I am all for Jordan Danks playing more with Eaton and Dayan.

It's not annoying, it's just the law of averages.

 

Over the course of 2000 some plate appearances, no hitters are going to have half of their balls in play turn into hits. Many would be extremely lucky to have 35% of those fall. It's just not plausible to have half of them turn into hits.

 

Flowers isn't going to have a .567 BABIP for the rest of the year. What he's doing now just isn't sustainable. There's nothing annoying about it, it's just reality.

 

It's annoying in the context of the way it's being presented. It's as if we shouldn't care that our guy just got on base because advanced stats says it's not gonna last forever.

 

 

Even if it's around .350, he might be a .250 hitter, which I'd be fine with.

 

But you have to realize that luck is not a skill. The chances of Flowers replicating his high BABIP in following years is pretty unlikely.

What would be really nice for Flowers is to see a few more balls banging off the fences/leaving the park right now.

Even if it's around .350, he might be a .250 hitter, which I'd be fine with.

 

But you have to realize that luck is not a skill. The chances of Flowers replicating his high BABIP in following years is pretty unlikely.

I agree with that. He is still fanning a lot and not walking at all, but we might as well take whatever we can get out of him. If it's jam shot loopers to RF at a .360 clip, that is far better than what the Sox have ever gotten out of him before.

I am all for Jordan Danks playing more with Eaton and Dayan.

Having ADA sit bonus on it's own.

It's annoying in the context of the way it's being presented. It's as if we shouldn't care that our guy just got on base because advanced stats says it's not gonna last forever.

 

This.. He brings up all the time and it is getting annoying. I think we know Flowers isn't going to sustain this. I don't need some advanced stat to tell me that every game

It's annoying in the context of the way it's being presented. It's as if we shouldn't care that our guy just got on base because advanced stats says it's not gonna last forever.

Uh, the first mention of it in this thread was followed by a face

Does anyone remember when Bevington got so sick of walks he started yanking guys after they walked 2? It didn't last long. The walks did.

It's annoying in the context of the way it's being presented. It's as if we shouldn't care that our guy just got on base because advanced stats says it's not gonna last forever.

 

I want Flowers to succeed as a player.

 

But when I look at it objectively, I still don't think very highly of him, even when he's almost hitting .400 this year.

He has nothing once again

How the hell did Johnson get through the first 2?

He has nothing once again

We have no 4th or 5th starter that is apparent.

Tyler has never had a hot streak like this. So that means that he has created a huge progression, which is something to celebrate. Hopefully the regression has a higher support level going forward due to this new growth, maybe even a head and shoulders bottom if you will. We used to just say stay hot flowers.

He has nothing once again

 

Well when you can't throw your 89 MPH fastball for a strike you must have no confidence at all.

How the hell did Johnson get through the first 2?

DP balls. Abreu just missed making it 3 innings in a row

This.. He brings up all the time and it is getting annoying. I think we know Flowers isn't going to sustain this. I don't need some advanced stat to tell me that every game

It's one of the more remarkable things about the season. It's 120 points higher than anyone in the league.

Hawk is pissed!

This coaching staff is a joke

Either Gillaspie can't talk or Flowers is deaf

Lol did not see gillaspies mouth move

Why isn't someone telling Conor or flowers who has the catch???

This coaching staff is a joke

How is that on the coaching staff?

Can't recall last time a Sox starter had such poor command of his fastball

 

Uh, Paulino? Cleto?

Does anyone remember when Bevington got so sick of walks he started yanking guys after they walked 2? It didn't last long. The walks did.

 

that is hilarious. I'd love to see that, just for the laughs.

Usually they score on move on us so there's that