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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 13, 2022 7:01:04 GMT -5
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Post by sittingstill on Jun 13, 2022 7:58:54 GMT -5
Me, scanning through spring photos again--"I know I didn't see Elmer in a game, but I could have sworn I had a photo of him with a ball in his hand..." Well, kinda.  |
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Post by cdj on Jun 13, 2022 8:11:25 GMT -5
buddy of mine threw a football before games because it helped with his changeup
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 13, 2022 8:34:50 GMT -5
Always gotta take what guys post to their own accounts with an enormous grain of salt because it's the highlights, but gotta admit that ERC posted some absolutely nasty pitches to his IG stories yesterday that have me intrigued.
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Post by sarasoxer on Jun 13, 2022 8:45:13 GMT -5
Always gotta take what guys post to their own accounts with an enormous grain of salt because it's the highlights, but gotta admit that ERC posted some absolutely nasty pitches to his IG stories yesterday that have me intrigued. Had a big guy on the high school baseball team who used to often throw a football...claiming that it added velocity. I recall players calling his fastball "the pill" because it was so hard it looked that small to batters. |
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Post by RedSoxStats on Jun 13, 2022 9:59:20 GMT -5
Jedixson Paez in the FCL
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 13, 2022 10:31:05 GMT -5
So not terribly surprising, but the complex teams appear to be running 4-man rotations. Makes sense given that they have 2 days off each week - better to piggyback guys and keep them on regular schedules, plus in the FCL you avoid a guy pitching against the Twins every single week (they play every Friday and Saturday, and with 5 games a week, a 5-man rotation means the Friday and Saturday starters are pitching against the Twins every time out).
Current AWOL list:
FCL: Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz
DSL: Starlin Santos, Dennis Reguilo, Yizreel Burnet, Frank Astacio
Also, in the DSL, Helison Mota and Kelvin Diaz started on Monday and Tuesday last week and haven't played since. Diaz, in particular, is probably a guy who's up if there are two FCL teams.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jun 13, 2022 10:43:16 GMT -5
Second good start for Willian Colmenares. 11-1 K/BB ratio now.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 13, 2022 11:22:47 GMT -5
Bleis with an RBI double in his first AB and then steals home on a double steal.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jun 13, 2022 12:43:46 GMT -5
Bleis HR #1
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Post by stevedillard on Jun 13, 2022 13:03:31 GMT -5
Hate that every hit by one of our guys means one of our pitchers stinks
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Post by jimoh on Jun 13, 2022 13:07:56 GMT -5
Always gotta take what guys post to their own accounts with an enormous grain of salt because it's the highlights, but gotta admit that ERC posted some absolutely nasty pitches to his IG stories yesterday that have me intrigued. Had a big guy on the high school baseball team who used to often throw a football...claiming that it added velocity. I recall players calling his fastball "the pill" because it was so hard it looked that small to batters. Good to see old sox pitcher Tom House, who caught Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th homer in 1974, is still preaching the use of footballs to train pitchers: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/sports/baseball/tom-house-mustard.html |
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Post by jimoh on Jun 13, 2022 13:08:25 GMT -5
And a double and a stolen base! |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 13, 2022 13:33:47 GMT -5
Liendo appears to have exited due to injury mid-at-bat.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jun 13, 2022 13:51:41 GMT -5
So not terribly surprising, but the complex teams appear to be running 4-man rotations. Makes sense given that they have 2 days off each week - better to piggyback guys and keep them on regular schedules, plus in the FCL you avoid a guy pitching against the Twins every single week (they play every Friday and Saturday, and with 5 games a week, a 5-man rotation means the Friday and Saturday starters are pitching against the Twins every time out). Current AWOL list: FCL: Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz DSL: Starlin Santos, Dennis Reguilo, Yizreel Burnet, Frank Astacio Also, in the DSL, Helison Mota and Kelvin Diaz started on Monday and Tuesday last week and haven't played since. Diaz, in particular, is probably a guy who's up if there are two FCL teams. Kelvin Diaz scored the winning run today as a pinch-runner for Armando Sierra. |
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jun 13, 2022 14:55:40 GMT -5
Any guesses on Portland rotation this week. Gonna try to catch a game in Reading. Would like to catch Groome or Murphy. And, get a selfie
with Ceddanne!
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jun 13, 2022 15:06:26 GMT -5
buddy of mine threw a football before games because it helped with his changeup Mac Jones does the same thing... |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 13, 2022 15:06:33 GMT -5
Any guesses on Portland rotation this week. Gonna try to catch a game in Reading. Would like to catch Groome or Murphy. And, get a selfie with Ceddanne! Tough to tell because they're apparently bringing up Brian Van Belle, per his IG. Presuming he stays on his regular day and replaces Hart in the rotation (which seems likely after Hart got rocked last week), it'll look like this: T - Murphy W - Groome Th - BVB F - Santos Sa - Kennedy Su - Murphy You can bet on Murphy and Groome the first two games. After that is when the addition of Van Belle makes it guesswork. |
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jun 13, 2022 15:13:47 GMT -5
Wish I was there to chase down the ball and get it signed. |
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Post by johnsilver52 on Jun 13, 2022 16:14:54 GMT -5
buddy of mine threw a football before games because it helped with his changeup Sox reliever Okajima used to start flipping this large, ping pong looking paddle in the BP back and forth with his LH (pitching hand) very quickly starting around mid game. He did this every time saw him at The Trop, like some kind of wrist flexing for his pitching wrist if he was called upon to warm up. |
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Post by sarasoxer on Jun 16, 2022 11:30:41 GMT -5
Had a big guy on the high school baseball team who used to often throw a football...claiming that it added velocity. I recall players calling his fastball "the pill" because it was so hard it looked that small to batters. Good to see old sox pitcher Tom House, who caught Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th homer in 1974, is still preaching the use of footballs to train pitchers: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/sports/baseball/tom-house-mustard.htmlThe guy I was talking about did this in the early 1960s so maybe he was ahead of his time... |
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