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Lunar verLander

6:59

Jose Altuve is really good at hitting a baseball with a baseball bat

ChatzMcGee

6:59

Altuve is not terrible at baseball.

Concrete melts off me

6:59

Have the Astros consumed all of their runs during this game or do they still have some more left?

Paul Swydan

6:59

They still have more left.

weezy

6:59

triple dong!

Peter

6:59

The red sox lack of power makes them a real boring team. It took 714 PA for Betts to lead the team with 24 HRs.

Conner from AZ

6:59

Eduardo Nunez is the best hitter on the Sox this year with a 112 wRC+ and he hasn't even been in Boston all season. Mookie is the best full season regular at 108 wRC+. This is not a good offense

Bogaerts's future

7:00

It feels like Bogaerts hasn't really turned into what Sox fans expected. Do you see him getting significantly better in the future? If not, what would you do with him?

Paul Swydan

7:00

Yeah, he played through a hand/wrist injury, which affected his hitting this year.

Buck Jacobsen

7:00

Paul, is there a way to search the archives of the FanGraphs blogs? When did Jeff write about the historically great Indians pitching staff?

Paul Swydan

7:00

Each author has an archive on the right side of the article view.

There are also categories you can go back through.

Russell

7:01

Thoughts on Bauer over Kluber/Carrasco?

Paul Swydan

7:01

I get the logic of 2 and 5/1 ALCS for Kluber, but I would have gone Carrasco in Gm 1.

Conner from AZ

7:01

How is Francisco Lindor on the MVP candidates graphic right now when he isn't even the best player on his own team?

Paul Swydan

7:01

Because he's great and everyone loves him and neither he nor Ramirez has a legit shot at MVP?

7:01

Is there a reason why HOU just pinch-ran for Gattis in a 6 run game? Fisher got thrown out already, whoops

Paul Swydan

7:02

Because pour it on. Be emphatic. I love it.

ChatzMcGee

7:02

Red Sox position players were only 1.2 WAR better than the Braves this year.

SignedEpsteinsMother

7:02

Is it just me, or did it look like there was no way, on that HR replay, Altuve would catch up with that pitch.....Batspeeeed

Stealing up 6?

7:02

Really? Stealing when leading by 6? When does Old School drill a batter for breaking unwritten rules?

Paul Swydan

7:02

Next year.

Not going to happen in the playoffs.

weezy

7:02

can we just say that unwritten rules don't matter in the playoffs? Fisher wasn't trying to show anyone up

Conner from AZ

7:03

On the subject of Bogaerts, his swing looks awful. He looks like he tries to inside-out everything he swings at. Like he intentionally keeps the barrel behind his hands for as long as possible instead of throwing the barrel at the ball to drive it. Right handed slapper-esque

Paul Swydan

7:03

Yes, well, I think trying to swing through hand/wrist pain probably altered his swing a little, but yes, he does try to inside/out too many pitches.

Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes

7:04

Sorry I'm late, I was eating dinner, but let the record show that the closed captioning's best attempt at "Sultan of Swat" was "Assault of What."

Miky

7:04

Who do you think will start for the Astros after Keuchel? Morton Game 3, Peacock with McCullers Game 4?

Paul Swydan

7:04

I had read that they are going to tandem start Games 3 and 4.

I don't think it matters much how the tandem shakes out, both of the "starting pitchers" will be better than Fister.

Soxfan

7:05

The Red Sox offense is bad, but they are largely stuck with it hoping for internal improvement

Paul Swydan

7:05

Pretty much.

At least they only have one more year of Hanley, and can get rid of Moreland.

7:05

Maddox's current 9.00 playoff ERA is supported by a 16.00 FIP, even when his actual stats are horrible he's outperforming his peripherals

Paul Swydan

7:05

Hah, I chuckled.

DL Bogaerts

7:06

Why didn't the Sox DL Bogaerts to deal with a wrist injury? I know it takes a while to heal. It seems better to have him be healthy and productive for half a year instead of bad for most of the year.

Paul Swydan

7:06

Same reason they didn't DL Moreland when he hurt/broke his foot. John Farrell said to rub some dirt on it.

7:07

Slash they don't have any other options, because Dombrowski doesn't believe in acquiring depth.

7:07

Whose final line is better, Sale's from G1 or Fister's from G3? I'd guess Fister, just because even Farrell won't let him get shelled for 7 ER before taking him out

Paul Swydan

7:07

Fister, probably. Hard to have a worse line than Sale today.

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