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    6/21 vS The Blue Jays

    Trent Thornton RHP #57
    2-5 4.36 ERA

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    Chris Sale LHP #41
    3-7 3.49 ERA

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    A front apparently just went through Boston, so this game will likely be played. Even with Sale on the mound, a win tonight is not assured, but the Sox are playing very well right now and no doubt want this to be the second win of another longish streak.

    With Devers presumably resting his hammie, I think Cora will move Bogie up to 4th, Holt up to 5th, Chavis 6th, Bradley 7th, Nunez 8th and Leon 9th. First three will remain Betts, Benintendi, and Martinez.

    Sox have lost both games in which Devers did not play this year--extremely small sample size. Remember those recent great grabs Devers made going back for pop flies? Nunez doesn't do those. He's pretty good at getting his glove on ground balls hit to the right or left, just not good at actually fielding them. His OPS is .571--lower than Leon's .582. Devers has the 3d best WAR on the team, 2.6. Nunez has the worst, -.8.

    Chavis now has a 9 game hitting streak, 12 for 41, .292. He had 6 hits in the 12 games before that.
    Last edited by Maxbialystock; 06-21-2019 at 03:42 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxbialystock View Post
    A front apparently just went through Boston, so this game will likely be played. Even with Sale on the mound, a win tonight is not assured, but the Sox are playing very well right now and no doubt want this to be the second win of another longish streak.

    With Devers presumably resting his hammie, I think Cora will move Bogie up to 4th, Holt up to 5th, Chavis 6th, Bradley 7th, Nunez 8th and Leon 9th. First three will remain Betts, Benintendi, and Martinez.

    Sox have lost both games in which Devers did not play this year--extremely small sample size. Remember those recent great grabs Devers made going back for pop flies? Nunez doesn't do those. He's pretty good at getting his glove on ground balls hit to the right or left, just not good at actually fielding them. His OPS is .571--lower than Leon's .582. Devers has the 3d best WAR on the team, 2.6. Nunez has the worst, -.8.

    Chavis now has a 9 game hitting streak, 12 for 41, .292. He had 6 hits in the 12 games before that.
    Nunez has hit at .758 in his last 17 games (since May 26th).

    Maybe he's snapping out of his funk.

    Ithers since May 26th:
    1.056 Bogey
    .977 JBJ
    .929 Holt
    .918 JD
    .823 Devers
    .782 Beni
    .760 Betts
    .758 Nunez
    .750 Marco
    .683 Vaz
    .648 Chavis
    .623 Leon
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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Nunez has hit at .758 in his last 17 games (since May 26th).

    Maybe he's snapping out of his funk.

    Ithers since May 26th:
    1.056 Bogey
    .977 JBJ
    .929 Holt
    .918 JD
    .823 Devers
    .782 Beni
    .760 Betts
    .758 Nunez
    .750 Marco
    .683 Vaz
    .648 Chavis
    .623 Leon
    You have to think that Beni & the Betts can only improve from here. Disappointing to see Vazquez sliding back towards Leon country. Chavis is still learning to find his zone and pitch type then drive it. Put the ball in play, son, and wonderful things may happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Nunez has hit at .758 in his last 17 games (since May 26th).

    Maybe he's snapping out of his funk.

    Ithers since May 26th:
    1.056 Bogey
    .977 JBJ
    .929 Holt
    .918 JD
    .823 Devers
    .782 Beni
    .760 Betts
    .758 Nunez
    .750 Marco
    .683 Vaz
    .648 Chavis
    .623 Leon
    Not a bad guess on the lineup though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moonslav59 View Post
    Nunez has hit at .758 in his last 17 games (since May 26th).

    Maybe he's snapping out of his funk.

    Ithers since May 26th:
    1.056 Bogey
    .977 JBJ
    .929 Holt
    .918 JD
    .823 Devers
    .782 Beni
    .760 Betts
    .758 Nunez
    .750 Marco
    .683 Vaz
    .648 Chavis
    .623 Leon
    Now that we've seen 6 glorious innings of Mr. Nunez, can we finally agree he is pathetic? He got a meaningless single, but struck out with 2 men on. And he is worthless at 3B.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxbialystock View Post
    Now that we've seen 6 glorious innings of Mr. Nunez, can we finally agree he is pathetic? He got a meaningless single, but struck out with 2 men on. And he is worthless at 3B.
    Yeah, but Nunez still has those compromising pictures of Cora.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxbialystock View Post
    A front apparently just went through Boston, so this game will likely be played. Even with Sale on the mound, a win tonight is not assured, but the Sox are playing very well right now and no doubt want this to be the second win of another longish streak.

    With Devers presumably resting his hammie, I think Cora will move Bogie up to 4th, Holt up to 5th, Chavis 6th, Bradley 7th, Nunez 8th and Leon 9th. First three will remain Betts, Benintendi, and Martinez.

    Sox have lost both games in which Devers did not play this year--extremely small sample size. Remember those recent great grabs Devers made going back for pop flies? Nunez doesn't do those. He's pretty good at getting his glove on ground balls hit to the right or left, just not good at actually fielding them. His OPS is .571--lower than Leon's .582. Devers has the 3d best WAR on the team, 2.6. Nunez has the worst, -.8.

    Chavis now has a 9 game hitting streak, 12 for 41, .292. He had 6 hits in the 12 games before that.
    This proved to be surprisingly prophetic, especially about Nunez and Devers because, in the end, Devers did get into the game and moreover tied it with a pinch hit single. Nunez remains dog doodoo.

    However, even though I said the Sox could lose with Sale starting, I did not at all expect him to give up 4 runs (3 earned). He did however go 5 and did very well getting the last two outs with men on 1st and 2d.

    A broken record, but I continue to believe the rotation overall is overpaid and under-performing and the bullpen is underpaid and over-performing. Thus everyone, even Cora, went completely ape when ERod went 7 innings (giving up 4 runs) in the 3d game at Minnesota.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxbialystock View Post
    A broken record, but I continue to believe the rotation overall is overpaid and under-performing and the bullpen is underpaid and over-performing. Thus everyone, even Cora, went completely ape when ERod went 7 innings (giving up 4 runs) in the 3d game at Minnesota.
    That may be a fair point. Of course what starters are asked to do, go 6-7 quality innings, is much different from what relievers are asked to do, so it's a bit of apples-oranges.
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    Is it asking a lot for this team to go 5-1 on this homestand?

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    Quote Originally Posted by d-money View Post
    Is it asking a lot for this team to go 5-1 on this homestand?
    No! That will put them at 10 games over.
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    Definitely expecting a sweep this weekend . Tonight is close to a sure thing . Vegas has odds about as big as you can get for a baseball game .

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    Quote Originally Posted by dgalehouse View Post
    Definitely expecting a sweep this weekend . Tonight is close to a sure thing . Vegas has odds about as big as you can get for a baseball game .
    Never bet on a game the Sox are supposed to win.

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    [Definitely expecting a sweep this weekend . Tonight is close to a sure thing . Vegas has odds about as big as you can get for a baseball game ].

    And that kind of thinking is how they built the city I call home now
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    Bend them over and show them who’s boss Sale!

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