Second Guesser's Club - The March to 70.

[absintheofmalaise]

[tablegrid= Probable Starters ]   W L G GS IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BABIP LOB% GB% HR/FB ERA FIP xFIP Game 1: 7:05 Anthony Ranaudo 3 2 5 5 26.2 3.38 4.05 2.7 0.239 83.90% 31.20% 16.70% 5.4 7.62 5.97   Charlie Morton RHP 5 12 25 25 152.1 7.09 3.25 0.53 0.293 68.40% 55.60% 9.10% 3.84 3.77 3.81                                   Game 2: 7:05 Clay Buchholz 8 8 25 25 152.2 7.02 3.01 0.88 0.314 63.70% 46.60% 9.10% 5.19 4 4.07   Francisco Liriano LHP 5 10 26 26 145.1 9.97 4.15 0.81 0.283 73.90% 55.00% 13.00% 3.53 3.53 3.23                                   Game 3: 7:05 Brandon Workman 1 9 18 14 82 7.02 3.62 1.1 0.289 60.40% 40.10% 10.50% 5.27 4.39 4.25   Gerrit Cole RHP 9 5 19 19 117 8.54 2.92 0.85 0.312 74.00% 49.10% 10.60% 3.92 3.65 3.54 [/tablegrid]

 

[bellowthecat]

A little disappointed Matt Barnes isn't getting one of these starts.  Ranaudo's early peripherals are lousy and his stuff doesn't inspire confidence he'll get much better.  I'm a little more okay with Workman getting another start, but really I'd like to see what Barnes can do over a full start against major league hitters.
 
Getting to 70 is certainly no given with some of the lineups they've been running out there lately.

 

[phenweigh]

Getting to 70 is certainly no given with some of the lineups they've been running out there lately.

 
Red Sox run scoring by month:
 
April 4.15
May 4.22
June 3.00
July 4.04
August 3.96
September 4.07
 
The lineups they've been running out there lately don't look like a run scoring outlier to me.

 

[bellowthecat]

Yeah, they've been pretty bad all year, but now Pedroia is gone, they're running Craig out there more often, JBJ is back up and playing, Middlebrooks is getting starts, Jemile Weeks has seen a bunch of playtime time... It hasn't been pretty all season and it's not going to get any prettier in the last couple weeks.  My guess is that they end up with the #6 pick again.

 

[DanoooME]

Abs, Liriano is a LHP.
 
Looking forward to see if Clay continues to straighten out.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Changed. Thanks. 

 

[absintheofmalaise]

The juggernaut:
 
Betts 2B
Bogaerts SS
Nava RF
Céspedes LF
Napoli 1B
Middlebrooks 3B
Bradley Jr. CF
Vazquez C
Ranaudo RHP

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

I was wondering if Ranaudo had ever swung a bat professionally, but remembered he pitched In Cincy (and won), but K'd 2 out of 3 times up

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Castillo!!
 
Betts 2B
Bogaerts SS
Cespedes LF
Napoli 1B
Craig RF
Middlebrooks 3B
Castillo CF
Vazquez C
Buchholz P

 

[67WasBest]

Castillo!!
 
Betts 2B
Bogaerts SS
Cespedes LF
Napoli 1B
Craig RF
Middlebrooks 3B
Castillo CF
Vazquez C
Buchholz P

Craig in RF?  I guess they want to test Rusney's legs right off the bat.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

He's played quite a few games in RF, even at Fenway

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Betts 2B
Bogaerts SS
Ortiz 1B
Craig RF
Nava LF
Middlebrooks 3B
Bradley Jr CF
Vazquez C
Workman RHP