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Another HBP

Do people who complain about bunting realize that a bunt for a hit and a sacrifice are two different plays with two different signs from the third base coach? Or that sometimes players choose to bunt for a hit on their own? Obviously we don’t know what was called in that last inning (I’m guessing Cordell did it on his own and Leury got a bunt for a hit sign), and I’m not arguing for or against it, but it seems like some people here don’t understand the full concept of bunting.

Still a solid outing, but I believe he gave up 3 earned.

This is exactly why you are wrong in this argument. You are using hindsight to guide your narrative.

I was just thinking the same thing. No need to rush him. The last 50% of games he’s played in AAA, he’s averaging only one extra base hit per game.

Is it just my imagination, or has Medeiros been pitching well lately?

I would guess Reed.

Damn. My joke went from “possibly funny” to “zero funny” since you snuck this post in before mine.

Ground out back to the pitcher for Robert in his final AB, but judging from my vantage point (watching GameDay updates), it sounded hard hit.

I think the key question is how much more would we pay at the end of next season if he kept this up for this year and all of next year? Let’s just assume he hits like this for the next year and a half. What do you think it would take to sign him at that point? And what do you think an extension would look like right now?

That was my first thought. I’ve always expected him to get the bump up as soon as Robert does.

I figured it was a no-brainer that Collins would be going back to AAA

Completely agree. I’m very confident in Madrigal.

I don’t think it needs to, and I’m certainty not an expert on BABIP, but I’m just picturing a guy protecting with two strikes and never striking out. Most likely, those balls are not going to be hit hard. But I admittedly was not thinking about the high ground ball rate that could cause a high BABIP. I just didn’t understand how you were claiming that a low K rate would cause a high BABIP. Seems like a low K rate would cause a higher batting average, but not a higher BABIP.

When you strike out so infrequently, isn’t your quality of contact going to be lower?

I was thinking the same thing. I’m a big Madrigal fan, but I always assumed his high contact rate and lack of strikeouts would produce a high batting average but not a high BABIP.

Because “nobody outside the Sox organization thinks Collins can stick at catcher.” That became the company line around here and most people jumped on the bandwagon.

Sheets just went deep again.

Or will Covey be joining the rotation after the break?

I like your ranking, but I’d switch your 3/4 combo with your 5/6 combo.

It did hit him.

He couldn’t have had any less command with the fastball, but McCann went to offspeed stuff and he gutted it out. His offspeed stuff looked great. Much better change up than I was expecting. Threw two different breaking balls...an 80 mph hammer that he could throw for strikes, and an 85/86 mph slider (or tight curve ball). Overall, I was very impressed with his stuff. He he can command the fastball, he’s going to be very, very good.

Throw in Anderson, Robert, and Madrigal and that suddenly looks very good. And one free agent bat puts it over the top.

He said after the first inning.

If you put him on the 60 day, he’s out at least 60 days. But yes, if you put a guy on the 10 day, he can stay on there longer than 10 days.