Red Sox 2016: The Lard of Pablo, or No More Papis in MA

mookie has homered 5 times in 24 hours

cross-ref to the pats thread, I have no idea what to make of this ridiculousness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y10hlVv3KRc

25 consecutive hits for X as well

Betts was a 5th rounder baseball is stupid and I don't know why we like it

Ortiz, meanwhile, is up to 39 XBH in 47 games (and slugging .728).

https://twitter.com/mookiebetts/status/738439809773998080

totes adorbz

JBJ AL player of the month!

currently sitting on the best run differential in the AL, at +71. only...*does math* 78 measly runs behind the next-highest in either league, the cubs, with 149. tiny difference!

David Ortiz on Xander Bogaerts: "That kid is on another level. He's on top of his game like nothing I have ever seen before. His s--- is way too good to believe.

Caught a bit of of today's game on TV. Felt a little sad seeing Molitor trudge out to the mound as the runs piled up--one of my favorite Jays ever during his brief stay.

According to the announcers, Ortiz his a couple of 400-foot singles today.

My typos get worse all the time. And I'm at a desk, not on a phone. Ortiz aging much better than I am.

oh wrinklebarnes

barnes fuckin sucks tbrr

that hanle y 3-run homer is currently embedded in someone's windshield

(I'm guessing)

so... if anyone here comes to a game let me know because I might be playing the music that day. freelancing, amirite

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😎

Oh Mookie don't lead the life that they made for you

i'd just go and spoil it all

wow Maura!

so... if anyone here comes to a game let me know because I might be playing the music that day. freelancing, amirite

― maura, Wednesday, June 15, 2016 8:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think i'm going to one of the two giants games, july 19 or 20, that's all i have planned so far this season

nonetheless that rules

i might be up for Aug 13-14 vs ARI if i can find the funds

http://saberseminar.com/

yeah do it

morbs i will be at the ARI game on the 12th

oh! we'll see then, i always enjoy our rare meetings, sir. (u too cad)

most efficient base stealers of the expansion era:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-red-sox-have-been-the-best-base-stealing-team-ever/

god all these guys are playing great today.

i feel like the rotation is not great bob, y'all

already preparing to laugh my ass off if they make a trade for rich hill and give up reasonable prospects to do so when they could've signed him again for peanuts last offseason

THAT SAID, the possibility that steven wright may start the fuckin' all star game is both awesome and absolutely hysterical

wouyld be an insult to Kluber, Quintana and Sale

sure, except he's leagues ahead of kluber in most categories except k/9, ahead of quintana by WAR and whip, behind sale in all but ERA and BABIP but not by a great deal.

most major categories, obv behind kluber in strikeouts bc most pitchers are

wright's got the lowest ERA in the AL, wouldn't be the worst choice in the world but when you have established guys having good/great seasons you kind of have to go with them. why is there a rumor wright would be starting in the first place? is he buddies with yost?

or wait do the fans vote on the starting pitcher

They don't.

ERA is on the antique list, lol

precisely, which is why i mentioned WAR and WHIP and BABIP. his ERA+ is also league-leading. not tremendous by FIP but hardly bad either (3.31)

He's having a fine half year and prob should be on the staff

the AL and NL leaders in ERA usually start the game, which is why greinke did last year xps k3v (i cant remember who it was for the AL).

coaches select the pitchers, and as a result i'm sure quintana, sale and kluber will all get in

I don't think "usually" is the case anymore. A bunch of guys get eliminated from the starting option now if their managers want them to pitch the first-half finale on Sunday. I would bet more guy leading in wins have been picked over the whole ASG history.

dallas keuchel started last yr btw

They don't.

ERA is on the antique list, lol

― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Thursday, June 23, 2016 10:29 AM (19 minutes ago)

yeah i know but the people who decide who starts are gonna be antique collectors, and ERA is certainly preferable to...wins or TWTW or something

rip chris young

Wright regressing li'l bit tonight

things like that are where the "hilarious" aspect of him starting the ASG come from. bc that used to be his regular problem.

appears sox may be looking to trade for julio teheran, whom I know nothing about other than that he almost outdueled degrom last night or the night before

man ortiz looked so cooked in 2009 and now 7 years later he's having one of his best hitting seasons, pretty nuts

well he's finally got all the juice out of his system

jokes jokes

sox are being smacked down for international signings violations

they did a dumb thing and the penalty is pretty fair all things considered