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Post by finaliz3d on Sept 3, 2024 20:31:07 GMT -5
God, I'd rather just watch some of the young guys come up, it'd give me something to look forward to with this team.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 3, 2024 20:31:48 GMT -5
Despite this appearance, I would be pretty happy to bring Martin back on a healthy one year deal. I would despite tonight. 41-2 K/BB ratios dont grow on trees.
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Post by shagworthy on Sept 3, 2024 20:31:49 GMT -5
Well this isn’t going to help Martin’s anxiety.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 3, 2024 20:31:58 GMT -5
Uncle!
Uncle!
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Post by asm18 on Sept 3, 2024 20:33:18 GMT -5
Detroit isn’t playing tonight - after this loss we will be tied with them but they have the season tie breaker. So they technically will be the new “next team up” behind an imploding Kansas City. The Tigers get to play KC in like two weeks - talk about a possible surprise playoff team
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Post by julyanmorley on Sept 3, 2024 20:34:10 GMT -5
Fellas we have a chance to pass two teams, one tied and one yet to play, in the tankathon standings tonight.
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Post by ephus on Sept 3, 2024 20:34:15 GMT -5
After months and months and months pleading for more starting pitching, when it matters most it’s the offense and bullpen that did us in. It’s a long season and baseball sure has a way of showing a team’s true capabilities. I’m not gonna lie. They had me in the first half.
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Post by julyanmorley on Sept 3, 2024 20:35:22 GMT -5
We're 1.5 games back of the magical 11 spot which bumps you up to 9 because the White Sox and A's are locked into 10-11.
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Post by oldfaithful2019 on Sept 3, 2024 20:37:05 GMT -5
In this century, baseball and the Red Sox in particular, is the only professional sport that can hold my attention and passion the entire season most years. This is not going to be one of those seasons, it appears !!
At least I've got WNBA to enjoy for another month or so.....
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Post by foreverred9 on Sept 3, 2024 20:39:57 GMT -5
So. Even our best BP ARMS are toast Something I noticed when doing minor league pitcher of the month for August was just how overused the Sox bullpen was in the month of August. Bernadino pitched in 14 of the 29 games. Garcia, Kelly, and Martin 11 games. Jansen and Sims 10 games. Prior to August there were only 3 pitchers that went over 10 appearances, and that was in April and May. www.soxprospects.com/stats/pitching.php?split=16&sortby=G&team=111The WHIPs of most of the pitchers were atrocious. Kenley was the only one under 1 who pitched meaningful innings, he was at a 0.40 WHIP. Then there's Pivetta who put up a solid 1.01 WHIP and was rewarded for that with 0 wins and 3 losses in 5 games. Bello had an underrated good month too with a 3 ERA, his first good month since April.
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Post by bluechip on Sept 3, 2024 20:41:11 GMT -5
Rafaela is 24 this month. He has such terrible plate discipline.
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Post by rhswanzey on Sept 3, 2024 20:41:35 GMT -5
Red Sox team ERA by inning entering play tonight:
1st - 3.85 2nd - 3.26 3rd - 3.91 4th - 3.91 5th - 4.76 6th - 4.73 7th - 5.28 8th - 3.59 9th - 3.31 Extras - 6.94
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Post by incandenza on Sept 3, 2024 20:42:44 GMT -5
Red Sox pitchers tonight: 10 Ks, 2 BBs, 7 hits on a .222 xBA... 7 runs.
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Post by tjb21 on Sept 3, 2024 20:43:40 GMT -5
Rafaela is 24 this month. He has such terrible plate discipline. He’s going to be a very frustrating player to watch offensively during his tenure here.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 3, 2024 20:46:43 GMT -5
15 strikeouts, baby. Wow. Just wow.
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Post by asm18 on Sept 3, 2024 20:46:52 GMT -5
Sox about to be 1 over .500 and have a 0 run differential
I was talking myself into this team all summer but yeah this is done. Even if they sweep the White Sox the Orioles are going to kick their ass immediately afterwards
Just sucks - there’s no reason to be excited about the off-season. The team told fans directly “we are going to try” 11 months ago and half-assed it. The season-end press conference this year might as well be in French, that’s how useless their words will be. It’s going to be a months long slog where Boras asks for the moon for Soto and Burnes, and we won’t make any trades because teams are only going to ask for the Fantastic Four
God fucking damn it
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Post by grandsalami on Sept 3, 2024 20:46:55 GMT -5
Dead
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Post by bluechip on Sept 3, 2024 20:47:13 GMT -5
Rafaela is 24 this month. He has such terrible plate discipline. He’s going to be a very frustrating player to watch offensively during his tenure here. Which is going to be until his age 30 season.
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Post by greenmonster on Sept 3, 2024 20:49:16 GMT -5
15 strikeouts... how is the NO PREGAME BATTING PRACTICE strategy working?
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Post by incandenza on Sept 3, 2024 20:49:35 GMT -5
The remarkable thing about this batting slump is that at the moment it started there was zero reason to expect it to happen. They'd just gotten Casas back! They'd gotten Yoshida back! Both were scalding hot! So began the offense's coldest two weeks of the entire season.
...Say, have I mentioned my mild alarm that they just extended a manager whose teams have faded down the stretch every single year of his tenure, and dramatically so in the last three seasons?
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Post by grandsalami on Sept 3, 2024 20:50:25 GMT -5
The remarkable thing about this batting slump is that at the moment it started there was zero reason to expect it to happen. They'd just gotten Casas back! They'd gotten Yoshida back! Both were scalding hot! So began the offense's coldest two weeks of the entire season. Amazing timing! Could not happen at a better time!
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 3, 2024 20:52:37 GMT -5
If Seattle wins, they join Boston and Detroit in the mediocre middle.
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Post by kevfc89 on Sept 3, 2024 20:54:07 GMT -5
The remarkable thing about this batting slump is that at the moment it started there was zero reason to expect it to happen. They'd just gotten Casas back! They'd gotten Yoshida back! Both were scalding hot! So began the offense's coldest two weeks of the entire season.
...Say, have I mentioned my mild alarm that they just extended a manager whose teams have faded down the stretch every single year of his tenure, and dramatically so in the last three seasons?
wonder if he would have gotten that extension if they'd waited for the second half to play out
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Post by asm18 on Sept 3, 2024 20:54:53 GMT -5
Say, have I mentioned my mild alarm that they just extended a manager whose teams have faded down the stretch every single year of his tenure, and dramatically so in the last three seasons? [/div][/quote] I now want to see the Netflix series just to see what in God’s name was happening behind the scenes in the clubhouse while shit was collapsing
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Post by foreverred9 on Sept 3, 2024 20:55:30 GMT -5
Sox about to be 1 over .500 and have a 0 run differential I was talking myself into this team all summer but yeah this is done. Even if they sweep the White Sox the Orioles are going to kick their ass immediately afterwards Just sucks - there’s no reason to be excited about the off-season. The team told fans directly “we are going to try” 11 months ago and half-assed it. The season-end press conference this year might as well be in French, that’s how useless their words will be. It’s going to be a months long slog where Boras asks for the moon for Soto and Burnes, and we won’t make any trades because teams are only going to ask for the Fantastic Four God fucking damn it 4 prospects in the top 26 who are all in AAA should get you excited. Need to fix the pitching, but I'm looking forward to seeing that core break through over the course of the next year.
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