They guy that basically missed the whole year. The whole point of getting another bullpen arm was to reduce risk if everything didn't go our way. So we wouldn't need a magical run of almost everything going right to win a world series. We got the magical run, so its kinda a moot point now. At the sametime this isn't some coin flip crap either, its a crazy lucky run after our bullpen was one of the worst in the league for the second half of the season. Type of crap that happens once ever 15 years. It seems as if you just pick out phrases that you can attack, rather than trying to rebut, you know, the actual argument. The parenthetical note about nobody knowing anything about Kelly was meant to indicate that the 50% chance of being a total stud was an exaggeration. It may have been as high as 40%, though. But the conclusion of that point is that the odds were greater than 50% that he (or someone else) would be a solid #4 set-up guy -- the guy who doesn't even pitch if your starter goes 6 -- so that replacing Kelly with Soria or Familia made no sense. The opening bit of hyperbole was just to stress that he had upside way beyond those guys. Yes, it's absolutely a pleasant, giddy surprise that we're seeing Kelly at his best. But he's been good enough to be a #4 set-up man more often than not in his career, and that was the role you were having a panic attack over. That he might be great was only an extra reason to keep him in that role.
BTW, did you notice how well Jeremy Jeffress pitched for the Brewers this post-season? He allowed a .530 OPS in the regular season. In September, he faced 37 hitters and gave up 3 singles and 3 walks, fanning 15, for a .280 OPS. He was brought in to save game 1 of the ALDS and gave up 3 hits and a SF to 7 hitters, allowing 2 R for a blown save. He ended up with a 1.070 OPS allowed.
You are confused, my issues was never the #4 guy. That was always your take. Go back and read what I said, because you have no clue it seems. My issue along with a bunch of other people was we had one proven guy in Kimbrel and another guy in Barnes that I trusted yet was unproven. Then a ton of question marks. It has worked out because Braiser while losing velocity due to the crazy inning jump, has still been awesome. Barnes bounced back. Kelly changed everything right before the end of the season and became a new better than ever version of himself and Eovaldi has been lights out. We currently have five guys pitching lights out right when you need them. Something we never had not once during the season! The best we had was when Kimbrel, Kelly and Barnes were great the first two months. So its worked out, but it was crazy risky. Which was the point a bunch of us were making. The odds were not in our favor of this happening. I'm 100% thrilled it has, but don't act like you expected this or the odds were in our favor. They weren't, this is crazy good luck. Yea you need luck sometimes to win a world series, I just hate the notion that this isn't luck. Like this was to be expected. Just take Kelly just one guy, that you act like he means nothing because you rank him #4. If we get the Kelly we got for 4 out of the 6 months of the season things could have been totally different. If he sucked it could have had major ripple effects in our bullpen. He's pitched 7 and 1/3 innings and they have been huge. Allowing other guys to get rest and not be over used. When the odds were 33% we'd get a good Kelly and much lower that we'd get this Kelly.
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Post by kevfc89 on Oct 26, 2018 19:04:44 GMT -5
Jackie's hit righties better than Benny for about 4 months now...and we get better defense out there to try and cover for JD. This is a fine lineup if you aren't putting Mookie at second base, imo.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Oct 26, 2018 19:13:28 GMT -5
Even though I loathe NL rules, I’m genuinely looking forward to Porcello’s AB.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 26, 2018 19:14:00 GMT -5
like 2 different worlds with all the sun and warm weather. LOL.
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Post by kevfc89 on Oct 26, 2018 19:15:16 GMT -5
Buehler coming out throwing 98 and up on every fastball
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Post by bosox on Oct 26, 2018 19:16:09 GMT -5
I'd like to see Mookie drive one of those first pitch fastballs like he used to do.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 26, 2018 19:19:28 GMT -5
Lots of pitches anyway. Buehler is nasty.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 26, 2018 19:20:08 GMT -5
Gotta be a lot of talent in those seats at the stadium tonight.
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Post by huskies15 on Oct 26, 2018 19:21:07 GMT -5
Buehler gassin it
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 26, 2018 19:21:45 GMT -5
I was gonna say.....Smoltz hit the nail on the head.
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Post by rjp313jr on Oct 26, 2018 19:22:35 GMT -5
What a great 1-2-3 inning for the Sox (no sarcasm)
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 26, 2018 19:23:23 GMT -5
What a great 1-2-3 inning for the Sox (no sarcasm) Seriously, that makes sense. Nothing is gonna be easy for the Dodgers. Even for nasty pitchers.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 26, 2018 19:24:41 GMT -5
Feel like I haven't seen Porcello in a while. Let's go Rick !!!
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