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Post by julyanmorley on Jul 31, 2022 13:57:46 GMT -5
Arroyo bringing playoff level focus to the plate as he chases his second arbitration payday
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Post by taiwansox on Jul 31, 2022 13:59:54 GMT -5
Adames doesn’t want us to sell
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 31, 2022 14:01:32 GMT -5
I understand calling for that bunt, but oof.
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Post by reasonabledoubt on Jul 31, 2022 14:02:02 GMT -5
Hope Tanner was taking notes.
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Post by taiwansox on Jul 31, 2022 14:06:37 GMT -5
Xander magic!
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Post by manfred on Jul 31, 2022 14:07:09 GMT -5
Keeping Xander is genius. Dombrowski would never have done that.
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Post by taiwansox on Jul 31, 2022 14:08:23 GMT -5
Hope Tanner was taking notes. I might be crazy but I think you should bunt to third against RHPs and bunt to first against LHPs to make them turn their body to the lead base. Really crappy bunt by JBJ straight to the LHP in throwing position
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Post by notstarboard on Jul 31, 2022 14:11:39 GMT -5
JD trade value: re-established
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Post by manfred on Jul 31, 2022 14:11:43 GMT -5
JDM for Soto straight up!!!
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Post by station13 on Jul 31, 2022 14:13:22 GMT -5
everyone doubled their trade values this inning
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Post by taiwansox on Jul 31, 2022 14:13:25 GMT -5
3rd time through the order ftw
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Post by reasonabledoubt on Jul 31, 2022 14:13:40 GMT -5
Not sellers!... Maybe not buyers either.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 31, 2022 14:14:09 GMT -5
They're winning their 3rd game! Time to stand pat and try to limp in!
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jul 31, 2022 14:15:03 GMT -5
bob ryan just can't help being crass even when acknowledging JDM importance. He's been better in the radio booth. Maybe he was trying to out-Mazz Mazz?
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jul 31, 2022 14:22:01 GMT -5
Whitlock on, as Cora is certainly aware that Winckowski, the starter, is in line for the win.
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Post by manfred on Jul 31, 2022 14:27:58 GMT -5
Sox pitchers need to stop giving up liners up the middle.
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Post by briam on Jul 31, 2022 14:28:14 GMT -5
Stop harming Mr. Whitlock!
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Post by taiwansox on Jul 31, 2022 14:28:14 GMT -5
This team is more cursed than the pre-2004 Red Sox
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Post by manfred on Jul 31, 2022 14:34:25 GMT -5
Imagine if Arroyo could actually play 145 games? Guy can hit.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 31, 2022 14:35:18 GMT -5
Imagine if Arroyo could actually play 145 games? Guy can hit. Arroyo is the new Brock Holt.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 31, 2022 14:39:41 GMT -5
Now I know how to help them play well. Go out for a nice beer and some good food with family!!!
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Post by manfred on Jul 31, 2022 14:42:31 GMT -5
This is a real change. *Everyone* looking better today.
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Post by ericmvan on Jul 31, 2022 14:42:56 GMT -5
I hate being right on Winckowski but that dude ain't no MLB starting pitcher material. I hate being right on Winckowski but that dude ain't no MLB starting pitcher material. Can’t pitch in 2022 if you can’t miss a bat, like at all. Which is why he held this very good lineup to a .230 xOBP, .145 effective when you include the hit probabilities of the two GDP's.
Winck in his first set of starts showed a rare and absolutely real soft-contact skill, in EV and xwOBA. That confirmed that his doing that in spades in in AAA was real. He then had a bunch of outings where he didn't have his command and his numbers went from #2 starter to 5, but I believe that this game demonstrates that this was not the league catching to to him, but just good stretch / bad stretch.
Nobody knows how often he'll have the command he needs. But he has a very reasonable #3 upside. I can run the numbers from his distinct good and bad stretch this year and work out how often he needs to be on his game to be a #3, #4, and #5 starter. I think he projects right now as an average 4 starter, 5th guy on a pennant contender, and that doesn't suck.
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Post by manfred on Jul 31, 2022 14:45:28 GMT -5
I hate being right on Winckowski but that dude ain't no MLB starting pitcher material. Can’t pitch in 2022 if you can’t miss a bat, like at all. Which is why he held this very good lineup to a .230 xOBP, .145 effective when you include the hit probabilities of the two GDP's.
Winck in his first set of starts showed a rare and absolutely real soft-contact skill, in EV and xwOBA. That confirmed that his doing that in spades in in AAA was real. He then had a bunch of outings where he didn't have his command and his numbers went from #2 starter to 5, but I believe that this game demonstrates that this was not the league catching to to him, but just good stretch / bad stretch.
Nobody knows how often he'll have the command he needs. But he has a very reasonable #3 upside. I can run the numbers from his distinct good and bad stretch this year and work out how often he needs to be on his game to be a #3, #4, and #5 starter. I think he projects right now as an average 4 starter, 5th guy on a pennant contender, and that doesn't suck.
I still see him as a bullpen guy. He seems like someone who struggles more and more as teams see him. Swingman, maybe. Not bad.
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Post by kevfc89 on Jul 31, 2022 14:45:30 GMT -5
Jaylin Davis is gonna fetch a haul with his .938 OPS
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