Good job Fedde getting out of the jam. Bad luck Hays.

3 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

No anything but that

Frozen ropes...?

Need John Holmes lol.

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Frozen ropes...?

Need John Holmes lol.

Hey, someone got it! 😆 Had to google who that was though

Not even 10 games in and we are down two outfielders already

Hill shouldnt be playing more than once a week

Colson having a really hard time laying off high fastballs

2 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

Hill shouldnt be playing more than once a week

Yeah, he makes the other teams too angry by stealing bases.

nice block, Badley.

Can't get one to fall

So worthless

Every year the Sox are doomed to sign a competent veteran corner OF who will blow hamstrings at inopportune times that cost you a game

1 minute ago, fathom said:

So worthless

He has hit the ball well twice

I wasn't expecting anything more, and yet, I still feel let down.

you can't let fedde go through the lineup again

Just awful tracking by Acuna

1 minute ago, BigHurt3515 said:

He has hit the ball well twice

Ball just doesn’t jump off his bat like it did 5 years ago

8 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

If you can't measure it, I'm skeptical because you can't predict it or validate it.

I'm OK with manager feels and reading a player, but in this case the data is pretty black and white.

Either way, it seems others are moving the goal post. I brought up it could be routine or developmental, but I won't give this team the benefit of the doubt. I don't think anyone is arguing its optimal so...

I would argue that shifting the discussion from "what are the merits of Taylor opening games" to "should this organization be given the benefit of the doubt" is the actual moving of goalposts...

My view is:

1. There are valid reasons to try it even if it's technically less "optimal" for the win total, because I think a team in the Sox' position should be optimizing for things other than a few extra wins this season regardless

2. There is a possibility that it's not actually meaningfully detrimental to the win total anyway, given the larger roster context

The marginal value of leverage spots increases based on how projectable those opportunities are. If the Sox were a competing team who could expect to be in most games behind a rotation of guys who reliably went 5-6 innings then the calculus would be different.

But none of my reasoning is based around "give the team the benefit of the doubt" nor have I said it's some guaranteed miracle strategy. I just think it's fascinating and worth discussing deeper.

Feels like a shame for the discussion of what is a legitimately interesting (to me, at least) experiment to get strawmanned into the same old "why are people defending the organization" box, but I suppose that's nothing new here. The larger conversation is probably best left for a non-gamethread anyway, so I'll just leave it there.

1 minute ago, BigHurt3515 said:

Just awful tracking by Acuna

Gonna assume our outfield defensive metrics are quite bad so far

Edited Tuesday at 12:51 AM5 days by fathom

2 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said:

Just awful tracking by Acuna

Yea that was really bad breaking back on that ball. He is lucky the DP erased the runner

Alright, can we get something going? Not facing a top pitcher here

It's gratifying to see the Sox actually execute. Enjoy it while we can.

2 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said:

Alright, can we get something going? Not facing a top pitcher here

Nevermind. Jesus

Good at bat by Quero.

garbage effort tonight from everyone