1 hour ago1 hr Huge win yesterday. Burke has officially become our stopper and helped us reclaim a 1st place tie of the AL Central. Today’s game, if it evens gets in, is going to come down to who can hit more IMO.For the Sox, we’ll start things off with Murphy as our opener before going to Fedde. As I outlined in the “Trade Proposal” thread, Chris has been outstanding since Jun 1st and is setup for success today against a Guardians lineup who hasn’t fared well against LHP (85 wRC+) and is missing their best hitter against them in Jose Ramirez. After that is when things get murky. Fedde has been pitching well as of late (2.39 ERA & 3.41 FIP since Jun 1st), but it feels like smoke & mirrors with a 6.49 K/9 and he isn’t providing much innings (~4 1/2 on average during this timeframe). While I always want to be an optimist, I will continue to scream that an implosion is eventually coming for Erik. Let’s just hope it’s not today and that he & Murphy can keep us alive through the 6th.Meanwhile, the Guardians are throwing Tanner Bibee. On paper, his 2-9 record would suggests he really sucks, but that’s only partly true. On the season, he’s put up a 3.69 ERA, but expected figures like him much less with a 4.55 FIP & 4.52 xERA. Dude throws six pitches including three fastball with over 20% utilization. His K rate is down quite a bit this year sitting around 7.5 per 9. Overall it’s not great pure stuff relying on location and favorable extension to be successful. While he pitched incredibly well in his last start against us (6 IP of shutout ball), I still believe this guys is very much hittable in his current form. Just need to be a bit more selective and wait for pitches that can be damaged.Again, not optimistic this one gets played, but if it does I’m predicting the Sox squeeze a nail biter 5 to 4.Let’s fucking go!!
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