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Post by bluechip on May 29, 2018 11:37:10 GMT -5
Ben Taylor back in the big leagues with the Indians. Pretty good strike and walk numbers for them at AAA and in the majors, though he’s given up some runs in the majors.
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Post by widewordofsport on May 29, 2018 20:45:30 GMT -5
Best I can tell Anthony Ranaudo had a 6.30 ERA in the Korean League last year...he was one I was always thinking could harness things despite scouts not being impressed with him as a pro. Ooops.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 30, 2018 0:08:53 GMT -5
I knew someone would go there, just surprised that it was you Chris. Do you really think that makes sense? Not signing two guys rated about the same as Quintana, so you could sign him? If they didn't have worries about him signing they could have just taken him in the 4th and given him $800,000. The thing is we don't know if he would have signed even for that. He was always seen as a very hard to sign prospect that had a very strong commitment to College. It's why he dropped in the draft. His tweet about going to College no matter what kinda proves that. Some guys just want to go to College. I'd also point out they didn't sign 3 of 5 players they took right after the 10th round. It was a weird draft. Did you read my post? I said "or even not signed them." My primary point was that they probably would've negotiated them down further if they needed the money. Recall that we were all stunned that Shawaryn went for that much over slot, for example. If there's a pot of money and three guys, and they say hey, here's what we've got for you, are you signing or not? I think those deals get done for less. I did, it just really doesn't make sense. So Groome doesn't sign, they now have more money and we should expect our 4th and 5th round picks to sign for less? I have to assume they got the best deal they could, they took it to the last day. I wasn't stunned about Shawaryn, he was seen as a first round talent to start the year. Was always my second favorite pick after Groome, given his rankings I'm not sure why everyone was so surprised.
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Post by GyIantosca on May 30, 2018 7:50:32 GMT -5
I watched the Angels destroy the Yankees the other day. I noticed Noe Ramirez pitch a good inning for the Angels. I forgot he has that delivery three quarters. He looked good. This was the Mike Trout game.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 30, 2018 8:52:03 GMT -5
I watched the Angels destroy the Yankees the other day. I noticed Noe Ramirez pitch a good inning for the Angels. I forgot he has that delivery three quarters. He looked good. This was the Mike Trout game. As soon as he got to the Angels he cut back on his fastball usage, and he’s been a useful middle reliever since. Which... it’s really amazing to me how it took baseball literally one hundred years to figure out that hitters like fastballs and maybe you shouldn’t throw them all the damn time. Especially if you’re Noe Ramirez!
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Post by soxfando on May 31, 2018 12:36:52 GMT -5
Luis Alejandro Basabe is hitting .429/.432/.514/.947 for Arizona's High A team.
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Post by ramireja on May 31, 2018 12:45:48 GMT -5
Luis Alejandro Basabe is hitting .429/.432/.514/.947 for Arizona's High A team. Important to note this is in 37 PAs though. His OPS was .796 before his most recent game.
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Post by iakovos11 on May 31, 2018 12:53:12 GMT -5
Luis Alejandro Basabe is hitting .429/.432/.514/.947 for Arizona's High A team. Lars Anderson, Bubba Bell, Zach Daeges, Aaron Bates, Mark Wagner, & Mickey Hall say hello from the California League. I mean he may be an MLB rock star, but his stats in the Cal League are mostly irrelevant.
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Post by soxfando on May 31, 2018 13:55:36 GMT -5
Luis Alejandro Basabe is hitting .429/.432/.514/.947 for Arizona's High A team. Lars Anderson, Bubba Bell, Zach Daeges, Aaron Bates, Mark Wagner, & Mickey Hall say hello from the California League. I mean he may be an MLB rock star, but his stats in the Cal League are mostly irrelevant. how does the Cal League help batters hit singles?
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Post by soxfando on May 31, 2018 14:01:40 GMT -5
Luis Alejandro Basabe is hitting .429/.432/.514/.947 for Arizona's High A team. Important to note this is in 37 PAs though. His OPS was .796 before his most recent game. His last game he went 4 for 4 at the San Jose Giants, so that may skew it some, but it still counts for stats.
And he still hit well before his call up: .309 .420 .383 .803 at A ball in the Midwest League.
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Post by jimed14 on May 31, 2018 14:38:40 GMT -5
Lars Anderson, Bubba Bell, Zach Daeges, Aaron Bates, Mark Wagner, & Mickey Hall say hello from the California League. I mean he may be an MLB rock star, but his stats in the Cal League are mostly irrelevant. how does the Cal League help batters hit singles? Same way that playing in Colorado does. The balls are hit harder in thinner air.
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Post by soxfando on May 31, 2018 14:53:05 GMT -5
how does the Cal League help batters hit singles? Same way that playing in Colorado does. The balls are hit harder in thinner air. His home games are played at an elevation of 331 ft (where he's batting .417) and he just went 4 for 4 at an elevation of 82 ft.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 31, 2018 14:59:04 GMT -5
Again, the key point is it's 9 games. When your OPS can jump .150 in a single game, you're officially in "ignore the stats" territory.
Good for him for finally getting promoted after two-plus years though.
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Post by jimed14 on May 31, 2018 15:08:15 GMT -5
Same way that playing in Colorado does. The balls are hit harder in thinner air. His home games are played at an elevation of 331 ft (where he's batting .417) and he just went 4 for 4 at an elevation of 82 ft. OK. So what? If you want to track every hit he gets to decide if it's legitimate or helped by the ballpark factors, go ahead. It's not only the elevation, it's also the humidity. See the Arizona Diamondbacks. He also has an unsustainable .423 BABIP and we're still only talking about 32 plate appearances. I'll be shocked if he has a major league career. When you're striking out over 20% of the time in the low minors with no power, that's not much of a skillset to build on. He walks a lot, but that will stop as he goes up levels because there's no power so pitchers won't be afraid of throwing strikes to him.
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Post by soxfando on May 31, 2018 16:04:12 GMT -5
His home games are played at an elevation of 331 ft (where he's batting .417) and he just went 4 for 4 at an elevation of 82 ft. OK. So what? If you want to track every hit he gets to decide if it's legitimate or helped by the ballpark factors, go ahead. It's not only the elevation, it's also the humidity. See the Arizona Diamondbacks. He also has an unsustainable .423 BABIP and we're still only talking about 32 plate appearances. I'll be shocked if he has a major league career. When you're striking out over 20% of the time in the low minors with no power, that's not much of a skillset to build on. He walks a lot, but that will stop as he goes up levels because there's no power so pitchers won't be afraid of throwing strikes to him. Humid air is actually thinner than dry air.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 31, 2018 16:24:08 GMT -5
Frankie Montas is back in the majors with the As, and as a starter surprisingly enough. Pitched pretty well in his first start, not necessarily a ton to love in the overall profile at this point other than that he still sits upper 90s, but... he still sits upper 90s, so he'll get plenty of chances.
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Post by soxfando on May 31, 2018 17:53:19 GMT -5
Again, the key point is it's 9 games. When your OPS can jump .150 in a single game, you're officially in "ignore the stats" territory. Good for him for finally getting promoted after two-plus years though. Still a nice little hot streak, especially considering he only picked up a baseball for the first time 6 or 7 years ago.
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Post by cotuitfan on Jun 1, 2018 9:27:01 GMT -5
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Post by jimmydugan on Jun 2, 2018 11:31:51 GMT -5
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Post by natesp4 on Jun 2, 2018 14:04:10 GMT -5
Frankie Montas is back in the majors with the As, and as a starter surprisingly enough. Pitched pretty well in his first start, not necessarily a ton to love in the overall profile at this point other than that he still sits upper 90s, but... he still sits upper 90s, so he'll get plenty of chances. 8IP 0R 7H 0BB 2Ks last night. Obviously not anything special with the Ks but nice to see him not walk anyone after walking 5.6 per 9 innings last year with Oakland.
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Post by bigpapiortiz on Jun 2, 2018 15:02:23 GMT -5
Allen May end up being the best prospect we gave up in that trade. Don’t know if that says more about him or the others.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 2, 2018 21:47:26 GMT -5
Owens signed with the Diamondbacks. Obviously folks there he's comfortable with.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jun 2, 2018 22:54:37 GMT -5
Here's one I was wondering about - Pat Light. From a Boston quick cup of coffee (and getting pounded) to Minnesota to Pittsburgh to Seattle - released in April. Done at the age of 27, it seems...
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Jun 2, 2018 22:56:45 GMT -5
Here's one I was wondering about - Pat Light. From a Boston quick cup of coffee (and getting pounded) to Minnesota to Pittsburgh to Seattle - released in April. Done at the age of 27, it seems... I had completely forgot that he existed until you brought up his name again.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jun 2, 2018 23:56:30 GMT -5
I think that Light throws hard and that's about it. I think the Sox got some pitcher named Cris Carpenter for Theo Epstein in their trade with the Cubs who was kind of similar. He threw really hard, but no real control....so just another guy that you hope the light (no pun intended) comes on. Most of the time it doesn't happen and Pat Light appears to be one of those guys.
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