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Post by asm18 on Aug 20, 2024 21:59:18 GMT -5
The greatest pitcher of his generation vs Justin Verlander tomorrow
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Aug 20, 2024 21:59:24 GMT -5
Ugly but big win, I'll take them all season long. Duran was huge today
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 20, 2024 21:59:46 GMT -5
Finally a win against these MFers Are we breaking new ground: MFA"s?
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Post by nomar on Aug 20, 2024 22:00:04 GMT -5
Yankees about to take an L. More importantly KC is too
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Post by notstarboard on Aug 20, 2024 22:00:38 GMT -5
The greatest pitcher of his generation vs Justin Verlander tomorrow The greatest pitcher of his generation vs one of the only pitchers of his generation
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Post by taiwansox on Aug 20, 2024 22:00:55 GMT -5
Criswell against Verlander, let’s do it tomorrow and make a series win out of it!
Also shoutout to the bullpen tonight, we somehow won the battle of the bullpens thanks to Jarren
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Post by pd on Aug 20, 2024 22:03:03 GMT -5
4 innings 1 hit for the pen. Huge. Only 38 pitches to get through 4 innings is impressive as well, and will help the next couple of games.
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Post by bosoxnation on Aug 20, 2024 22:03:37 GMT -5
The bullpen really went scoreless. That's amazing. Praying for a blowout tomorrow so I can breathe lol
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 20, 2024 22:05:18 GMT -5
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Post by notstarboard on Aug 20, 2024 22:11:44 GMT -5
Omg I was out of the loop on Ben Joyce. I just checked the Royals gamecast right as they lost - three straight fastballs in the zone to Witt, and he struck out. I was like, huh, how did Witt of all people not do damage on those?
Pitch 1: 104.8 mph Pitch 2: 104.5 mph Pitch 3: 103.2 mph
Where on earth are teams finding these people?! The guy's only 23.
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 20, 2024 22:12:55 GMT -5
Angels win. Rushing Zack Netto up paid dividends.
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Post by finaliz3d on Aug 20, 2024 22:13:38 GMT -5
Omg I was out of the loop on Ben Joyce. I just checked the Royals gamecast right as they lost - three straight fastballs in the zone to Witt, and he struck out. I was like, huh, how did Witt of all people not do damage on those? Pitch 1: 104.8 mph Pitch 2: 104.5 mph Pitch 3: 103.2 mph Where on earth are teams finding these people?! The guy's only 23. Guerrero can hit 100 and Penrod is inching closer, but yeah it'd be nice if we had one of those guys.
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Post by Don Caballero on Aug 20, 2024 22:36:02 GMT -5
Omg I was out of the loop on Ben Joyce. I just checked the Royals gamecast right as they lost - three straight fastballs in the zone to Witt, and he struck out. I was like, huh, how did Witt of all people not do damage on those? Pitch 1: 104.8 mph Pitch 2: 104.5 mph Pitch 3: 103.2 mph Where on earth are teams finding these people?! The guy's only 23. He walks a lot of dudes and doesn’t strike out many of them. I don’t think he can control that super power, I see an Andrew Bailey reclamation project.
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Post by bosoxnation on Aug 20, 2024 23:04:42 GMT -5
Angels win. Rushing Zack Netto up paid dividends. Netto is a stud. Almost the same WAR as Devers.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 20, 2024 23:33:32 GMT -5
Angels have been recent spoilers.
Casas hasn't missed a beat offensively or defensively. He's already made several nice stretches.
It doesn't get much better than the second Rafaela web gem.
I'm guessing that if you combined all the below average starts and above average starts, the difference between those numbers would put Pivetta near the major league leaders.
Duran, Duran
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Post by cdj on Aug 20, 2024 23:37:34 GMT -5
Omg I was out of the loop on Ben Joyce. I just checked the Royals gamecast right as they lost - three straight fastballs in the zone to Witt, and he struck out. I was like, huh, how did Witt of all people not do damage on those? Pitch 1: 104.8 mph Pitch 2: 104.5 mph Pitch 3: 103.2 mph Where on earth are teams finding these people?! The guy's only 23. He was over 105 in college
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Aug 20, 2024 23:37:54 GMT -5
Well, every dog has their day and so the bullpen finally did the job today. Its a minor miracle.
Duran has been flat out amazing. Such an electrifying player.
Good to see the Sox pin the loss on super stud reliever Kaleb Ort.
Good to hear that Casas went deep, too.
The Soc really need to win tomorrow. Not banking on it. They need a blowout win as Jansen won't be available.
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Aug 21, 2024 1:37:28 GMT -5
Ugly but big win, I'll take them all season long. Duran was huge today Yes they left a lot of RISP, but I’d hardly consider this an ugly game. This is a win against a legit playoff team and they beat them the way a legit playoff opponent should beat them — limit damage by having a tight bullpen performance and playing top grade defense. Honestly, one of the better wins of the season in my opinion.
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Aug 21, 2024 1:38:22 GMT -5
Also I love how quickly the temperament changed on this thread.
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Aug 21, 2024 1:42:55 GMT -5
Omg I was out of the loop on Ben Joyce. I just checked the Royals gamecast right as they lost - three straight fastballs in the zone to Witt, and he struck out. I was like, huh, how did Witt of all people not do damage on those? Pitch 1: 104.8 mph Pitch 2: 104.5 mph Pitch 3: 103.2 mph Where on earth are teams finding these people?! The guy's only 23. My buddy just sold an autographed Ben Joyce rookie 1/1 superfractor card for $1,700. Dude is already a stud.
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Post by Guidas on Aug 21, 2024 5:50:16 GMT -5
Great Win!
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Post by ematz1423 on Aug 21, 2024 6:34:39 GMT -5
Soul crushing, potential season ending sweep has been averted! Hopefully steal one on go away day today and then they have the next 16 games vs highly beatable teams in AZ, TOR, NYM and CHISOX.
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Post by Smittyw on Aug 21, 2024 7:20:47 GMT -5
With a win today, we'd be 4-1-1 in series this month against some pretty tough opps, with the Astros sweep being the only disaster.
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Aug 21, 2024 8:53:49 GMT -5
Omg I was out of the loop on Ben Joyce. I just checked the Royals gamecast right as they lost - three straight fastballs in the zone to Witt, and he struck out. I was like, huh, how did Witt of all people not do damage on those? Pitch 1: 104.8 mph Pitch 2: 104.5 mph Pitch 3: 103.2 mph Where on earth are teams finding these people?! The guy's only 23. He is 23, and will probably have TJ by age 24.
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Post by huskies15 on Aug 21, 2024 8:54:18 GMT -5
Double Devers Dinger Day
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