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i really hate victor martinez

phew

They knew this would happen but started him anyway. I hope these 20 innings he will pitch in september will be worth losing that extra year.

Someone described it as putting your testicle through a nut cracker

That Martinez at-bat flustered Gio, this inning is completely mental on his part

hamilton is in

Sox will have plenty of trading chips and they will be forced into it due to logjams. Just look at our OF prospects..

We have to have the worst 3b coach in the game

great play by anderson

Kopech fighting control, only has his fastball right now

Good job Yoan, fuck them!

Considering 2 of them have been predicted to be middle relievers i would say proving you can pitch 6 or 7 with good stats and solidifying yourself into the future rotation is better than pitcher wins that become less and less important every year.

They are getting rewarded, these are 25 and under year olds gaining confidence. That is big, and im sure Gio is thrilled about last night win or lose.

People are more upset with the fact that he was sent out in the 7th with ~108 pitches.

Thinking hes safe, but why is he running there?

And if he hits .200? We lose the year as well as any chance at high impact fa signings?

Almost got him in the draft, but we settled for Carson Fulmer instead

why are they delaying Hansens inevitable surgery?

He has a long way to go still

The difference between Torres and Moncada is shocking

Why Moncada didnt swing at that 92 mph fastball down the middle with the bases loaded ill never know.

Good point, by all means the 2-5-1-1 doesn't have to be the optimal strategy. They are barely scratching the surface with this imo.

Shower thought of the day, how could the Sox employ the Tampa Bay Rays opener strategy? Whether you like it or not I think this strategy is going to be the future of pitching. Some teams are toying with it in their minors as we speak. You can't deny its effectiveness, since May 19th the Rays are #2 in the major leagues with a 3.35 ERA with Blake Snell and a bunch of "who"s. With the pitching talent coming through our system, how filthy would our numbers be? I admit I dont understand how they decide who does what, but basically there is an "opener" (~2 innings) and a "bulk guy" (~5 innings) and someone who can cover whatever is left. The issue is that it requires a number of malleable pitchers who can at least go 5 innings. Lets come up with a pitching pool: 2019, 2020 Pitchers who can go at least 5: Kopech Rodon Lopez Giolito Cease Hansen (2020+) Dunning (2020+) Adams Fulmer Guerrero Stephens FA (Corbin?) 2019, 2020 pitchers who can go ~2 innings: Burdi Hamilton Burr Jones Cedeno Frare Fry Thompson Free Agents Example game: Game 1 Burdi 2ip Kopech 5ip Hamilton 2ip It is fun to think about with the flame throwers on this team.

Yeah he has to be hurt still, why are they pushing it?

Whooa wait.. there are still mlb players who didnt look over their twitter history after what happened during the allstar break? What was kopechs agent doing?