bloom did a bad job but he wasn’t set up to do a good job. ownership is pretty much absent at this point.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 14 September 2023 17:27 (eight months ago) link
Ownership hired him to eat shit basically and he did that. Next guy will benefit
― ydkb (gyac), Thursday, 14 September 2023 17:33 (eight months ago) link
According to @BNightengale, Sam Fuld has emerged as one of the leading candidates to replace Chaim in the Red Sox front office.Fuld was a finalist in the Red Sox managerial search the last time around. Has worked as Dave Dombrowski’s right-hand man and GM with the Phillies.… pic.twitter.com/drhUKRtI3i— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) September 25, 2023
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 25 September 2023 08:23 (seven months ago) link
Can 'Superman' save Sox??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4UaxlOoxAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9QpRnO6nM
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 25 September 2023 08:30 (seven months ago) link
Season so far:+Story at short+TRISTON CASAS+ Chris Martin+ the bullpen 99% of the time (what’s that stat? 51-3 when leading after six innings)+ Chris Sale when healthy+ Bello mostly+ Abreu & Rafaela+ Jarren Duran most of the time+ Justin Turner+ Masa 90% of the season+ Kutter Crawford+ first half Verdugo- Houck/Sale injuries- Paxton second half- Cora not playing Pablito at short enough before Kiké trade- Duran/Casas injuries- RISP problems - JT getting injured and performance falling off a cliff as he tried to play through it- Duvall cold stretches- Masa being gassed in August- Day game Bello- second half Verdugo :(Have I missed anything?
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 09:56 (seven months ago) link
+ Connor Wong behind the dish+ Bernardino (and his story)
- The entire bench staff. Dave Bush. Febles. How come Brasier is good for the Dodgers now? How come Kiké is good. What is going on.- the fuckin barbells- Kenley not being the same guy after his 400th save- the Houck starting experiment- the Matt Dermody game- the Kyle Barraclough game- the baserunning- the defense
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 11:24 (seven months ago) link
Kiké really isn’t good now, classic change of scene job. He’s reverted to his earlier year performance https://i.postimg.cc/NMkx9rmM/IMG-9979.jpgBrasier is a classic Dodgers pitching lab job, supposedly he showed up and Mark Prior was like “Will u throw a cutter” and now he’s elite I guess? Chris Martin credits the Cubs pitching lab with improving him last year so it’s not 100% but yeah the approach is impressive.
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 11:36 (seven months ago) link
Oh yeah Dermody was disgraceful! Every time I see that José Ramirez three homer highlight on mlb.tv I’m like GOOD FOR YOU JOSE!!!Kenley has been good post-400! Where he’s been bad is due to Cora doing bullshit like running him out in back to back games or two games of a double header. The walk off in SF was insanely bad luck, giving up a homer to JD Davis (the D stands for DFA this guy) in the bottom of the ninth was like a one in a million thing cos that guy can’t hit for shit this year.
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 11:39 (seven months ago) link
I will have a little stats dive in a minute but just watching the games, he puts too many guys on
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 11:54 (seven months ago) link
His recent splits haven’t been great but he’s been sick and playing less so the sample is a bit skewed iirc
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 12:03 (seven months ago) link
His season splits seem to largely follow our known info about him: he pitches badly on short/no rest but also when he’s rusty (which is why Cora has used him in non save situations before)https://i.postimg.cc/T1LP11ks/IMG-9980.jpg👀https://i.postimg.cc/prwLFv4L/IMG-9981.jpgAnd crucially he pitches badly in non save situations https://i.postimg.cc/3rVR6jNQ/IMG-9982.jpg
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 12:11 (seven months ago) link
His two worst OPS against are in 1-run or tie games!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 14:55 (seven months ago) link
Check the ahead/behind split though - more closely correlates with pitching in a loss or going into the top of the ninth behind (ie a non closing situation)
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:39 (seven months ago) link
Lmao…uh…?
Alex Cora said he’s “not ready” to be a GM, that if he felt he was, he would’ve wanted to be a candidate - but made clear to ownership he’s not in that position. He received assurances from owners last week he’ll be back as manager and will be part of the GM search/hiring process— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) October 1, 2023
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Sunday, 1 October 2023 18:09 (seven months ago) link
https://www.sporcle.com/games/zFordesi/every-2023-red-sox-player😮💨😮💨😮💨
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 10:25 (seven months ago) link
m o n d e s i - incorrect
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 11:49 (seven months ago) link
40/56 😩
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 11:50 (seven months ago) link
I scraped 49 - and one of them wasn’t Yoshida
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 11:52 (seven months ago) link
i forgot about arroyo 🫢
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 11:54 (seven months ago) link
Besides that five hit game of his and that weird double play against the Braves I understand that
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 12:02 (seven months ago) link
says something dunnit.also i have no shame in forgetting the parade of ineffective relievers
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 12:03 (seven months ago) link
I got most of the relievers! Blanked out Dermody the homophobe, Walter (!), Lamet, Barraclough (!!) and someone else
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 12:22 (seven months ago) link
i mean… “nick robertson”? obviously made up
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 12:26 (seven months ago) link
zack little? tayler scott? come on
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 12:27 (seven months ago) link
Zack Little I missed. Tayler Scott I remembered from the cubs series, he came in with a big lead and almost blew it and they had to warm up Kenley 😭
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 12:59 (seven months ago) link
Nick Robertson pitched the other night! I think he came over in the Kiké trade
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 13:00 (seven months ago) link
Stats has a questionnaire up:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_UYLdjkRjI1MV00mbtL_44ekmbUsbiW5azd7MNzFQVQy-SQ/viewform
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 10:02 (seven months ago) link
I saw that but haven’t done it, any good?
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 10:04 (seven months ago) link
Ok I’ve done it now, some interesting questions in there. What SP did you think they should go for
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 10:09 (seven months ago) link
i want Shota!
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 10:43 (seven months ago) link
He seems good, Yamamoto is clearly The Guy but who knows if John Henry will crack open the wallet?I personally like Montgomery. Tough lefty, pitches deep into games, increasing the himbo quotient, what’s not to like
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 10:48 (seven months ago) link
I just checked his Instagram and the first three words on the profile are “follower of Jesus”. His doctor wife is right, he really is dumb
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 10:49 (seven months ago) link
Ya know, I really should have known religious discrimination wasn't beyond you, but there you go
― H.P, Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:05 (seven months ago) link
I thought about seriously responding to this, as a Catholic from a family that was always socially liberal in a country that was not so when I was growing up, and then I realised I’d be wasting my time.
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:14 (seven months ago) link
as opposed to when you post religious discrimination
― H.P, Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:16 (seven months ago) link
It’s not obligatory to interact with my posts, so how about you don’t?
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:17 (seven months ago) link
yeah please don't shit up multiple threads H.P ffs
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:18 (seven months ago) link
Also not obligatory to post religious discrimination so how about you don’t?
― H.P, Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:19 (seven months ago) link
Thanks tracer! Happy to when gyac stops posting garbage
― H.P, Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:20 (seven months ago) link
H.P. - as one of the original moderators of this board, fellow baseball lover and - afaict - only other woman on this board, I am asking you nicely, can you please not engage in this creep behaviour of following gyac around multiple threads and picking/reviving beefs and threatening to continue until she meets your demands?
It's incredibly unpleasant, controlling and typical harassing behavior that I promise you every woman online has experienced and is sick of.
Dude, I am sorry for whatever is going on in your personal life, but if you love baseball at all, can you please take a good look at what you are doing? Maybe try to incorporate some sportsmanship and good character into your own posting?
You've earned a FP from me. Please drop it.
― felicity, Thursday, 5 October 2023 12:22 (seven months ago) link
Weird narrative you've spun? If this is the board where religious discrimination is cool and a good thing to post then sorry, I missed that memo. Stoked to see many posters backing up that type of behavior.
Love the personal life stuff being put in too (which has no factual basis). I consider calling out religious discrimination good character, but maybe we just have different value systems and we'll have to live with that.
― H.P, Thursday, 5 October 2023 13:25 (seven months ago) link
HP, I don't know if the threadban function works, but I've just given you one for this thread, so we'll find out. Please stop chasing gyac around ILB and picking fights.
― WmC, Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:02 (seven months ago) link
Thank you WmC.TH, the survey results are in and RSS published here
73% of people want Brayan Bello and Triston Casas to both receive long-term contracts from the Red Sox this winter, with only 6% wanting to extend neither. 17% are ready to extend Casas, but want to hold off on Bello.
92% say there needs to be changes made to the Red Sox major league pitching coaches.
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:31 (seven months ago) link
higher chance of that than kennedy having any interesting answers but i will try to stay open-minded
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:46 (seven months ago) link
Abreu included by SK in discussion about extending young players
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:52 (seven months ago) link
What I would dearly love in 2024 is for Cora’s guys to actually have a set role for more than about 5 minutes. Who’s playing center? Who’s a starter? Am I batting 8th or second? It changed all the time, drove me crazy. I know, injuries, but still
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 5 October 2023 15:09 (seven months ago) link
JT is such a guy
Turner, who played with the Orioles and Mets in the early years of his career, credits players such as Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, Ty Wigginton and David Wright for instilling the idea of a mutually respectful relationship between teammates, regardless of age. Rather than following the concept of “making them earn it,” Turner believes in embracing rookies and making sure they’re comfortable.“I always say I’m like the bumpers on a bowling lane,” Turner said. “I don’t want to interfere with them or stop them from doing anything, I just want to keep them moving in the right direction, make sure they don’t wind up in the gutter.”
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 5 October 2023 15:30 (seven months ago) link
Back in 2019, @jcmccaffrey wrote an article about how the starting pitcher typically chooses the jersey for the day. I wanted to know if that was still true. Maybe it's a coincidence, but it looks to me like certain pitchers have clear preferences.James Paxton is a real one pic.twitter.com/WbZgUOih8G— Sox & Shoes (@soxandshoes) October 5, 2023
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 6 October 2023 08:42 (seven months ago) link
No City connects no care
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Friday, 6 October 2023 11:16 (seven months ago) link
Did you see the new piece about Alex Verdugo?He was so great early in the season. I honestly don’t like how Cora’s treated him. He was striking out a lot towards the end which was very atypical for her.
Offensively, Verdugo took a step back after a strong start to the year. Through the first three months of the season, he was hitting .301 with an .836 OPS, but by the end of July his average had dropped 30 points and his OPS was down 60 points. He finished the year with a .264 average, his worst since arriving in Boston in 2020, and a .745 OPS.
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Friday, 6 October 2023 11:56 (seven months ago) link