This is your Red Sox Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of November 01, 2021.
A Look at Red Sox Pitchers Last Week
Chris Sale
Chris Sale has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 7.71 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 27.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has been a strong strikeout pitcher this week, but when hitters make contact, they are getting hits at a 1.0 rate and this is too high. Hitters are hitting .364 against him this past week.Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 27.8% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 53.8% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Now onto the News, Rumors, and Commentary…
“The Red Sox hold a $7MM club option on catcher Christian Vazquez, but the price to retain their backstop was nearly a bit steeper. MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo points out that Vazquez’s contract called for that option to rise to $8MM upon reaching 502 plate appearances, but he fell just four trips to the plate shy…”
“The Braves couldn’t get anything else going offensively, while the Astros added two more runs as the game went along to eventually make it a 9-5 final score. Things will head back to Texas for Game Six on Tuesday with the Braves leading three games to two. Astros keep World Series going After taking the first two games of the World Series played in Cobb County, the Atlanta Braves had a chance to officially take out the Houston Astros and end the season if they could make it three straight on Sunday. Minter on the mound, Houston put two on with two outs, and the Braves decided to walk Alex Bregman to get to Martín Maldonado, a move that made sense despite loading the bases given the big drop off in offensive talent.”
“Sunday was a very sad day for Boston Red Sox fans, and indeed fans of teams all around the league as we said goodbye to broadcasting legend, and just general Red Sox legend, Jerry Remy. (Peter Gammons; The Athletic) And Sean McAdam has also been in this market for a long time, and remembers the Red Sox legend. (Chad Finn; Boston Globe) Remy’s time calling games for the Red Sox spanned generations, and he had many different partners. (Christopher Smith; Masslive) Pedro Martinez also says goodbye, as one of the many legendary players whose careers were called by Remy.”
Above is the summary of: Daily Red Sox Links: Tributes to Jerry Remy… tap or click to check out the full article.
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