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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 17, 2021 11:17:42 GMT -5
Hernandez 4 Renfroe 8 Bogaerts 6 Devers 5 Martinez 9 Schwarber DH Vazquez 2 Verdugo 7 Dalbec 3 Are those positions right for today? JDM in right, Verdugo in left, and Renfroe in center. This is close to the optimal offensive lineup, in my opinion. JDM/Schwarber in LF/DH, Verdugo in CF, Renfrone in RF. Kiké at 2B, Dalbec at 1B. Maybe Plawecki over Vazquez. If Dalbec struggles I'd swap in Duran, move JDM to DH, Schwarber to 1B and run Verudgo/Duran/Renfroe in the outfield. And if Arroyo is healthy I'd put him at 2B, move Kiké back to CF, Verdugo to left, JDM to DH, Schwarber to 1B. That's a solid defensive lineup too, getting Kiké back to the outfield and someone solid in LF.
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Post by kingofthetrill on Aug 17, 2021 11:25:00 GMT -5
I'd be curious to see if there are any noticeable differences between Vasquez and Plawecki when it comes to pitcher ERAs.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 17, 2021 11:30:49 GMT -5
I’d say as good as it gets This looks to me like Schwarber is decidedly not catching on at first. Probably why they grabbed Shaw, too. JD's legs are going to be dead by Sept. Why? Dalbec would be playing 1B against a lefty anyway.
In any event, they've said they wouldn't play Schwarber in the field until maybe the Texas series. I don't know what their thinking is regarding first base, but whatever it is I don't think we can tell from this lineup.
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Post by shagworthy on Aug 17, 2021 11:37:34 GMT -5
I'd be curious to see if there are any noticeable differences between Vasquez and Plawecki when it comes to pitcher ERAs. About an a half earned run difference between the two... CV = 4.17, KP = 4.70. Also a 10% difference between the two against baserunners, 21%vs 10%. The Sox have a few pitchers though that don't help them in that department.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 17, 2021 11:45:16 GMT -5
I'd be curious to see if there are any noticeable differences between Vasquez and Plawecki when it comes to pitcher ERAs. About an a half earned run difference between the two... CV = 4.17, KP = 4.70. Also a 10% difference between the two against baserunners, 21%vs 10%. The Sox have a few pitchers though that don't help them in that department. I'd call that a 100% difference against baserunners - Vazquez is twice as successful at throwing them out. Plawecki is pretty much helpless against the running game, which looks to me like the only thing that prevents him from being a starter. (I don't think you can take anything from the pitcher's ERAs; it's a small sample size and there's a big confounding variable in which pitchers they've caught.)
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Post by voiceofreason on Aug 17, 2021 11:46:50 GMT -5
This looks to me like Schwarber is decidedly not catching on at first. Probably why they grabbed Shaw, too. JD's legs are going to be dead by Sept. Why? Dalbec would be playing 1B against a lefty anyway.
In any event, they've said they wouldn't play Schwarber in the field until maybe the Texas series. I don't know what their thinking is regarding first base, but whatever it is I don't think we can tell from this lineup.
I refer you to ericvans post on page 1 of this thread which outlines what he has done to LP for the past couple weeks.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 17, 2021 11:53:03 GMT -5
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Post by TearsIn04 on Aug 17, 2021 12:06:12 GMT -5
That's a pretty nasty lineup vs. a LHP. I just wish we had Arroyo at 2B and KKH displacing Verdugo in the OF. Other than Verdugo, the only two other LHH in the lineup are Devers and Schwarber, both of whom could go deep in this joke of a toilet...I mean ballpark.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 17, 2021 12:07:12 GMT -5
Sweep 'em.
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Post by fenwaymabe on Aug 17, 2021 12:10:12 GMT -5
I hope Verdugo and the clowns in the LF bleachers can get along. I thought for that reason alone they might put JD there and AV in CF or RF.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 17, 2021 12:12:26 GMT -5
1 pitch outs aren't going to protect this lead in the standings...
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 17, 2021 12:14:52 GMT -5
Surprised the curveball in the dirt wasn't strike 3.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 17, 2021 12:19:17 GMT -5
Terrible baserunning by Renfroe. Runners on 1st and 2nd with JDM up. Awesome.
Montgomery looks hittable, when he's not being helped by the umpires.
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Post by TearsIn04 on Aug 17, 2021 12:21:50 GMT -5
Way to go, run us out of an inning with JDM coming up vs. a LHP. Blown opportunities are more damaging in a seven-inning game.
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 17, 2021 12:24:22 GMT -5
Break-even for Renfroe is making it close to 90% of the time....assuming an average hitter coming up.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 17, 2021 12:25:22 GMT -5
not a series to be running into to outs.
Nice inning by Tanner.
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 17, 2021 12:25:54 GMT -5
Not gonna lie I'm pretty excited about Tanner Houck's 2022 season.
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Post by Canseco on Aug 17, 2021 12:28:54 GMT -5
Woof… ugly AB, JD.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 17, 2021 12:29:28 GMT -5
Considering what an awful at bat that was, I don't think Renfroe cost them a run.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 17, 2021 12:29:59 GMT -5
For a great hitter, JD can sure get fooled on occasion. That was an awful AB.
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Post by aznpopsical on Aug 17, 2021 12:32:09 GMT -5
the hitting coach has to go, our hitters look clueless and unprepared against solid pitching too often
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Post by station13 on Aug 17, 2021 12:33:01 GMT -5
JD has so many of those trash at bats.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Aug 17, 2021 12:35:14 GMT -5
Let's Go !! didn't know it was a doubleheader
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Post by station13 on Aug 17, 2021 12:37:00 GMT -5
Bad inning there. Their starter didn't even threw anything close.
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Post by station13 on Aug 17, 2021 12:42:53 GMT -5
That never even hit voit.
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