JoeC

Predictably, Robert swings for the fences on the first pitch down by 3.

Wasn't open, but doesn't change the fact that we should've walked him.

Of course it all comes down to Moncada.

fixed it.

Is Kopech available out of the 'pen?

That was a hell of a play by Ramirez and a nice pick / stretch by Naylor.

Surprised TA saw 3 pitches that AB.

Whelp - hopefully Tim (et al) can redeem themselves.

Josh Naylor - Sox killer.

Without Moncada: 89 runs in 27 games (3.3 runs per game) With Moncada: 8 runs (and counting) in 1 game (8 runs per game) It's just basic math.

Foster!

If that sandbagger Moncada would've been a team player like Burger, would've had a grand slam. How dare he go home on that wild pitch.

By what metric?

The other thing holding Luis back (besides health) is his ability to identify pitches. A sub-5% walk rate is going to make him far more prone to feast-or-famine. For long stretches of time, pitchers know they can get Luis to get himself out swinging at bad pitches. Good walk rates (good batting eyes) are clearly indicative of guys who won't get themselves out - pitchers need to face them. Luis has immense raw talent, but not nearly enough to make up for swinging at everything in sight like a Vlad Guerrero Sr.

Couldn't he have organized the data better? Do balls horizontally (0, 1, 2, 3), and go top-to-bottom for strikes (0, 1, 2). The chart as it is takes unnecessarily long to read... not sure what is the order. Also, would be interested to know: 1) What is the ML average for each count (as others have posited) 2) How many "takes" are there for each of these counts.

Mojito made with Havana Club. My lineup (when Vaughn is eligible to return... hopefully no more than 10 days on IL?) 6 Anderson 8 Robert 5 Moncada 3 Abreu 7 Vaughn (assuming he's good to go) 2 Grandal 9 Pollock DH Burger 5 Leury / Harrison

Could be worse. Could have had Cesar for longer than 2 months.

Hasn't stopped others from suggesting Burger, Vaughn, and others at 2B.

Yeah, and the fact that TLR has had to overcome those stupid decisions means that he's overcome so much more adversity. A TRUE fan would understand that.

It'll be Robby Alomar 2.0. Or would it be 3.0? Either way, it's bad.

Where'd this closer come from?

..but as soon as the offense performs to even 50% of its capabilities, he will be one of the top 5 reasons this team is losing.

I say go for it.

Who is the HP umpire??

I'd rather see Cease at 2B.