flavum Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Sox will wake up on the 4th of July five games out or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Keith law in today's podcast continues to expect regression from a lot of Cleveland players. Also some comments on the NL still being weaker than the AL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 24, 2011 -> 05:11 PM) Keith law in today's podcast continues to expect regression from a lot of Cleveland players. Also some comments on the NL still being weaker than the AL. And that should be expected. FanGraphs actually ran a really cool article a few weeks ago about regression to the mean. Most people assume that as the season goes on, players' overall numbers will even out towards their season numbers, but that's not exactly the case - all the article clarifies is that they are expected to put up their career numbers from today onward, which will actually leave their overall numbers slightly inflated compared to their career numbers. Of course, it should also not be unexpected that they do end up slumping and have their numbers end up closer to the career norms. Basically, regression towards some mean will happen. I do not believe for one second that the Indians have the second best offense in the American League, nor do I believe they have a top 3 pitching staff in the American League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/odds/ Tigers still the slight favorite over the Indians, by about 4%, 42-38%. Expected win totals around 83-84-85. White Sox odds at the playoffs (division or wild card) are still hovering around 25%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) Boston up 4-0 in the first against Talbot. *Edit* 7 runs on 9 hits and an error in the top of the 1st for Boston. Edited May 25, 2011 by Swingandalongonetoleft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 8-0 Red Sox. Nice score to see at noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 QUOTE (flavum @ May 25, 2011 -> 12:02 PM) 8-0 Red Sox. Nice score to see at noon. Only because they are playing Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Correct. Actually, it's starting to get scary how good the Red Sox offense is. Wouldn't surprise me if they cruised the rest of the season and won 96-100 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 QUOTE (flavum @ May 25, 2011 -> 01:21 PM) Correct. Actually, it's starting to get scary how good the Red Sox offense is. Wouldn't surprise me if they cruised the rest of the season and won 96-100 games. This is with a .546 OPS from Carl Crawford too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 QUOTE (flavum @ May 25, 2011 -> 12:21 PM) Correct. Actually, it's starting to get scary how good the Red Sox offense is. Wouldn't surprise me if they cruised the rest of the season and won 96-100 games. It takes a bit for teams with that many big adds to gel. The Yankees usual do the same thing with the slow start and big finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 13-0 Boston now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Mileage Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Truely a sad day for Royals' fans/players/employees... Paul Splittorff, the big left-hander who won more games than any Royals pitcher, died of complications from melanoma on Wednesday morning at the family home in Blue Springs, Mo. He was hospitalized on May 16 for treatment of oral cancer and melanoma but recently returned home, he was 64. His difficulties became evident to Royals fans during the Opening Day telecast from Chicago on April 8, 2009. He teamed with Ryan Lefebvre to do the game but had problems with his voice and returned home to Kansas City. Typically, Splittorff worked hard to recover, undergoing speech therapy in an effort to recapture his voice. He appeared in pre- and postgame broadcasts this year and worked in the booth during a series in Texas. Splittorff's playing career spanned from 1970-84 and after his retirement he became known to a legion of baseball and Big 12 basketball fans as a highly respected and knowledgeable broadcaster. As a rookie in 1971, he showed his promise by recording a 2.68 ERA to go with an 8-9 record. In 1973, he went 20-11 and came close to that level in 1978, when he was 19-13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 “Just because you have a low payroll and you’re young doesn’t mean you’re rebuilding. It just means you don’t have the resources and that you’re young.” He’s got an addendum today. “It doesn’t make your success any less real.” Manny Acta http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AkNe...est_team_052511 Jeff Passan feature article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Boston picking up right where they left off. This time against the Tigers. 5-0 through two. Hopefully they can continue this through Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ May 26, 2011 -> 12:51 PM) Boston picking up right where they left off. This time against the Tigers. 5-0 through two. Hopefully they can continue this through Sunday. 7-0, out goes Scherzer. Sweep the Tigers please, then back off a little when you are back at Fenway on Monday Right now it looks like the Sox will face Lester/Aceves/Wakefield, but no Buchholz or Beckett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 26, 2011 -> 01:00 PM) 7-0, out goes Scherzer. Sweep the Tigers please, then back off a little when you are back at Fenway on Monday Right now it looks like the Sox will face Lester/Aceves/Wakefield, but no Buchholz or Beckett. Just for the heck of it, I wanted to see who we'll face when Seattle comes to town...Pineda, Felix, Vargas. There's the payback. Edited May 26, 2011 by flavum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Seriously, the Indians are a f***ing anomaly. Look at the standings around all of baseball. The Indians have a lead that's like 5 games more than any other first place team. They can't keep that up. Put the Sox in any other division in the AL and they're only a few games out. They're only 5 games off the pace for the Wild Card right now.... The fall for Cleveland will be swift and glorious to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Mileage Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 From Elias: Melky Cabrera, Eric Hosmer and Brayan Pena bombarded the Rangers with a trio of home runs in a five-run 14th inning as the Royals took a 12-7 decision in Arlington. In doing so, the Royals became the first team in major-league history to enjoy an inning of three-or-more homers in the 14th inning or later. Pretty neat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (High Mileage @ May 28, 2011 -> 04:51 PM) Pretty neat... This is going to ultimately be a dumb question. But who cares. I say dumb s*** all the time. As a Royals fan, is there any combination of 5 players you would look at on the White Sox roster (minors included) and say I'll take that package for Hosmer? Because I can't come up with one. God that kid is so good. Edited May 28, 2011 by Jordan4life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Mileage Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Doubtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Swarzak no hits given up in the 7th. Red Sox and Tigers will play a doubleheader tomorrow before the Sox head to Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Reality has set in for the Royals. Or I guess you could say it set in a couple weeks ago. That starting pitching is beyond terrible. O'Sullivan doing his best Vin Mazzaro imitation. Looks like it's the Indians, Tigers orrrrrrrrrr The Sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Mileage Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 28, 2011 -> 08:11 PM) Reality has set in for the Royals. Or I guess you could say it set in a couple weeks ago. That starting pitching is beyond terrible. O'Sullivan doing his best Vin Mazzaro imitation. Looks like it's the Indians, Tigers orrrrrrrrrr They've been losing quite a few close games lately. The offense has still been picking up the rotation, but that only gets them so far. June 1 (and/or after) should bring in a few more fresh faces.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 QUOTE (High Mileage @ May 29, 2011 -> 05:57 PM) They've been losing quite a few close games lately. The offense has still been picking up the rotation, but that only gets them so far. June 1 (and/or after) should bring in a few more fresh faces.... And I can't wait. I tune into Royals games just to watch Hosmer hit. Hey, and what happened to Jeffress? He got demoted? For what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 29, 2011 -> 07:10 PM) And I can't wait. I tune into Royals games just to watch Hosmer hit. Hey, and what happened to Jeffress? He got demoted? For what? I believe they are converting him back into a starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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