Obviously I don’t in a literal sense but I do try to write my posts in a way that I wouldn’t regret if I subsequently found out the person I was talking about did read it. I.e. I try to be fair in my judgment and not unduly mean in my criticism.
I would not regret if David Price read my post that said I hope he opts out. He is probably a great guy in person, I'd probably love having a beer with him, etc. But I hope he and his $30M contract opt out, because A) he hasn't pitched close to well enough to be worth that, and B) the Sox have to pay guys like Sale, Mookie, etc., and $30M would help.
It really doesn't. I've seen a lot of remarkable things, but I am not sure I have ever seen anyone do anything as well as Pedro pitched and I'm not sure I ever will.
Ras, he came out of the bullpen in the deciding game 5, on the road, against an all time great lineup, throwing nothing but 88-90 mph fastballs, and they couldn't touch him.
And who was it, Roberto Alomar who tried to disrupt his rhythm by stepping off to retie his shoes and Pedro just looks over, laughs, shakes his head, and demolishes the entire lineup for the rest of the game.Ras, he came out of the bullpen in the deciding game 5, on the road, against an all time great lineup, throwing nothing but 88-90 mph fastballs, and they couldn't touch him.
Peak Pedro was, simply put, the greatest of all time.
And my all time favorite athlete.
I'm not so sure about that. Are we're assuming that if he doesn't get hurt, he pitches deeper into game 1 and prevents the 2 runs that Lowe gave up in the 6th and they win that one? That the series never gets to Game 5 and Pedro starts game 1 of the ALCS?
You never know.
"When the playoffs started", or is reading comprehension that difficult when you'd rather attempt to nitpick?
So he was added during the first series? I think he's trying to correct you, not nitpick. Lowe was on the playoff roster from the jump. He wasn't in the rotation until the ALCS, but he was in the bullpen until then (which is how he came to be the winning pitcher in Game 3 of the LDS).
Then that's my bad, and I apologize. I recalled him being off the playoff roster to begin, but I very certainly may have been mistaken and forgotten him being in the pen.
Injury. Covering first base, Swihart threw it behind him, batter went into a headfirst slide, ERod tried to jump over him and came up a bit short, either hurting his right ankle or knee (same one he's had trouble with in the past).
Agreed. And praying Porcello simply had a stinker last night and no underlying injury.
Pass...
Hector is in a good role. His stuff would not play well a third time through the lineup. Assuming he makes it through the first two
Yankees are just 4-3 against the Red Sox lefties (beat Price x2, Pomeranz and Rodriguez, lost to Sale x2 and Rodriguez) and the Astros are 2-1 (beat Sale and Pomeranz, lost to Price). Not sure how much stock I put in overall numbers against lefties...there are some shitty lefty starters in the league and the Yankees and Astros are damn good no matter who they face. I'm not so sure adding a right handed starter puts the Red Sox in a significantly better position versus either team, unless we're talking an upper echelon starter that the Sox in no way can afford.
Except the Reigning champion Astros, who he pitched better against than any other pitcher on the staff.
It assumes the Sox win the series against Cleveland in four, and that in the LCS, the Sox win two Pedro starts and the Where is Roger game leaving just one game in four to win otherwise. It's not a guarantee, of course, but I'd like our chances. I mean, the Sox would essentially be up 3-0 in our hypothetical series and teams just don't come back from that..
That's true. And I'm all on board with him coming out of the pen again this year.
Yeah, we definitely need a starter who can get run support in his postseason starts and Price has ‘proven’ he’s just not able to do that.
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/eduardo-rodriguez-injures-ankle-at-first-base/c-285792326
