JUSTgottaBELIEVE

Man he sucks

Oh. #1 Kelenic fan right?

Who the hell is Harry?

Isn’t Kelenic the draftee that Sox fans were drooling over? He has a long way to go

Kelenic looks terrible

And what an unbelievable steal it was for the Sox. If the price tag on Montas is too high, just wait until July when more pitchers are available and we know who’s healthy.

Should be 3-0. Let’s be honest, Detroit was lucky to win a game. Took two improbable late inning comebacks just to steal game 1. This is still very much the Sox division to lose.

Meh. Let’s see how the season plays out before being so upset about losing Rodon. I have a feeling Rodon will be an afterthought come September.

Last season had nothing to do with the Sox not extending the QO but the prior 4 seasons sure did. If he was relatively healthy prior to last season, I don’t think his fade during the second half of last season would have prevented them from offering the QO.

The Sox abused him so badly last year that they only revived his career, which led to a $44M payday, when no one else wanted to touch him with a ten foot pole a year ago. No other team was willing to give him even $3M, let alone a starting spot in their rotation. So yea, this shtick about how the Sox were so bad to Rodon last year is rather ironic.

Shit happens. The Astros were a terrible matchup for the Sox last season. Rodon didn’t make a difference in that series then and if the top 4 in this year’s rotation pitch like that again in this year’s playoffs Rodon wouldn’t make a difference this season either. They have the horses to win, now they just have to stay healthy and get the job done.

His stat line from his first start in 2021 compared to his first start in 2022 are nearly identical. That’s all I was saying. Let’s check in again in another 5-6 months to see how he’s holding up…

Unless the team is completely decimated by injuries for months on end, there’s no reason the Sox shouldn’t win this division. Even with the injuries, they’re still the most talented team by a lot. If the Sox have 4 healthy starting pitchers in Giolito, Lynn, Cease, and Kopech come October, that’s as good or better than any other team in baseball.

His first game stat line in 2021: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 9 K, 95 pitches. Looks awfully similar. Talk to me again in September/October and let’s see how he’s holding up. That’s when it matters most.

Rogers should help but I’m surprised they never added a more reliable proven closer with all the trades and signings they’ve made the last few years.

Boy, is it fun when the precious Padres lose like that. Why is a 31 yo rookie that I’ve never heard of closing games for them? 2 walks, a HBP, recorded no outs lol

I’m trying to think of a single (successful) hard throwing starting pitcher over the last 10 years that’s avoided significant arm injury that guys like Nolan and Randy did. Can you think of one? Don’t you find that to be odd?

Pedro had an 11 season stretch where he pitched more than 186 innings in all but one season. I can’t even imagine hard throwing starter’s doing that these days. And he wasn’t exactly the biggest guy either. 5’-11” and rail thin when he came up.

Different times I guess

I’m sure he did throwing that hard. Same with Pedro.

All this talk about velocity leading to injury. I don’t recall this being an issue with the Big Unit.

I’d be willing to bet that he has a 5+ inning outing this month. I agree he may have some 3-4 inning outings but I’d bet he has one dominant start where he goes 7+ innings in April. We’ll see.

My minimum expectation for Kopech this regular season is 25 starts, 5 innings per start on average, which would amount to 125 innings. I think that’s a very reasonable minimum expectation.

I’m making the case that Kopech’s arm is at least as conditioned as Rodon’s arm was last season. Which is why I’m expecting a minimum of 135 innings from Kopech this season but being told he is likely restricted to 120 innings. I don’t agree with that low of a restriction. He’s younger and been healthier than Rodon over the past five years. No reason he can’t do what Rodon did in terms of workload this season.

If innings prior to the injury matter that much then Kopech threw 134 innings in 2017 and 141 innings in 2018. I’m not following the logic as to why he couldn’t do that again this season. What’s so special about 120 innings? For reference, Rodon threw 86, 139, 35, and 8 innings in 2017 thru 2020 (including minor leagues). Kopech missed two years due to TJS and Covid and he still threw more innings than Rodon between 2017 and 2020 lol