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6/13 Gameday Thread: Brunch In Salem, No Coffey 'Til Tonight
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 13, 2023 17:37:09 GMT -5
Roman Anthony leading off and playing CF tonight for Greenville. I feel like he's the first guy who played the first game after he was promoted.
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Post by ltlurker on Jun 13, 2023 17:46:12 GMT -5
Kavadas crushes one out to deep center, 400+ feet after a nice piece of hitting by Hickey. Gorgeous night for baseball in Binghamton!
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Post by ltlurker on Jun 13, 2023 18:12:14 GMT -5
Meidroth with a bomb to left!
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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 13, 2023 18:15:21 GMT -5
Roman Anthony leading off and playing CF tonight for Greenville. I feel like he's the first guy who played the first game after he was promoted. I know, right? Kind of steals my thunder.
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Post by julyanmorley on Jun 13, 2023 18:17:59 GMT -5
Anthony smoked a double to left center in his first AB
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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 13, 2023 18:18:44 GMT -5
Anthony smoked a double to left center in his first AB ground ball? Or liner/fly?
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Post by julyanmorley on Jun 13, 2023 18:18:54 GMT -5
Meidroth with a bomb to left!
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Post by julyanmorley on Jun 13, 2023 18:19:38 GMT -5
Anthony smoked a double to left center in his first AB ground ball? Or liner/fly?
High EV liner
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Post by ematz1423 on Jun 13, 2023 18:22:19 GMT -5
I see what they mean when they say he hits the ball hard. Might have something with this guy.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jun 13, 2023 19:30:47 GMT -5
Nathan Hickey with his 5th Portland HR. 3-4 so far today.
Blaze is 3-3 with two doubles so far.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jun 13, 2023 19:35:56 GMT -5
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 14, 2023 6:28:20 GMT -5
And Meidroth keeps on keeping on.
Strong armed defender at two positions, seems likely to pass Yorke on the depth chart if he hasn't already. Maybe time to give Yorke a first baseman's mitt. Future seems cloudy with Marcello and Story in the mix.
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Post by ematz1423 on Jun 14, 2023 7:28:04 GMT -5
And Meidroth keeps on keeping on. Strong armed defender at two positions, seems likely to pass Yorke on the depth chart if he hasn't already. Maybe time to give Yorke a first baseman's mitt. Future seems cloudy with Marcello and Story in the mix. Not ready to go there yet but I do see your point on Mayer and Story. Hard to see much avenue for Yorke to play 2nd if Story is still around and Mayer is hot on his heels for his ETA. Plus Meidroth adds a wrinkle in there too. That being said, I would like to see them try Yorke out in LF a bit perhaps. If he can do it adequately that might be his best avenue to playing time for the Sox in the ML.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jun 14, 2023 9:41:06 GMT -5
Roman Anthony with 3 errors in the outfield is a pretty difficult thing to do in one game, certainly an eventful debut at the very least lol
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 14, 2023 10:10:04 GMT -5
And Meidroth keeps on keeping on. Strong armed defender at two positions, seems likely to pass Yorke on the depth chart if he hasn't already. Maybe time to give Yorke a first baseman's mitt. Future seems cloudy with Marcello and Story in the mix. Not ready to go there yet but I do see your point on Mayer and Story. Hard to see much avenue for Yorke to play 2nd if Story is still around and Mayer is hot on his heels for his ETA. Plus Meidroth adds a wrinkle in there too. That being said, I would like to see them try Yorke out in LF a bit perhaps. If he can do it adequately that might be his best avenue to playing time for the Sox in the ML. Yoshida, Duran, Rafaela, Refsnyder, Verdugo. Where's the avenue ? I think first base looking at the current situation. He bats right handed so would compliment Casas well. I wouldn't exactly call Casas a sure thing at this point either, we might need an insurance policy. Sure the peripherals for Casas look good but a negative WAR is a negative WAR.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 14, 2023 10:21:31 GMT -5
At some point, perfect sheet music needs to become music.
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Post by ematz1423 on Jun 14, 2023 10:22:02 GMT -5
Not ready to go there yet but I do see your point on Mayer and Story. Hard to see much avenue for Yorke to play 2nd if Story is still around and Mayer is hot on his heels for his ETA. Plus Meidroth adds a wrinkle in there too. That being said, I would like to see them try Yorke out in LF a bit perhaps. If he can do it adequately that might be his best avenue to playing time for the Sox in the ML. Yoshida, Duran, Rafaela, Refsnyder, Verdugo. Where's the avenue ? I think first base looking at the current situation. He bats right handed so would compliment Casas well. I wouldn't exactly call Casas a sure thing at this point either, we might need an insurance policy. Sure the peripherals for Casas look good but a negative WAR is a negative WAR. Yoshida is best at DH, best case scenario with Duran and Rafaela they play CF and RF, Refsnyder is a journeyman bench player who could be gone after 2024, Verdugo probably gone after 2024. I wouldn't be against them getting Yorke some PT at 1st but you don't see a whole lot of 5 foot 10 1st baseman for a reason. I'm really not worried about Casas, he's taking some lumps but frankly I think he'll be fine. I have to ask, when do you think Yorke is going to be an option for the ML roster? In my mind it's probably July of 2024 best case scenario which if he forces his way up at that point he maybe takes over at 2nd with Story at SS best case scenario.
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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 14, 2023 11:11:41 GMT -5
These are good problems to have. Pretty sure if Story comes back playing well (or even decent) He'll be tradable if they want to go that route. I do like him at 2nd MUCH more than short, though.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 14, 2023 11:15:14 GMT -5
Yoshida, Duran, Rafaela, Refsnyder, Verdugo. Where's the avenue ? I think first base looking at the current situation. He bats right handed so would compliment Casas well. I wouldn't exactly call Casas a sure thing at this point either, we might need an insurance policy. Sure the peripherals for Casas look good but a negative WAR is a negative WAR. Yoshida is best at DH, best case scenario with Duran and Rafaela they play CF and RF, Refsnyder is a journeyman bench player who could be gone after 2024, Verdugo probably gone after 2024. I wouldn't be against them getting Yorke some PT at 1st but you don't see a whole lot of 5 foot 10 1st baseman for a reason. I'm really not worried about Casas, he's taking some lumps but frankly I think he'll be fine. I have to ask, when do you think Yorke is going to be an option for the ML roster? In my mind it's probably July of 2024 best case scenario which if he forces his way up at that point he maybe takes over at 2nd with Story at SS best case scenario. That's a realistic time line but I think the fly in the ointment is that Mayer will beat Yorke to the majors. Marcello is way advanced relative to his experience. That's a rare commodity. If I were to place a bet, Yorke will headline a package this offseason and I'm a huge Yorke fan. I watched him climb off a yellow school bus and get a slew of hits off major league experienced pitchers at Covid Camp.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 14, 2023 11:17:28 GMT -5
These are good problems to have. Pretty sure if Story comes back playing well (or even decent) He'll be tradable if they want to go that route. I do like him at 2nd MUCH more than short, though. Agree there although that depends on his arm. He's (Story) definitely the best second baseman we have. ADD: Yorke will never be as good a defender as Story at 2B. I doubt if the trade Story to make room for Yorke.
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Post by ematz1423 on Jun 14, 2023 11:23:54 GMT -5
These are good problems to have. Pretty sure if Story comes back playing well (or even decent) He'll be tradable if they want to go that route. I do like him at 2nd MUCH more than short, though. If his elbow is fixed and his arm strength back to average for a SS I feel Story's best fit is at SS for at least the short term 2024 outlook for the team. That's a big if though but at least we'll probably get somewhat of an idea on that for August based off the recent report on what Story feels his timeline might be.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jun 14, 2023 11:33:31 GMT -5
Honest question: Why doesn't Meidroth have more helium? His lowest wRC+ at any level in his pro-career so far is 155 as a 21 year old in AA, he's walking as much as he strikes out, his ISO is solid. I know he was a college guy so you expect him to be advanced but at this point he's doing it at a pretty high level. Must be something underlying suggesting caution?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 14, 2023 11:52:35 GMT -5
Honest question: Why doesn't Meidroth have more helium? His lowest wRC+ at any level in his pro-career so far is 155 as a 21 year old in AA, he's walking as much as he strikes out, his ISO is solid. I know he was a college guy so you expect him to be advanced but at this point he's doing it at a pretty high level. Must be something underlying suggesting caution? I think you answered your own question. SSS at AA but that thought is diluting fast.
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Post by a2sox on Jun 14, 2023 12:04:51 GMT -5
Honest question: Why doesn't Meidroth have more helium? His lowest wRC+ at any level in his pro-career so far is 155 as a 21 year old in AA, he's walking as much as he strikes out, his ISO is solid. I know he was a college guy so you expect him to be advanced but at this point he's doing it at a pretty high level. Must be something underlying suggesting caution? He did jump 7 spots in the latest rankings...but yeah, I'm a big fan too
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Post by julyanmorley on Jun 14, 2023 12:08:29 GMT -5
I don't have access to any batted ball data, but it seems like Meidroth would be a big time xwOBA overperformer this year. There's been a lot of ground balls not hit all that hard that went down as hits. Still, you could knock 60 points off his BA and he's still interesting.
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