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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 4, 2024 16:26:42 GMT -5
I missed the last inning - making Ratatouille for dinner (most everything from the garden). Entertaining game - lots to like. Duran knock-knock-knockin' at .300.
Now the house smells good, the Red Sox win, and it's time to pour a glass of red! Night all!
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Post by cdj on Aug 4, 2024 16:32:40 GMT -5
Hamilton seems like a great teammate
What a performance from Abreu. Winning the game with a heavy heart
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 4, 2024 16:34:33 GMT -5
Strong game all around.
Abreu with a great game despite the sad news he's dealing with.
The bullpen finally had a great day. I'm not sure why Pivetta was yanked so quickly. I thought he settled down after giving up 2 early HRs.
Duran and Hamiltom had strong games, too. 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Too bad yearerdays game slipped away, but at least they got 2 wins.
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 4, 2024 16:43:11 GMT -5
2 series wins in a row. Series wins will get us to the playoffs. Building off that, I've been having in my head 88 wins as the magic number for the playoffs. No major science to it other than my gut and looking at history Last year it was 89 for the AL and 84 for the NL and the year prior was 86 for the AL and 87 for the NL. I just checked Pecota and that's saying 86 for both the AL and NL will get in this year. With that said, 88 wins means closing the year at 29-23. No need to overreact to losses right now if we can keep winning 6 out of 10 as that will put us at 31-21 to close the year, or 90 wins.
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Post by cdj on Aug 4, 2024 16:54:30 GMT -5
Don’t even have to be elite or great, just be consistently solid and we’ll get in. No more games where we shoot ourselves in the foot
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 4, 2024 16:57:14 GMT -5
My favorite numbers today: 7 runs 10 hits. Good things happen when you pick up the guys that get on.
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 4, 2024 17:19:08 GMT -5
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Post by tjb21 on Aug 4, 2024 17:21:22 GMT -5
Whew. That’s some company. Add in his defense and there’s a seriously good role player (potentially more).
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 4, 2024 17:29:44 GMT -5
Strong game all around. The bullpen finally had a great day. I'm not sure why Pivetta was yanked so quickly. I thought he settled down after giving up 2 early HRs. . Corey Seager was coming. We were up 3-2. We’ve seen too many HR’s allowed to chance it. When the manager makes a proactive move and it works. You have to tip your hat to him.
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Post by pd on Aug 4, 2024 17:32:07 GMT -5
2 in a row against good teams. Onto KC.
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Post by shagworthy on Aug 4, 2024 17:36:53 GMT -5
I missed the last inning - making Ratatouille for dinner (most everything from the garden). Entertaining game - lots to like. Duran knock-knock-knockin' at .300. Now the house smells good, the Red Sox win, and it's time to pour a glass of red! Night all! I made lasagna last night for the girl child's birthday, so today is leftover day.
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 4, 2024 17:39:28 GMT -5
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Post by bosoxnation on Aug 4, 2024 18:02:00 GMT -5
Happy to see Hamilton have a good game. Abreu looks like hes going to be our RF for a long time. Getting him for CV was robbery. I like the Idea of Duran Rafaela Abreu as the OF and rotation of Tyler and Yoshida at DH. The other can be a pinch hitter if needed. I feel like Rafaela hits better when he plays CF. Maybe someone can pull up that up.
Also loved Pivetta saying we got a room full of family here makes me want to keep him around.
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Post by tjb21 on Aug 4, 2024 18:42:43 GMT -5
Re: Abreau, I think Rafaela better up his offensive production or his starting CF spot could be gone — once Anthony enters the OF shuffle and Duran goes to center. Abreu’s looking like the better player to me.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 4, 2024 19:00:11 GMT -5
I missed the last inning - making Ratatouille for dinner (most everything from the garden). Entertaining game - lots to like. Duran knock-knock-knockin' at .300. Now the house smells good, the Red Sox win, and it's time to pour a glass of red! Night all! I made lasagna last night for the girl child's birthday, so today is leftover day. It's better on day 2.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Aug 4, 2024 19:02:56 GMT -5
Re: Abreau, I think Rafaela better up his offensive production or his starting CF spot could be gone — once Anthony enters the OF shuffle and Duran goes to center. Abreu’s looking like the better player to me. The nice thing about Rafaela is that he doesn’t need to be the starter to be valuable. If Abreu continues this pace and Anthony is as advertised you can certainly make that the core starting group and then have Rafaela fill in as needed against lefties or on a rest day, while also getting some spot duty at short. He’s good enough to be a guy you want in the lineup 140 games of the year but also has enough holes and is on the type of contract where you probably feel okay if he’s a dependable 4th outfielder/super utility guy. Bottom line is the future of this team almost certainly has him in it, and his flexibility will help a lot if some of these big time prospects end up hitting.
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Post by tjb21 on Aug 4, 2024 19:31:52 GMT -5
I’m not sure it’s guaranteed he’s good enough to be in the lineup 140 games per season. Although I’m hopeful.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Aug 4, 2024 19:37:24 GMT -5
Well he is also a very good 2nd baseman and left-fielder. He could get a lot of playing time backing up all those positions.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 4, 2024 19:46:50 GMT -5
Maybe, a better version of Kiké.
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 4, 2024 19:47:22 GMT -5
Re: Abreau, I think Rafaela better up his offensive production or his starting CF spot could be gone — once Anthony enters the OF shuffle and Duran goes to center. Abreu’s looking like the better player to me. The nice thing about Rafaela is that he doesn’t need to be the starter to be valuable. If Abreu continues this pace and Anthony is as advertised you can certainly make that the core starting group and then have Rafaela fill in as needed against lefties or on a rest day, while also getting some spot duty at short. He’s good enough to be a guy you want in the lineup 140 games of the year but also has enough holes and is on the type of contract where you probably feel okay if he’s a dependable 4th outfielder/super utility guy. Bottom line is the future of this team almost certainly has him in it, and his flexibility will help a lot if some of these big time prospects end up hitting. First of all it is a good problem to have. Second thanks for saving me the keystrokes. Third it seems to me Ceddy keeps improving and I am a fan, so he will get in where he fits in.
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Post by Foulke_In_Athol on Aug 4, 2024 19:54:58 GMT -5
Plus I've noticed a slight difference in Cedanne's approach:
He's not walking yet, but counts are going deeper. He's learning to lay off obvious balls and theres a bit less hack in his game. He's starting to get himself into better hitters counts 2-1 , 2-2, 3-2 and work back a bit from negative counts. The more pitches he's seeing the more he's learning. He reminds me of Devers in that way. Spoiling tough pitches.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 4, 2024 20:11:03 GMT -5
Rafaela is up to 1.6 bWAR in spite of a rookie-like start.
ADD: Abreu is at 2.1.
Both went through the rookie learning curve. I rather envision Abreu as having a Dewey like career, the tools are there. Kiermeier for Ceddanne. As said, a nice problem to have.
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Post by notstarboard on Aug 4, 2024 20:30:42 GMT -5
Happy to see Hamilton have a good game. Abreu looks like hes going to be our RF for a long time. Getting him for CV was robbery. I like the Idea of Duran Rafaela Abreu as the OF and rotation of Tyler and Yoshida at DH. The other can be a pinch hitter if needed. I feel like Rafaela hits better when he plays CF. Maybe someone can pull up that up. Also loved Pivetta saying we got a room full of family here makes me want to keep him around. Rafaela has a 118 wRC+ as a SS and a 70 wRC+ as a CF this year. Although, correlation and causation and all that.
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Post by gerry on Aug 4, 2024 20:39:53 GMT -5
Hamilton seems like a great teammate What a performance from Abreu. Winning the game with a heavy heart Watching Hamilton console Abreu, then with Rafaella, tells me that these three came up together and are tight. Part of the core with guys like Bello and Houck crowding in for support. These guys are a team. What a strength, what a foundation.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 4, 2024 20:45:15 GMT -5
I expect the Sox to make a QO on Pivetta and O'Neil but not sign them.
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