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Post by cdj on Jul 23, 2024 22:22:33 GMT -5
Enormous game from Criswell given the state of the bullpen. In the convo for biggest pitching performance of the year given the circumstances
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Post by LoneStarSox on Jul 23, 2024 22:28:16 GMT -5
Enormous game from Criswell given the state of the bullpen. In the convo for biggest pitching performance of the year given the circumstances guidas?
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Post by LoneStarSox on Jul 23, 2024 22:28:57 GMT -5
GREAT WIN.
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Post by Guidas on Jul 23, 2024 22:29:49 GMT -5
Great Win!
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Post by finaliz3d on Jul 23, 2024 22:30:49 GMT -5
This is a much more crisp Weissert. Cooper inspired the pen arms. I think Weissert's gotten a bit of a bad rep. He's not a late-inning guy by any stretch, but he's been fine. His numbers in June are exacerbated by one blow-up appearance and outside of July he's been a fine back-end reliever for us. And man, Criswell literally saved the series for us. I was being a bit heavy on the doom-and-gloom yesterday because I didn't think we would win today with the bullpen being gassed as it was, but Coop pulled it off and we have a chance to take 2 of 3 before heading back to Fenway to take on the MFY and the Mariners. Both are playoff caliber teams that our performance against will be a big factor in determining what kind of moves we make heading into the deadline.
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Post by ematz1423 on Jul 24, 2024 6:16:35 GMT -5
Twins Royals and yankees all lost last night. Good day for the WC standings.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 24, 2024 6:23:14 GMT -5
Twins Royals and yankees all lost last night. Good day for the WC standings. Meh, Yanks and O's both lost. Good day for the East championship.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 24, 2024 7:35:05 GMT -5
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Post by asm18 on Jul 24, 2024 8:28:33 GMT -5
Weird but true - Tyler O’Neill has 20 homers and is hitting .267 through over 300 at-bats, but only has 38 RBI’s
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 24, 2024 9:13:49 GMT -5
Weird but true - Tyler O’Neill has 20 homers and is hitting .267 through over 300 at-bats, but only has 38 RBI’s A challenge the Red Sox have had this year is that most of their best hitters have been horrible in the clutch. O'Neill to a slightly lesser extent than Devers, Wong, Abreu and Casas. They don't really have any hitters who have been weirdly over-performant in high leverage, but a lot on the other end.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 24, 2024 9:24:01 GMT -5
Another weird thing about the Red Sox, their wRC+ is 15 points higher on the road than at home. The next biggest reverse home/away split like that is -4. On the other hand multiple teams have wRC+'s 20+ points higher at home than on the road, and the average gap is 7 points higher at home.
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Post by seamus on Jul 24, 2024 10:06:20 GMT -5
Glass half-full perspective is that there's a good chance that at least some of that is luck, so if they're in decent shape with lousy high-leverage performances, just imagine how they'll do if they can start clustering the base knocks a little more efficiently.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 24, 2024 10:35:30 GMT -5
Glass half-full perspective is that there's a good chance that at least some of that is luck, so if they're in decent shape with lousy high-leverage performances, just imagine how they'll do if they can start clustering the base knocks a little more efficiently. I agree, and actually mostly it has already corrected. The bad clutch came in the 6 weeks or so. After May 15 they’re 4th in the league at 1.15 clutch wins, before that they were 30th in the league at -3.71.
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Post by dirtdog on Jul 24, 2024 11:36:01 GMT -5
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Post by asm18 on Jul 24, 2024 11:42:44 GMT -5
Why didn't Yoshida hit like this when his thumb was injured and exceedingly painful
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Post by ematz1423 on Jul 24, 2024 11:51:24 GMT -5
If Yoshida continues to hit even around a 120 wRC the rest of the way that obviously opens him up as a guy with maybe neutral to surplus trade value rather than negative. Not that I dislike Yoshida but for the future of this org I do think it might be best to move him in the offseason. Then again if he hits nearly the way he has been the last month then maybe they ought to hang on to him. There might be a bit of a catch22 with him.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 24, 2024 12:00:34 GMT -5
If Yoshida continues to hit even around a 120 wRC the rest of the way that obviously opens him up as a guy with maybe neutral to surplus trade value rather than negative. Not that I dislike Yoshida but for the future of this org I do think it might be best to move him in the offseason. Then again if he hits nearly the way he has been the last month then maybe they ought to hang on to him. There might be a bit of a catch22 with him. Should be interesting. I suspect theyll try to find a creative way to remove him and replace his spot in the lineup with a RH power bat for better lineup balance. Hopefully he hits enough to entice somebody to want him as their DH, albeit at a reduced rate as I imagine the Six would have to kick in some dollars or take on a bad contract themselves, although I'd think they'd lean the former rather than the latter.
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Post by asm18 on Jul 24, 2024 12:23:41 GMT -5
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 24, 2024 12:46:19 GMT -5
I'm as big a Yoshida-optimist as anyone here but I'll throw a little cold water on this - his xwOBA has still been right around league average for this whole 30 day stretch where he's gotten great results, it's been trending better, but he's probably been getting lucky. To be fair before this stretch he only had a .250 BABIP and I think he was getting unlucky, so things even out.
Hopefully the contact quality follows the results and he just builds on it the rest of the way.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 24, 2024 12:56:29 GMT -5
Somewhat interesting that the lineup change was playing Westbrook at second rather than moving Rafaela to the infield and O'Neill to the outfield. Probably more about getting O'Neill a couple days off in a row than anything else
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Post by finaliz3d on Jul 24, 2024 13:45:45 GMT -5
If Yoshida continues to hit even around a 120 wRC the rest of the way that obviously opens him up as a guy with maybe neutral to surplus trade value rather than negative. Not that I dislike Yoshida but for the future of this org I do think it might be best to move him in the offseason. Then again if he hits nearly the way he has been the last month then maybe they ought to hang on to him. There might be a bit of a catch22 with him. He just fits so awkwardly because we need more right handed bats in the lineup, especially when the big three are coming up next season. I think if he is playing well to end the season you sell high and replace him with a right handed DH type who can play atleast one position in the field.
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Post by ematz1423 on Jul 24, 2024 14:22:07 GMT -5
Not a good start to this game for Pivetta. HR and a good liner for a single. Need him to settle in or the offense is going to have produce today.
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Post by soxfanatic on Jul 24, 2024 14:29:16 GMT -5
Awful start
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jul 24, 2024 14:29:33 GMT -5
Good grief, Nick.
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Post by LoneStarSox on Jul 24, 2024 14:29:40 GMT -5
Yuck
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