MLB Daily Thread: 06-07-17: Scooter hits 4 HRS & Royals end Stros win streak

[soxfan1468927]

Yankees and Red Sox

$500M in payroll and 3 good starting pitchers

How much are the Royals paying Alex Gordon?

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Didi has been an average to slightly above average offensive shortstop for a couple years now.

Not sure why you wouldn't be a fan of Xander.

Not even a huge fan of Didi, but 20+ HR and 70+ RBI and slaughters lefties

Im more than happy with that, considering when this lineup is all together, he is probably a #8 hitter

Just dont like Xander for some reason, and its not my hatred for the Sox, cause Moooookie is my favorite player in the game

 

[Rock Strongo]

Yeah, Ill go with the Rick POrcello he has been his entire career, not the one outlier season last year

And it looks like the real Rick Porcello has arrived in full force here in 2017

And Drew Pomeranz needed 120 pitches to get through 5 innings last night

If you wanna count him, maybe ill tell you about CC's last 5 starts

on porcello, fenway is killing him this year. 3.09 road ERA. 5.10 home. last year he was slighhtly better at home than on the road. hes at a 3.65 ERA over his last 14 days. porcellos problem overall this year is base hits and HR. hes given up 12!

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

on porcello, fenway is killing him this year. 3.09 road ERA. 5.10 home. last year he was slighhtly better at home than on the road. hes at a 3.65 ERA over his last 14 days. porcellos problem overall this year is base hits and HR. hes given up 12!

Here's to getting that road ERA up tonight!

 

[Rock Strongo]

btw @DirtDirtDirt

pomeranz last 28 days?

2.52 ERA

25 IP

35 K's

 

[soxfan1468927]

Not even a huge fan of Didi, but 20+ HR and 70+ RBI and slaughters lefties

Im more than happy with that, considering when this lineup is all together, he is probably a #8 hitter

Just dont like Xander for some reason, and its not my hatred for the Sox, cause Moooookie is my favorite player in the game

Haha well Didi did that once. And if he "slaughters lefties" with an .831 OPS this year and .826 OPS last year against them then I guess Xander slaughters everyone.

Okay so you are just talking about his personality or something. That I don't care about.

 

[Rock Strongo]

interesting on porcellos babip on certain pitches:

2016 Porcello Offspeed Results
AVG SLG BABIP
Changeup .177 .339 .181
Curveball .203 .304 .212


2017 Porcello Offspeed Results
AVG SLG BABIP
Changeup .355 .581 .450
Curveball .297 .378 .367

its his offspeed stuff this year. hes not fooling anyone...at all.


Porcello’s overall BABIP is an unsustainably high .367 overall, in part because the Red Sox’s defense is not as good as last year, especially at third base. In fact, his RA9 is almost a run higher than his ERA because of all the unearned runs. It is not all bad defense and and bad BABIP luck, though. Porcello’s hard-hit rate is at almost 43 percent. Only Robbie Ray’s hard-hit rate is higher among qualified starters.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

btw @DirtDirtDirt

pomeranz last 28 days?

2.52 ERA

25 IP

35 K's

I know, but he is mostly a 5 inning pitcher

So any effectiveness he is pitching with, is probably offset by the damage he does to the pen

 

[soxfan1468927]

on porcello, fenway is killing him this year. 3.09 road ERA. 5.10 home. last year he was slighhtly better at home than on the road. hes at a 3.65 ERA over his last 14 days. porcellos problem overall this year is base hits and HR. hes given up 12!

That looks worse than it is because he had his 1 horrible start there. In the other 6 starts at home he has a 3.79 ERA

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Haha well Didi did that once. And if he "slaughters lefties" with an .831 OPS this year and .826 OPS last year against them then I guess Xander slaughters everyone.

Okay so you are just talking about his personality or something. That I don't care about.

I know he bats well over .300 against lefties since the beginning of 2016

And at his age, it is quite possible he is still improving as an offensive player

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Not sure why you wouldn't be a fan of Xander.

For one, he's got a gay ass name.

 

[molsaniceman]

zimmer with a shot off kershaw 1=0 nats

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

zimmer with a shot off kershaw 1=0 nats

That team is playing out of this world

Eaton is a big loss, that guy was perfect at the top of that lineup

 

[black francis]

How much are the Royals paying Alex Gordon?

A lot

 

[black francis]

For one, he's got a gay ass name.

In his defense, he is called "Xandah" in Boston

 

[soxfan1468927]

I know he bats well over .300 against lefties since the beginning of 2016

And at his age, it is quite possible he is still improving as an offensive player

Yeah he's hitting .326. Xander is hitting .325 overall this year so you would agree that Xander is slaughtering everybody.

 

[Rock Strongo]

I know, but he is mostly a 5 inning pitcher

So any effectiveness he is pitching with, is probably offset by the damage he does to the pen

well, you eed context. he had a couple of starts that got goofed by weather, one where he felt a twinge in the 3rd and left for precautionary reasons. 4 of his 11 starts have gone 6+. he had 2 starts with under 80 pitches, pulled. hes gone 18 in his last 3 (fanned 26), which is a 6 IP guy.

 

[soxfan1468927]

I know, but he is mostly a 5 inning pitcher

So any effectiveness he is pitching with, is probably offset by the damage he does to the pen

Agreed, which is why ideally Sale gets lined up behind him as an innings eater and it can limit the damage. Porcello is probably the next best thing since he has consistently gone 6+ innings, so at least you will rarely tax the bullpen to the extreme in 2 straight games.

 

[soxfan1468927]

well, you eed context. he had a couple of starts that got goofed by weather, one where he felt a twinge in the 3rd and left for precautionary reasons. 4 of his 11 starts have gone 6+. he had 2 starts with under 80 pitches, pulled. hes gone 18 in his last 3 (fanned 26), which is a 6 IP guy.

For the most part, Pomeranz is going to put the team in position to win 60% of the time which means they'll likely win about 40-50% of his starts. Which I'm fine with as a 5th starter.

 

[AlpacaWine]

Yeah, Ill go with the Rick POrcello he has been his entire career, not the one outlier season last year

And it looks like the real Rick Porcello has arrived in full force here in 2017

And Drew Pomeranz needed 120 pitches to get through 5 innings last night

If you wanna count him, maybe ill tell you about CC's last 5 starts

that's cool. You can have CC. I'll keep my guys.