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Post by iakovos11 on May 18, 2023 8:00:49 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 18, 2023 10:44:42 GMT -5
TBD in Portland is almost certainly Gambrell.
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Post by iakovos11 on May 18, 2023 11:48:19 GMT -5
TBD in Portland is almost certainly Gambrell. I thought so, too. But with tomorrow uncertain as well, I started having doubts. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 18, 2023 13:08:56 GMT -5
Went through the same thought process. Started the same day as Nail so it's possible they give Gambrell another day.
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Post by sittingstill on May 18, 2023 14:28:54 GMT -5
Gambrell confirmed in Portland's Game Notes.
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 18, 2023 14:59:55 GMT -5
Jake Thompson and Edwin Diaz were released.
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Post by sittingstill on May 18, 2023 15:01:04 GMT -5
Per the WooSox notes, countermoves for adding Drohan and reinstating Sherriff from Boston are releasing Edwin Diaz and Jake Thompson.
Edit: note for future me--shorter posts break news first!
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Post by jmei on May 18, 2023 15:47:38 GMT -5
You can drive yourself crazy trying to beat vermontsox1 in posting roster moves. Better to just not play the game.
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Post by ramireja on May 18, 2023 15:57:32 GMT -5
So close though! Just 1 minute behind VT!
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Post by julyanmorley on May 18, 2023 18:48:41 GMT -5
Jo Addell had 118.4, 111.8, 111.4 and 101..5 exit velocities in AAA today. That's gotta be some kind of record.
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Post by cdj on May 18, 2023 19:08:28 GMT -5
Gambrell *eyeball emojis*
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Post by RedSoxStats on May 18, 2023 19:37:40 GMT -5
Drohan's fastball is more like a sinker. One of them that he tried to throw up in the zone for a swing and miss was crushed for a home run.
This was his first statcast game. His fastball/sinker is very similar to Jordan Montgomery's data-wise.
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Post by julyanmorley on May 18, 2023 19:37:51 GMT -5
Gambrell *eyeball emojis* Nice little 23-0 strikeout to walk in May. Anyone know what his stuff looks like this year? |
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Post by cdj on May 18, 2023 19:46:23 GMT -5
Gambrell *eyeball emojis* Nice little 23-0 strikeout to walk in May. Anyone know what his stuff looks like this year? He had been perfect through 4 when I sent that. Gave up a solo bomb but can’t be upset with that AA debut |
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Post by geostorm on May 18, 2023 19:58:00 GMT -5
NESN Broadcast of Drohan AAA home debut interesting w/ their use of robo-ump tonight for official balls & strikes
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 18, 2023 20:00:48 GMT -5
Drohan's fastball is more like a sinker. One of them that he tried to throw up in the zone for a swing and miss was crushed for a home run. This was his first statcast game. His fastball/sinker is very similar to Jordan Montgomery's data-wise. So what you're saying is Shane Drohan will be Jordan Montgomery. Got it. Expectations set, thank you! |
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Post by iakovos11 on May 18, 2023 20:51:30 GMT -5
Marcelo with the walk-off
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Post by julyanmorley on May 18, 2023 20:53:25 GMT -5
Bonaci with a two out double to tie the game right before this
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 18, 2023 21:08:05 GMT -5
Blaze Jordan is a guy I would really like to be revisited at some point. If you told me before the season that he'd be running a .213 ISO (I don't know what average is but he's 13th in the system and higher than Kavadas so I'll take those things to mean it's at least good) while also only a 16.3 K%, I would've thought the hype would be a little more palpable. Yeah, I get he's first base only which makes it a little less exciting. Yeah, the walk rates aren't great. Yeah, the lower levels are a little diluted. But it's not like this is a senior Niko Kavadas or anything, he's 20 years old and hitting extremely well even without factoring in age advancement.
Truthfully I am not even going to argue he should be ranked all that much higher, I could pretty comfortably make an argument for him over Wikelman but I think the top of the system is strong enough to where I get him being where he is. I more so would just be interested in a checkup on how his peripherals (swing and miss, chase rate, exit velo, stuff like that) are holding up and whether his performance so far fundamentally changes his outlook at all, even if it's jump bumping the FV on the hit from a 40 to a 45 or something.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 18, 2023 21:31:03 GMT -5
Blaze Jordan is a guy I would really like to be revisited at some point. If you told me before the season that he'd be running a .213 ISO (I don't know what average is but he's 13th in the system and higher than Kavadas so I'll take those things to mean it's at least good) while also only a 16.3 K%, I would've thought the hype would be a little more palpable. Yeah, I get he's first base only which makes it a little less exciting. Yeah, the walk rates aren't great. Yeah, the lower levels are a little diluted. But it's not like this is a senior Niko Kavadas or anything, he's 20 years old and hitting extremely well even without factoring in age advancement. Truthfully I am not even going to argue he should be ranked all that much higher, I could pretty comfortably make an argument for him over Wikelman but I think the top of the system is strong enough to where I get him being where he is. I more so would just be interested in a checkup on how his peripherals (swing and miss, chase rate, exit velo, stuff like that) are holding up and whether his performance so far fundamentally changes his outlook at all, even if it's jump bumping the FV on the hit from a 40 to a 45 or something. I mean, we knew he had power. Based on the April numbers, the 39% chase rate needs to come way down. Would like the hard-hit rate to come up too. Also sees the fourth-lowest pitches per plate appearance among hitters with 50 PA. That said, this is all SSS and he's been decent in May, so let's see what these look like on June 1. But yeah nothing there is terribly inspiring. |
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 18, 2023 21:42:48 GMT -5
Blaze Jordan is a guy I would really like to be revisited at some point. If you told me before the season that he'd be running a .213 ISO (I don't know what average is but he's 13th in the system and higher than Kavadas so I'll take those things to mean it's at least good) while also only a 16.3 K%, I would've thought the hype would be a little more palpable. Yeah, I get he's first base only which makes it a little less exciting. Yeah, the walk rates aren't great. Yeah, the lower levels are a little diluted. But it's not like this is a senior Niko Kavadas or anything, he's 20 years old and hitting extremely well even without factoring in age advancement. Truthfully I am not even going to argue he should be ranked all that much higher, I could pretty comfortably make an argument for him over Wikelman but I think the top of the system is strong enough to where I get him being where he is. I more so would just be interested in a checkup on how his peripherals (swing and miss, chase rate, exit velo, stuff like that) are holding up and whether his performance so far fundamentally changes his outlook at all, even if it's jump bumping the FV on the hit from a 40 to a 45 or something. I mean, we knew he had power. Based on the April numbers, the 39% chase rate needs to come way down. Would like the hard-hit rate to come up too. Also sees the fourth-lowest pitches per plate appearance among hitters with 50 PA. That said, this is all SSS and he's been decent in May, so let's see what these look like on June 1. But yeah nothing there is terribly inspiring. “Inspiring” is a strong word but I’d argue that the K rate is a pretty good sign. Also, this season is certainly a small sample, but he’s also hit pretty consistently better than I’d have expected since he’s become a pro. He certainly has a lot of improvements still to make but I think he’s shown that he has the ability to continue to make them, which is nice to see from a guy that was expected by most to be pretty volatile. |
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Post by seamus on May 18, 2023 21:59:53 GMT -5
Drohan gave up the home runs, but seems like a lot of positives for a AAA debut based on the box score and play-by-play? Any thoughts?
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Post by bcsox on May 18, 2023 23:31:51 GMT -5
The knock on this board regarding Blaze is that he can’t hit good fastballs. Every time he hits a HR, someone notes “but it was on a hanger” can someone isolate how he is doing vs fastballs in general? Is there improvement?
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Post by Foulke_In_Athol on May 19, 2023 0:11:39 GMT -5
Drohan gave up the home runs, but seems like a lot of positives for a AAA debut based on the box score and play-by-play? Any thoughts? He may have done even better if Alfaro wasn't catching, even though Alfaro provided a lot of offense. |
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Post by lonborgski on May 19, 2023 4:10:51 GMT -5
The knock on this board regarding Blaze is that he can’t hit good fastballs. Every time he hits a HR, someone notes “but it was on a hanger” can someone isolate how he is doing vs fastballs in general? Is there improvement? And he is a week younger than Meer, so there’s that. |
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