Red Sox/MLB 2023 Regular Season III

[Bruinswillwin77]

Umpire sucks

That was brutal. Obrien was spot on when he said give an inch or two on 1 side but not BOTH. . .

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

Devers is Cole’s daddy.

 

[Mione134]

Good win.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I missed the first 2.5 innings but Whitlock looked pretty good.

 

[CDJ]

he had a bad April and paints his nails tho! BOOOO PERSONALITY BOOOOOOO

Wasn’t even just his offense, he may have saved a run with that diving stretch. THAT is what I was expecting from him defensively this year, not what we’ve gotten to this point

In other news Mayer and Yorke are lasering balls to the moon in AA

 

[Mione134]

Gotta bust the whip out though because he had a bad April and paints his nails! BOOOO PERSONALITY BOOOOOOO


In other news Mayer and Yorke are lasering balls to the moon in AA

Yorke is getting to AAA by August. I sense it.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Gotta bust the whip out though because he had a bad April and paints his nails! BOOOO PERSONALITY BOOOOOOO


In other news Mayer and Yorke are lasering balls to the moon in AA

Sweet but no clue 1hat the xbwobewtx stands for

Fine I'll google.

 

[CDJ]

Sweet but no clue 1hat the xbwobewtx stands for

Says it right there in the tweet- it weighs how much a hitter strikes out, walks, and how hard they hit the ball and mashes it all together. It’s a predictive stat- you’ll have a better idea of how a player will do in the long run as opposed to things like simple batting average, which can be impacted in a big way by luck and doesn’t really factor in a players approach much (give me a .240 hitter who walks and slugs over an empty .300 who doesn’t walk)

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Says it right there in the tweet- it weighs how much a hitter strikes out, walks, and how hard they hit the ball and mashes it all together. It’s a predictive stat- you’ll have a better idea of how a player will do in the long run as opposed to things like simple batting average, which can be impacted in a big way by luck

Fair enough. Case of me reading the acronym and instantly giving up and not reading the rest.

 

[CDJ]

Fair enough. Case of me reading the acronym and instantly giving up and not reading the rest.

I don’t blame you, my eyes will glaze over seeing some of them. They get way too in the weeds and overdo it sometimes. This is one that does have value in regards to evaluating a player. I’m not going any deeper than it though lol

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I don’t blame you, my eyes will glaze over seeing some of them. They get way too in the weeds and overdo it sometimes. This is one that does have value in regards to evaluating a player. I’m not going any deeper than it though lol

Whats weedier? I'm sure something along the lines of 'the last 10 games he's been batting ABOVE his EXPected blah blah blah'

 

[CDJ]

Whats weedier? I'm sure something along the lines of 'the last 10 games he's been batting ABOVE his EXPected blah blah blah'

Drop some RE24 on you

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Drop some RE24 on you

Oh boy

Lol I just googled re24 and read the fangraphs description.

 

[Shaun]

i just watched the call of devers home run by dave o brien how does he not get fired on the spot

 

[CDJ]

i just watched the call of devers home run by dave o brien how does he not get fired on the spot

Just got sent the video with the exact same caption

 

[Johnnyduke]

Gotta bust the whip out though because he had a bad April and paints his nails! BOOOO PERSONALITY BOOOOOOO

Nobody has been saying any of this on here. I don't care if he wears a thong as long as he hits. So yes that's how it should work. When you suck you get criticized.

 

[Mione134]

i just watched the call of devers home run by dave o brien how does he not get fired on the spot

It's embarrassing. Totally embarrassing.
I need Mike Monaco in the booth, stat.

 

[CDJ]

Michael Kay was more excited, not even joking

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

DOB = the Listening equivalent of, “watching grass grow”.

He is A-S-S, ass. We’re beyond due for a change up. Give us Monaco! Merloni continues to be good.

Fun game last night. I just love watching Coke take L’s. He just looks so miserable out there. Daddy Devers gave him another spanking.

Whitlock pitched great. Casas coming around. BA up to .209 now. Good to see.

Hernandez was really good in the field and the HR was big.

Get another one tonight.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Wong's throws to 2nd on steals are very impressive. He's also "most likely to strikeout" in the lineup.

Kike now 3rd on the team in RBI's.

Will Turner ever heat up?

Whitlock's best outing of the season.

I had Sox even money to get swept this weekend. This is why I don't gamble.

 

[quietbruinfan]

I watched a good chunk of the game instead of tracking it online. I enjoy Merloni's analysis. It flows well and is sensible. He and OB even seem to have a little chemistry, which is a first for OB and anyone that I can remember.

Whitlock looked very good. He has lost a little velocity off his fastball, but his breaking stuff was excellent. His effective use of the breaking ball should bode well long term. We will see what happens when the hitters adjust to it.

 

[CDJ]

he had a bad April and paints his nails tho! BOOOO PERSONALITY BOOOOOOO

Wasn’t even just his offense, he may have saved a run with that diving stretch. THAT is what I was expecting from him defensively this year, not what we’ve gotten to this point

In other news Mayer and Yorke are lasering balls to the moon in AA

The whole point of this post was to say he HASNT hit poorly for about a month and a half and still gets roasted by Sox fans.

He had a mini slump for a handful of games a week or two ago (entire lineup slumped) but outside of that? Roses since the calendar turned May. Without looking he probably been their 3rd best hitter behind Yoshida and Refsnyder since then.

 

[RoccoF14]

Defense is a consideration and I thought about mentioning it, but even if they're inflating the ERA, they all still have bad FIPs. The rotation guys all seem to have a FIP-ERA difference of approximately 0.50 (except Bello, who somehow has a negative spread and is benefitting), so the defense is costing them about a half a run a night, however for most of them it's the difference between 5.20 and 5.70, they're still bad pitchers regardless so it's an overstated factor. Houck has had it worse than the rest of them, probably because he has the ball in play more often. If we had stellar defense he might be closer to an average starter this year. But still an over-4 FIP.

Something I'd like to know and I don't know if there's anyone keeping data on this is how they've all been affected by the shift ban. Are particular pitchers being victimized more than others by hits that would've been snuffed out by the shift in previous years? Likewise are certain hitters profiting from it?

Yes and no. I agree with your point that the defense is costing them about a half run per game, however it also contributes to pitch count, and subsequently workload. Every error is gonna add on average 4-8 pitches per outing and it’s gonna affect your starter’s ability to go deeper into a game and puts more workload on your bullpen.

There‘s also a psychological impact that bad defense has on a pitcher. That’s harder to quantify, but it definitely exists.

 

[CDJ]

That sucks. Fortunately he’s age-advanced for his level. Shitty news nonetheless

 

[LouJersey]

he had a bad April and paints his nails tho! BOOOO PERSONALITY BOOOOOOO

Wasn’t even just his offense, he may have saved a run with that diving stretch. THAT is what I was expecting from him defensively this year, not what we’ve gotten to this point

In other news Mayer and Yorke are lasering balls to the moon in AA

.330/.390/.720 is terrible for the season so far. He is worse than a replacement player overall so far.