1 minute ago, wegner said:

That's a shame.  Did I miss that in a post game press conference??

 

 

1 minute ago, Heads22 said:

Smeltzer pulled

The Sox missed their chance to put up big numbers against him. 

3 minutes ago, Heads22 said:

The thing with his knee though is its not like you could have done anything to prevent that issue.

 

Way to pitch out of it at least

Playing with fire on Kopech, overcompensation injury is possible 

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Can we just fast forward through the middle three innings?

I guess Pagan ain't so bad when he pitches the 4th and not the 9th. 

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Can we just fast forward through the middle three innings?

Can we just fast forward to September so I don't have to sit through bad baseball? 

2 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Kopech's peripherals are straight up concerning. Tyler Wells, who also was a reliever last year and transitioned into a starter this year, is having a much better time with the change than Kopech. And Kopech was a much better prospect than Wells. 

I think Kopech will eventually start pitching better so I'm not concerned long-term, but just for this season, him having a good ERA has helped gloss over the fact there's a lot of negative going on with his underlying metrics

Just now, maxjusttyped said:

I think Kopech will eventually start pitching better so I'm not concerned long-term, but just for this season, him having a good ERA has helped gloss over the fact there's a lot of negative going on with his underlying metrics

Yep, needs to redesign his breaking balls

THERE WE GO TA

If Tim would like to remember hes capable of an extra base hit now would be okay

OMG a timmy HR !!

Just now, Heads22 said:

If Tim would like to remember hes capable of an extra base hit now would be okay

good call

TA!

Buxton probably gets close to robbing that. 

Pulled it.

Yeah Timmy!!

Just now, Heads22 said:

If Tim would like to remember hes capable of an extra base hit now would be okay

DING DING DING !

Just now, fathom said:

Yep, needs to redesign his breaking balls

I'm a huge Katz fan, but Kopech's slider being this bad is as much on Katz as it is Kopech. It's been too good of a pitch not to be getting better results. Hopefully they can fix it over the ASB.

Just now, chw42 said:

TA!

Buxton probably gets close to robbing that. 

Or Torii Hunter.

I'm not watching, but I hope Tim PIMPED THE SHIT out of that homer. 

Spaghetti and meatballs for Tim!!

Buxton would've robbed that.

Buxton definitely robs that one. 

Yoan had a great pitch to hit also. He murders that pitch in 2019.

Why the hell isn't Eloy on the IL if he can't play the rest of the series? There's 4 days off after Sunday. 

Just now, maxjusttyped said:

I'm a huge Katz fan, but Kopech's slider being this bad is as much on Katz as it is Kopech. It's been too good of a pitch not to be getting better results. Hopefully they can fix it over the ASB.

All of his stuff has been degrading over the last 4-6 weeks so it's hard to get that really sharp slider when you in the mid to lower 90s.

More of a flat rolling version.