chw42 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:01 PM, maxjusttyped said: 1 whiff on 15 fastballs (so far) is pretty scary Expand Bad location and not enough velo on it right now. He left quite a few over the middle of the plate today. Good thing he got the slider over to Walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:02 PM, maxjusttyped said: Hendriks not having any goodwill bought up after a 3 year stretch of being the best reliever in baseball is wild to me Expand Kimbrel said the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofaRoache Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 I know it is game 8 but blowing this save would have been soul crushing. Great win fellas. Glad we could hang on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priznr Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:02 PM, ShoeLessRob said: I don’t like April Liam one bit. Expand or april pito or April garcia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Don't look now, but we're 3-1 in 1 run games. We were below .500 last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Mercedes Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Heart attack Hendricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:03 PM, Texsox said: Kimbrel said the same thing Expand Kimbrel's recent track record was much worse than Liam's when he joined the Sox. Kimbrel had basically pitched 35 good innings in like 3 seasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:02 PM, EloyJenkins said: Is it presumptuous to say this is the best team in baseball? Won 3 series against the top division rival, the best up and coming team, and the perennial best AL team the last 5 years or so. All while missing 2 starting pitchers, 2 positional starters and a bunch of question marks. Expand And LaRussa as manager...who insists on playing Leury over Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 The lineup tomorrow is gonna suck lol. You know TLR is gonna give a lot of regulars rest since we already won the series and it's Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:03 PM, chw42 said: Bad location and not enough velo on it right now. He left quite a few over the middle of the plate today. Good thing he got the slider over to Walls. Expand I don't think it's a velo issue at all. He wasn't down today, and velocity seems to be down across the league. So relative to other pitchers, he's either holding steady or improving. But the fastball definitely seems flat or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:00 PM, caulfield12 said: This is more ridiculous than Colome for twice the salary... Expand I think he is overrated. There's nothing really lights out about him. Sure paper reveals that but he must save his worst performances only when I watch him. He always seems to have to bail himself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:05 PM, chw42 said: The lineup tomorrow is gonna suck lol. You know TLR is gonna give a lot of regulars rest since we already won the series and it's Sunday. Expand Maybe Vaughn can move all the way up to like 7th or something 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:05 PM, chw42 said: The lineup tomorrow is gonna suck lol. You know TLR is gonna give a lot of regulars rest since we already won the series and it's Sunday. Expand Leury will be batting 1-9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:03 PM, SonofaRoache said: I know it is game 8 but blowing this save would have been soul crushing. Great win fellas. Glad we could hang on. Expand That's just a bit of hyperbole but with VB tomorrow it's a solid win. Best record in baseball with Mets losing. Very very fortunate to have Walls up there. Not pitching to Choi the right move with McGuire to block pitches now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:04 PM, caulfield12 said: And LaRussa as manager...who insists on playing Leury over Bummer. Expand If any other manager kept his team winning with so many injuries there would be manager of the year talk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjusttyped Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Liam had like the 20th lowest WHIP of all-time last year but he doesn't have enough clean innings for people lol he's pitched 5 innings this year! His track record is impeccable. His stuff is still there. He'll be fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:07 PM, Texsox said: If any other manager kept his team winning with so many injuries there would be manager of the year talk. Expand Teams win despite their manager. I'm not fond of the Rays manager. He always seems to fall short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeaseAndExist Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 @caulfield12 how mad are you right now? lolololol 6-2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijames1957 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Mcgwire was amazing behind the plate today. I'm starting to get a good feeling about this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:06 PM, kitekrazy said: I think he is overrated. There's nothing really lights out about him. Sure paper reveals that but he must save his worst performances only when I watch him. He always seems to have to bail himself out. Expand The interesting thing is that he's right around that 85-86% mark for save conversions...whereas elite used to be considered 90%+. I will give him credit for cutting down the runner at third...that turned out to be the key to the inning, that and walking Choi to get to the inexperienced fielding first Walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:07 PM, kitekrazy said: Leury will be batting 1-9. Expand I keep hearing Monty Python spam skit in my head. I'll have Leury, Leury, Leury, Leury, eggs and Leury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:07 PM, kitekrazy said: Leury will be batting 1-9. Expand There's 9 Leurys out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofaRoache Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 9:07 PM, caulfield12 said: That's just a bit of hyperbole but with VB tomorrow it's a solid win. Best record in baseball with Mets losing. Very very fortunate to have Walls up there. Not pitching to Choi the right move with McGuire to block pitches now. Expand I think it would have been bad for Liam. He is very hard on himself. The team also needs these early wins to get rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 6-2 with top two pitchers out and two starting hitters out. But Soxtalk gotta Soxtalk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 (edited) On 4/16/2022 at 9:07 PM, Texsox said: If any other manager kept his team winning with so many injuries there would be manager of the year talk. Expand After just 8 games? That award almost always goes to managers who see their teams through 15-20 game positive swings from year to year in victories. The Twins are down Buxton, Kiriloff and Sonny Gray now. Every team in baseball has injuries due to a confluence of factors. Edited April 16, 2022 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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