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Post by Jonathan Singer on Jun 11, 2014 7:15:53 GMT -5
Interesting note: The DSL Reds are listed as the "DSL Rojos" in the Box Score, while the Sox (Medias Rojas, right?) are still listed as the DSL Red Sox. The Reds have two DSL teams. One is the DSL Reds and the other are the DSL Rojos in the Sox division.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 11, 2014 7:24:32 GMT -5
Fair enough. I'm actually hoping to see any scouting report. I haven't seen where any of our guys have caught one of his games and prior he was in Greenville and Salem not exactly eyeball central. I tend to watch batters and catchers when I'm evaluating a pitcher on TV.
Ah OK, so it's not a communism thing then.
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Post by jimed14 on Jun 11, 2014 8:46:42 GMT -5
The big guy, David Chester, makes his first appearance of the season at Portland and goes 3 for 4. Surprising that he was promoted. I wonder if it's temporary.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 11, 2014 9:50:57 GMT -5
The big guy, David Chester, makes his first appearance of the season at Portland and goes 3 for 4. Surprising that he was promoted. I wonder if it's temporary. Or if the next shoe is Witte to Salem.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 11, 2014 20:02:47 GMT -5
Speier on Doubront/Johnson (and Cecchini) Felix Doubront made his second rehab start (and first for Pawtucket), going 4 2/3 innings and allowing two runs on six hits and a walk while fanning three. Doubront threw 75 pitches with 44 going for strikes. Most of the six hits he allowed were struck well, with the Bats clubbing two doubles in the opening inning while scattering three line-drive singles and a ground ball single throughout the rest of Doubront’s outing.
According to the Providence Journal’s Tim Britton, Doubront’s velocity, which had been a cause for concern prior to his injury, dipped considerably, with just four of his 75 pitches hitting 90 miles per hour or higher on the stadium gun, while his fastball sat around 87-88 mph.
“It’??s a process. It was nice and easy and trying to control my pitches,” Doubront told Britton. “??I’m looking for strength and trying to get my fastball a little bit more velocity. Right now, I feel good where I am.”
Despite the decline in velocity and the solid contact made off of the left-hander, Doubront insists that he is healthy and making progress towards a return.
“Health is first, and results I can fix later,” Doubront told Britton. “I don’t feel anything — no shooting soreness or shooting pain [in my shoulder]. It’??s strong. Better than before.”
At a time when Doubront’s stuff has been less than overpowering and his results on the year have been mixed, Brandon Workman may be making a case to take the left-hander’s spot in the rotation. For more on that situation, click here. . . . – Left-hander Brian Johnson continues to sail through Double-A. The 23-year-old, a 2012 first-rounder, allowed one run on four hits and one walk while punching out six in six innings. In seven Double-A starts, he’s pitched at least five innings in every outing and has yet to give up more than two earned runs, working to an ERA of 1.96 with 7.6 strikeouts per nine and 2.6 walks per nine, along with an opponents’ batting average of .201. He’s pitched at least six innings in each of his last four starts, with a 1.44 ERA in that time.
Johnson has been among the most consistent and impressive pitchers in the Red Sox system thus far this year, earning a quick promotion from High-A Salem and showing no signs of struggle in his transition to Double-A. While he’s worked comfortably at 88-91 mph, locating his fastball to both sides of the plate in a fashion that’s allowed him to set up his curveball and changeup, one scout noted that he saw Johnson ramp up his velocity to 93 mph towards the end of a recent outing, suggesting that he has the ability to dial up something extra but also underscoring the notion that he is someone who, at a relatively young stage of his professional career, shows an uncommon understanding of his abilities and craft.
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