Valentine... has also favored using Saltalamacchia over Shoppach a little more than most would have expected,. (b)ut while it doesn't seem to have hurt the Red Sox much yet, Salty is among the worst catchers in baseball at throwing out runners...
Not sure about by inning, but this site crunches a lot of numbers....285 pound Adam Dunn has just stolen second off the left handed throwing Lester, with Saltalamacchia behind the plate. It is his first stolen base since 2008.
Does anyone know where I can look up team or player, inning-by-inning earned run averages? Lester gave up two in the first inning and one in the second tonight, after Beckett gave up three in the first last night and I know Dice-K has been done in by first inning scoring a few times already this year.
285 pound Adam Dunn has just stolen second off the left handed throwing Lester, with Saltalamacchia behind the plate. It is his first stolen base since 2008.
Does anyone know where I can look up team or player, inning-by-inning earned run averages? Lester gave up two in the first inning and one in the second tonight, after Beckett gave up three in the first last night and I know Dice-K has been done in by first inning scoring a few times already this year.
Not sure about by inning, but this site crunches a lot of numbers....
Jon Lester 2012 Pitching Gamelogs - Baseball-Reference.com
mdonnelly said:Much like Billy Martin, Bobby Valentine wears out his welcome quickly everywhere he goes
Valentine is not a problem. Lester and Beckett are.
Valentine has done a great job with the bullpen.
raoul5788 said:Maybe, but he's no people person. In this day and age, that's important.
And crappy pitchers will even make the best manager look bad.
BillD1984 said:There's been some absolutely horrible FA signings by the Red Sox the last few years, BUT THEN there's Cody Ross!!
I told you you would like him. I loved him as a Marlin and hated what the ownership did to him.
There's been some absolutely horrible FA signings by the Red Sox the last few years, BUT THEN there's Cody Ross!!
Ross is producing at a rate that projects to 41 homers and 129 RBI over 162 games. Good deal for $3 million. Going into today, the Red Sox were leading the majors in runs scored, which is incredible considering Crawford and Ellsbury have each missed nearly the entire season and Pedroia and Gonzalez are having below average years.
How come Youk didn't play?