I can think of no better endorsement of Leon and Vazquez than your condemnation. I might add the same thing applies to the manager who has used them exclusively during the first third of a season in which the Sox have the best record in MLB.Originally Posted by Natick to NC
1. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
2. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
3. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
5. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B
6. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
7. Brock Holt (L) RF
8. Sandy Leon (S) C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF
Still no Mookie.
Leon is catching Pom tonight. Pom will be dealing.
WIN!
It's to the credit of Cora and the team as a whole that they are 6-2 without Mookie Betts, who most of us agree is the team MVP this year so far.
Still, this is troubling.
Six lefty bats in the lineup vs. righty McCullers. Also interesting that Pedroia is back in there and batting 5th.
The bottom third--Holt, Leon, and JBJ--has actually hit pretty well recently.
Thanks, Kimmi, for providing a complete lineup.
Tonight, Pom is going to have diamonds on the soles of his shoes.
In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed up to the sun
'Til we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine
Hey pomeranz try not to get smoked this time around. How about keeping us in the game? Don’t suck so much
This series is a good test for this team. A worthy opponent although they haven’t played well recently.
Can Pom just go 5 IP and 3ER or less?
Henceforth Pom's new name is poopy pants pomeranz
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
Anything new on Mookie or are the Sox still pretty quiet on the topic?
Actually I just checked...Cora is just blathering along....more or less saying nothing. At some point if he does not get back into the lineup lets say in the next couple of days, the blather is going to stop buying the Sox time.
Pedey has just been made a late scratch, like just now. Swihart moving to 2nd. Not sure about the other details just yet.
Last edited by jung; 05-31-2018 at 06:55 PM.
I like Swi a bunch but him playing 2nd base makes me nervous.
Mainly about turning 2.
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
Pedroia was scratched
Edit: Holt now at 2B, Swihart in RF
Why not use Holt? Very strange.
Nevermind.
They just made that switch. NESN had it Swihart to 2nd and no other details. Probably should have figured, the "no other details" was the story.
BLacked out from the MLB cast. You MLB.TV dumbasses I live 3 hours away..... WTF and I supposed to do, drive there four days in a row.
In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed up to the sun
'Til we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine
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