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That's probably an organizational decision that they screen for, though, Cowboys.
I start at least one of them (Muncy) over **** and leave my bench with a R/L/S hitter balance that accommodates my needs throughout the game. Right now, Roberts is sitting on 3 LH batters and switch hitting Grandal. I know Boston bullpen is RHP heavy, which is probably part of the thought process here, but which one isn't?
I have an earnest question: You think that was manager's decision or organization's?
Bellinger for **** and Muncy for Dozier?
All on the Org. While I think Roberts is an awful in-game manager, I do honestly think his hand is a bit forced before ink's on the lineup card.
I don't sit Dozier. As I mentioned before, he's seen Price a bunch of times before and I want him getting two ABs against him. If Price doesn't last that long, that probably means success is already taken place somewhere within the game and I have a balance of options on the bench for later in the game
Cool. I just remember the Sox under John Henry and Theo and that's what I remember. That's the reason for the question. I said upthread they always wanted Maddon once they figured out what managers did in-game, but they couldn't figure out how to fire Tito. Well, they got a title in Chicago together.
I'm old
Throw Kemp in left and DH Muncy or Freeze. Let's be honest, only the guy playing LF for the BoSox knows what they're doing out there at Fenway tonight. Plus, while I don't want to fall behind early in the game because of bad D, losing a lead later in a game that I can win is even worse. I want defense at the end of the game
I'll be honest, I've never heard of this before. I don't like it
Taylor is in left. Ask yellich if he knows what he is doing out there. Kemp is no good in the field, but I don't have much of a problem with what you are suggesting, I just don't think it is a slam dunk.
Knew I missed something in that equation....
I don't know. I would have sent it after the inning. I sweat a little bit. It depends. You've got Kelly, Barnes, Brasier, Porcello, and Kimbrel available, though, so you don't have to have him go back out with the day off, but I would. That's personal. They have better numbers than I about pitch counts, better eyes than I do about high-stress pitches, etc. I let him go back out.
Prior to the WS he was actually having a really solid postseason. But he is 38 and was being relied on a lot. He didnt have good numbers in the regular season.
If I'm the Sox and I'm on the hook for Price for x more years, I do everything I can to build up his ego. Rinse, repeat in the 7th
I agree, but if he tipped his cap a bit, like Pedro pointing to the sky, he's done.
Yeah, it's like any managerial construct these days. You have big data and big analytics coalescing and deciding, and the managers putting it into place. The basic theory, and Epic and Dr. D. can do it better than I, is that there are so many statistical isolations and so many cameras and tracking systems that it becomes a question of statistics and microscopes. It's not even the human eye watching and the data is crazy.
To be honest, the only way PECOTA was even remotely right about their Rays prediction this season is purely dumb luck. That's unless one of their algorithms is capable of not only accounting for about a 40% turnover in the roster between mid March and the end of September, but also who those players coming and going will be.
Yeah, I don't understand all of it, nor am I willing to accept all of it at face value (The Three True Outcomes is terrible) but it's just a cool thread title, and an interesting way to describe what's gone on with that organization so desperately trying to compensate for income, but I forgot -- or never really understood -- the concept. I went back and took two college prob/stat classes to understand this stuff, but it petered out. The prob I got, the stat no.
His teammates had “Joe Kelly Fight Club” T-shirt’s made after he reacted so coolly when Tyler Austin charged the mound early this season.
Thanks, man. I don't even remember. I'm laughing.
