Second Guesser's Club - Poeville

[absintheofmalaise]

Game 1: 7:05
Game 2: 7:05 MLBN
Game 3: 7:05 ESPN
 
[tablegrid= Probable Starters ] W L G GS IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BABIP LOB% GB% HR/FB ERA FIP xFIP Jake Peavy RHP 1 3 12 12 74.1 6.66 3.63 1.21 0.3 73.40% 41.80% 10.90% 4.72 4.56 4.44 Bud Norris RHP 4 5 11 11 67.1 6.01 2.94 1.2 0.26 73.60% 40.90% 11.80% 4.41 4.82 4.56                                 Brandon Workman RHP 0 0 6 3 21.2 7.06 3.74 0.42 0.254 69.10% 41.30% 4.30% 3.74 3.35 4.15 Chris Tillman RHP 5 2 13 13 71 6.97 4.06 1.27 0.295 69.80% 39.60% 10.90% 5.2 4.84 4.71                                 Rubby de la Rosa RHP 1 1 2 2 12.2 9.24 1.42 1.42 0.333 90.20% 54.30% 22.20% 2.84 3.55 2.43 Wei-Yin Chen LHP 6 2 12 12 69.2 6.46 1.42 1.16 0.321 74.60% 45.20% 12.30% 4.13 3.84 3.54 [/tablegrid]

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Interesting line up for tonight facing a RHP. Drew is 6-13 against Norris.
 
Holt 7
Bogaerts 6
Pedroia 4
Ortiz DH
Napoli 3
Nava 9
Sizemore 8
Herrera 6
Ross 2
Peavy 1

 

[Puffy]

Interesting line up for tonight facing a RHP. Drew is 6-13 against Norris.
 
Holt 7
Bogaerts 6
Pedroia 4
Ortiz DH
Napoli 3
Nava 9
Sizemore 8
Herrera 6
Ross 2
Peavy 1

 
Drew's absence is a mystery. Perhaps he is hurt?
 
I'm also a little surprised to see Ross in there instead of AJP. Is there a Peavy connection, or is Farrell benching him today for the baserunning blunder?

 

[absintheofmalaise]

 
Drew's absence is a mystery. Perhaps he is hurt?
 
I'm also a little surprised to see Ross in there instead of AJP. Is there a Peavy connection, or is Farrell benching him today for the baserunning blunder?

None of the writers have said anything about why Drew is out. Or AJP or JBJ. 

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Birds
 
Markakis 9
Machado 5
Jones DH
Davis 3
Cruz 7
Hardy 6
Lough 8
Joseph 2
Flaherty 4
Norris 1

 

[Puffy]

None of the writers have said anything about why Drew is out. Or AJP or JBJ. 

 
Ug, the Holt, Sizemore, Nava outfield has the potential to be atrocious.

 

[glennhoffmania]

Benching Bradley, AJP and Drew in favor of Sizemore, Herrera and Ross against a righty- calling that interesting is being kind.  Did Farrell make this many head scratching moves last year?  I don't recall being confused this often.

 

[BosRedSox5]

Interesting line up for tonight facing a RHP. Drew is 6-13 against Norris.
 
Holt 7
Bogaerts 6
Pedroia 4
Ortiz DH
Napoli 3
Nava 9
Sizemore 8
Herrera 6
Ross 2
Peavy 1

 
Putting two players at short and leaving 3B open is a bold strategy. 

Seriously, everyone probably figured this out but Herrera will play short while Bogaerts continues to develop at 3B. He's looked good there lately, but I still don't understand sitting Drew...

 

[absintheofmalaise]

 
Putting two players at short and leaving 3B open is a bold strategy. 

Seriously, everyone probably figured this out but Herrera will play short while Bogaerts continues to develop at 3B. He's looked good there lately, but I still don't understand sitting Drew...

Well, last time I screwed up the line up they won about 4 in a row. Hopefully, they will again. And yeah. XB is at 3B.

 

[soxhop411]

Pete Abraham ‏@PeteAbe  11s
Drew out with an oblique strain. Day to day. ... Buchholz starts rehab assignment with Pawtucket on Friday. #redsox

 

[Nite Vizhun UV]

Per Brian MacPherson:
 
https://twitter.com/brianmacp/statuses/476105896465301504
 
https://twitter.com/brianmacp/statuses/476105896465301504

 

[Puffy]

 
Pete Abraham ‏@PeteAbe  11s
Drew out with an oblique strain. Day to day. ... Buchholz starts rehab assignment with Pawtucket on Friday. #redsox
 

 
This stinks if only for the fact that it plays into the caricature of the Drews.

 

[nattysez]

The Drew panic move is really paying dividends.  Hopefully he can get healthy in time for the Sox to trade him away in August.
 
 
https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/476439030356520960

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

So JBJ is getting an extended rest? 
 
Wouldn't it make more sense to have Nava-JBJ-Sizemore man the outfield and to have Holt and X on the infield and get rid of Herrera? Herrera and JBJ is a wash at the plate, JBJ is at least a lefty, and that's got to be a better defensive alignment. 

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

So JBJ is getting an extended rest? 
 
Wouldn't it make more sense to have Nava-JBJ-Sizemore man the outfield and to have Holt and X on the infield and get rid of Herrera? Herrera and JBJ is a wash at the plate, JBJ is at least a lefty, and that's got to be a better defensive alignment. 

 
That makes sense.  Makes me think JBJ is dealing with something like Drew is.
 
Or Farrell is so stubborn about making the Drew thing work that he refuses to play Bogaerts at SS even when it makes for the best possible lineup.

 

[soxhop411]

 
That makes sense.  Makes me think JBJ is dealing with something like Drew is.
 
Or Farrell is so stubborn about making the Drew thing work that he refuses to play Bogaerts at SS even when it makes for the best possible lineup.

I would bet that JF does not want Bogaerts bouncing between SS and 3rd...

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Holt LF
Bogaerts 3B
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Napoli 1B
Gomes RF
Pierzynski C
Herrera SS
Bradley Jr. CF
De La Rosa RHP

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Markakis RF
Pearce LF
Jones CF
Cruz DH
Davis 1B
Hardy SS
Machado 3B
Schoop 2B
Hundley C
Chen LHP

 

[Plympton91]

Not pinch hitting Nava or Sizemore against a side arming right hander is a mistake even though Gomes reached on the error.

 

[teddywingman]

I guess Bogaerts won't be playing SS again this year?

 

[MuzzyField]

Toronto John is now back and he's back big!
Large and in charge and without the Lotto winning results of 2013, the spotlight better be much brighter than it was in the Great White North.

 

[soxhop411]

Toronto John is now back and he's back big!
Large and in charge and without the Lotto winning results of 2013, the spotlight better be much brighter than it was in the Great White North.

Yah, I dont think its his fault that 98% of the lineup cant hit their way out of a paper bag

 

[teddywingman]

Yah, I dont think its his fault that 98% of the lineup cant hit their way out of a paper bag

Sure, but his in-game managing was ridiculous last year, only he was managing a team of destiny. This year, he's making this less than great team worse.

 

[Curtis Pride]

I'm really concerned about the offense. Only one run in this series? It took a shutout from Workman to prevent a sweep. 

 

[Adrian's Dome]

Yah, I dont think its his fault that 98% of the lineup cant hit their way out of a paper bag

 
Nobody's evaluating the manager based on the performance of the lineup.
 
People are evaluating the manager based on his decisions, which have been consistently questionable all season long.

 

[Rudy's Curve]

Not that it mattered since the game was over, but you probably shouldn't be issuing intentional walks to load the bases with Chris Capuano. Both Machado and Schoop have been terrible while Capuano has control problems and doesn't get groundballs, so there's very little upside to doing this. He also continues to start Pierzynski vs. LHP (can we put the notion of him having a magic touch with RDLR to bed?) when this offense needs all the help it can get.
 
This team may not be able to hit its way out of a wet paper bag, but the manager sure as hell hasn't managed his way out of one.