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Post by asm18 on Aug 21, 2024 15:51:59 GMT -5
The immortal Johnny Cueto goes for the Angels tonight vs the Royals - actually am not sure if he’s been to KC since he helped them win a ring in 2015
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Aug 21, 2024 15:54:45 GMT -5
4-3 road trip to Baltimore and Houston, and it could easily have been better. That's a great week. And after tonight, it's gauntlet time for KC, while ours is almost over. But similarly could have been much worse. Did exactly the bare minimum they needed to do to survive and stay in this thing. Get thru a pretty tough series this weekend against AZ (w/o Marte & Walker) and finally have some opponents you can clean up against w/ Hendriks, Slaten, Hill and maybe even Story on the way.
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Post by finaliz3d on Aug 21, 2024 15:57:44 GMT -5
that was actually great.
though seriously, this team goes from "it's so over," to, "we're so back," way too much.
arizona's tough, best offense in the league, tough test. but, if we can go 2 of 3, or at bare minimum 1 of 3, we get 5 against the blue jays up ahead where we need to take all the wins we can get.
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Post by notstarboard on Aug 21, 2024 16:02:20 GMT -5
The Sox' remaining strength of schedule is down to 19th hardest with a .497 winning percentage. KC's is still 2nd with a .532 winning percentage. After this AZ series the schedule should be relatively cushy the rest of the way, with the caveat that divisional games can play harder than they are on paper.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Aug 21, 2024 16:07:08 GMT -5
Is this still not a playoff caliber team?
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Aug 21, 2024 16:07:48 GMT -5
that was actually great. though seriously, this team fanbase goes from "it's so over," to, "we're so back," way too much. arizona's tough, best offense in the league, tough test. but, if we can go 2 of 3, or at bare minimum 1 of 3, we get 5 against the blue jays up ahead where we need to take all the wins we can get. FTFY
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Aug 21, 2024 16:08:13 GMT -5
My boycott crused my mush. Happy to take one for the team. Superstition is now in play.
Wont watch again until they lose. lol. Way to win the series !!
LFG !!
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Aug 21, 2024 16:08:52 GMT -5
that was actually great. though seriously, this team goes from "it's so over," to, "we're so back," way too much.arizona's tough, best offense in the league, tough test. but, if we can go 2 of 3, or at bare minimum 1 of 3, we get 5 against the blue jays up ahead where we need to take all the wins we can get. The "team" does, or (some of) the fans do? Personally, every April I sign up for 162.
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Post by pd on Aug 21, 2024 16:37:56 GMT -5
that was actually great. though seriously, this team goes from "it's so over," to, "we're so back," way too much. Just gotta ride the wave.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 21, 2024 16:44:38 GMT -5
These are becoming the gamiest of game threads! 😀
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Post by Soxfansince1971 on Aug 21, 2024 16:45:52 GMT -5
Well I'll be damned, back to back good outings for Garcia. Maybe that trade will turn out to not be a complete utter flop. I suppose with how bad he did out of the gate he is perhaps due for at least a decent stretch. Kavadas got called up to the Angels and 0/7 with 6 strikeouts.
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Post by ematz1423 on Aug 21, 2024 16:57:33 GMT -5
Well I'll be damned, back to back good outings for Garcia. Maybe that trade will turn out to not be a complete utter flop. I suppose with how bad he did out of the gate he is perhaps due for at least a decent stretch. Kavadas got called up to the Angels and 0/7 with 6 strikeouts. Yea kavadas wasn't exactly a guy I was sad to see go but I was a little bummed about lugo. He was the main guy I thought could make the trade backfire and time will tell there. Lugo was probably never going to be much of a factor in Boston but I was intrigued by his RHH OF profile, though his reverse splits in a SSS didn't help his case in Boston.
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Aug 21, 2024 17:01:11 GMT -5
Well I'll be damned, back to back good outings for Garcia. Maybe that trade will turn out to not be a complete utter flop. I suppose with how bad he did out of the gate he is perhaps due for at least a decent stretch. Kavadas got called up to the Angels and 0/7 with 6 strikeouts. Showing exactly the reason why the Sox never wanted him on the big league club.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 21, 2024 17:28:15 GMT -5
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Post by radiohix on Aug 21, 2024 17:41:25 GMT -5
Our guys need to stop f****ng around and start dominating at home. It’s pretty simple to me: If they win their series at Fenway, they’ll be in the playoffs.
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Post by wkdbigsoxfan on Aug 21, 2024 17:50:01 GMT -5
These guys refuse to die
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Post by asm18 on Aug 21, 2024 18:11:30 GMT -5
Well I'll be damned, back to back good outings for Garcia. Maybe that trade will turn out to not be a complete utter flop. I suppose with how bad he did out of the gate he is perhaps due for at least a decent stretch. Kavadas got called up to the Angels and 0/7 with 6 strikeouts. In the lineup tonight against KC…
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 21, 2024 18:12:03 GMT -5
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Post by dirtdog on Aug 21, 2024 18:41:07 GMT -5
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Post by nomar on Aug 21, 2024 19:13:37 GMT -5
Minnesota is demolishing San Diego so that’s a bummer
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on Aug 21, 2024 19:14:03 GMT -5
So does that mean tha Cedanne and Wilyer split votes and someone else wins ROY?
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Post by soxfansince67 on Aug 21, 2024 21:10:43 GMT -5
Angels laying down against KC.
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Post by finaliz3d on Aug 21, 2024 21:25:54 GMT -5
So does that mean tha Cedanne and Wilyer split votes and someone else wins ROY? Cowser leads AL rookies in fWAR, Wells is 2nd, Wilyer is 3rd, Gil and Miller round out the top 5, Rafaela is something like 18th Gil leads AL rookies in fWAR, Wilyer is 2nd, Cowser is 3rd. Rafaela is 7th. Fun fact, David Hamilton is 4th for bWAR among AL rookies. It's a fairly open race, I did make Rafaela look a little bad there, but given that he leads in a lot of statistical categories, and there are things that WAR doesn't tell you (like how Rafaela has basically been a savior for our infield defense, even if he doesn't grade out well.) All that said, Cowser, Wells, Abreu, Gil and Miller seem to be the most likely candidates, but it's an open enough race that Rafaela who's not far behind could really make a push with a strong stretch run.
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Post by keninten on Aug 21, 2024 22:01:24 GMT -5
So I decided to look up the ROY on Wikipedia and saw something interesting. Mark Fidrych won it in 1976. He started 29 games with a 19-9 record. That`s one game without a decision. 24 complete games. I don`t know if that was part of his flameout but it`s very interesting. His career record was 29-19. So after that year he was 10-10.
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Post by dirtywaterinla on Aug 21, 2024 22:10:16 GMT -5
So I decided to look up the ROY on Wikipedia and saw something interesting. Mark Fidrych won it in 1976. He started 29 games with a 19-9 record. That`s one game without a decision. 24 complete games. I don`t know if that was part of his flameout but it`s very interesting. His career record was 29-19. So after that year he was 10-10. There’s a fascinating short doc on Fidrych on YouTube. Dude basically pitched with a dead arm for year and half before he retired.
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