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4/26 Gameday Thread: Scherff, Kutter, & Reyes on the Bump
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Post by iakovos11 on Apr 26, 2019 2:16:20 GMT -5
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Post by nomar on Apr 26, 2019 13:52:06 GMT -5
Hoping Scherff can generate a little more swing and miss tonight
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Post by sittingstill on Apr 26, 2019 18:09:57 GMT -5
PawSox up 8-0 with two outs in the... first.
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Post by sittingstill on Apr 26, 2019 18:42:21 GMT -5
Ockimey has homered twice in the second inning (into the LF bullpen and off the right-center scoreboard). 16-0 and they still have an out to go. Rochester has to wish they rained out the game.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 26, 2019 18:45:03 GMT -5
Brock Holt in da house (DH).
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Post by telson13 on Apr 26, 2019 18:53:41 GMT -5
Hoping Scherff can generate a little more swing and miss tonight Looks good early, 3K in 2IP with 3 GB, 0 FB, 29 pitches. Def a system sleeper.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 26, 2019 19:14:01 GMT -5
Hoping Scherff can generate a little more swing and miss tonight Looks good early, 3K in 2IP with 3 GB, 0 FB, 29 pitches. Def a system sleeper. 4 of his first 5 Ks were swinging.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 26, 2019 19:30:01 GMT -5
Finally getting to watch Salem. Do they always wear gold uni's ? Duran 3/3 with a double, & SB.
Low A caveat, Marco doesn't look rusty.
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Post by telson13 on Apr 26, 2019 19:41:19 GMT -5
Looks good early, 3K in 2IP with 3 GB, 0 FB, 29 pitches. Def a system sleeper. 4 of his first 5 Ks were swinging. Terrific night so far. 7 K in 5 IP, with 44 of 63 (! efficiency) for strikes (70%). He’s also continued keeping the ball down on contact, 6 GB to no FB. I wonder if he goes 7, with around 90 pitches? I’m loving his start to the year. Super encouraging, tho I’m curious to hear what his stuff is like, and if his working velo is still 94-95 like it was last year when he was going well. Seems like Keith Law’s “pop-up top-100” prediction might be on the money.
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Post by telson13 on Apr 26, 2019 19:46:25 GMT -5
Finally getting to watch Salem. Do they always wear gold uni's ? Duran 3/3 with a double, & SB. Low A caveat, Marco doesn't look rusty. Duran is a beast. He’s been on fire since the draft. What a get in rd7. Edit: his BABIP numbers are laughable. I mean, he can’t keep doing this, but it’s basically 400 PA now. Oppo LD approach with speed. Wow. www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=sa3006786&position=2B/OF
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 26, 2019 20:09:22 GMT -5
Duran now 4/4 with a double and 2 SB, 3R, 2 RBI.
Double to center single to left single to right single to right.
Marco also 3/4, could have been 4/4 if they ruled an error as a single and advance to second on the errant throw. That wasn't marco.
ADD: Earlier, he also went first to third on a relatively sharp single to RF. I don't think Mookie would have gotten him.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Apr 26, 2019 20:36:08 GMT -5
Love the Marco Hernandez news. That kid can flat out hit, if his shoulders hold up, he's a sleeper candidate to split 2B duties with Pedrioa next year.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 26, 2019 20:51:28 GMT -5
5th time up (against a lefty), Duran called out on a 3-2 pitch that was maybe not a strike then Marco thrown out attempting a bunt single (close).
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Post by wildsox on Apr 26, 2019 20:56:31 GMT -5
How long will they wait with Duran before moving him up?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 26, 2019 21:01:13 GMT -5
Game over. Hernandez on the receiving end of a double play grounder to second. Looked smooth but not a particularly difficult play, the throw was strong.
Cosart has a lot of miss in his game, he either misses the strike zone or the batter misses on swings, seems to work up in the zone. Martinez was hammered. What I saw of DeJesus, just OK.
ADD to Martinez and a good deal speculative based on batter reactions (no radars or CF camera). I'd guess he has a sharp break curve and a flat fastball.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 26, 2019 21:18:49 GMT -5
Scherff's final line in a 3-2 loss:
6IP 1H 1R 1BB 9K (2 HBP)
88p / 57s
7GO/0FO
With a DP, all of his outs were either Ks or on the ground except 1, a pop out to shortstop.
8 of the 9 K's were swinging.
The combo of high swinging K rates and high GB rates in low A is rare turf. Monster potential here.
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Post by radiohix on Apr 26, 2019 22:11:08 GMT -5
How long will they wait with Duran before moving him up? JBJ came from a powerhouse college program and it took him 67 games and more than 300 PA while slashing .359/.480/.526 to get the call to AA and he was having better peripherals in terms of plate discipline than Duran. I say he'll still be playing for Salem for a little while.
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Post by ramireja on Apr 26, 2019 22:17:05 GMT -5
He later corrected the Curveball to 78-79.
I don't mean take away from the excitement of this start, but characterizing him as a strong GB pitcher is a bit inaccurate. His GB% was only 45.9% entering tonight (will obviously be higher now) and only 41.0% last year in Greenville. Scherff has a teammate though who is younger, getting more whiffs, and putting up elite GB rates in the early going this year.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 26, 2019 22:22:36 GMT -5
How long will they wait with Duran before moving him up? JBJ came from a powerhouse college program and it took him 67 games and more than 300 PA while slashing .359/.480/.526 to get the call to AA and he was having better peripherals in terms of plate discipline than Duran. I say he'll still be playing for Salem for a little while. Agree in general but Duran is now slashing .397/.440/.538/.979 and DD seems like a faster promoter than previous administrations.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 27, 2019 1:02:37 GMT -5
He later corrected the Curveball to 78-79. I don't mean take away from the excitement of this start, but characterizing him as a strong GB pitcher is a bit inaccurate. His GB% was only 45.9% entering tonight (will obviously be higher now) and only 41.0% last year in Greenville. Scherff has a teammate though who is younger, getting more whiffs, and putting up elite GB rates in the early going this year. Based on spring reports, he's a considerably different pitcher this year than last. Like with any prospect, he will take time to settle in to whatever he will become. If you can hear the seams from the 5th row, he's spinning it. Show me a more dominant game at any level.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 27, 2019 3:26:51 GMT -5
I decided to watch the first 6 of the Greenville game.
Some observations...
Casas has closed his stance considerably since the video we saw a few weeks ago. It now looks typical. His RBI single in the third was an outside pitch that he took to left. (He bats LH).
Scherff works very fast and there's not a lot of effort to his motion. Get the ball, throw the ball. Love that. He used all three pitches from the start. The very first batter saw all three and struck out swinging on a curve.
Casas looks a lot more fluid at first than I was expecting. The single was a 2-3 hopper up the middle that the SS pulled him off the bag to get to. Nice stretch and recovery but they likely didn't have him anyways. He also almost got to a loopy foul ball with a dive.
Scherff seems to like working the arm side black against both left and right handed batters for his FB. When he gets ahead in the count he seems to waste a pitch to the outside, so far, they haven't chased. The Drive seem to chase a lot of outside pitches as a group. The first HBP was to a right handed batter and wasn't all that much inside. So far (thru 3), all of the grounders have been 2-3 hoppers and there have been few foul balls but a lot of swing and miss.
4th inning, more of the same, he's mixing his pitches well.
The second HBP was the first pitch of the 5th inning and was behind the batter, hit him in the back (FB). The first K in the 5th, the batter chased an outside pitch behind 0-2 (RHB). That was followed by a room service double play grounder.
6th inning Scherff seemed to lose it, all 4 batters saw at least 6 pitches and there were at least 3 fouls. The run was pure little league. It came on a 3-2 BB followed by a WP (bunt attempt and the ball was blocked by the catcher who then overthrew second base, the CF then threw the ball into the stands).
Until the 6th, there were very few long counts.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 27, 2019 4:07:30 GMT -5
Hmmm. In the 9th vs a LHP, Casas appeared to open the stance again. Difficult call because they don't show it from the side, only from behind the plate. So I don't know what to think there.
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Post by stevedillard on Apr 27, 2019 8:23:45 GMT -5
18 Ks for Greenville tonight.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 27, 2019 14:55:04 GMT -5
Do they always wear gold uni's ? I can't seem to find any photos from last night's game, but it was Star Wars night, so it's very likely they had special uniforms. Finally getting to watch Salem. Do they always wear gold uni's ? Duran 3/3 with a double, & SB. Low A caveat, Marco doesn't look rusty. Duran is a beast. He’s been on fire since the draft. What a get in rd7. Edit: his BABIP numbers are laughable. I mean, he can’t keep doing this, but it’s basically 400 PA now. Oppo LD approach with speed. Wow. www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=sa3006786&position=2B/OFI was thinking a lot about Duran this morning as I worked on May 1 rankings. Because of his speed, he's going to be extremely difficult for low-level defenses to handle. That's going to turn into a lot of infield singles, a lot of singles become doubles, doubles become triples, etc. He still has a bit of a slasher's swing, so I don't anticipate he'll hit for great power at higher levels - although he certainly drives the ball and the speed will still play into some XBHs ... just not as many.
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Post by telson13 on Apr 27, 2019 21:38:30 GMT -5
Do they always wear gold uni's ? I can't seem to find any photos from last night's game, but it was Star Wars night, so it's very likely they had special uniforms. I was thinking a lot about Duran this morning as I worked on May 1 rankings. Because of his speed, he's going to be extremely difficult for low-level defenses to handle. That's going to turn into a lot of infield singles, a lot of singles become doubles, doubles become triples, etc. He still has a bit of a slasher's swing, so I don't anticipate he'll hit for great power at higher levels - although he certainly drives the ball and the speed will still play into some XBHs ... just not as many. Yeah, that ridiculous run of triples in Lowell seemed like the perfect example of what you’re describing. I know Long Beach State sort of fosters a small-ball/contact approach and I imagine Duran might even have lost some inf hits due to aluminum bats and hitting grounders to SS/3b so hard they were playable, while with wood bats his speed might be just enough. He seems to hit like Lin used to (approach-wise at least), with lots of GB (50% this year). But he’s got 25% LD, and if he’s going to LF with those I can see what you’re saying...weak LF (or CF) arms/poor routes in the minors would give him time to stretch flares into doubles or gappers into triples. I can’t get over his minor-league BABIP. It’s absolutely ludicrous. He’s tall and wiry, so I’d think with added strength he’d have the leverage to hit some balls deep in the gaps in the majors, but it seems like for him to continue his success he’ll need to start elevating a little more. Idk how someone can put up a .440-.450 BABIP over 400+ PA. It borders on inconceivable. Sure is fun to watch, though. The SB totals are encouraging, too. I’ve got to think of he’s still hitting .360-.370 come July, he gets bumped to Portland. We’ll see how better fielding starts affecting his BABIP/BA/XBH totals then.
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