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Coming back to tie the game against a dominant reliever like O'Day was huge. And I still think Duke will be fine.

Royals lost their 5th in a row. .543 OPS with runners in scoring position, by far the lowest. Warms my heart.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Apr 30, 2016 -> 10:37 PM) Ugly, ugly game but at least the Sox got the win. To bad Albers had his streak snapped because Jose couldn't catch the damn baseball...at least he made up for it in the 9th inning. Defense has been bad the past few games, has looked like 2015. Maybe it's because of the raw weather conditions. Needs to tighten back up. Glad Robertson returns tomorrow, bullpen has been shaky the past few days. See if Sale can get the split tomorrow, considering everything that would be great. Oh you wonder when its all said and done if the Sox should have signed Alvarez on the cheap. Mark Outside of Petricka, the bullpen has been fine.

Baltimore is the new Oakland/Toronto.

That call is why I question framing. Bad framing job by Wieters or just a bad call by the ump? I lean the latter.

An example of why ERA sucks. Rodon deserved none there.

Wow that was infuriating.

Sad that this game ruins our amazing team pitching stats.

He actually didn't look horrible that inning.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 07:34 PM) Has he done anything to clean up his delivery to locate pitches better or add new pitches to get guys out? He hasn't been good for a long time now. Looks like he's just out there to collect his paycheck. This is a ridiculous comment.

Is that 4 assists for Eaton already?

Gonzalez already took his last start. Wish we now would have skipped him entirely.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 06:39 PM) He falls behind and he is in a lot of trouble. If he gets ahead, he will be fine, but he hasn't been able to do it this season. According to Statcast the average exit velocity against Danks last year was well below average. It made me optimistic for this year, but everyone is hitting him hard.

What the f*** kind of strike call was that?

I've been a Danks defender but yeah he looks horrible. Way different than the 2nd half last year.

Great sequence to Trumbo. K!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 06:04 PM) I thought Danks was pitching on Friday? Hmmm...well, this is a game that our "win expectation" is probably about 25% despite the winning streak. I guess the worst thing to happen is burning through the bullpen, but, as mentioned, there might be a rainout or two for recovery. 25%? Tyler Wilson is really no better than Danks.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 04:23 PM) I'd love if they got demolished in interleague play. Eh, considering we may have to fight for a wildcard spot this year, it's probably better if the AL West teams lose to them, even if the division does look pretty mediocre to this point.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 09:15 AM) The pitcher fWAR leaderboard over the last calendar year. AL goes Sale, Price, Keuchel, Quintana. Quintana is 6th among SP in fWAR over the past year, and 7th among SP in ERA over the past year, so whether FIP or ERA is your thing, Quintana has been a top 10 pitcher in the game over the past year.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 03:22 PM) The Padres didnt seem to be tanking when they signed all those players in the 14-15 offseason.....but then we all saw what they wanted to do all along by getting those players. Nah the Padres might not be trying this year, but they definitely went for it last year. You don't take on Kemp's contract and trade away guys like Trea Turner if you're planning on tanking.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 03:13 PM) Just saw this article by Bernstein and couldn't agree more with the first few paragraphs: http://sports.cbslocal.com/2016/04/27/bad-...aseball-season/ I wouldn't say the Rockies are tanking. Their moves this past offseason made no sense at all if that was their goal.

Over their last 162 games the Astros are 78-84.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 02:23 PM) 14 of their 20 games have been played against the three worst pitching staffs in baseball (ERA wise). The Cardinals and their solid starting pitching held them down. It's truly astonishing how bad some of these NL teams are. The Brewers have 3 legit major leaguers in their every day lineup. The Reds have 2 starting pitchers out of their 5 that should be in the majors, and they have the worst bullpen I've ever seen. A well-rounded team like the Cubs will just murder these weak teams. Couldn't you argue that the Cubs are a big reason why those pitching staffs have those ERAs? Particularly the Reds. Also, it's amazing that Arrieta has had s*** command his last two outings and still doesn't give up any runs.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 01:02 PM) Adam dunn would be a huge help, actually. Yeah I'd take 2012-2014 Adam Dunn at this point.

I can't think of a skill that wouldn't be prone to slumps from time to time. It's difficult to be consistently excellent at anything. But defense does seem to be more consistent than offense, which is good news.