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Grandal actually leads in DRS pitch framing this year at +4 and is top 5 in FanGraphs catcher framing. His offensive numbers have pretty much caught up to McCann's. Yeah he sucks on defense sometimes, but you've committed to him and he brings a lot of value in areas this team lacks in quite a bit (patience for one). Does anyone know if McCann can qualify for a QO this off-season?

Yeah but how are the splits vs. RHP vs. LHP on sliders? I actually can't find those numbers anywhere. It seems like we absolutely kill lefties with sliders like Boyd, but have issues laying off them vs. RHP. Edit: I finally got around to finding some numbers on this. Baseball Savant has Statcast search, which is pretty awesome and lets you get splits on pretty much everything. Anyways, vs. lefties against the slider, the Sox are hitting .250 with a .484 SLG and a .330 wOBA. This is actually the 5th best in baseball. Against RHP vs. the slider, they're hitting .228 with a .439 SLG and a .288 wOBA. This is 11th in baseball. Not as bad as I thought, but also not great. Weirdly enough our best slider hitters are Luis Robert and Eloy Jimenez, two guys who do nothing but chase them (both have a 40+% whiff rate on it). EE is absolute trash vs. the slider (no surprise there). Meanwhile, Robert also seems to struggle mightily against the fastball regardless of handedness. Pretty surprising considering the early scouting report on him. It could be that he's refined his approach to hitting off-speed and is no longer sitting fastball.

Brudabaker throws a ton of sliders, which isn't ideal for this lineup.

How someone who actually plays first can do something like he did is beyond me.

Tomorrow is almost a must-win. You can't get swept by the Pirates. The Tigers series is also a trap series. If we don't show up they can take 2 out of 3 from us with the way they've been playing. Not the kind of results you need heading into a 4 game series against the Twins.

Also dropped a foul ball in the 8th. McCann needs to catch tomorrow.

Yeah cause he pitches almost every game. If you throw a guy out there every day when he's not meant to be, why would you expect good results? Cordero isn't great, but what exactly is the alternative?

I mean he didn't do much wrong outside of missing his spot on the wild pitch. It's not like he got hit around.

Cause he wanted to save him for a save situation. A lot of managers don't do this anymore, but you know Ricky...

Grandal with an absolutely awful night on defense.

Oh fuck it's Cordero.

Well since we're already in trouble, Colome will retire them in order right?

Not looking real good

Now if we get to the 10th, we'll have Jarrod Dyson hitting between Eloy and Robert.

Well it's cost him 2 weeks and us numerous runs. He needs to stop thinking he's Luis Robert on the bases.

Madrigal should be benched for his base running tonight

It's been a problem for almost all our starters, Gio included. Way too many 5 inning outings.

Nomar only hits it out of the park when it's foul.

That might be Detwiler's first appearance this year with the game actually on the line.

Marshall was actually really good in KC. Oh well it happens. Hopefully we keep it tied and the offense can get going.

Well shit...

Hope Jose is ok

Twins and Indians both lost. Gotta hold on and get this one.

I wonder why he's no longer throwing the curve. The usage on it is half of what it was last year.

Well that was a quick hook from Ricky. Good to see.