Man am I glad I went to bed. What in the actual f*** happened? Good luck against Hamels now lol

 

That's how I feel lol I started new job downtown on Monday and training is exhausting so I crash early last night. Went to bed when it was like 10-5.

Among qualified starting pitchers, he's eighth in walk rate at 11.3%, that's pretty bad.

 

His K:BB is right in line with Keuchel thus far. Still striking out 1 per inning. It's also better than Latos (though not surprising seeing as that's not what Latos is known for)

 

However, just saying, I don't think this is a good matchup for us today.

 

If I were to step back -- I'm calling:

 

Rangers 7

Sox 2

 

Hamels goes 7 innings. Strikes out 8, Walks 2. 2ER

Latos goes 6, 5ER

 

And I'm pretty good at stepping back and being smart on this - so i'll eat crow if im wrong - but I'm like 90% betting on the Sox this year (yesterday being one of my few losses --- wasn't fun waking up thinking I had won $$ and actually lost money....)

His K:BB is right in line with Keuchel thus far. Still striking out 1 per inning. It's also better than Latos (though not surprising seeing as that's not what Latos is known for)

 

However, just saying, I don't think this is a good matchup for us today.

 

If I were to step back -- I'm calling:

 

Rangers 7

Sox 2

 

Hamels goes 7 innings. Strikes out 8, Walks 2. 2ER

Latos goes 6, 5ER

 

And I'm pretty good at stepping back and being smart on this - so i'll eat crow if im wrong - but I'm like 90% betting on the Sox this year (yesterday being one of my few losses --- wasn't fun waking up thinking I had won $$ and actually lost money....)

Implying that this is a good thing. I'm not saying the pitching matchup favors us or anything, but Hamels shouldn't scare us that much either, especially if he continues to pitch the way he has and the offense continues to be as patient as it has.

Sox should bounce back after last night. As long as the bats are still there.

Implying that this is a good thing. I'm not saying the pitching matchup favors us or anything, but Hamels shouldn't scare us that much either, especially if he continues to pitch the way he has and the offense continues to be as patient as it has.

 

 

I know being on a message board everybody deals in sample sizes with a short memory. We're all Avi fans now. Before he was garbage.

Keuchel and Hamels are Top 30 pitchers in the league. Latos signed a 1 yr 3mm deal. We have batters who historically strike out a decent amount and don't take a ton of walks.

So yes, just using a step back approach - this is not good on paper. That being said this year hasn't really gone according to script.

 

I'm just saying you give me $1,000 and tell me I have to bet on this game? I'm taking Texas -1.5. Also I'd take Hamels over everybody in our rotation save Q and Sale.

And I'm still trying to figure out what Austin Jackson did that was so egregious.

 

It wasn't like Sands' play the night before. It might have been a slight misread and it almost felt like he wasn't tracking it....that it either carried a lot better than he expected to the deepest part of the park OR he drifted too much with it instead of sprinting across like that amazing basket catch over the weekend where he had a 96% route accuracy and was going at almost 20 MPH.

 

Watching it on video a bunch of times, it just feels like he wasn't quite running all out and misjudged it a hair, but, once again, that ball was crushed by Desmond and certainly not close to an error. It's probably one that he catches 7 or 8 times out of 10, though.

 

The wind has been a big factor in this series for sure.

Nothing against Latos I like what he is doing but Texas seems like a team that will hit him hard.

I've been to the future. Latos throws a QS today. The last time I made a prediction from the future I was 100% correct. Do not reply to this post.

The wind has been a big factor in this series for sure.

I also think he may have thought he was a little closer to the wall than he was.

Eaton does it again!

what happened?

what happened?

 

Eaton gunned Mazzara trying to stretch a single to a double.

Even on bad throws, Eaton can do no wrong

Eaton gunned Mazzara trying to stretch a single to a double.

 

Awesome,thanks. I hate Gameday Ads between innings.

At work gamecast was so much better when the White Sox sucked.

 

In Play out

 

Single to right

 

Commercial on gamecast

 

May have to get the radio out that I put away in 2008

 

I see now Eaton threw him out.

 

Hamels has nasty command so far

Avi was doing great at not swinging at crap... last couple games I noticed he is starting to slowly fall back into the habit of being swing happy.

Make Hamels work. Throwing junk outside the zone.

Even on bad throws, Eaton can do no wrong

 

Didn't see the play but I assume Rollins doesn't get that tag down like Saladino?

Navarro deserved that bad throw

Navarro deserved that bad throw

 

Hamels should have realized who was running.

Just a terrible at bat by Saladino. They need to be playing Rollins against every LHP

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Saladino saw 7 pitches out of the zone that AB. C'mon man.

Wow just terrible.

Not 1 strike