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5/1-5/4 Red Sox vs. Blue Jays Series Thread
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Post by incandenza on May 4, 2023 14:08:50 GMT -5
I think I've mentioned that there's good reason to believe that team hitting "clutch" is streaky. And that makes complete sense psychologically.
And players treat high-leverage situations differently. After Verdugo had his second great year in high leverage, I decided that he just liked it. It fit his easily observed personality that his reaction would be "this is so much fun!" Which reduces self-inflicted pressure to zero.
Doogie said exactly this after walk-off #3 -- that he loved hitting with the game on the line.
On the other side of the ledger (as Johnny Most used to say) ... Xander Bogaerts, who is killing NL pitchers, has had 9 PA with Leverage 2.0 or above and has made 9 outs: a single, a walk, and two GDP's. This is his 3rd straight year with this problem.
Being conscientious is an important element of "makeup." If Doogie had it as a strength he would never have put out on the extra weight that cratered his defense last year. Xander is having another outstanding year on defense, which means he worked at it in the off-season despite the big contract.
But it's a trait that can lead to putting pressure on yourself to succeed. And failing because you put too much pressure on yourself of course can lead to feeling more pressure. The possibility that Xander might struggle to to get out of this doom loop was, I thin, a factor in the team's approach to his contract extension.
Hypothesis: propensity for live TV F-bombs correlates with clutch ability, for just this reason. See:
Ortiz, David Verdugo, Alex
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Post by incandenza on May 4, 2023 14:10:48 GMT -5
Since April 19th, Casas has a weird ass batting line of .194/.405/.290. Good for a 110 wRC+ though.
He actually has a 15-game on-base streak.
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Post by ematz1423 on May 4, 2023 14:15:57 GMT -5
Since April 19th, Casas has a weird ass batting line of .194/.405/.290. Good for a 110 wRC+ though. You'd think the scouting report would be to just throw him cookies down the middle and dare him to consistently hit the ball, he hasn't been able to do it his whole ML career so far(not that it's a lot of ABs). I know if I was watching the Sox allow a guy under the mendoza line with that crummy a slugging percent walk that much I'd be getting real pissed. And this isn't me giving up on Casas at all either, far from it but until he made an adjustment to it that'd be my gameplan vs him.
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Post by ericmvan on May 4, 2023 14:28:09 GMT -5
I think I've mentioned that there's good reason to believe that team hitting "clutch" is streaky. And that makes complete sense psychologically.
And players treat high-leverage situations differently. After Verdugo had his second great year in high leverage, I decided that he just liked it. It fit his easily observed personality that his reaction would be "this is so much fun!" Which reduces self-inflicted pressure to zero.
Doogie said exactly this after walk-off #3 -- that he loved hitting with the game on the line.
On the other side of the ledger (as Johnny Most used to say) ... Xander Bogaerts, who is killing NL pitchers, has had 9 PA with Leverage 2.0 or above and has made 9 outs: a single, a walk, and two GDP's. This is his 3rd straight year with this problem.
Being conscientious is an important element of "makeup." If Doogie had it as a strength he would never have put out on the extra weight that cratered his defense last year. Xander is having another outstanding year on defense, which means he worked at it in the off-season despite the big contract.
But it's a trait that can lead to putting pressure on yourself to succeed. And failing because you put too much pressure on yourself of course can lead to feeling more pressure. The possibility that Xander might struggle to to get out of this doom loop was, I thin, a factor in the team's approach to his contract extension.
Hypothesis: propensity for live TV F-bombs correlates with clutch ability, for just this reason. See:
Ortiz, David Verdugo, Alex
That is brilliant. BTW, I added Doogis' high-leverage numbers (as originally intended) to the post above. Just your usual .667 / .750 / 1.167 in 8 PA.
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Post by ericmvan on May 4, 2023 14:40:25 GMT -5
Since April 19th, Casas has a weird ass batting line of .194/.405/.290. Good for a 110 wRC+ though. You'd think the scouting report would be to just throw him cookies down the middle and dare him to consistently hit the ball, he hasn't been able to do it his whole ML career so far(not that it's a lot of ABs). I know if I was watching the Sox allow a guy under the mendoza line with that crummy a slugging percent walk that much I'd be getting real pissed. And this isn't me giving up on Casas at all either, far from it but until he made an adjustment to it that'd be my gameplan vs him. Not true. Last 13 games last year, 51 PA, .316 / .490 / .579 ... against all four AP East rivals and no one else. Everything we dreamed of.
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Post by yuchangclan on May 4, 2023 14:45:47 GMT -5
I think I've mentioned that there's good reason to believe that team hitting "clutch" is streaky. And that makes complete sense psychologically.
And players treat high-leverage situations differently. After Verdugo had his second great year in high leverage, I decided that he just liked it. It fit his easily observed personality that his reaction would be "this is so much fun!" Which reduces self-inflicted pressure to zero.
Doogie said exactly this after walk-off #3 -- that he loved hitting with the game on the line.
On the other side of the ledger (as Johnny Most used to say) ... Xander Bogaerts, who is killing NL pitchers, has had 9 PA with Leverage 2.0 or above and has made 9 outs: a single, a walk, and two GDP's. This is his 3rd straight year with this problem.
Being conscientious is an important element of "makeup." If Doogie had it as a strength he would never have put out on the extra weight that cratered his defense last year. Xander is having another outstanding year on defense, which means he worked at it in the off-season despite the big contract.
But it's a trait that can lead to putting pressure on yourself to succeed. And failing because you put too much pressure on yourself of course can lead to feeling more pressure. The possibility that Xander might struggle to to get out of this doom loop was, I thin, a factor in the team's approach to his contract extension.
Hypothesis: propensity for live TV F-bombs correlates with clutch ability, for just this reason. See:
Ortiz, David Verdugo, Alex
This moment was actually documented on film:
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Post by ematz1423 on May 4, 2023 14:46:42 GMT -5
You'd think the scouting report would be to just throw him cookies down the middle and dare him to consistently hit the ball, he hasn't been able to do it his whole ML career so far(not that it's a lot of ABs). I know if I was watching the Sox allow a guy under the mendoza line with that crummy a slugging percent walk that much I'd be getting real pissed. And this isn't me giving up on Casas at all either, far from it but until he made an adjustment to it that'd be my gameplan vs him. Not true. Last 13 games last year, 51 PA, .316 / .490 / .579 ... against all four AP East rivals and no one else. Everything we dreamed of. Fair but he's still a .176 career MLB batting avg guy right now. But don't get me wrong I'm not trying to trash on Casas too much here, I still have faith he can be a good ML hitter he just hasn't been one so far to date, certainly not this season anyway(he did put up a 120wRC+ last year even with the low BA) so you'd think teams wouldn't be trying to nibble around the strike zone on him right now is all I'm trying to say.
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2023 15:04:18 GMT -5
OK, I get Verdugo having a day off but there is ZERO reason Tapia should be leading off for any team above AA:
Tapia RF Yoshida LF Turner DH Devers 3B Duran CF Casas 1B Valdez 2B Hernández SS McGuire C
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2023 15:05:19 GMT -5
I think I've mentioned that there's good reason to believe that team hitting "clutch" is streaky. And that makes complete sense psychologically. And players treat high-leverage situations differently. After Verdugo had his second great year in high leverage, I decided that he just liked it. It fit his easily observed personality that his reaction would be "this is so much fun!" Which reduces self-inflicted pressure to zero. Doogie said exactly this after walk-off #3 -- that he loved hitting with the game on the line. On the other side of the ledger (as Johnny Most used to say) ... Xander Bogaerts, who is killing NL pitchers, has had 9 PA with Leverage 2.0 or above and has made 9 outs: a single, a walk, and two GDP's. This is his 3rd straight year with this problem. Being conscientious is an important element of "makeup." If Doogie had it as a strength he would never have put out on the extra weight that cratered his defense last year. Xander is having another outstanding year on defense, which means he worked at it in the off-season despite the big contract. But it's a trait that can lead to putting pressure on yourself to succeed. And failing because you put too much pressure on yourself of course can lead to feeling more pressure. The possibility that Xander might struggle to to get out of this doom loop was, I thin, a factor in the team's approach to his contract extension. Hypothesis: propensity for live TV F-bombs correlates with clutch ability, for just this reason. See: Ortiz, David Verdugo, Alex Gomes, Johnny
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Post by Guidas on May 4, 2023 15:07:23 GMT -5
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Post by freddysthefuture2003 on May 4, 2023 16:10:55 GMT -5
Unfortunately Manzardo looks like a stud for the Rays, and I think Mead will bounce back too. They keep producing bats. I'd like to point out that Tiedemann is working his way back from injury, and struck out 9 SeaDogs in 3 innings, and Barriera is also just getting rolling, and had a good debut. I'd love for all the Jays to bust, but I don't see those 2 not being contributors Nevermind
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Post by wildsox on May 4, 2023 17:02:31 GMT -5
Gausman should be a good challenge for us tonight
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Post by taiwansox on May 4, 2023 17:22:28 GMT -5
Ump blows
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Post by kevfc89 on May 4, 2023 17:22:59 GMT -5
MasaAmazing!
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Post by taiwansox on May 4, 2023 17:23:06 GMT -5
Yoshida first pitch hitter now damn
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Post by wildsox on May 4, 2023 17:24:04 GMT -5
Masa is a monster
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Post by radiohix on May 4, 2023 17:24:19 GMT -5
Should've been a 2 run bomb!
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 4, 2023 17:24:28 GMT -5
Yoshi
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Post by notstarboard on May 4, 2023 17:24:31 GMT -5
Immediately costs us a run against Gausman. Nice.
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Post by blizzards39 on May 4, 2023 17:25:31 GMT -5
OMG. Not 1 of the pitches to tapia was a strike
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Post by soxfaninnj on May 4, 2023 17:25:48 GMT -5
Devers will Homer today
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 4, 2023 17:27:06 GMT -5
Team is going nuts.
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Post by yuchangclan on May 4, 2023 17:31:39 GMT -5
Yoshida! My apologies for ever doubting you. Wow.
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Post by wildsox on May 4, 2023 17:32:28 GMT -5
As long as Bello gets that same low strike
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on May 4, 2023 17:33:29 GMT -5
Yoshida! My apologies for ever doubting you. Wow. i was in a wait and see mode as well, i don't think that was uncalled for. In the end, he has to make his mark and is def doing that.
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