The Red Sox have eliminated the Yankees!!! We are off to the races vs Tampa. The Rays are no joke and we have a very steep hill to climb. Let’s discuss what some of the keys to victory are. Boy Nathan Eovaldi showed some heart tonight. Definitely took be back to game three of the World Series in 2018. Him and Plawecki have it going on and we need that to continue.
GO SOX!!!! WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!
The Bills, The Bruins, The Sabres & The Red Sox.
As I said, we will win against TB. We are going to play way better than we did recently against them. I have no doubts.
Let’s go!
Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz & Boston Red Sox
Originally Posted by a700hitter
Any idea on our starting rotation for this series? Will they pivetta in the first game or sale? Sale for game 2?
Sale scares me right now…
$10 says Moon trumps you with "Realistic View 2021 part IV, PART V, Part VI....
LOL :0
I guess jumping the shark might be...
Over the Moon?
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Calm down. I've been tamed.
Moon is prolific but I appreciate his contributions, however he chooses to make them.
He had such a bizarre start last time around. Got smacked around a bit but struck out how many? 7? Then that pirouette on the mound? Thank God he didn’t get himself hurt.
Yes! 7 Ks out of 7 outs!
The 3 BBs were a season high, and 4 hits made it 7 men on base in 14 PAs.
We need better than that in his next start (Friday?)
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Keys to victory over the Rays ? We saw some of them last night
1. Command/control pitching, minimal free passes.
2. Power hitting by the top 5 in the lineup
3. Bullpen success--no starter will get 6 innings complete
4. JDM, can he hit/run effectively. I'm guessing he will be marginal through Sunday. It will be a gut call to roster him
5. Error free defense and baserunning
6. Some contribution from bottom 3 in the order , Vaz/Plawecki, Dalbec, Arroyo
Not much to ask for but that assemblage could beat the Rays and just about anyone else
This is the big question.
Now, the Sox have an obvious fallback option with Schwarber at DH, Verdugo in LF, Hernanadez in CF and Arroyo at 2B. The Rays do have three potential LHP (NcClanahan, Yarbourough, Fleming) to start against the Sox, which creates the need to bump Verdugo from the lineup, and this might be the problem. Who would replace him in LF? Even if they move Schwarber to LF, if the bench bats are the same ones for the WC game - Duran (left--handed), Shaw (also left-handed), Arauz (not much of a hitter), Wong, and Plawecki are the platoon options.
Hopefully JD is ready to go...
ZERO walks allowed by the Sox last night! Zero free passes which was one of the keys to the game and sunk the Yankees. If they can keep this mentality throughout and execute it?? They’ll be a tough out in the post season. Everything counts.
... or we hope Verdugo is locked into another level, like he claimed he was after last night's swings. If JD is out, we lose our top hitter with 2 Outs, RISP: .349.
Our next best batter with 2 Outs, RISP is Verdugo, at .321.
If Schwarber plays LF, Dugo is the bench bat- and a good one!
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
How much of Dugo's great numbers come vs LHPs?
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
BB-ref doesn't differentiate arms in 2 Outs, RISP (at least, I couldn't find it)... but here are Verdugo's overall career splits: .299 vs RHP, .271 vs LHP.
He may be worse vs. bullpen specialists, since here are his career splits vs. starters: .285 vs. RHP, .300 vs. LHP (granted, the latter is in half as many ABs, but it's still a stat worth reconsidering as far as starting him).
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