1. Mookie Betts (R) RF (.254/.293/.421, 0.9 bWAR)
2. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B (.322/.364/.496, 1.3 bWAR)
3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS (.309/.374/.427, 1.4 bWAR)
4. David Ortiz (L) DH (.319/.413/.638, 1.3 bWAR)
5. Hanley Ramirez (R) 1B (.286/.319/.438, 0.3 bWAR)
6. Travis Shaw (L) 3B (.297/.366/.505, 1.3 bWAR)
7. Brock Holt (L) LF (.280/.360/.400, 0.5 bWAR)
8. Jackie Bradley (L) CF (.277/.337/.489, 0.3 bWAR)
9. Christian Vazquez (R) C (.227/.277/.364, 0.2 bWAR)
Rick Porcello (R): (32.2 IP, 2.76 ERA, 3.60 FIP, 1.1 bWAR)
vs.
Michael Pineda (R): (27 IP, 6.33 ERA, 5.23 FIP, -0.3 bWAR)
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF (.260/.306/.380, 0.5 bWAR)
2. Brett Gardner (L) LF (.247/.371/.358, 0.5 bWAR)
3. Mark Teixeira (S) 1B (.225/.361/.337, 0.6 bWAR)
4. Brian McCann (L) C (.267/.375/.413, 0.5 bWAR)
5. Carlos Beltran (S) DH (.250/.267/.417, -0.2 bWAR)
6. Starlin Castro (R) 2B (.293/.327/.465, 0.4 bWAR)
7. Aaron Hicks (S) RF (.091/.143/.091, -0.4 bWAR)
8. Didi Gregorius (L) SS (.215/.241/.316, -0.4 bWAR)
9. Ronald Torreyes (R) 3B (.346/.346/.462, 0.2 bWAR)
We were shifting and no one was close to third.
Papi with a 2 run homer.
2-0
What good is this great Bullpen if you can't score runs. Fuck Hank and Hal, and fuck where this team is going.
Just a horrible contract/ Only thing Ellsbury does better than Gardner is steal, for 3 x the contract price.
What good is this great Bullpen if you can't score runs. Fuck Hank and Hal, and fuck where this team is going.
Thinking you are going to tap the potential of other team's failures (Headley, Eovaldi, Didi),thinking that you are going to make something of other team's failed #1 picks (Hicks, Ackley), constructing a pitching staff from the 9th inning backwards, getting a rep for overhyping farm players so no one will even look at them in a trade, those are among the issues.
Thinking you are going to tap the potential of other team's failures (Headley, Eovaldi, Didi),thinking that you are going to make something of other team's failed #1 picks (Hicks, Ackley), constructing a pitching staff from the 9th inning backwards, getting a rep for overhyping farm players so no one will even look at them in a trade, those are among the issues.
There is nothing wrong with Didi or Eovaldi. Didi is a very good SS and Eovaldi is at worst entertaining. his stuff is too good to ignore.
The problem is Beltran useless in the field, ARod seems to have slowed down this year, Ellsbury is constantly hurt, Teix still has a great glove but is wildly inconsistent at the plate. Bad contracts and ancient over the hill players...
That strike out pitch was a slider off the plate.
I've seen high school players coordinate better than that on a pop fly.
Now watch punkinhead be the hero.
F**k that clown
Either way, fuck that fat slob.
But for us, we got a bonus tantrum.
Now the MLB guys are praising him for playing with passion....
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
And ortiz went around on that 2-1 pitch. And the two final strikes were fucking strikes.
Go yanks!!
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
Broke the 86-yr curse. Earned his place in baseball history. Still might get a game or two suspension (2 reduced to 1, maybe) for tantrum tonight though.
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
McCann was crossed up. Gamecast had that pitch in the strike zone.
Why was Farrell still in the dugout? He was thrown out of the game and came out of the dugout after fatso got tossed.
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In comment 12949016 giantsblue1 said:
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
That caught too much plate, IMHO.
Gonna catch shit here, but you guys sound like conspiracy theorists.
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In comment 12949016 giantsblue1 said:
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Was ball 4
It was a strike. The ball catches the front corner of the plate on the 3rd base side. It looked worse than it was. But did catch the front corner.
I was talking about the strike out pitch. McCann did an awful job framing the pitch before but it caught some plate.
McCann was crossed up. Gamecast had that pitch in the strike zone.
We agree then. The strike out pitch was low.