1 hour ago1 hr Author 49 minutes ago, brijames1957 said:Why do the betting lines now say TBD under Sox starting pitcher?We might use an opener but it's Sandlin's turn through the rotation. No word on a scratch.
1 hour ago1 hr 17 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:We might use an opener but it's Sandlin's turn through the rotation. No word on a scratch.Can’t imagine they use an opener given Buxton leading off
1 hour ago1 hr Author 5 minutes ago, fathom said:Can’t imagine they use an opener given Buxton leading offMuch like Detroit only 2-3 guys that scare you at all in this lineup. Lets see what Sandlin can do his 2nd MLB start.
1 minute ago1 min James Fegan profiles Davis Martin's poorly rated "stuff", and how his "stuff" doesn't care. Stuff metrics dislike Davis Martin, but it's hitters who truly hate him - Sox MachineStuffPro regards Martin's four-seam and sinker as two of the weakest pitches anyone on the Sox throws, which feels way too harsh, but it also matches how he's always pitched and talked about his arsenal, mix-and-matching with a wide suite of shapes to protect his fastballs rather than blowing hitters away. There are numerous effective changeups across the league that stuff metrics can't agree on, and Martin's kick change is no exception, as it's either the best (StuffPro) or worst (Stuff+) pitch he throws depending on what model you're dealing with. But it's the across-the-board bad reviews for Martin's high-80s slider that earn the most outright scoffing."When your slider has a 51 percent whiff rate and it's the second-best slider [among starters] in all of baseball, the game is telling you enough," said Bove, who said he often uses stuff metrics for feedback when trying to design or tweak a specific pitch. "[Last start] he didn't have [his slider]. Part of that is wind and stuff like that, and he still pitched good. It shows you his growth as a pitcher, but I think his slider has definitely gotten better metrically and from how it's performed, and the changeup and sinker and all his stuff. So yeah, don't pay a lot of attention to the public side of things because we have our in-house stuff. But also it's how does it work together as a whole, his arsenal? Because obviously the hitters are saying he has good stuff."
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