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Post by vermontsox1 on Aug 6, 2021 6:39:57 GMT -5
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Post by manfred on Aug 6, 2021 9:49:49 GMT -5
I am big, big on the Groome train.
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Post by cdj on Aug 6, 2021 10:00:35 GMT -5
Baby needs some new shoes
Hopefully he gets some work in Portland soon
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Aug 6, 2021 10:50:44 GMT -5
A cup of coffee (and a lobster roll) in Portland this season would keep Groome on track to make it to Boston before he runs out of options. It's still going to be tight...
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Post by kingstephanos on Aug 6, 2021 12:22:20 GMT -5
Mlb Pipeline Top Performances Red Sox: Jay Groome, LHP (No. 7), High-A Greenville Chih-Jung Liu, RHP (No. 19), Low-A Salem Groome flashed his potential with a stellar outing against Rome. He made it through five innings on just 58 pitches, giving up just a single hit and striking out six in his second scoreless outing of the year. In his four starts since the beginning of July, only one (July 30) has resulted in Groome allowing more than two runs and two hits while striking out fewer than six batters. Liu held Lynchburg to just three hits (all singles) and one walk over five scoreless innings, fanning five in the process. He worked around leadoff singles in the first two innings by promptly inducing a double play each time. The last hit he gave up was a two-out single in the third, and he got some help from his catcher, who threw out the runner on a steal attempt to retire the side. The 22-year-old settled in, striking out three of the last six batters he faced. Liu tossed 40 of his 64 pitches for strikes and now has a 6.35 ERA in six Low-A starts. www.mlb.com/news/top-prospect-performers-for-august-5-2021?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
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Post by kingstephanos on Aug 6, 2021 17:56:15 GMT -5
Fangraphs Daily Prospect Connor Seabold, RHP, Boston Red Sox Level & Affiliate: Triple-A Worcester Age: 25 Org Rank: 9 FV: 45 Line: 6 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 R, 10 K Notes I was at Seabold’s first Triple-A start, at Lehigh Valley against his former org, and there he commanded 91-94, while his changeup was frequently plus (he casts it on occasion). He deploys his slider rarely enough that it usually catches hitters off guard even though it’s not a great pitch on pure stuff. His pitch count has climbed — 85 pitches in his 8/4 start, up from about 70 in his first two outings — and he’s one of the few viable, upper-level starters on the Red Sox 40-man (he and Tanner Houck), so he’s likely to be called upon at some point over the next two months. Long-term, Seabold should seize control of a spot toward the back of a competitive Red Sox rotation. blogs.fangraphs.com/daily-prospect-notes-8-6-2021/
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Post by ematz1423 on Aug 6, 2021 23:00:49 GMT -5
Fangraphs Daily Prospect Connor Seabold, RHP, Boston Red Sox Level & Affiliate: Triple-A Worcester Age: 25 Org Rank: 9 FV: 45 Line: 6 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 R, 10 K Notes I was at Seabold’s first Triple-A start, at Lehigh Valley against his former org, and there he commanded 91-94, while his changeup was frequently plus (he casts it on occasion). He deploys his slider rarely enough that it usually catches hitters off guard even though it’s not a great pitch on pure stuff. His pitch count has climbed — 85 pitches in his 8/4 start, up from about 70 in his first two outings — and he’s one of the few viable, upper-level starters on the Red Sox 40-man (he and Tanner Houck), so he’s likely to be called upon at some point over the next two months. Long-term, Seabold should seize control of a spot toward the back of a competitive Red Sox rotation. blogs.fangraphs.com/daily-prospect-notes-8-6-2021/I've said it and I'll say it again a guy like seabold being at least a 4th/5th starter would be such a blessing in the fact they wouldn't need to pay the Perez and the richards of thr world to do it. That's good savings right there to use on rest of team.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 7, 2021 14:11:38 GMT -5
He has such a strange follow through where he jumps backwards a tiny bit for no reason. Is that on purpose or just a strange habit?
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Post by jaffinator on Aug 7, 2021 17:26:34 GMT -5
He has such a strange follow through where he jumps backwards a tiny bit for no reason. Is that on purpose or just a strange habit? I'm not sure about this at all and I'd love to know what the Sox think of it, but at times in his follow through he'll cross his left leg over his right. In more extreme versions of that, I think I've seen video of him this year crossing his leg over hard enough that his back ends up towards the hitter a tiny bit. The little jump move might be trying to prevent that? Or it might be an entirely separate issue.
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Post by radiohix on Aug 7, 2021 17:37:40 GMT -5
He seems like he flinches when the hitters swing so maybe he has that liner than struck him in this year's debut in his mind ( Brian Johnson used to lift his glove in front of his face when contact was made) Pure speculation on my part of course.
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