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Post by ramireja on May 20, 2021 12:06:06 GMT -5
Red Sox seem to be using kid gloves with Blalock. 3 IP in each of his starts so far (about 50 pitches in each). Guys like Blalock are the reason why I'm glued to the draft even on Day 3. It's hard to say what to consider an aggressive assignment coming off of the lost minor league season, but it's worth noting that they sent Blalock to Salem while holding back fellow overslot, Day 3 HS picks from the 2019 draft (Blake Loubier and Karson Simas). That he's handling the assignment this well in the early going is a really positive sign in my opinion. |
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Post by Coreno on May 20, 2021 12:44:12 GMT -5
Don't think there's anything to read into re: kid gloves. It looks like that's how Salem is handling their entire rotation, at least early on. Zeferjahn leads the staff with 9.1 IP.
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Post by ramireja on May 20, 2021 13:03:05 GMT -5
Oh and props to Red Sox Stats for compiling all of this great content for us to enjoy!
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 20, 2021 13:19:35 GMT -5
Don't think there's anything to read into re: kid gloves. It looks like that's how Salem is handling their entire rotation, at least early on. Zeferjahn leads the staff with 9.1 IP. Yeah it's likely a pitch count thing. Innings-pitches Aldo: 1.0-29, 4.0-83, 4.0-71 JWY: 2.1-60, 3.0-56, 3.0-53 Zeferjahn: 2.1-64, 3.0-71, 4.0-52 Blalock: 3.0-52, 3.0-40, 3.0-58 Drohan: 3.0-63, 5.0-67 So they're clearly on individual pitch/inning limits: Aldo: 4 innings or 80 pitches? JWY: 3 innings or 60 pitches Zeferjahn: 4 innings or 70 pitches Blalock: 3 innings or maybe 60 pitches? Drohan: 70 pitches maybe? I'm a bit surprised they let Drohan go 5 innings, honestly. Wouldn't surprise me if the gloves come off a bit as the season goes on, but this makes sense - consider the number of innings each of these guys have thrown prior to 2020. Blalock barely threw in 2019, whereas Aldo got a full year and Zaeferjahn got most of one. |
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Post by dyoungteach on May 20, 2021 14:07:08 GMT -5
Something to remember or consider: the game is changing. Not many pitchers get even 7 ip in a game anymore. Often they are 5-6 for starters. Heck even in World Series, in a must win game, with the team up by 1 and the pitcher dominating, the pitcher was babied ( and then traded in offseason). Teams are babying starting pitchers and being more conservative to protect arms and turn them over to bullpen more and more.
So this could just be a by product of that. ( which I personally dislike but there must be an analytical reason in regards to protecting those investments)
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 20, 2021 14:28:11 GMT -5
Something to remember or consider: the game is changing. Not many pitchers get even 7 ip in a game anymore. Often they are 5-6 for starters. Heck even in World Series, in a must win game, with the team up by 1 and the pitcher dominating, the pitcher was babied ( and then traded in offseason). Teams are babying starting pitchers and being more conservative to protect arms and turn them over to bullpen more and more. So this could just be a by product of that. ( which I personally dislike but there must be an analytical reason in regards to protecting those investments) I think it's just as simple as these guys barely threw last year and they're monitoring their workloads closely. Even typically it's rare for a minor league starter to go more than 6 IP, and often they just go 5 unless they're REALLY cruising. It's not like they'd ever let these guys go 120 pitches in Low-A. |
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Post by vermontsox1 on Aug 10, 2021 8:32:21 GMT -5
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