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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
They're rolling over in this series. Kind of disturbing to watch.
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They need a guy like Wells to actually come up with a big hit at some point. He gets in a single and drives in those 2 runs in the 3rd or 4th and it's a whole different game.
Tonight was precisely why Wells isn't worth that money even if he's having a good year. He goes 0-2 when the game is close and then 3-3 when the Red Sox start running away with it. I think stats in RISP, etc. are mostly meaningless due to small sample sizes, but Wells has been poor in those sorts of situations his whole career. That's especially bad for a guy who's typically a high average, but poor OBP guy. The advantage of high average guys is that singles drive home runs, but walks don't, but Wells doesn't even do that well.