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Post by dd on Jun 28, 2021 21:41:24 GMT -5
Win the next two and they're a 50 win team half-way through the season. I've avoided it so far but don't know how much longer I can hold out. It's getting very difficult not to actually believe in this team.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jun 28, 2021 21:41:30 GMT -5
Pretty wicked good win tonight. This team definitely has some magic - there is more than a whiff of 2013 and 2018. Fun stuff for sure!
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Post by reasonabledoubt on Jun 28, 2021 21:44:07 GMT -5
48 wins in the bank. At 1-5 it wasn't looking good. Way to fight back. Amazing how much better their defending has been since the TB series finale disaster.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Jun 28, 2021 21:46:08 GMT -5
Hunter Renfroe is quickly becoming my favorite player on this team. Great signing. Nice to see Richards at least go 5.2 innings. The Red Sox are amazing at coming back this year very impressive. Hunter reminds me of Tom Brunansky. Both around the same age when we got them. Like Bruno, Hunter is becoming a fan fave. That mug reminds me of Bruno. Adolfo Bruno
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Post by reasonabledoubt on Jun 28, 2021 21:56:30 GMT -5
Hunter reminds me of Tom Brunansky. Both around the same age when we got them. Like Bruno, Hunter is becoming a fan fave. That mug reminds me of Bruno. Adolfo Bruno No - Lenny Montana as Luca Brasi: "And may your first child be a masculine child."
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Post by cdj on Jun 28, 2021 22:00:57 GMT -5
I bet Royals +130 in my efforts to help the team I did my part
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 28, 2021 22:24:43 GMT -5
How 'bout dem bullpenners.
They are reminiscent of the Royals pen a few short years ago.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 28, 2021 22:26:39 GMT -5
The reason why I'd call this great is that they had no business winning this game. So in terms of actual outcome relative to expected outcome, this was great. Richards finally finding his slider was huge. Both today and going forward.
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Post by cdj on Jun 28, 2021 22:28:07 GMT -5
The reason why I'd call this great is that they had no business winning this game. So in terms of actual outcome relative to expected outcome, this was great. Richards finally finding his slider was huge. Both today and going forward. There were positives for Richards to take after those first two innings, I’ll take it considering he looked like toast The majority of the damage did come on that absolute trash curveball to Santana. He started throwing a much loopier, slow curve after that it seemed
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Jun 28, 2021 23:04:57 GMT -5
Hunter Renfroe is quickly becoming my favorite player on this team. Great signing. Nice to see Richards at least go 5.2 innings. The Red Sox are amazing at coming back this year very impressive. Mine is Whitlock. I love how he torments Yankee fans and basically symbolizes their insecurities with Cashman.
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Post by foreverred9 on Jun 28, 2021 23:21:39 GMT -5
Spin rates for Richards were pretty rough again:
Curveball: 2736 vs. 2750 last week, not used the week before, and ~3300 pre-crackdown Fastball: 2328 vs. 2304 last week, 2337 the week before, and ~2600 pre-crackdown Slide: 2620 vs. 2653 last week, 2619 the week before, and ~2900 pre-crackdown
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jun 28, 2021 23:25:38 GMT -5
Satisfying win.
Garrett Richards did not look like a major league pitcher those first two innings. I really thought we'd soon be seeing Andriese, Workman, and Rios for the rest of the game. I didn't anticipate Sawamura, Taylor, and Barnes.
I do have to give some credit to Richards who held the Royals down after those two disastrous innings. Of course he could not manage a 1-2-3 inning even when he was putting a zero on the scoreboard as he was walking the tightrope. If he hadn't given up that final hit, he actually would have been the winning pitcher.
The good news is that as good as Duffy has pitched this season he is brutal against the Red Sox and that continued with the HRs to Hernandez and Dalbec, but the story of the game was Hunter Renfroe. He has been so damn good the past two months. I didn't think he'd hit for a respectable BA and that's key because as a guy who usually has a mediocre BB/K ratio he normally wouldn't have a decent OBP if he doesn't hit - and he's hitting. He goes to RF when he needs to and he can power the ball out to LF and CF which he did tonight.
It's crucial that he keeps hitting because as the season goes on, teams will finally stop being dumb and pitching to Devers in key spots so the guy coming up after him will have to do damage and Renfroe has to be that guy because all of the other guys who can hit are batting in front of Devers.
Meanwhile the bullpen, as often has been the case, was lights out, which is how they sport such a good record in close games and how their W/L record is better than it should be.
And in 4 days they pick up 4 games on the Yankees which is sweet.
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Post by foreverred9 on Jun 28, 2021 23:27:22 GMT -5
Barnes spin rates were very low again tonight. 2118 for the fastball and 1967 for the curveball, both season lows and the lowest since April 2016.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jun 28, 2021 23:40:53 GMT -5
Barnes spin rates were very low again tonight. 2118 for the fastball and 1967 for the curveball, both season lows and the lowest since April 2016. And no strikeouts either, although with 3 pop ups/pop flies I can't argue with the results.
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Post by incandenza on Jun 28, 2021 23:53:38 GMT -5
Barnes spin rates were very low again tonight. 2118 for the fastball and 1967 for the curveball, both season lows and the lowest since April 2016. His curveball sure looks different. I have kind of a bad feeling about Barnes - I think teams will adjust to his new budget-spin rate repertoire pretty soo. Fortunately he's the closer so he gets used in a lot of relatively low leverage situations, so that mitigates the danger a bit.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jun 28, 2021 23:55:45 GMT -5
I'm not entirely sure if Barnes curveball is even a good pitch anymore.
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Post by cdj on Jun 28, 2021 23:57:05 GMT -5
the break doesn’t seem as sharp on his curve, still looks like a good pitch though. It’s just not the nuclear weapon it was the first couple of months
Doesn’t look like he’s going to get the chases he once got
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Post by gerry on Jun 29, 2021 3:16:17 GMT -5
Add that he has been used a lot, a pattern which has worn him down in previous seasons. Most on this board comment annually on his overuse. Fatigue accelerates without sufficient rest. Barnes has always needed extra rest but has not been getting it. This is likely exacerbated by the league’s cold turkey substance crackdown after the physical issues caused by the CoVid season.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jun 29, 2021 5:43:50 GMT -5
Richards needs to be DFA'd. 5 runs on 11 hits, 0 walks and 3 k in 5.2 innings. This against KC.
KC - 9th in AVG - 20th in OBP - 3rd hardest team to strike out - 21st in SLG - 28th in BB - 24th in HR - 20th in OPS - 23rd in RBI
To his credit he played to their strengths, except for giving up 3 HR to them. Gutsy of him for going 5.2, but it's still another bad start.
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Post by ematz1423 on Jun 29, 2021 5:52:16 GMT -5
Richards needs to be DFA'd. 5 runs on 11 hits, 0 walks and 3 k in 5.2 innings. This against KC. KC - 9th in AVG - 20th in OBP - 3rd hardest team to strike out - 21st in SLG - 28th in BB - 24th in HR - 20th in OPS - 23rd in RBI To his credit he played to their strengths, except for giving up 3 HR to them. Gutsy of him for going 5.2, but it's still another bad start. To be fair until sale and houck are ready they don't really have a better option to start games. I'd at least give him till the all star break. That's only about 2 more starts. I have my doubts but maybe the style he showed tonight with the slower pitches can be effective on some level.
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Post by voiceofreason on Jun 29, 2021 6:16:12 GMT -5
Richards finally finding his slider was huge. Both today and going forward. There were positives for Richards to take after those first two innings, I’ll take it considering he looked like toast The majority of the damage did come on that absolute trash curveball to Santana. He started throwing a much loopier, slow curve after that it seemed Those HR balls looked like batting practice so yeah it was great to see him settle down, hopefully it carries over.
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Post by costpet on Jun 29, 2021 6:46:54 GMT -5
I like how Cora stuck with him a couple of extra innings just to see if he could straighten himself out and gain a bit of confidence. It worked out. Maybe that's why the players like Cora so much. The next couple of starts will tell if Richards is okay for the rest of the way or not.
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Post by Guidas on Jun 29, 2021 7:04:51 GMT -5
Great win. Richards actually righted the ship half-way though. Or at least held the line.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jun 29, 2021 7:26:03 GMT -5
Great win. Richards actually righted the ship half-way though. Or at least held the line. Or in his case, got back onto the tightrope he likes to walk on.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jun 29, 2021 7:37:12 GMT -5
I like how Cora stuck with him a couple of extra innings just to see if he could straighten himself out and gain a bit of confidence. It worked out. Maybe that's why the players like Cora so much. The next couple of starts will tell if Richards is okay for the rest of the way or not. I don't think Cora had a choice in the matter. Richards was going to give them innings whether he gave up 5 or 15.
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