2018 Boston Red Sox Thread

[bevosu]

Reverse jinx my friend.
Enjoy it.

You picking North Carolina on Saturday?

 

[Alsacs]

You picking North Carolina on Saturday?

I am selective in using the reverse jinx.
We don’t need to waste it on UNC.
I will save it for NC State.

 

[NailstheCusefan12]

There was palpable nervous energy in Fenway last night and it was especially evident after Gonzalez went deep. It seems counterintuitive but there’s a chance going on the road isn’t the worst thing. They went into Yankee Stadium and took two and Houston’s home field advantage isn’t more intimidating than that. None of it matters if the middle of the lineup doesn’t get going though.

I don’t get much right and honestly I just wanted to get this thing back to Boston but there’s not a single stadium in baseball that’s going to intimidate this bunch.

 

[Alsacs]

Since 2001 this is the 18th time a Boston sports team has made the championship round of their sport.
That is absolutely positively insane.

 

[Alsacs]

JBJ ALCS MVP. He personified Do Damage.
He didn’t have many hits but all his hits were bigtime.

 

[cuseinseattle]

What an amazing feeling this is. If you could bottle it up and sell it you would be a millionaire

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I wanted no part of Kimbrel but after tonight I think sometimes pitchers throwing with a little fatigue may not be the worst thing.
Price was on 3 days rest and literally had no expectations.
He threw paint all night.
Kimbrel outside of one hitter threw in the zone.
Both were gassed.

Price has completely junked his slider and has basically become a fastball changeup pitcher..occasional cutter. his slider was killing him

 

[Alsacs]

My hot take analysis now for the WS is Mookie Betts works at 2b from now till game 3 and he will play 2b and they bench Kinsler/Holt and put JD in RF.
This way the defense stays good in the OF.
Mookie is a natural 2b and he played there this year against the Yankees after Kinsler got hurt.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

My hot take analysis now for the WS is Mookie Betts works at 2b from now till game 3 and he will play 2b and they bench Kinsler/Holt and put JD in RF.
This way the defense stays good in the OF.
Mookie is a natural 2b and he played there this year against the Yankees after Kinsler got hurt.

That's crazy hot.

I like the initiative here, but that weakens the OF. I'm guessing you are only planning this for the NL park games.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Some more objective reporting on the Betts wall ball play from the night before.

Joe West explains the fan interference call he clearly blew

The author sure seems like a fun guy, huh?

 

[Alsacs]

That's crazy hot.

I like the initiative here, but that weakens the OF. I'm guessing you are only planning this for the NL park games.

Yeah only for NL games.
Mookie can play 2b.
JBJ or Kinsler/Holt will sit.
If the NL starts a lefty you sit JBJ if its a RHP put Mookie at 2b and JBJ in CF.

 

[bpo57]

On MLB radio this am they said that the Red Sox learned that Kimbrel had been tipping his pitches over the last two weeks. Of course that doesn't completely explain his lack of command but maybe that was helpful last night and going forward.

 

[bpo57]

My hot take analysis now for the WS is Mookie Betts works at 2b from now till game 3 and he will play 2b and they bench Kinsler/Holt and put JD in RF.
This way the defense stays good in the OF.
Mookie is a natural 2b and he played there this year against the Yankees after Kinsler got hurt.

JD in the OF hurts the OF and we just saw how important OF defense is. I'd let it stay as is.

 

[dasher]

On MLB radio this am they said that the Red Sox learned that Kimbrel had been tipping his pitches over the last two weeks. Of course that doesn't completely explain his lack of command but maybe that was helpful last night and going forward.

Tipping pitches has nothing to do with throwing the ball anywhere but the strike zone. I think the tipping pitches B.S. is just to make Kimbrel more confidant. Oh. I was tipping pitches. That is why I sucked.

 

[dasher]

JD in the OF hurts the OF and we just saw how important OF defense is. I'd let it stay as is.

Against the lefties you sit beni or JBJ. In a big ball park, I sit beni. And I hate it.But it is what it is thanks to stupid N.L. rules.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Against the lefties you sit beni or JBJ. In a big ball park, I sit beni. And I hate it.But it is what it is thanks to stupid N.L. rules.

JBJ's fielding numbers aren't substantially better than Beni. I hear you on hating it. I love the OF we have right now.

 

[bpo57]

Against the lefties you sit beni or JBJ. In a big ball park, I sit beni. And I hate it.But it is what it is thanks to stupid N.L. rules.

Defense comes first for me but I can see the other view. If they're going to bench one of those two then I'm quite certain it will be JBJ.

 

[bpo57]

Against the lefties you sit beni or JBJ. In a big ball park, I sit beni. And I hate it.But it is what it is thanks to stupid N.L. rules.

You're talking NL park games. I was responding to Alsacs who is recommending JD in RF at Fenway.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Tipping pitches has nothing to do with throwing the ball anywhere but the strike zone. I think the tipping pitches B.S. is just to make Kimbrel more confidant. Oh. I was tipping pitches. That is why I sucked.

Yes. I was just going to say that.

 

[Alsacs]

You're talking NL park games. I was responding to Alsacs who is recommending JD in RF at Fenway.

I was not talking about Fenway why would I want JD in OF in AL games?
I am talking about no DH in NL parks.
Put Mookie at 2b and JD in RF.
I want JBJ in NL games if it’s a RHP.
In AL games we just start either Holt or Kinsler at 2b.
I am not messing with the D in AL games.
With no DH in NL games JD is playing and one of JBJ or Holt/Kinsler will sit.
If JBJ sits Mookie will play CF and Martinez in RF.
If Mookie played 2b then JBJ in CF and JD in RF.
I meant Mookie work at 2b in fielding drills because they have all this time off. Get him comfortable so that during games 3-5 he could be an option at 2b.
He played 2b during that game against the Yankees Porcello threw a 1 hitter.

 

[upperdeck]

tipping pitches does cause control issues, they flat out said it last night.. his off speed is a swing and miss pitch.. if they know the off speed is coming they dont swing and now they know when the FB is coming so they gear up and now he has to be more precise and when a Power guy sees his FB lit up he over throws.

 

[bpo57]

I was not talking about Fenway why would I want JD in OF in AL games?
I am talking about no DH in NL parks.
Put Mookie at 2b and JD in RF.
I want JBJ in NL games if it’s a RHP.
In AL games we just start either Holt or Kinsler at 2b.
I am not messing with the D in AL games.
With no DH in NL games JD is playing and one of JBJ or Holt/Kinsler will sit.
If JBJ sits Mookie will play CF and Martinez in RF.
If Mookie played 2b then JBJ in CF and JD in RF.
I meant Mookie work at 2b in fielding drills because they have all this time off. Get him comfortable so that during games 3-5 he could be an option at 2b.
He played 2b during that game against the Yankees Porcello threw a 1 hitter.

You said Mookie works at 2B from now til game 3. The first two games are at Fenway.

EDIT: Now I see in a later post u meant practicing at 2B til game 3. Gotcha.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

This shot shows Mookie wasn’t over the line of the fence.
The guy in white was over the fence.
The ball would have been a HR but these fans interfered with Mookie .

Also, consider that this image must have been shot with an extremely long telephoto lens, which causes a compression effect. Like when it’s raining at the ballpark, and a long lens makes it look like a downpour because it brings all the raindrops from a hundred yards of depth into the same field. So, Mookie looks closer to the wall than he was, and even though his arm is tilted back, his body still has a way to go before contact with the wall.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

As pessimistic as I am about my teams, I had a good feeling about last night. Something about the over certainty of verlander being Superman coupled with the over certainty of price being a chump again—the perfect storm for a jinx.

Man alive, if we get sale back to form and health and now have a restored-to-confidence Price with a new pitch mix, and Eovaldi doing great things... whoa. I don’t even care if it’s LA or Milwaukee. Matchups smatchups.

 

[Cowtown]

I can see it now, Boston & LA in the WS. Meh, another WS I couldn't care less about. Thankfully hockey is up and running.