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lopez sucks.

blah. at least he got out of it.

moncada's head is in the clouds baserunning.

how the fuck do you not score on that?

lol wut.

took a database and the data. that was the late 80s at least publically.

wow nice play!

finally effectively wild.

and the IF in, JFC.

fucking DO SOMETHING RICK HAHN. YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR MANAGER BUNTING WITH MONCADA IN THE 1ST FUCKING INNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

god damn man. why are the sox still in the dark ages?

WTF IS THAT SHIT???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

wow, what is the game time temp?

let's win!

True, I'd still rather wait but if there is one thing we can give Hahn the benefit of the doubt on it's extensions.

lol at this photo.

There's almost no chance James would agree to an extension given that he's a FA with zero strings attached come 2021. Sox can only buy out one arb year and he's not going to give much of a long term discount for that. Would 4 years 50 million get it done? Probably, but that's way too much to commit to a guy that until now looked like nothing more than a decent backup. Better to pay him 8 million or whatever he'll get in arb next year and continue to get more data on if his true talent level has changed enough to make a long term deal sensible.

Both are true and it's a vicious cycle. His mind and his body were not in sync. You could see his melt downs mentally manifest in his delivery issues. You could tell he was over thinking it and when that happens with any swing/motion in athletics it's not going to go well.

I played low level college and as I always say my claim to fame is going 0-3 with 3K against former Indians 7th round pick and farm hand Jim Deters who in DIII was throwing 90 from the left side with a wicked slider. I agree completely that he was lost mentally last year and that the mental side of performance is critical.

Nah, he doesn't need to be messing with another breaking ball. Just stick with the slider. Not a fan of a starter trying to get a 4 pitch mix when they have three that are already above average. He can learn to pitch off his heater to lefties and feature the changeup.

Lack of control sure but also lack of stuff. 92 mph straight heater and nothing more than a show me change and average at best breaking ball. If he completes his evolution into a TOR starter (4-6 WAR pitcher) it will be one of the most incredible stories in recent memory. His stuff post TJ was never close to the stuff that made him the #1 overall pitching prospect -- until last night that is. He AVERAGED 95 on his heater and touched 98. He coupled that with a nasty tight breaking slider and more than good enough changeup while having pinpoint command of his fastball. There are closers that don't feature that arsenal. How he got here I'm not sure I just hope it keeps up.

He's never going to take good routes. You don't learn that at the MLB level. But play with a level of competence and confidence to make the plays that are there to be made. He did that last night.

He's gone from a "bad body language" guy with the stuff to match to a composed veteran with ace stuff. If you saw this coming please provide the lotto numbers for this month's big winners.

they don't give you extra outs for a perfect route. he made the plays that were there to be made that's all you can ask. A few LF would have struggled with those hump back line drives right at him.

Sox stake their newfound ace Giolito to a early 3-0 lead and he makes it pay going the entire way only giving up 4 hits against 9K and 1BB. Eloy went yard. Moncada had a big double. TA was on base a couple times. Great win!