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9/1-9/4 Red Sox vs. Rangers Series Thread
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Post by dirtdog on Sept 3, 2022 21:19:36 GMT -5
Another interesting stat - team is 24-8 in games where starter goes at least 6 innings. So in cutting to the chase: the less of the bullpen, the better. My eyes (and probably the stats) are in complete agreement.
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Post by xdmo on Sept 3, 2022 21:30:37 GMT -5
I love Mazz trying to debate pitch sequence with Eck lmao "Hey you pitched in the major leagues before, but let ME tell you the right way to do it."
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Sept 3, 2022 21:36:19 GMT -5
Another win, yet another day "gaining ground on nobody"
Now only 28 to go, one day closer to extermination
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 3, 2022 21:47:53 GMT -5
Another win, yet another day "gaining ground on nobody" Now only 28 to go, one day closer to extermination Reasons to watch (well, to me!) Bello Wacha Schreiber Arroyo Devers Xander Kiké Wong Casas (Story, Verdugo, Whitlock on occasion) maybe they'll call up German and/or Hernandez - that would be interesting too. last called games of Eck So - of a 28 player roster, a handful of main interest attractions and a superb color man. That will make it sufficiently interesting, I think.
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on Sept 3, 2022 21:58:23 GMT -5
Sox play 8 games over a 12-day period (with 4 off days)
So I hope we don't hear incessantly about the staff being overworked and how the rotation is thin
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Sept 3, 2022 22:26:00 GMT -5
Amazing continued injury news - Pivetta set back, Hosmer not close, Houck closed down, Crawford now set back also. Dalbec going to the WooSox - wow. Will we see Winck again? Seabold? German? Hernandez? Can't remember so many injuries in a season. playoff odds actually got fractionally worse - .9% on Fangraphs, 1% espn, 1% 538 Another interesting stat - team is 24-8 in games where starter goes at least 6 innings. probably will be Winckowski as Seabold would be a day short on rest between starts (he went 7 innings in his last start).
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 4, 2022 5:22:58 GMT -5
Fun with unbalanced schedules ...
Win pct. outside of division
.582 AL East .479 AL West .437 AL Central
Adjusting for that quite simply ... If the season ended today,
O's miss the playoffs, Guardians make it instead despite finishing 10.5 G behind them
Guardians get home field vs. the Jays as 3rd seed despite finishing 11 G behind them
Mariners use the tiebreaker against Rays for 4th seed despite finishing 5 games behind them
Red Sox season widely viewed as a disaster despite finishing 70-64 (85 win pace) and missing playoffs by 4.5 games despite surreal injury problems
If we'd been in the Central, we'd be 3.5 up on the Guardians and the talk if the town.
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Post by greatscottcooper on Sept 4, 2022 7:07:18 GMT -5
Hope ya’ll ready for a sweep, then the real fun begins with some divisional opponents.
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Sept 4, 2022 9:38:36 GMT -5
Fun with unbalanced schedules ...
Win pct. outside of division
.582 AL East .479 AL West .437 AL Central
Adjusting for that quite simply ... If the season ended today,
O's miss the playoffs, Guardians make it instead despite finishing 10.5 G behind them
Guardians get home field vs. the Jays as 3rd seed despite finishing 11 G behind them
Mariners use the tiebreaker against Rays for 4th seed despite finishing 5 games behind them
Red Sox season widely viewed as a disaster despite finishing 70-64 (85 win pace) and missing playoffs by 4.5 games despite surreal injury problems
If we'd been in the Central, we'd be 3.5 up on the Guardians and the talk if the town.
In 2023 the number of games against the ALE drops from 76 to 57…it’s a start… As the whole AL competes for the wild card the number of AL games should be the same as near as possible ALE, ALC, and ALW!
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Post by cdj on Sept 4, 2022 9:45:14 GMT -5
Casas in the 6 hole
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Post by manfred on Sept 4, 2022 9:50:15 GMT -5
I am *very* excited to see Casas. This is the most excited I’ve been for a game since, er,… it has been a while.
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Post by benzinger on Sept 4, 2022 10:09:17 GMT -5
Yankees are 19-31 in their last 50 games: Benintendi might be done for the year. Rizzo getting epidural injections in his back and can’t play. Carpenter still riding around on a cart. Stanton hitting.219 Donaldson hitting .218 Hicks hitting .217 LeMahieu hasn’t had an XBH in 20 games.
If they blow the division and get bounced in the Wild card round, I will consider this a successful season.
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Post by greatscottcooper on Sept 4, 2022 10:11:16 GMT -5
I foresee a Homerun in his first at bat
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 4, 2022 10:21:04 GMT -5
Hoping Cora sets Winck up for success - get him through the order the first time, see how his stuff is doing - but be ready to start rolling in pen arms rather than having him get crunched by going too long
Interesting line up with Casas, Refsnyder and Wong - I want to see LOTS of Wong in the remaining games (what would be Wong with that?). Would have rather seen Arroyo than Franchy, but maybe he is hobbled today after a foul off of his foot yesterday.
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Post by cdj on Sept 4, 2022 10:23:44 GMT -5
Pham DH Verdugo 9 Bogaerts 6 Devers 5 Story 4 Casas 3 Refsnyder 8 Cordero 7 Wong 2
Kinda like that tbh
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Post by manfred on Sept 4, 2022 10:24:23 GMT -5
Yankees are 19-31 in their last 50 games: Benintendi might be done for the year. Rizzo getting epidural injections in his back and can’t play. Carpenter still riding around on a cart. Stanton hitting.219 Donaldson hitting .218 Hicks hitting .217 LeMahieu hasn’t had an XBH in 20 games. If they blow the division and get bounced in the Wild card round, I will consider this a successful season. It is amazing that Atlanta has a better record. This could be one of the most deliciously painful seasons in Yankees’ history.
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Post by radiohix on Sept 4, 2022 10:25:55 GMT -5
I foresee a Homerun in his first at bat I see a line drive single off the Monster. Ball hit so hard it would’ve been a double in any other ballpark. I also see a nifty play at first base.
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Post by benzinger on Sept 4, 2022 10:32:51 GMT -5
Pham DH Verdugo 9 Bogaerts 6 Devers 5 Story 4 Casas 3 Refsnyder 8 Cordero 7 Wong 2 Kinda like that tbh Not sure I like JDM, Kikè and Arroyo all out of the lineup. I’d prefer to see Refsnyder and Cordero on the bench, but we’ll see if those guys contribute today.
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Post by manfred on Sept 4, 2022 10:36:47 GMT -5
Pham DH Verdugo 9 Bogaerts 6 Devers 5 Story 4 Casas 3 Refsnyder 8 Cordero 7 Wong 2 Kinda like that tbh Not sure I like JDM, Kikè and Arroyo all out of the lineup. I’d prefer to see Refsnyder and Cordero on the bench, but we’ll see if those guys contribute today. Not sure where Arroyo plays. In fact, I don’t know what to do with him. I *love* him, and I think he could put together a sick offensive season next year. But if they resign X, and I hope they do, Arroyo is on the bench. He might be too good for that. Could he get something good in a trade? I don’t know how much value he has.
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Post by scottysmalls on Sept 4, 2022 10:42:06 GMT -5
Not sure I like JDM, Kikè and Arroyo all out of the lineup. I’d prefer to see Refsnyder and Cordero on the bench, but we’ll see if those guys contribute today. Not sure where Arroyo plays. In fact, I don’t know what to do with him. I *love* him, and I think he could put together a sick offensive season next year. But if they resign X, and I hope they do, Arroyo is on the bench. He might be too good for that. Could he get something good in a trade? I don’t know how much value he has. Agree he’s a tricky case. He has the talent to be a starter but I don’t know I could get behind the Red Sox banking on him playing enough games to pencil him in there. He’s a great bench guy, especially if he could get competent enough in the outfield, except that he’s hurt so often you have to plug some AAA depth in frequently. Not sure what the best move is for him.
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Post by patford on Sept 4, 2022 10:43:54 GMT -5
Fun with unbalanced schedules ...
Win pct. outside of division
.582 AL East .479 AL West .437 AL Central
Adjusting for that quite simply ... If the season ended today,
O's miss the playoffs, Guardians make it instead despite finishing 10.5 G behind them
Guardians get home field vs. the Jays as 3rd seed despite finishing 11 G behind them
Mariners use the tiebreaker against Rays for 4th seed despite finishing 5 games behind them
Red Sox season widely viewed as a disaster despite finishing 70-64 (85 win pace) and missing playoffs by 4.5 games despite surreal injury problems
If we'd been in the Central, we'd be 3.5 up on the Guardians and the talk if the town.
The number and duration of the injuries has made it impossible to fairly judge the team or the job Bloom has done.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 4, 2022 10:51:08 GMT -5
Not sure I like JDM, Kikè and Arroyo all out of the lineup. I’d prefer to see Refsnyder and Cordero on the bench, but we’ll see if those guys contribute today. Not sure where Arroyo plays. In fact, I don’t know what to do with him. I *love* him, and I think he could put together a sick offensive season next year. But if they resign X, and I hope they do, Arroyo is on the bench. He might be too good for that. Could he get something good in a trade? I don’t know how much value he has. They could free up a lot of money if they trade Story. Just saying.... And before I get pounced on, I'm not recommending that they trade Story to open up 2b (as they re-sign X, which I doubt they're doing anyways) for Arroyo. We all know Arroyo's injury history. If Story got hurt or moved to SS next year, you have Arroyo and the possibility of getting offense out of Enmannuel Valdez at 2b next season. In my ideal world I'd have Arroyo/Valdez at 2b next year and Bogaerts at SS, and Story traded for a corner OF who can hit in the middle of the order (like 5th/6th), but I know that 2b would be too big a gamble, the defense, especially if Arroyo was hurt and the keystone combo was X and Valdez could be quite fugly, etc.) So, no I guess they couldn't do it. I just worry about what they get offensively on the back half of Story's deal and the defensive slippage I'd anticipate as he ages into his 30s and wouldn't mind see the money spent elsewhere, but there's too much uncertainty to actually do it, but it's an interesting thought exercise. My guess is it becomes a moot point when Story winds up at SS next season (assuming his elbow allows?) because Xander winds up with the Phillies or Cubs or Cardinals. (I'd be surprised if the O's don't get Correa), and we get to see the Arroyo/Valdez idea at 2b tested out next season.
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Sept 4, 2022 10:55:47 GMT -5
Yankees are 19-31 in their last 50 games: Benintendi might be done for the year. Rizzo getting epidural injections in his back and can’t play. Carpenter still riding around on a cart. Stanton hitting.219 Donaldson hitting .218 Hicks hitting .217 LeMahieu hasn’t had an XBH in 20 games. If they blow the division and get bounced in the Wild card round, I will consider this a successful season. Every year the national media anoints the MFY as the top 1 or 2 teams in the AL if not MLB. From the beginning of the season I predicted that TB would win the division, because the MFY just are not that good. They played over their head longer that I thought they would, but I am not the bit surprised they are flopping. They will still probably make the playoffs, but I see loosing the first round they play. The fact they have flopped so badly makes it all the sweeter!
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 4, 2022 11:05:57 GMT -5
Yankees are 19-31 in their last 50 games: Benintendi might be done for the year. Rizzo getting epidural injections in his back and can’t play. Carpenter still riding around on a cart. Stanton hitting.219 Donaldson hitting .218 Hicks hitting .217 LeMahieu hasn’t had an XBH in 20 games. If they blow the division and get bounced in the Wild card round, I will consider this a successful season. Every year the national media anoints the MFY as the top 1 or 2 teams in the AL if not MLB. From the beginning of the season I predicted that TB would win the division, because the MFY just are not that good. They played over their head longer that I thought they would, but I am not the bit surprised they are flopping. They will still probably make the playoffs, but I see loosing the first round they play. The fact they have flopped so badly makes it all the sweeter! They get picked as one of the top 1 or 2 teams every year because they win 90 - 100 games just about every year. Makes them an easy pick. Just like it's easy to pick the Dodgers every year in the NL because of their consistency. I doubt the Yankees fall behind Baltimore. I still expect them to win the AL East. I think the other AL East teams will beat up on each other too much for them to catch the Yankees for the division. Unless one team asserts itself, the Blue Jays are the best candidate, I don't see the Yankees losing their lead, and if one did, then that means other teams in the division are losing too much which makes it virtually impossible for the Yankees to slip behind all 4 of TB, Toronto, Baltimore, and Seattle. They're going to the playoffs. Just hope they're as bad then as they are now.
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Post by incandenza on Sept 4, 2022 11:16:26 GMT -5
And just for the sake of piling on... The Yankees, who traded Jordan Montgomery at the deadline, are currently trying to fend off a challenge for the division lead with a rotation of Cole, Taillon, Montas, Domingo German, and Clarke Schmidt.
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