BJPLAYER
Pretty much a regular
Will try to post thoughts when time allows....Sox at 3-3 and could easily be 1-5 or 5-1 so tough to get a handle on them so far other than to bet their team total under because they have not started to hit and have had sickness, injuries and personal leave affect their lineup....their pitching is going to be good, sale has been outstanding, porcello has learned how to pitch and will be consistent and price appears to be getting better by the day without issue although a month or so before we see him in the bigs, pomeraz should be ok if his shoulder holds up and rodriguez has top of the rotation ability if he truly learns how to manage his stuff....bullpen has been very good (.135 baa i think) and if kimbrel can stop putting himself in a hole each time he takes the mound he should be dominant, power arms available most every night for innings 7-9....offense could very well be the biggest problem, papi's bat is irreplacable and the lack of power is troublesome,but they did score a lot last year and hanley may give them enough of a replacement to make it a serviceable offense...we will see...defense is solid as they have the best defensive outfield in baseball with betts,bradley jr and benentendi and very strong up the middle in the infield with bogarts and pedroia albeit a little weak on the corners
todays game....probable pass as bundy was good in his first start and pomeraz was shut down late last year and brought along slowly this spring without enough work to get a handle on him, if he can go 5 and keep it to 2-3 runs then the pen should give the sox a chance to win but the value is with the o's...sox get both bogarts and hanley back today but will be missing bradley jr to a knee issue, benentendi moves to center and either holt or young i expect to be in left.....9.5 seems like a high total to me so i may go under and will consider a sox tt under as well until they prove they can hit....i think they have only scored in 8 of their first 47 innings....good luck
todays game....probable pass as bundy was good in his first start and pomeraz was shut down late last year and brought along slowly this spring without enough work to get a handle on him, if he can go 5 and keep it to 2-3 runs then the pen should give the sox a chance to win but the value is with the o's...sox get both bogarts and hanley back today but will be missing bradley jr to a knee issue, benentendi moves to center and either holt or young i expect to be in left.....9.5 seems like a high total to me so i may go under and will consider a sox tt under as well until they prove they can hit....i think they have only scored in 8 of their first 47 innings....good luck