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I rest my case. Nice job by the best bullpen in the world tonight. update: here's the box score for your reading pleasure. https://tinyurl.com/ybkou4y9 And here's your best bullpen in the world: Shreve: 4.15 Robertson: 4.91 Betances: 4.71 After Green and Chapman, there isn't one guy...

Sorry, Beav, that's just horseshit of the most pungent variety. Beyond Chapman, Green and Shreve, the Yankee bullpen is suspect at best. David Robertson has allowed runs in 5 of his 21 appearances, not a good record at all, and more than any member of the Red Sox pen not named Hembree. He has...

Hmmm, the Beav's mighty quiet today. Guess I'm not surprised. Well, Beav, here's a little quiz for you. Can you identify these guys? I wouldn't be shocked if you couldn't, since no one's ever heard of any of them, but here goes: Ryan Bollinger AJ Cole David Hale Giovanni Gallegos...

You are absolutely right, Beav. They do happen. For Stanton, they happened exactly once in seven years. BTW, you know who has hit the most HR since the last All Star break? None other than JD. He had 16 last September. Just wait for his power surge. LOL

Seems you're not better at math than you are at logic, Beav, The Yanks are averaging just under 9 hits per game. That would make the Sox advantage in the area of 30, not 15-20. I have a friend, a Yankee fan, considerably more in touch with reality than you are. When I said to him over the...

Yep, and numbers so close they could reverse in one at this time of year. Just yesterday, the Yanks and Red Sox pitching staffs had the same ERA. Not any more. As for what you post above, HRs are less of an indicator of a player's productivity than OPS. Martinez and Betts will outperform any of...

Well, considering that Martinez slugged .690 last year, to Judge's .627, Staton's .631, and Sanchez' .531, I'd say the chances are pretty good. He also had a higher OPS than any of those three. Yep, he's the best hitter not named Betts in the American League.

An interesting piece in the Globe today. It seems that baseball's two best hitters are feeding off each other. JD Martinez is probably the greatest student of hitting since Teddy Ballgame and Mookie is studying JD. Martinez feels he's just getting warmed up. If that's true, this pair is going to...

The difference between communism and capitalism? Communism is the exploitation of man by man. Capitalism is the reverse.

With the exception of two months last year, Hicks is a career long failure. He has 2 home runs so far this year, plus 2 fluke inside-the-park home runs. He sucks. His career OPS is under .700. Bret Gardner is a 34 year old leadoff hitter with a .639 OPS. Stick a fork in him. You're right...

Top to bottom? They have a leadoff hitter who can't hit, a shortstop who hasn't had a hit since April, and a centerfielder who can't hit. Each of these teams features six strong hitters. The Red Sox will add a seventh, one Dustin Pedroia, within the next week or so. The Red Sox have the two...

Way way back at the beginning of the season, the pundits (and EB) awarded the 2018 World Championship to the New York Yankees based on the firepower of their star studded middle of the lineup of Sanchez, Stanton, and Judge. Interesting how one quarter of the way through the season, the Red Sox...

So who is the best hitter in baseball? Well, I'm not an expert, so how about the word of the best hitter in baseball in the last 25 years. Hey, Mr. Big Hurt, who is the best hitter in baseball? “The best hitter in baseball,” Thomas said. “And I know that can be debated by a lot of people...

I'm thinking 2021-2022. What you posted is really nothing new. The only thing that has changed in the last year is the huge TV deal in Tampa, making it quite unrealistic for them to move anywhere. Manfred has been steady throughout that expansion will not happen until the As and Rays have...

Another ace in the hole for the Hose is their manager, who spent last year studying the work of AJ Hinch as a coach with the World Champion Astros. One thing he learned from Hinch is that the way to win in September and October is with a well rested team. No member of the Red Sox has played...

Those are NOT ESPN's projections, Beav. They are the projections of David Schoenfield, one of their writers. FYI, Schoenfield's primary beat is fantasy baseball. Over at fivethirtyeight.com, the home of Nate Silver, the top statistical analyst in the country, the Sox are currently given a 90%...

If the problem is in your head, Rosie is probably right. If it's physical, there might be another answer. I've had a similar problem which I've managed to make go away in spades. I'm using two things and can't tell you which of the two is the big help, or if it's both. Regardless, the results...

You are correct about the depth of the Yankee system. Unfortunately, most of the pitching is in the lower minors. While such as Joe.T (where's he anyway) had Harper in pinstripes years ago, I agree with you that they'll pass on both Harper and Machado due to lack of need. While the Yanks are...

Judge is currently at 1.122. He will be lower than that at the end of the year. He is currently on pace to hit 47 home runs. He will hit fewer. And those other guys will come down to earth, more than off-setting Stanton's boost. The Yanks are leading the league in runs scored, they will lead the...

Oh Beav, Beav, Beav. How do you define "hot." Judge's OPS is over 100 points higher than his career number. What're you smoking? Yes, you are right that Stanton hasn't gotten hot yet. Maybe he will when Andjuar, Gregorius, Torreyes and that punk Austin come back to earth...