reiks12

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?

Accidental Renaissance

Bring him up now as an act of trust. You would think it would go a long way when contract negotiation time comes up.

Yeah we arent going to keep 3rd, id bet on it

Terrible atbat by Moncada

yeah good guess

Wonder what needed surgery

I will be surprised if he comes back out tbh

2 bloops and a squiggler

How are they fouling him off so much

jesus that break

great job

great pitch

Michael KoBUST

no perfect game

Just 3 more hours

Gonzalez is really impressive

pitchers are ticking timebombs, you dont want him throwing meaningless innings in AAA

Guess dont dont want to gamble on wasting his arm down there for the extra year