JotCast | LDS Live Blog

Paul Swydan

1:02

Hi everybody!

1:03

Who is going to be eliminated today?

Red Sox (16.7% | 32 votes)

Yankees (6.2% | 12 votes)

Diamondbacks (13.5% | 26 votes)

All of them (19.8% | 38 votes)

Two of them (37% | 71 votes)

None of them! (6.8% | 13 votes)

Total Votes: 192

1908wasnextyear

1:04

Any way to guage whether a hitter's splits or a pitcher's splits are more important? Thinking of Edwards vs Harper ... CJ is better against lefty hitters than any of the actual lefty pitchers in the Cubs pen -- but Harper hits righties better. Whose splits matter more?

Paul Swydan

1:04

I'd be surprised if Edwards' splits against lefties was indicative of his true talent level.

Brandon M

1:04

I LOVE BASEBALL

Paul Swydan

1:05

Me too, Brandon!

LegallyEagle

1:05

Is Boston going to fire its coach this offseason?

Paul Swydan

1:05

That is a lot less clear than it was at this time yesterday. Let's see how today goes.

quizzical

1:05

Why do the Boston media remain skeptical that a league-average *hitter* can still be among the best players in the AL?

Paul Swydan

1:06

Because 100+ years of thinking is hard to erase all at once, especially when the player in question hits A LOT of frustrating infield pop-ups.

Lunar verLander

1:06

Stuck at work while my team tries to exorcise it's game 4 ALDS demons...my heart rate appreciates not being able to watch the game, but these early start times stink.

Paul Swydan

1:07

I'm getting to the age where I hate the late start times more than the early start times, though I will readily own up to the fact that it's been nearly 15 years since I had a job where I couldn't watch baseball during the day.

Patrick

1:07

Do you think it’s wise to have Sale as the first man out of the pen if Porcello is meh? And how would the potential rain delay affect your decision making if you were Farrell?

Paul Swydan

1:08

Nope, I wouldn't throw Sale at all today. I perfectly understand Dave's logic for starting Sale today, and I sort of understand Farrell's logic, but I wouldn't do it on three days rest AND in bad weather.

Owen

1:08

Do you think that Chris Sale will pitch today in relief?

Paul Swydan

1:08

I think Farrell wouldn't have volunteered that he was an option unless he was really ready to use him today. So I think there's a real good chance that we see him.

Here we go!

Patrick

1:09

What is Farrell doing by batting the slumping Bogaerts second? And what was the point of putting Holt on the postseason roster considering he is both bad and not being used?

Paul Swydan

1:09

Moving Bogaerts from first to second is a symbolic shakeup that shows he was doing something while still not materially altering the lineup.

Holt is on the roster in case both Pedroia and Nunez got hurt.

1:10

Nunez did, but Pedroia's been fine. But we're playing in rainy conditions today, so you never know.

Hideo Nomo

1:10

Bogaerts in the 2 spot... why not put him 9th?

Paul Swydan

1:10

Because he's still one of the best hitters on the team, and there's really no reason to punish a guy for 14 bad at-bats. It's a blip.

the pale king

1:10

been a great start to the postseason. most fascinating figures have been altuve, price, lindor, girardi, puig, harper, rizzo, bradley. as a dodger fan i'm hoping for bellinger to get going. and the yankees have probably surprised me the most. they are a dangerous matchup for anyone.

Paul Swydan

1:10

Yes, the Yankees are very dangerous.

1:11

If Bradley doesn't double clutch on that throw, he might have had Springer.

Mr november

1:11

Today is better than the first weekend of March Madness. people just dont know it yet

Dan

1:11

I can't believe Rick Porcello is a Cy Young award recipient.

Paul Swydan

1:11

Me neither.

Mark

1:11

BS that the game isnt on MLB.TV! not everyone has FS1!

Paul Swydan

1:11

Sorry Mark.

Show Hey O'Tawny

1:11

Calling it now: Porcello gets knocked around today

Paul Swydan

1:11

Bold!

LegallyEagle

1:11

How disruptive would a weather delay be? Typically pitchers interrupted don't go back out after the delay. But Boston probably isn't deep with options it trusts...

Paul Swydan

1:12

Well the theory is that the delay won't come until 3-4 pm, so hopefully the game will be old enough at that point that the starters can comfortably exit the game.

Pie

1:12

This is Game 4 of this series and the latest start time we've had so far is 3:00 Central. No question, just annoyed

Paul Swydan

1:12

Yeah, it would have been nice if they had moved this series to a later start time, but that's the Yankees effect.

stever20

1:12

interesting Porcello pitching out of the stretch to get started.... Seeing this more and more now

Cardi Gee

1:12

This camera angle is awful

Paul Swydan

1:13

Yeah, it really is. There's no need for this, the team is capable of providing a better angle.

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