10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:I like Meidroth in the 2-spot even against a rightyDamn he had a rough few games at the end here though
10 hours ago10 hr Will have to pass the page now on the Sox this year. . Go Bears! The Blackhawks not looking good with Bedard out, so more pain coming.
10 hours ago10 hr 5 minutes ago, almagest said:Yup. Just wish they didn’t lose to CLEVELAND. That’s what’s really bumming me out right now. If it was Tampa or the Yankees it wouldn’t be nearly so annoying.Yup. We barely lost the division to them and now we barely lose in the playoffs to them. Truth is, they weren't a very good team. I felt like we were the superior team in the regular season. And we were clearly the better team after 2 games. But then we decided to let Adell beat us and woke up a sleeping monster in JRam. Ramirez honestly had not done much of anything against us all season. I'm thinking most of that was because he was hurt, but he absolutely carried Cleveland these past 3 games.
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, wegner said:Damn he had a rough few games at the end here thoughYeah I guess seeing his post season batting avg fooled me
10 hours ago10 hr 2 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:I like Meidroth in the 2-spot even against a rightyThat’s a big no for me. Give me Vargas 2
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, fathom said:That’s a big no for me. Give me Vargas 2Yeah that would be fine too but need someone to drive in the runs that the middle of the order didn’t
10 hours ago10 hr Look, this was productive. As the anti extend Vargas guy, I do think I know who stays and who goes now when Roch and Bonemer arrve, and who goes is not Vargas
10 hours ago10 hr 3 minutes ago, hankchifan said:Will have to pass the page now on the Sox this year. . Go Bears! The Blackhawks not looking good with Bedard out, so more pain coming.Pound the s%*# out of GB tomorrow
10 hours ago10 hr 11 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:Teel in the 2-spot kind of always boggles my mind. I know he had a hit today but stillVargas should be in the 2 spot. Teel had a nice stretch where he and Sam were the only guys hitting so they hit them 1-2 (think it was around the St. Louis or Cleveland series). They never went away from it because we started winning again right after they did that. Analytically, it doesn't make a ton of sense to hit him 2. He's far from the best hitter on the team. He struck out way too much this year. He's also not very fast, so you run the risk of him grounding into double plays when Sam gets on in front of him.
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, Chick Mercedes said:Look, this was productive. As the anti extend Vargas guy, I do think I know who stays and who goes now when Roch and Bonemer arrve, and who goes is not VargasWhy wouldn’t you want to extend Vargas?
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said:Pound the s%*# out of GB tomorrowIt's the only thing that can make me feel better about this past week.
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, Chick Mercedes said:Look, this was productive. As the anti extend Vargas guy, I do think I know who stays and who goes now when Roch and Bonemer arrve, and who goes is not Vargas There is no doubt at this point that Miguel Vargas is our best position player. Build around him.
10 hours ago10 hr 3 minutes ago, Capn12 said:I think this is exactly where I'm at with it as well. The Montgomery boys and Mune HAVE to work on some stuff concerning plate approach and situational hitting. Bullpen pieces, some are really good. Starting pitching....LOTS of work to do there from internally and/or externally.And for the love of all that is holy, coerce Benintendi to enjoy retirement or something, somehow.What is very sad is that I really had very little faith that Mune would do anything with the bases loaded only down 2.....that should have been such an exciting at bat and it just wasn't.
10 hours ago10 hr 5 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:Yeah I guess seeing his post season batting avg fooled meHe really expanded his strike zone in these losses unfortunately but he wasn't alone.
10 hours ago10 hr 3 minutes ago, fathom said:Why wouldn’t you want to extend Vargas?Impatient move. Not necessary at this time of information gathering on other players. Next winter maybe. He was the most expensive option if people like Colson panned out. But Colson might not be panning out.
10 hours ago10 hr Team needs some major pitching upgrades in the offseason and somehow send Castillo to the Sun in the meantime
10 hours ago10 hr 9 minutes ago, chw42 said:Yup. We barely lost the division to them and now we barely lose in the playoffs to them. Truth is, they weren't a very good team. I felt like we were the superior team in the regular season. And we were clearly the better team after 2 games. But then we decided to let Adell beat us and woke up a sleeping monster in JRam. Ramirez honestly had not done much of anything against us all season. I'm thinking most of that was because he was hurt, but he absolutely carried Cleveland these past 3 games.It was the pitching. They completely destroyed any momentum we had.
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, almagest said:It was the pitching. They completely destroyed any momentum we had.The walks killed us. Hagen walked something like 7 guys this series and he was our best pitcher coming into this series. Against a Cleveland team that really wasn't hitting at all in the first 2 games, you cannot give them free bases and just expect them to never cash those in.
10 hours ago10 hr 2 minutes ago, HeGetzUs said:Team needs some major pitching upgrades in the offseason and somehow send Castillo to the Sun in the meantimeThe outlook for the off-season would be so much better without the Castillo trade. We'd also still have Boston Smith. Without any real clues on the new CBA, I'm not sure how they'll approach free agency.
10 hours ago10 hr 7 minutes ago, wegner said:What is very sad is that I really had very little faith that Mune would do anything with the bases loaded only down 2.....that should have been such an exciting at bat and it just wasn't.It’s why no one offered him a better contract than the Sox did. They saw his swing and miss game in Japan.
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, almagest said:It was the pitching. They completely destroyed any momentum we had.You had good pitching tonight and the offense didnt come through. If they would have gotten the big hits they needed it could have been a different series. Unfortunately I kept seeing the more short comings from the offense as the year went on more then the short comings of the pitching staff
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, Whisox05 said:You had good pitching tonight and the offense didnt come through. If they would have gotten the big hits they needed it could have been a different series. Unfortunately I kept seeing the more short comings from the offense as the year went on more then the short comings of the pitching staffThey gave up 18 runs in 2 games when the offense scored enough to win in at least one of those games. Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by almagest
10 hours ago10 hr What it boils down to is we walked way too many of them, which is just terrible considering they have a horrible hitting team, and we struck out way too much obviously. Our offense looked like a high school team facing major league pitching. Our hitting coach should be fired.
10 hours ago10 hr 1 minute ago, Whisox05 said:You had good pitching tonight and the offense didnt come through. If they would have gotten the big hits they needed it could have been a different series. Unfortunately I kept seeing the more short comings from the offense as the year went on more then the short comings of the pitching staffTo come out today after the last 2 games and still strike out 21 times is quite honestly mind boggling to me. But by all means just keep doing what isn't working guys
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