JotCast | Red Sox-Astros ALDS Game 1 Live Blog

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Lunar verLander

6:28

As an Astros fan, I both do and don't want to see Cora go...I want him to succeed wherever he goes, but preferably to the NL

Paul Swydan

6:28

The Mets job would be perfect for that.

CamdenWarehouse

6:29

Farrell has not been a good manager. The World Series team only needed not Bobby Valentine to manage. He then had two last place finishes and two playoff appearances that, again, any manager should have made.

bosoxforlife

6:29

Cora is the man that some team should take a chance on. He played smart and does a great job every time I see him on MLB-TV.

6:29

Astros radio broadcast just name dropped fangraphs when referencing Kelly’s fastball speed. Is mass appeal coming?

Paul Swydan

6:29

That'd be sweet.

woeful SFG fan

6:31

is part of sox struggle today lack of home run ability? last in AL in homers, and so far postseason is home run central

Paul Swydan

6:31

That's certainly part of it.

Conner from AZ

6:31

TBS even made reference to DRS in a graphic last night. People are learning!!!

John

6:31

Does their performance so far reinforce any feelings about this Astros offense?

Paul Swydan

6:31

Absolutely, they have a great offense.

6:32

It's why Farrell shouldn't have been messing around. He's simply too slow for a real game.

He did this in the 2013 World Series too, but Lester bailed him out of his bad decision.

Christian

6:34

In a situation like this would you rather the out at home or a double play?

Paul Swydan

6:34

Out at home.

Can't afford to give up more runs.

Fire Farrell

6:34

Nunez keeps getting hurt. Why does Farrell keep trusting his guys when they say they are healthy?

Paul Swydan

6:35

shrug emoji

Conner from AZ

6:35

When your 8-hole hitter has a .907 OPS your offense is doing alright

Lou

6:35

Sabremetrics tends to downplay the importance of managers but in the postseason, having a bad one can really screw you up

Paul Swydan

6:35

Yup!

weezy

6:35

hey remember when Joe Kelly was terrible?

Paul Swydan

6:35

Vividly

6:36

Not there though. Talk about pulling the string.

Adam

6:36

Any theories on why starting pitchers have struggled so in the post season so far? Small sample size but Verlander's start is the only one of 6 that wasn't bad and seems like this happened in 2015 as well.

Paul Swydan

6:36

Because they're only facing good teams now and it's been 3 games?

bosoxforlife

6:36

What is your preference, DRS or UZR?

Paul Swydan

6:36

UZR, because it's automated.

But I use both.

Conner from AZ

6:37

That changeup was disgusting

That at-bat

6:37

I think that at-bat took 5 minutes. Am I exaggerating?

Paul Swydan

6:37

Nope. I got up, got seconds, and started eating them all during that at-bat. Oh, AND plugged in my laptop.

Miky

6:37

How in the world did he throw a full count, bases loaded changeup? I don't get it, and it was awesome.

Paul Swydan

6:37

Pedro-esque, if only for that one pitch.

bosoxforlife

6:38

They are hard to trust when one says Arenado is fair and the other says what the eyes see, that he is great.

Paul Swydan

6:38

Don't disagree. It's hard to process sometimes, even when they agree with each other.

ChatzMcGee

6:38

Brian McCann has had a really nice career up to this point.

Paul Swydan

6:38

Indeed he has.

6:39

That'll do it.

AdamZ

6:39

Can Dombrowski fire Farrell in the middle of a game?

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