NBD

Feel like they could conceivably have a chance in most games (minus Kay). Not a bad feeling.

19th place in mlb

3rd in Central

No one in the stands is wearing a bag on their heads. You get an honorary one.

Win #14 to sweep the Angels and win the homestand 4-2. Date to beat for #15 is 5/20...Pretty sure they'll get there.

Nice to see some different ways to win in this series (big late comeback, holding a modest lead, extra inning walkoff). Angels pen helped of course, I imagine they'll have some new names around for the road series.

Sox are now 13-12 with a positive run differential since the opening roadtrip.

7-3 in the last 10 is the best mark in the division and T-2 in the AL.

After being 11.5 GB in the division to close last April, they finish this April 1.5 GB and in 3rd (likely tied, pending the Twins game).

13-13 in April is their first full month at or above .500 since June 2023. Also the first .500 or better April since 2021.

They were 5-21 last April and that's not a typo.

Edited Wednesday at 08:31 PM2 days by Autumn Dreamin

Pitching has been pretty shockingly competent the last two weeks.

Sam's batting stance looks like his is all coiled up and ready to strike like a rattle snake. I am guessing that he has some HR power in there.

Hope we sweep the 😇again in CA. Wish I could get out there to catch a game on this road trip. Weather has been kind of blah here. Cold rainy town.

Edited Wednesday at 09:07 PM2 days by tray

19 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Win #14 to sweep the Angels and win the homestand 4-2. Date to beat for #15 is 5/20...Pretty sure they'll get there.

Nice to see some different ways to win in this series (big late comeback, holding a modest lead, extra inning walkoff). Angels pen helped of course, I imagine they'll have some new names around for the road series.

Sox are now 13-12 with a positive run differential since the opening roadtrip.

7-3 in the last 10 is the best mark in the division and T-2 in the AL.

After being 11.5 GB in the division to close last April, they finish this April 1.5 GB and in 3rd (likely tied, pending the Twins game).

13-13 in April is their first full month at or above .500 since June 2023. Also the first .500 or better April since 2021.

They were 5-21 last April and that's not a typo.

One of my keys to the season in order to meet my prediction of 77 wins was to have a much better April than the last 2 pitiful Aprils.

Turns out it wasnt mission impossible after all the teeth gnashing. Step 1 mission accomplished.

Edited Wednesday at 08:54 PM2 days by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

Twins dropped their game in the 9th, so Sox end the day with sole possession of 3rd.

After a hot start to the month, Twins are 2-11 in their last 13.

Like 8 months ago Colson looked like a guy that would never be anything more than a platoon bat 3B. Now he's looking like a legit star 5 war SS.

Kelenic has great walk up taste

12 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Kelenic has great walk up taste

Long Time right after.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Edited Wednesday at 10:08 PM2 days by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

1 minute ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Long Time right after.

He has it start right around 3:23

Edited Wednesday at 10:15 PM2 days by DoUEvenShift

35 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Kelenic has great walk up taste

This does make me like him a little more.

Of course if he was a much better bat but had a shitty walk-up song, I’d like him a lot more.

It seems like there are a lot more teams not playing well at all. Some of them there were high expectations.

Great series. They’ve been playing some good baseball and have become a really likeable collection of dudes.

1 hour ago, kitekrazy said:

It seems like there are a lot more teams not playing well at all. Some of them there were high expectations.

For the first time in MLB history there are more Ks per game than hits. I think some teams are really having a hard time adjusting to the TTO LA era -- both sides of the ball. For whatever reason the Sox seem to have finally become middle of the curve on it, after falling drastically behind under Hahn.

Some interesting stats: Sox are first in pull percentage, 14th in LA, 13th in barrel %, 11th in hard hit %, and 16th in xwOBA.

Everything needs to be taken in the context of the last three years but it does appear that at least for now, the Sox have emerged as simply a mediocre to bad team with no real bad contracts and a solid farm. If things keep going like this, Ishbia will be inheriting a much healthier franchise. One day at a time.

Edited Thursday at 01:18 AM1 day by chitownsportsfan

7 hours ago, PaleAleSox said:

Feel like they could conceivably have a chance in most games (minus Kay). Not a bad feeling.

Yep. Only one time in the last 12 games have we been losing after 9 innings.

11 hours ago, Lukakke Appling said:

Great series. They’ve been playing some good baseball and have become a really likeable collection of dudes.

For the first time in quite a few seasons, pretty much the entire team is likeable. And they all seem to like each other. This still isn't a competing team, but they are a much more enjoyable team to watch.

I'm not going to start a new thread for this, but this is kind of interesting. Tristan Peters is worming his way into being a viable, temporary platoon option.

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by WestEddy

9 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I'm not going to start a new thread for this, but this is kind of interesting. Tristan Peters is worming his way into being a viable, temporary platoon option.

Peters > Acuna. Peters is the all glove light bat CF that we haven't really had since oh, Lance Johnson?

Interesting, in his age 26 season One Dog slashed 285/325/357 over 151 games for 2.6 bWAR and a 93 ops+ in 151 games. Peters in his age 26 season is at 273/324/318 with an ops+ of 82 and .5 bWAR.

Projected over 151 games, Peters would basically be -- youngish Lance Johnson, at least for a year. That's neat.

edit: who was that great white hype CF we had back circa like 2010? I remember he made several great plays defensively but couldn't hit a lick then just got hurt and fell out of MLB.

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by chitownsportsfan

7 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Peters > Acuna. Peters is the all glove light bat CF that we haven't really had since oh, Lance Johnson?

Interesting, in his age 26 season One Dog slashed 285/325/357 over 151 games for 2.6 bWAR and a 93 ops+ in 151 games. Peters in his age 26 season is at 273/324/318 with an ops+ of 82 and .5 bWAR.

Projected over 151 games, Peters would basically be -- youngish Lance Johnson, at least for a year. That's neat.

edit: who was that great white hype CF we had back circa like 2010? I remember he made several great plays defensively but couldn't hit a lick then just got hurt and fell out of MLB.

Ummm.... Lance Johnson was ANYTHING but a light bat. For one thing he led the league in triples four years straight as I recall.

3 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Ummm.... Lance Johnson was ANYTHING but a light bat. For one thing he led the league in triples four years straight as I recall.

He was a pretty light bat, especially relative to some of his star peers in CF during the 90s when he was in Chicago. He had his best year (7.2 bWAR!) in his early 30s in NYC. Finished with a career OPS+ of 95 but 30.2 WAR. Nearly a HOVG player and one I always enjoyed watching. I was not at all diminishing Lance by comparing him to Peters, just found the similarities interesting at age 26 in Chicago in CF.

Edited 21 hours ago21 hr by chitownsportsfan

26 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Peters > Acuna. Peters is the all glove light bat CF that we haven't really had since oh, Lance Johnson?

Interesting, in his age 26 season One Dog slashed 285/325/357 over 151 games for 2.6 bWAR and a 93 ops+ in 151 games. Peters in his age 26 season is at 273/324/318 with an ops+ of 82 and .5 bWAR.

Projected over 151 games, Peters would basically be -- youngish Lance Johnson, at least for a year. That's neat.

edit: who was that great white hype CF we had back circa like 2010? I remember he made several great plays defensively but couldn't hit a lick then just got hurt and fell out of MLB.

Good ole' Brian Anderson.

19 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Ummm.... Lance Johnson was ANYTHING but a light bat. For one thing he led the league in triples four years straight as I recall.

Relative to the league, Lance was always around league average, within 10% in either direction. He only really started to hit when he got to the Mets.