Look at Ray Ray Run

No.

Mckenzie real good but we touched him up last year and were patient. Maybe they shock the world. I'm more worried about lambert.

I kind of think veterans should be treated differently, but I would hope and think these guys would WANT to play the 2nd game. Maybe they do but La Russa is sticking with the plan. This team operates as if they're the best team in the NBA - they give rest and guarantee quite a bit of it under the guise that these games don't matter because they're so talented and the playoffs are a lock. It's a dangerous path to choose. I also think it's a bad mindset to play with and did them a disservice last year.

I knew this lineup was coming earlier, but it's frustrating to not hold the guys accountable and throw them back out there to redeem themselves in game 2.

I would disagree with this.

The way I look at this game is Bieber was on the mound, so having shit Keuchel give up 10 is the right time to do it.

Nah well, these games happen. On to the next one.

Robert has been incredibly unlucky - his wOBA vs his xwOBA is 193 points different. One of the five most unlucky players in the game this year so far.

Trying to figure out why we're still pitching Lambert instead of just skipping his time through.

postponing because of "cold" is pretty sad.

I believe it was determined that baseball switched balls in the middle of the year last year. Edit: Here's the study.

5o be fair, yordan wasn't a home grown star. He was acquired for josh fields I believe.

Show me this correlation you've just made up in your head. Last year the two teams with the lowest k rate in baseball were: Toronto and Houston. Jack apparently thinks that's bad... those offenses were pretty damn elite. Those two teams also led baseball in wRC+. They were also 1st and 4th in OBP. I'm pretty sure not striking out is in fact very good.

I'm talking about those stats, yeah. Not his tweet per-se; don't even know who that is.

Trade service mark-ups thru March of 2022. While the supply chain has impacted pricing and impacted demand as supply has been limited, much of the rhetoric surrounding "inflation" is merely tied to corporate mark-ups being higher than they were before. Which again correlates directly to consolidation and the allowance of countless mergers and buyouts over the last few decades.

Maybe corporations should stop using "inflation" as an excuse to price gouge. This is going on especially in the food and beverage industry where profits are at record highs for many producers/distributors while prices continue to be hiked under the guise of inflation. I guess that's what happens when you allow a select few in the beef, pork, produce industry to consolidate to a point in which they control and dictate pricing in the absence of competition; same story in the supply chain/logistics world as well. Turns out that commodities shouldn't have been turned into an avenue utilized by investment banks as investment opportunities instead of being treated as life-necessities that couldn't be traded/help/futured/moved for the sole purpose of profitability. Additionally, this is very much America; been trending this way with labor degradation and profitability driving all business practices in the defiance of moralistic standing for two+ decades now.

game postponed

They have fountains to refill the bottles of water though?

Food, for one, is outsourced to third party vendors in many cases. Those vendors are contracted and help dictate pricing; although some of those contracts will have clauses on price limits and ranges as there is a split on that revenue distribution. Beer is a different story. Also, you're just speaking nonsense for a few reasons. 1; prices haven't scaled in relation to costs at all, they've exceeded the cost growth of doing business - they've also likely increased the contract growth over the duration of the 10 year deals or so they cut with partners. 2; Additionally, revenues have outpaced costs in baseball for over a decade now. meaning prices don't need to go up substantially. 3; I know the Guaranteed Rate contract was out for bid 2 or so years ago, so this is likely a new deal that is correlating to higher costs based on high revenue projections; in other words, an early money grab by both the Sox and the vendor to retain as much revenue from the team being good as they can before any projected downturn.

Sox have been incredibly unlucky as they're first in baseball in xBA and xSlg but they're 20+ in actuals. They could be a bit more patient but the numbers you're citing don't really jive with their statcast outputs

Who Tony deems the worst hitter always hits 8th. Dating back years. Not sure what's up with leury lol.

Respectfully you and priznr have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to outfield defense. The fact that you even think a flyball in softball is even comparable to a big league fly ball is hilarious. Dropping a routine flyball is a lapse in concentration. Maybe it moves you down a notch below buxton in roberts case, but read and jump are 80% of outfield defense, speed about 15% and awareness (ie to track, wall, other outfielder locations) is about 5%.

Yes, very vocal about giving him a 3 year deal with no track record. I'll need to see more than a week obviously but he's looked fantastic

Graveman looks great so far.

Game blouses.