1 hour ago, Green Line said:

I'd like to see Sandlin get a shot this series at some point. Replicating Taylor's 4 inning beauty against the same team a couple days later seems doubtful.

Love me some Sandlin, but lefties have an .821 OPS against him. He dominates righties but gets hit hard by lefties. I'd be nervous using him against the Guardians for multiple innings.

1 minute ago, ron883 said:

Love me some Sandlin, but lefties have an .821 OPS against him. He dominates righties but gets hit hard by lefties. I'd be nervous using him against the Guardians for multiple innings.

What about Fedde

Kay/Burke/Newcomb/Fedde

That's the combo I'd look for tomorrow.

If the Sox can win Game 2 without burning Hagen and Taylor, that's a massive advantage heading into game 3.

3 minutes ago, Green Line said:

What about Fedde

Fedde has reverse splits. .699 OPS against lefties, .808 against righties.

Give Fedde some burn!

14 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said:

Kay(2)-Burke(5)-Hagen(1)-Taylor(1)

That would be pretty ideal

Fedde coming in and ripping 99 for an inning would also be okay.

34 minutes ago, TheFutureIsNear said:

Kay(2)-Burke(5)-Hagen(1)-Taylor(1)

That would be pretty ideal

I think the play is to rest Hagen and Taylor so they can run back the Game 1 plan on Game 3. Fedde and Newcomb can fill those roles in Game 2.

It's funny how a happy, young team will mean everything to everyone.

2 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

highly doubt it. they clearly have zero trust in him right now. he's the mopup guy at this point.

He had one bad start. Will has said they are being uber cautious with him due to the calf injury.

22 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

It's funny how a happy, young team will mean everything to everyone.

One of the journalists criticizing the Red Sox the other day said that the Red Sox are no longer on the cutting edge of analytics due to overlooking things like happiness and chemistry. Believe it or not, these intangibles are starting to make their way into the study of advanced analytics. White Sox, Rays, and Brewers have been in the cutting edge of this stuff in recent years when it comes to looking at these intangibles through metrics and analytics.

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4 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

One of the journalists criticizing the Red Sox the other day said that the Red Sox are no longer on the cutting edge of analytics due to overlooking things like happiness and chemistry. Believe it or not, these intangibles are starting to make their way into the study of advanced analytics.

There was some snarking when Sox hired a "mental performance" coach, but there seems to be something there. Think the guy they hired was poached from the Mariners, whose vibes have gone in the opposite direction.

Getz also cites makeup and chemistry for almost all of his player acquisitions now, and you of course need a manager capable of reading the room and building a culture.

28 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:

One of the journalists criticizing the Red Sox the other day said that the Red Sox are no longer on the cutting edge of analytics due to overlooking things like happiness and chemistry. Believe it or not, these intangibles are starting to make their way into the study of advanced analytics. White Sox, Rays, and Brewers have been in the cutting edge of this stuff in recent years when it comes to looking at these intangibles through metrics and analytics.

Many cling to the Zeno's Paradox myth of onboarding statistical analysis. Like, The Sox are 15 years behind. By the time they catch up, everybody will have moved onto to the next frontier. That is, unless you hire their guys, quickly put the resources in place without having to make the years of mistakes and adjustments the early adopters had to, then pivoting to embracing the cutting-edge stuff simultaneously.