2 minutes ago, Baron said:

Good at bat by Quero.

Awful approach…he looks like a slap hitter so far

this game is moving right along.

7 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

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.

I have no interest in going back and forth with an LLM.

3 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

garbage effort tonight from everyone

hard to hit when it's cold like this.

That was a meatball

That will probably do it

He had been getting a lot of mileage out of the high breakers but if somebody went up there looking for it the outcome is predictable. No harm no foul really if he can lock it in from here

14 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

you can't let fedde go through the lineup again

prophetic. oh wait, there was an opener. seemed to work well, Fedde looks great against the top of the order.

Edited Tuesday at 01:02 AM5 days by nrockway

15 minutes ago, Jake said:

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

My life on the (free agent) D list.

3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

I have no interest in going back and forth with an LLM.

...What?

Need a little rally here, scratch across a run. Maybe that will open it up

LFG dudes ! Can't win without runs !

Just not good from Mune.

.212 Mune and Colson

kelenic on the way?

or antonacci NOT YET due to control year?

Man I really thought Alonso was gonna drop that

Gotta cash in Chase here

Mune needs 3-4 months to adjust

didn't happen for Ohtani right away either

vargas lost helmet again?

Adley what is you doin

they will let sosa get some outfield play now?

Yikes Vargas and Colson. Gotta get that run in

need Montgomery and Mune or dead team walking

Squander. Sox poor hitting rears its head again.

Edited Tuesday at 01:16 AM5 days by SouthChicagoBorn

A lot of missed opportunities

colson looks like this by may, he might be back in charlotte