Second Guesser's Club - Maybe Kate Upton Will Be At The Games

[absintheofmalaise]

Game 1: 7:10pm MLBN
Game 2: 7:10pm MLBN
Game 3: 8:05pm  ESPN
 
[tablegrid= Pitching Match Ups ] W L G GS IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BABIP LOB% GB% HR/FB ERA FIP xFIP Max Scherzer 5 1 8 8 53 7.05 3.6 0.3 0.295 71.20% 43.60% 2.70% 3.15 3.16 4.32 Jon Lester 4 4 8 8 55.2 10.67 2.1 0.49 0.317 64.50% 37.50% 5.50% 2.75 2.13 2.72                                 Rick Porcello 6 1 7 7 44.2 5.84 1.21 0.6 0.276 71.80% 44.10% 8.10% 3.22 3.07 3.28 John Lackey 5 2 8 8 53 8.83 1.87 1.02 0.315 75.50% 43.00% 10.20% 3.57 3.23 3.21                                 Anibel Sanchez 0 2 5 5 23 9.39 4.3 0 0.254 57.70% 37.90% 0.00% 3.13 2.44 3.87 Jake Peavy 1 1 8 8 48 7.69 5.06 1.5 0.265 83.30% 41.30% 13.80% 3.94 5.24 4.66 [/tablegrid]

 

[Kliq]

In a related note, Kate Upton's cousin plays lacrosse at Williams College and she has been seen at several of the games.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

[tablegrid= Splits vs. LHP ] PA BB% K% BB/K OBP SLG OPS ISO BABIP wRC wRAA wOBA Victor Martinez 35 11.40% 2.90% 4 0.514 0.839 1.353 0.387 0.407 11 6.9 0.566 Don Kelly 3 0.00% 66.70% 0 0.333 1 1.333 0.667 1 1 0.5 0.541 Austin Jackson 37 13.50% 8.10% 1.67 0.432 0.516 0.949 0.161 0.379 7 2.8 0.41 Ian Kinsler 38 2.60% 7.90% 0.33 0.395 0.541 0.935 0.162 0.394 7 2.8 0.409 Andrew Romine 13 15.40% 23.10% 0.67 0.462 0.364 0.825 0 0.5 2 0.7 0.381 Alex Avila 26 3.80% 38.50% 0.1 0.32 0.5 0.82 0.208 0.462 4 0.9 0.357 Miguel Cabrera 37 10.80% 21.60% 0.5 0.324 0.485 0.809 0.242 0.261 5 1.2 0.355 Nick Castellanos 35 5.70% 17.10% 0.33 0.257 0.484 0.741 0.258 0.2 4 -0.1 0.31 Rajai Davis 32 6.30% 25.00% 0.25 0.281 0.414 0.695 0.172 0.286 3 -0.3 0.301 Torii Hunter 33 6.10% 18.20% 0.33 0.303 0.3 0.603 0.033 0.32 2 -1.1 0.27 Bryan Holaday 11 0.00% 18.20% 0 0.182 0.182 0.364 0 0.222 0 -1.3 0.162 Danny Worth 12 0.00% 16.70% 0 0.167 0.182 0.348 0 0.2 0 -1.5 0.149 J.D. Martinez 12 8.30% 33.30% 0.25 0.083 0 0.083 0 0 -1 -2.4 0.058 [/tablegrid]
 
[tablegrid= Splits vs. RHP ] PA BB% K% BB/K OBP SLG OPS ISO BABIP wRC wRAA wOBA Danny Worth 11 9.10% 0.00% 1 0.455 0.5 0.955 0.1 0.4 2 0.9 0.422 Torii Hunter 99 3.00% 13.10% 0.23 0.343 0.511 0.854 0.202 0.325 15 4.6 0.373 Bryan Holaday 24 8.30% 20.80% 0.4 0.417 0.409 0.826 0.045 0.471 4 1.1 0.371 Miguel Cabrera 120 4.20% 16.70% 0.25 0.342 0.496 0.837 0.186 0.344 18 4.5 0.362 Victor Martinez 115 7.80% 6.10% 1.29 0.348 0.524 0.872 0.223 0.269 17 4.2 0.361 Rajai Davis 85 3.50% 14.10% 0.25 0.365 0.416 0.78 0.104 0.344 12 2.3 0.348 Don Kelly 39 10.30% 10.30% 1 0.385 0.371 0.756 0.057 0.355 5 0.9 0.342 J.D. Martinez 27 7.40% 29.60% 0.25 0.333 0.417 0.75 0.125 0.412 3 0.2 0.325 Alex Avila 71 19.70% 32.40% 0.61 0.366 0.321 0.688 0.125 0.313 8 0.6 0.324 Ian Kinsler 125 4.80% 8.00% 0.6 0.32 0.409 0.729 0.13 0.279 14 0.7 0.321 Austin Jackson 106 9.40% 17.90% 0.53 0.311 0.391 0.703 0.141 0.28 11 -0.6 0.307 Nick Castellanos 86 2.30% 27.90% 0.08 0.256 0.354 0.609 0.122 0.298 6 -3.1 0.268 Andrew Romine 63 9.50% 23.80% 0.4 0.258 0.196 0.454 0.018 0.244 2 -4.7 0.217 [/tablegrid]

 

[mauidano]

Gonna miss Verlander this time around.  Does this mean he'll be offering up his banter and analysis from the dugout on TV?

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Looks like Victorino is out again with the knee problem.
 
Sox line up:
 
Pedroia 4
Sizemore 9
Ortiz DH
Napoli 3
Carp 7
Bogaerts 6
JBJ 8
WMB 5
Ross 2
Lester 1
 
Tigers:
 
Davis 7
Kinsler 4
Cabrera 3
V. Martinez DH
Hunter 9
Jackson 8
Avila 2
Castellanos 5
Worth 6
Scherzer 1

 

[Reverend]

Oh good--Carp in the 5 spot. Yay.

 

[Plympton91]

Ross against Sherzer?  Can someone explain without using a sample size smaller than 10?

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Ross against Sherzer?  Can someone explain without using a sample size smaller than 10?

 
Jon Lester has a personal caddy.

 

[trekfan55]

Ross against Sherzer?  Can someone explain without using a sample size smaller than 10?

 
It's more than just a binkie for Lester:

 

Maureen Mullen ‏@MaureenaMullen 19m
Lester:
2 GS w/AJ: 0-2, 3.86 ERA, 17H, 5BB, 15K, 1HR.
6 GS w/Ross: 4-2, 2.45 ERA, 30H, 8BB, 51K, 2HR, 44 IP.
 

 
That's less than 10 games but I guess they're sticking with that combo.
 
Link to the twitter
 
And the interesting part is that Alex Speier points out that AJP has very good numbers vs. Scherzer
 
Relevant part:
 

Interestingly, though A.J. Pierzynski has enjoyed considerable success offensively (.333 average, .324 OBP, .515 slugging mark in 34 career plate appearances) against Scherzer, the Sox have elected to have David Ross — with whom Lester has a 2.45 ERA, 10.4 strikeouts per nine and 1.6 walks per nine — behind the plate.
 

 

[glennhoffmania]

I really don't understand pinch hitting AJP there knowing Ausmus will bring in a lefty, and then leaving him in to hit anyway.

 

[Dahabenzapple2]

I really don't understand pinch hitting AJP there knowing Ausmus will bring in a lefty, and then leaving him in to hit anyway.

Apparently ONLY Farrell wasn't aware of this

 

[Adrian's Dome]

I really don't understand pinch hitting AJP there knowing Ausmus will bring in a lefty, and then leaving him in to hit anyway.

 
Leaving Gomes on the bench there was terrible managing, no other way around it. Either leave WMB in to take his chances, or be ready to pull AJ if Ausmus counters with the lefty. That AB was the whole game, and it predictably took all of two pitches against the southpaw for AJP to hit into the DP.
 
I understand not wanting to burn your catcher, but if something happens to Ross, have Napoli catch a few emergency innings. It's not exactly a traumatic worst-case scenario.

 

[Plympton91]

After the game Farrrell said that Middlebrooks' hand was bothering him so he couldn't hit, and that if he'd double subbed and hit Gomes for AJP then there would have been no position players left for the rest of game if  anyone got hurt (Because Herrera was going to 3B for Middlebrooks).

 

[Adrian's Dome]

Then wouldn't it have been a better move to PH Gomes, forcing Ausmus to stick with the righty, then setting up AJP to fail against the southpaw?

 

[Dahabenzapple2]

Then wouldn't it have been a better move to PH Gomes, forcing Ausmus to stick with the righty, then setting up AJP to fail against the southpaw?

Yes

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Sox line up:
 
Pedroia 4
Victorino 9
Ortiz DH
Napoli 3
Sizemore 8
Carp 7
AJP 2
Bogaerts 6
Holt 5
Lackey 1
 
Tigers:
 
Kinsler 4
Hunter 9
Cabrera 3
V Mart DH
Jackson 8
Castellanos 5
Avila 2
Romine 6
Davis 7
Porcello 1