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Paul Swydan

4:47

Yes, it was.

Stay at second.

Run counts.

Tecumseh

4:48

Sawchik will be at the game, right?

Paul Swydan

4:48

Oh, will he? I haven't talked to Travis all week.

AdamZ

4:48

Pedroia is such a bad base runner this year.

Paul Swydan

4:48

Last year too.

4:49

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=8370&position=2B#core

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&...

10th worst baserunner past two years.

15th if you remove PA filters

Jordan

4:50

It's funny how badly Red Sox fans wanted Ferrell from Toronto

Paul Swydan

4:51

I didn't.

If you look up my Twitter archives, I was against it from day one.

HankLloydWright

4:51

But Paul, this is Farrell's dream job. That's for us Blue Jays fans.

Crusty

4:51

Kaat seems good so far! You guys are rough.

Paul Swydan

4:51

He's ok. I like Jim, he's just past his prime as a broadcaster.

Kate Upton

4:51

Would you rather have Jessica Mendoza doing color commentary?

Paul Swydan

4:52

I'd love to get to listen to Mendoza unencumbered by Aaron Boone's monotone stupidity.

Phil N. DeBlank

4:52

If Pedroia and Altuve leg-wrestle, who wins?

Paul Swydan

4:52

My money's on Altuve.

mtsw

4:52

given how much of MLB's revenue is tied up in local TV deals and ticket sales, it does seem kind of short-sighted for them to not use the playoffs as a loss-leader to promote the game. Postseason deals supposedly generate like $25M/team/year which is a lot, but if a more open alternative only generated half as much revenue wouldn't the promotion be worth it?

Paul Swydan

4:52

But why lose money if you don't have to?

4:53

I hear you though.

Paul-SF

4:53

Isn't Farrell's job in part to take his star player aside and tell him nicely that he needs to change his approach? Preferably before the postseason?

Paul Swydan

4:53

Yes. It absolutely is.

AdamZ

4:53

Isn't this Buster Posey commercial like 3 years old?

Paul Swydan

4:53

Yes, but it's still hilarious.

Seth

4:53

Is his glove still good? I haven’t checked that. Feel like defense and base running declines fast

Paul Swydan

4:54

His glove is still good, and he led the team in OBP. He's still a good player, when healthy. He just is slow now.

Charlie

4:54

I'm using a free 7 day trial for DirecTV Now to stream MLB Network. Hopefully it'll get me through the Division Series. Sling Blue for FS1/TBS rest of the way. So far, minimal delay in the DirecTV Now app on my Roku.

Mattingly's Sideburns

4:54

From Tim Britton: Pedroia took the extra base 16% of the time this year and made seven outs on the bases; those are the same numbers Ortiz had last year.

Paul Swydan

4:54

Yeah, not good.

Guest

4:54

Where can we find the breakdown of a player's BsR?

bosoxforlife

4:55

Whether he can run or not, it was still an incredibly dumb play.

Paul Swydan

4:55

Agreed. That's the one thing you're told never to do, is make the third out going to third base.

BsR components are here. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=8370&position=2B#advance...

Soxfan

4:55

If Danny Ainge ran the Red Sox he would have traded Pedroia 3 years ago and kept Betts at 2b

Paul Swydan

4:55

Hard to argue with that.

Anonymous

4:56

I was promised a pitchers duel

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