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A lot of it is development . Hitters become desirable if they can hit and good organizations, if they have to choose between one guy to draft or the other when it's a tossup do take the smart hitter who takes walks into great consideration because MLB pitching is so good and hitters develop better when they hit in zone pitches The Dodgers #9 prospect , who's in A+ ball (I forget his name) is a catcher who's OBP is over.400. Their #1 prospect is a catcher and they have Will Smith, one of the best catchers in the game. Colas has this problem too and the coaches tried to make him more of a contact hitter and it almost seems like they zapped his power now. He's not hitting HR's in Charlotte and it seems as though he's taking more walks , but you don't want Colas becoming a singles hitter either when he can bash baseballs 450ft. The hard part is still be able to take walks and hit HRs. If you can do that you can live with a high k rate. It's not only pitch recognition because there's so much movement on pitches being thrown from the same arm slot but it's knowing the situation and knowing exactly how a guy pitches . If a guy gets tons of swings and misses out of the zone like Lange for Detroit does on his curve, a hitter has to know that. TA made me crazy last night swinging on a 3-1 pitch well below the strike zone. Here it was 2 on, 1, out 3-1 count and Lange had just walked the hitter before him. You're one pitch away from loading the bases with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th. Baseball logic and the situation calls for taking the next pitch especially a guy with terrible launch angle problems and you don't want to GO into a DP. He's lucky he didn't get called out on strikes on the next pitch that was very close.

That's exactly what he meant. My brain said 3-3 ? I think we're playing more games than 6 in the next 3 weeks ?

Haven't heard that either. A link would be helpful. I googled it and nothing.

As far as you OBP goes they are as good as hits . But we know hits are better for numerous reasons.

I really don't know if Petey Grifol was thinking that far ahead. He just wanted to get the right bats up in the bottom of the 9th. I heard his post game interview and that's what it sounded like to me.

Thanks Lip. It is great to have you contribute your historical perspective to this place ! Richie "Dick" Allen was one of the few superstars the Sox had and although it was only for 3 years those 3 years were the best 3 consecutive years of his carer in his age 30-32 seasons. His career OBP, Slugging, OPS and OPS+ are outstanding. Frank Thomas has the exact same career OPS+ as Allen does, 156. The videos were great . I especially enjoyed the 1st one listening to Allen and Tanner speak. I highly recommend watching them for you younger ones who weren't around for those days. Those red pinstriped uniforms became very popular for a while when Allen was on the Sox.

Yup me neither, but I allow myself time to enjoy a nice win and save thinking about that until they actually start losing in that stretch of upcoming games.

1st win for Hendriks since Sept. 17, 2022

My brain isn't figuring out WTH @flavum means by going 3-3 in the next 3 weeks . I keep thinking something is wrong with that statement . 3-3 in the next week ? Maybe he just got 3 happy with the 3 game sweep.

I wonder when the last time was that the Sox swept a 3 game series at home with only 1 HR ?

Kopech with a nice start , 7 IP ,3H , 2R , 9K ,1 BB

TA made my head explode swinging at that 3-1 pitch. I was like dude why swing, take strike 2 if you have to. Allow the chance for a wild pitch and walk. You know even if you hit it there's a good chance you're grounding into a DP. I swear why this stuff doesn't go through a players head stumps me. Even if you are supremely confident in your abilities you should be aware your low your launch angle is and the last thing you want to do is hit into a DP on one of those low curve ball you know you are going to get. Situational awareness was nil.

Every Day at Home that Burger wasn't in the starting lineup I whined. Now you see why ! Sox sweep ! Hendriks gets the W !

More runs please (by the Sox )

Kopech should've had the K against Maton, that was a beautiful pitch that had all of the strike zone on the corner.

Winning Ugly winner ! Circa 1983

Good job Romy . Walk Grandal ?

Ok Romy . No k's

Ok Let's go Vaughn at least get Moncada to 3rd or better yet just drive him in.

Putrid except for Beni

That was a quick inning . Tiger's offense just as pitiful. Well time to win it and maybe get an your 2nd extra base hit in 18 innings ?

I'd like to think the Sox can win this game at home in a battle of wild pitch offenses. But it is the Sox.

King Liam !

For a guy with a slugging % at home higher than most in the lineup OPS , I don't care.

No idea why you didn't go with the high FB to Baez instead of the non competitive slider.