I don't disagree, and I would have preferred that they respect the strike. All I was saying is that at this particular moment I can understand not wanting to get into a big conflict with their own management. It's also possible that a lot of those young guys don't understand the value of unions. They take for granted what has been won for them by those who preceded them.
This...makes no sense. Pomeranz? If Wright is not fully healthy I can see being reluctant to put him on the roster, but Workman off instead of Hembree and in favor of Pom? I don't get that.
Dlowe pitched (successfully) in the LDS and LCS
I imagine this means he’s not healthy enough to go. I think we’d all take Steven but Pom is the guy on the roster and in Cora we trust. Drew getting some redemption would be prettt sweet as well.
In LA, having an extra pitcher that can provide length could be key if they have to go pinch hit for the pitcher early.
Yes, the logic makes sense, if Pom wasn't terrible. Velazquez while RH could do the same thing.
Cora said it would be Wright if he was healthy enough. So, we probably shouldn't go Wright if he's not.
MLBN said last night that they could even replace Wright on the roster during the series if he all of a sudden aggravated the knee. Guessing that he simply wasn't ready enough to even be put on the roster.
It wasn't that long ago, i.e. last season, that Pom was very good. Any chance his suckitude this year was mechanics that got figured out over the last month??? </cockeyed optimist>
In AC we trust!
Let's just hope Pom pitches as much in this series as Workman did last series which was 0.1 IP but with more success.
Obviously, Wright must not be healthy.
I’d definitely take Hembree over Workman. They both have issues with the long ball but Hembree throws harder and can miss bats.
Unfortunately, I was at that game (the Celtics losing Game 7 to the Sixers). But I loudly joined in the cheer - hated the Lakers, and all things LA, much more than anything this side of the Yankees.
It's time to stop underestimating the Dodgers. Their pythagorean record is over 100 games and just 1 or 2 shy of the Red Sox. They're certainly the most talented opponent of the whole NL post-season stable.
He's certainly a scary matchup for our rotation. He has absolutely destroyed Price over his career (1.024 OPS, 5 HR in 44 PA). Sale and Porcello, too (over .900 OPS in both cases). The only Sox starting pitchers who've handled him well are Eovaldi and Edro. Of course these are all small samples and don't provide any reason to assume our starters can't get him out over the next week, but I'm sure not feeling complacent about him.
Agreed, although maybe park splits have some use if the sample size is big enough. I'd guess some players have a "Fenway advantage" and others the opposite. It'd be hard to prove because players also hit better at home so you'd have to look at road players only and then sample size becomes an issue. Machado has an okay sample size due to being in the same division for about 6 seasons worth of games as the Sox but when you look at his stats in Fenway the sample size is only 219 PA with a slash line of .278/.318/.465. Factor in Machado was rushed to the Majors, has improved the last few years, is in his prime, and had a career year this season offensively at age 25/26, and those 219 PA mean next to nothing.
Yeah--why find out if you need him to go 3 innings and he's lame after 1 out?
I mean it’s not like the Sox haven’t cleaned house on the road so far this postseason as far as that’s concerned. The Dodgers can definitely win this series, they are certainly good enough to do so, but I think we beat two better teams to get to this point and I’d have to say I like our chances. That’s not a guarantee or writing off L.A
So why not Poyner? He may or may not have a HR problem but that would be less of an issue in LA.
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This is very questionable, but the management of this team has been on the money all year long. In Cora, we trust. Maybe, Pom is finally healthy or we never see him pitch and the point is moot.
That's not a problem during the regular season, but its a bigger problem in the playoffs. The league has to approve removing someone from the roster after a review by an independent doctor. So if Pom pitches 4 innings in gamed 4 and then the Sox try to take him off the roster with "shoulder fatigue", its not likely to get approved.
What's the Snyder joke, that he made the post season team but didn't pitch in any of the three series?
Shades of Charlie Finley trying to remove Mike Andrews from the roster after he made two errors in a '73 WS game.
After a 4 inning outing I agree. But after a bad 2 batter outing with bad velocity it might not be so hard to convince a doctor there is an issue.
He was born at Mass General, attended Milton Academy, and got his start playing Martha's Vineyard coffeehouses, so I guess he qualifies for Red Sox nation, treacly music notwithstanding.
