http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/10/19/thinking-ahead-to-2018/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/10/19/thinking-ahead-to-2018/#comment-14809 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:12:34 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=28496#comment-14809 I think pitching to Judge in that situation is fine. Getting a strikeout is critical. Judge strikes out a lot (especially against high-velocity fastballs). Giles strikes a lot of people out (and throws hard).

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/10/19/thinking-ahead-to-2018/#comment-14807 Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:58:19 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=28496#comment-14807 If I were interviewing Alex Cora for the job, I would ask him whether he would have pitched to Aaron Judge in the 8th inning of ALCS Game 4. That seemed to me to be a big mistake by Hinch, with Ellsbury on 3rd and 1st/2nd open and Judge already having hit a HR.

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