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Post by cdj on Aug 24, 2021 22:16:30 GMT -5
Hansel you maniac
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 24, 2021 22:16:42 GMT -5
That was.... different.
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Post by jmei on Aug 24, 2021 22:16:50 GMT -5
Koji would have finished this an hour ago and we're all be in bed resting. Sweet dreams. God I miss Koji
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Post by blizzards39 on Aug 24, 2021 22:18:19 GMT -5
Have to figure cora was hoping 3 run lead coming down the order would maybe give Barnes confidence. Total backfire. I’d say for now just use Robles as closer and Barnes where Robles was and see what happens. Not that Robles is any great pitcher but we all know the value of the closer can be overrated. Those 7/8 inning outs can sometimes be the hard ones.
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Post by cdj on Aug 24, 2021 22:19:52 GMT -5
These are good pitches, idk how Cave is staying alive
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 24, 2021 22:19:56 GMT -5
They should walk off Robles in robes and a crown because that was a KING performance!
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Post by soxfaninnj on Aug 24, 2021 22:20:10 GMT -5
I’ll eat crow, Robles looked absolutely filthy!!
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Post by jmei on Aug 24, 2021 22:20:14 GMT -5
Phew
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Post by greenmonster on Aug 24, 2021 22:20:17 GMT -5
Your new closer...Hansel Robles! Bloom crushed the trade deadline!!
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Post by cdj on Aug 24, 2021 22:20:33 GMT -5
Hansel. So hot right now. Hansel.
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Post by nomar on Aug 24, 2021 22:20:41 GMT -5
Just keep winning
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Post by semsox on Aug 24, 2021 22:20:43 GMT -5
and exhale
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Post by manfred on Aug 24, 2021 22:21:23 GMT -5
Unexpected!
I am not so sure Robles is the answer, but at least he was tonight.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 24, 2021 22:21:28 GMT -5
Someday, they will be asking "so, where were you the night that Robles came in to save that big game"!
(he says tongue in cheek).
Maybe we are looking at our closer. Maybe Bloom is playing 3D chess!
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Post by reasonabledoubt on Aug 24, 2021 22:21:33 GMT -5
What a relief. I mean - what relief?
Survive and advance...
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 24, 2021 22:21:54 GMT -5
Is it my imagination or did Barnes struggles coincide with the crackdown on substances? Crackdown started on June 21. Barnes was worse but passable from that date through August 7, with a 1.15 ERA, 3.62 FIP, 3.88 xFIP in 15.2 innings. His strikeout rate in particular fell from a 15.95 K/9 pre-June 21 (!!!) to a 9.77 K/9 post-June 21.
But since August 8, not including tonight, in 3.1 innings, he's given up 8 earned runs (21.60 ERA, 5.57 FIP, 3.79 xFIP). His FIP and xFIP numbers looked to have changed post-crackdown. His first sign of lower spin was 6/15 so I'm going to use that date. Through 6/14: 2.86 ERA, 1.76 FIP, 1.63 xFIP 6/15 to 8/7: 1.62 ERA, 3.35 FIP, 3.70 xFIP 8/8 to 8/23: 21.6 ERA, 5.57 FIP, 3.79 xFIP So it feels like he was hanging by a thread post-crackdown and then it imploded in Toronto. His spin rates are really low the past week or so, it's almost like another step down from the post-crackdown.
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Post by patford on Aug 24, 2021 22:22:25 GMT -5
Koji would have finished this an hour ago and we're all be in bed resting. Sweet dreams. God I miss Koji Koji is the only Sox reliever I have ever liked. Watching him pitch was like watching Larry Bird shoot free throws. I always felt completely relaxed. Every damn pitch was a strike. Compare to Kimbrel who was torture to watch even when he was good.
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Post by Canseco on Aug 24, 2021 22:22:38 GMT -5
Hansel. So hot right now. Hansel. His presence on the roster is worth it just for the Zoolander references.
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Post by kingofthetrill on Aug 24, 2021 22:22:57 GMT -5
That outing alone was worth Alex Scherff.
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Post by cdj on Aug 24, 2021 22:22:59 GMT -5
Crackdown started on June 21. Barnes was worse but passable from that date through August 7, with a 1.15 ERA, 3.62 FIP, 3.88 xFIP in 15.2 innings. His strikeout rate in particular fell from a 15.95 K/9 pre-June 21 (!!!) to a 9.77 K/9 post-June 21.
But since August 8, not including tonight, in 3.1 innings, he's given up 8 earned runs (21.60 ERA, 5.57 FIP, 3.79 xFIP). His FIP and xFIP numbers looked to have changed post-crackdown. His first sign of lower spin was 6/15 so I'm going to use that date. Through 6/14: 2.86 ERA, 1.76 FIP, 1.63 xFIP 6/15 to 8/7: 1.62 ERA, 3.35 FIP, 3.70 xFIP 8/8 to 8/23: 21.6 ERA, 5.57 FIP, 3.79 xFIP So it feels like he was hanging by a thread post-crackdown and then it imploded in Toronto. His spin rates are really low the past week or so, it's almost like another step down from the post-crackdown. View AttachmentCrackdown + fatigue = no bueno
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Post by homerdante on Aug 24, 2021 22:23:24 GMT -5
Padres recently fired their pitching coach--lack of message getting through.
...thinking...
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 24, 2021 22:23:57 GMT -5
Koji is the only Sox reliever I have ever liked. Watching him pitch was like watching Larry Bird shoot free throws. I always felt completely relaxed. Every damn pitch was a strike. Compare to Kimbrel who was torture to watch even when he was good. Agree on Kimbrel. Foulk sure had his moment too, though.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 24, 2021 22:24:59 GMT -5
Good job Robles. Don't want to get used to him closing, but Barnes is leaving Cora no choice at the moment.
An ugly win again, which is better than a loss, but the bullpen turned a laughter into a nailbiter. Barnes never should have been needed, but Perez and Sawamura were terrible.
This team can't go anywhere if Barnes doesn't get his act together. I don't know how they fix him, but they need to.
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Post by manfred on Aug 24, 2021 22:25:28 GMT -5
Koji is the only Sox reliever I have ever liked. Watching him pitch was like watching Larry Bird shoot free throws. I always felt completely relaxed. Every damn pitch was a strike. Compare to Kimbrel who was torture to watch even when he was good. Agree on Kimbrel. Foulk sure had his moment too, though. C’mon. Show Paps some love! I even liked Lee Smith.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 24, 2021 22:26:55 GMT -5
Agree on Kimbrel. Foulk sure had his moment too, though. C’mon. Show Paps some love! I even liked Lee Smith. Tom Gordon was nails in 1998.
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