Interesting. I'd think the Mariners would play better than .500, just not the .630 ball they're playing now.Originally Posted by harmony
I will be interested to see how they finish up.
Interesting. I'd think the Mariners would play better than .500, just not the .630 ball they're playing now.
I will be interested to see how they finish up.
Good point!
Just remember, the Red Sox always do well the first 18 years of a century
The Yankees could go 0-162 and it wouldn't be enough
Ha!Just remember, the Red Sox always do well the first 18 years of a century
After 2018, it wont be a cliff, it'll be a chasm.
Henry just has to trade Mookie Betts to fund Tom Werner's respin of "A Different World".
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When you're dead, you don't know you're dead.
It's only difficult for other people.
It works the same way for stupid."
Well played.Just remember, the Red Sox always do well the first 18 years of a century
#thecliffisreal
We might lose only Pom after 2018.
he real "cliff" begins after 2019 or 2020 not 2018.
Yanks have had 23 come from behind wins this year already, and season not half over yet. BP keeps them in the game, and Offense hits late and close.
Month of June we've been good at Pitching with team 3.09 era, Yanks have a 2.14 era in this Month so far.
So far in this Month Yanks are hitting .245, Sox are hitting .235.
Dog days are coming, Pitching starts to take over.
Last edited by OH FOY!; 06-21-2018 at 07:54 AM.
They might, but the whole point is that many of the Yanks hitters have been under-performing... so these two rookies can take a breath when the big boys return to form, and what's more Scranton is loaded with good hitters that the Yanks can call on anytime (terrific hitting depth)
Update on the Yankee 7-9 slot hitters:
Last 3 games: 2 for 28 (after 7 innings today)
Red Sox 11 for 28 over the last 2 games.
The tide is turning.
My "whole point" was that many Sox hitters have been under-performing, but it doesn't seem like Yankee fans expect them to turn things around.
Just Yankees are allowed to rebound, I guess.
Last year, when I made the point that Vazquez was the only returning Sox player to not decline (or "underperform") I was met with the argument that maybe the 2017 Red Sox batter where who they really were, and that their previous year or two or three sample sizes or career norm my have been the true outlier. I never bought that idea.
Of course, one should expect a few players to do better and a few to do worse and a few more to do about the same from year to year and even within any given season. I get that. There's certainly a good chance a few Sox will finish much below their career norms. I'm not arguing that every Sox player will be at or above their recent or career norm, although it might do some justice for 2017, but my point was that we certainly could see our 7-9 hitters, combined, doing a hundred or more points better over the rest of the season.
That could make up for a possible 100 point drop from our three best hitters who appear to be too far above their norms.
I expect Yankee players to do about the same-- to the good and to the bad.
Another big series coming up, guys. I got us taking two of three
https://redsoxunfiltered.com/2018/06...-york-yankees/
7 weeks sure did fly by.Series tied. See y'all losers in 7 weeks
Tonight
E-Rod (9-2, 3.86 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 10.1 K/9)
vs.
Sabathia (4-3, 3.18 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 7.2 K/9)
Saturday
Chris Sale (7-4, 2.56 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 12.6 K/9)
vs.
Sonny Gray (5-5, 4.93 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 8.2 K/9)
Sunday
David Price (9-5, 3.66 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 8.6 K/9)
vs.
Luis Severino (12-2, 2.10 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 10.6 K/9)
Tonight is a pretty important one to take for the Yanks because tomorrow's matchup does not look so great.
Clearly you are unfamiliar with Chris Sale's run support...
What I've learned about Red Sox / Yankees series is to take everything that you would expect and throw it out the window.
Game 2 certainly appears to favor us, but you just never know.
That said, prepare to go down!
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