Jake

Get Kay out of there

You guys were trading him last inning

I'm not all that confident that Kay lasts the full season. The stuff all looks good but it seems like the hitters don't have that much of a problem with it

Get Bido loose

Kay's 7 xERA on the season rearing its ugly head

Bido seems like dollar store Jairo Iriarte

The position player pitching is to save the pen, yeah. But the position player soft tossing is due to fears of the position player hurting his arm. IIRC Jose Canseco hurt himself pitching many moons ago and finally the teams decided they don't want anyone to exert any effort in that mop-up role. Wasn't that long ago that guys would at least be throwing in the 70+ mph range.

Position player pitching used to be fun because the position player would be taking it at least 80% seriously and try to live out his dream of being a pitcher. I really despise the lob ball stuff as it makes a mockery of the game. Injury risk is massively overplayed and if it's that serious, just forfeit.

I saw a little grin from Mune after that foul ball

Ump kinda screwed Benny here lol

Well we've got three versions of it here, hopefully we all agree on the details :D

Ball hit right down the line, ball-man thought it was foul and tried to field it. He mostly whiffed, but it hit off the edge of his mitt. The umpire didn't see it hit the mitt so it was treated as a live ball. LF saw it hit the mitt so assumed it was a dead ball. Sam just kept running. Apparently it's not a reviewable play if the umpire on the field doesn't call interference.

Honestly I'd be pissed if that was how I got my first career HR (at least, if I was confident that eventually I'd get a real one)

My big cope/hope on Murakami is that he is such a unique type of person who isn't super motivated by money and fame that he wills himself into an extension with the Sox because of his appreciation and comfort with the team

oh sorry, didn't realize that thing was on

Bit of a muff by Sam. I wonder whether the ball could have been caught on the fly with a good read but hard to tell with the broadcast view.

Is this the perfect baseball team?

There's another stat that was developed as a way to compare relievers on equal footing: shutdowns and meltdowns. Basically, if your team's win probability goes up appreciably because of your pitching, that's a shutdown. If your team's win probability drops appreciably, that's a meltdown. Today's outing for Seranthony falls just short of a shutdown because the Sox's chances of victory were too high to begin with. Same goes for Hudson's outing today, FWIW. On the season, Seranthony gets 3 shutdowns and 2 meltdowns. There are 30 pitchers with at least 3 meltdowns this season so far. Griffin Jax and Justin Bruihl lead the with 5 meltdowns (they each have 4 shutdowns as well). Lucas Sims is in a several-way tie for 3rd with 4 meltdowns (he has 1 SD). Cincinnati's Tony Santillan leads the way with 9 SD (and 0 MD). On the Sox, Leasure has 4 SD to 2 MD and Hicks has 3 SD to 1 MD. Chris Murphy 0 SD and 3 MD. Last year's MLB SD leader was Andres Munoz with 46 (against 8 MD). Note that not all saves count as an SD and you can get a MD without blowing the save (if you give up runs that make it much more likely your team loses even if your runs don't tie the game). All-time leaders: Mo, Hoffman, Lee Smith, Kenley Jansen, John Franco, K-Rod, Aroldis, Goose, David Robertson, Kimbrel (in that order). Top single season: tie between 1990 Bobby Thigpen and 2008 K-Rod with 50 apiece.

Wildness is part of Seranthony's deal but the number of extreme misses we've been seeing can't be normal even for him

No ability to stay on top of the sweeper for some reason

Hudson is a different kind of funny because all his stats scream "guy with fantastic stuff" but then you turn on the TV and it's just lurch throwing lob balls up there.

Seranthony is funny because he somewhat relies on a splitter but he throws a splitter like most people would, AKA with absolutely zero idea where it will go

Barlow's curveball is an excellent pitch and hitters have had nothing for it this season. Have to beat him on the other stuff.

89mph 4-seamer down the middle. Try and hit that! (they can't for some reason)

Not sure whether Seranthony is available. He's thrown more pitches in the past 3 days than anyone else on the team.