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Post by widewordofsport on Aug 5, 2021 15:02:35 GMT -5
More like JBJ vibes (who walked a few times in his Red Sox debut IIRC, and we all went crazy for him) What I meant by my comment was when a certain portion of the fanbase used to go crazy on how (Nancy) Drew doesn't expand the zone to drive in runs and take his walks instead. There's also the fact that one of JD's rare appearances in Fenway was on the day the team presented Marcelo. We had a shortstop named Drew whom the fanbase didn't like either... can really just take your pick of the comps.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 5, 2021 15:42:22 GMT -5
Do they have a shift on against him? Is there already a book on him that he’s a dead pull hitter? It might not matter if he keeps walking. Good eye, but it doesn't look like they did in the first AB. Given that it's rookie ball, they're probably just shifting a random LHH.
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Post by radiohix on Aug 5, 2021 16:09:06 GMT -5
What I meant by my comment was when a certain portion of the fanbase used to go crazy on how (Nancy) Drew doesn't expand the zone to drive in runs and take his walks instead. There's also the fact that one of JD's rare appearances in Fenway was on the day the team presented Marcelo. We had a shortstop named Drew whom the fanbase didn't like either... can really just take your pick of the comps. It was a tongue in cheek comment really 😅
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Post by widewordofsport on Aug 5, 2021 16:23:20 GMT -5
All my comments were tongue in cheek, fyi.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 16:36:00 GMT -5
Joey Meneses is back from the Olympics and has been promoted to Worcester.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Aug 5, 2021 16:44:59 GMT -5
Still no Blaze or McDonough for Salem.
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Post by radiohix on Aug 5, 2021 17:03:07 GMT -5
Man Liu hands are HUGE for someone his size! How he doesn't have a ++ changeup is beyond me
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 18:12:00 GMT -5
Still no Blaze or McDonough for Salem. Maybe some kind of intake procedure? I mean, they are coming from Florida where COVID cases have gone crazy.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Aug 5, 2021 18:51:14 GMT -5
Nick Yorke just hit a home run.
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Post by radiohix on Aug 5, 2021 18:51:23 GMT -5
Nick Yorke goes deep (of course it's a line drive!)
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Post by jaffinator on Aug 5, 2021 18:53:22 GMT -5
Nick Yorke homer. Crushed it pull side. Looked like an inside fb(?) but hard to tell from the above broadcast angle sometimes.
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Post by ematz1423 on Aug 5, 2021 18:57:11 GMT -5
I said something similar last week but I'm not sure what else Yorke has to prove down in Salem. Gotta think he'll be in Greenville soon.
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Post by jaffinator on Aug 5, 2021 19:02:25 GMT -5
Man Liu hands are HUGE for someone his size! How he doesn't have a ++ changeup is beyond meHe showed a nice fading change to the 2019 Indians second rounder, who bats lefty. Who's been bad tbf but was a seven figure bonus guy.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 19:11:41 GMT -5
I said something similar last week but I'm not sure what else Yorke has to prove down in Salem. Gotta think he'll be in Greenville soon. I wonder if they’re just waiting for McDonough and Blaze to be ready and then when they’re in game action that’s when Yorke will be promoted.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Aug 5, 2021 19:27:39 GMT -5
Groome absolutely cruising: 5IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 6K. Only at 58 pitches, so he may come back out for the 6th.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Aug 5, 2021 19:29:48 GMT -5
Liu also pitching well: 5IP, 3H, OER, 1BB, 5K.
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Post by radiohix on Aug 5, 2021 20:05:51 GMT -5
Yorke adds in his double-digit pitchs* walk special. * 10 p after being down 1-2
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Post by vermontsox1 on Aug 5, 2021 20:42:03 GMT -5
Three HR night for Christian Koss.
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Post by cdj on Aug 5, 2021 20:47:03 GMT -5
Three HR night for Christian Koss. He’ll be in Portland soon
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 5, 2021 20:48:30 GMT -5
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Post by foreverred9 on Aug 5, 2021 21:03:00 GMT -5
Salem put up 7 runs in the bottom of the 6th to take a 9-0 lead, but Kwiatkowski and Fernandez gave those runs back in the top of the 7th. Fernandez is still in for the 8th, bases currently loaded for Lynchburg.
ADD: He got out of it with a lineout double play turned by Yorke.
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Post by larrycook on Aug 5, 2021 21:16:29 GMT -5
Salem put up 7 runs in the bottom of the 6th to take a 9-0 lead, but Kwiatkowski and Fernandez gave those runs back in the top of the 7th. Fernandez is still in for the 8th, bases currently loaded for Lynchburg. ADD: He got out of it with a lineout double play turned by Yorke. When does yorke get promoted? After a really slow start to the season, he has made a lot of contact over the past two months.
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 5, 2021 22:07:33 GMT -5
Downs' slump hasn't ended - 0 for his last 14.
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Post by ericmvan on Aug 6, 2021 5:30:05 GMT -5
There's our dedicated PR if they want to make room for him on the 40. Yup, but might depend what Duran's role is at that point. Does anyone recall if the "on the roster by 9/1 or replacing someone on the 60-day IL" rule still exists for playoff eligibility? On 40-man on 8/31, or in organization on 8/31 and petitioned to replace someone on 10, 15, or 60 day IL list, fully served as of end of season.
I think it would have to be a position player on the IL. Aha: I think they can retroactively put Santana on the 60 day IL and that would work ... if he's less than 100% and remains as such.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 6, 2021 6:24:17 GMT -5
Wow. I'd be interested in any reports on Groome's velocity...
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